Audience reviews
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XOArama
Watching right after the TV show I was considering this the culmination of the anime but its not really that. It kind of stays true to anime movie fashion with just being more for the sake of more. The animation and fights are just as cool as the series so to watch for that is reason enough but the actual story in this is just not good. We get more revenge story but this time its even more half baked than it was in the original series. In the end nothing really changes and its just played out. Worth the watch for more Afro Samurai but that's about it.
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Story: The story is pretty much the same generic equation we here from Shounen and Isekai anime. The hero must defeat said villains cause said villains want said item. Said item belongs to hero and Hero will protect said item until his dying breath. Basically the same played out plot that the original series had, but In a movie adaptation. Which makes it mediocre since we've all seen the anime then why see a repeat from a movie perspective? Legit just a cash grab at this point and All to continue a series which was great, but This movie downplays that anime, A lot.
Art: The art style is one of the main points within the movie that are actually good. The art style stays the same as the original series and That is one thing I can say the movie does right.
Sound: The is the best part of t…
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection is set after the events of the original five episode anime. The premise is simple: the main character Afro is on a quest for revenge to take the life of the man who took his father's life for the number 1 headband which is rumored to give the owner godlike power. The movie is about what happens after you get your revenge, and the cycle of vengeance. A new character, Sio is one of the many people who was affected by Afro's vengeful path. She take's the remains of Afro's father in order to bring him back to life, all for the purpose of inflicting as much pain on him for her revenge, and takes the number one headband from him in order to motivate Afro to come to her. It's a lot of words for what is essentially a very simple plot, but this plot is pretty strong for i…
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Title: Afro Samurai: Resurrection
A/M: Anime
Synopsis: Afro finally has the Number One Headband which makes him the fiercest warrior in the land, that is until two people set on having their revenge against Afro steal the headband has his deceased father’s remains. He must now get it back by any means necessary.
Pros:
-RZA’s soundtrack is aces and perfectly underscores each scene -Beautifully dark and shadowed art design that perfectly illustrates the underbelly of this world
-Like the show, Resurrection mixes old world samurai era with mid 2000s technology in an interesting and dynamic way, yet, well blended way
-Better than the show so much so that Afro Samurai should have just been this movie instead of having its previo…
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I expected more of the same with this movie. It both delivers and falls short of the 5 episode series that was released before it. But that's mostly due to questionable and stupid things that the characters in this movie do towards the end. At least one of the characters acts completely out of character at the end.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection is the story of Afro after having given up killing and going complete peacenik in the wake of his homicidal mania.
Tits McGee, the primary antagonist, who is capable of even giving androids hard-ons is unhappy with the way Afro is leading his life. So she shows up with her minion Teddy Ruxpin to tell Afro that she's got the #1 headband and that he needs to get the #2 to challenge her, sort of like in the original series. She even appears to be a comp…
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I just wrote a review for Afro Samurai. I basically feel the same way about the movie as I did about the series. I generally don't enjoy anime movies based off of anime series but Afro Samurai: Resurrection was an exception. Probably because the movie was almost as long as the series itself which was very short. Art/animation/sound I would say are the same as the series. I probably liked the show a bit more but if you are looking for more Afro Samurai then the movie is worth watching.
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Overview:
"Afro Samurai 2: the Absurdity Continues". Honestly that would have been a better title than the insanely overused title "Resurrection". However, this is the kind of anime where they probably intentionally used a cliche title to pay homage to early, terrible anime like the infamous "Ninja Resurrection". Afro Samurai is NOT an anime that you are supposed to take seriously! It is basically like Kill Bill the anime...or more accurately Kill Bill the 100% anime since Kill Bill Volume 1 was partly done in anime format.
Story and Characters-
Warning: Spoilers!!!
The story begins where the last movie left off. Afro finally got revenge and claimed the title of World #1 swordsman. However, the #1 headband in addition to granting godlike power and immortality also consumes the sanity…
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Its actually nice to follow Afro Samurai Resurrection, especially for those who have seen the Afro Samurai movie and its six episode series. Its quite good, and I thought that overall, it was a different twist which, on the whole, did conclude most of the aspects of Afro's story on the whole.
What I liked was how the story progressed, and how unlike the last movie, this one used the atmosphere more than the last one. Which is always a good thing in my opinion - it helps in creating the mood for an anime, and it always helps in having that mood as the story progresses. This anime also brought a really good twist from Gino, in my opinion.
On the whole, its a worthwhile watch. Its violent, granted, but that could be said of all samurai based anime, which also keep in mind story too. This is…
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The combination of hip hop and samurai may have grown on me some, but I won't say I like it, and this also goes for Samurai Champloo; however, I'll still give credit to both series for making it work. The soundtrack is still good this time around. Once again RZA laces things up with some good tracks and I just might pick up the soundtrack one day because it sounds worth my time.
This anime's production values are every bit as outstanding as the original. Studio Gonzo definitely didn't pull any punches here except until the end. The animation is very fluid frame by frame, and some of my biggest pet peeves such as reused cels and many stills are non existent. The action scenes are still very good and at times imaginative; but my biggest problem with the action is that the pay off really did…
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if your looking for a deep meaningful story that will have you thinking this is not the anime for you. afro Sumeria is pure entertainment from the art to the EPIC and I mean EPIC fight scenes. this will go down as my favorite anime movie of all time. the less you think the more enjoyable it is it. i wont go to much into what it is about but definitely recommend any body to view this if you haven already.
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I'm writing this soon after I covered the series. The movie made the story complete and now we know what the authors wanted to show us. I found the movie more interesting, even though it got the same score of 6.
Story: 6
The action is even more interesting, but the story covers exactly the same motif: revenge. Now it's pointed at our sole hero who as always has the means to survive the onslaught. His personality changed and the direction in which it moved satisfies me enough to make the review a little longer. After filfilling his duty as a son, he has nothing more to live for and lives like a hermit, carving wooden sculptures of the ones he killed on the way to the top. Suddenly he is targeted by a strong opponent, and during the movie he faces some old acquaintances. Other than that it…
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"Watch your damn mouth... cause I'm coming for my father."
This OVA begins some time after the original series of AfroSamurai where Afro is tired, sick of all the fighting knowing that it is an endless cycle. "Kill or be killed, there is no option". We see Afro in a little hut, accompanied only by a Buddha statue and multiple wooden figurines. Peaceful, but lonely.
So, when Jinno appears on a motorcycle and drags Afro by his hair through the tundra, it is appalling. In the previous installment one takes Jinno to be slayed, but he has returned along with is sister Sio who vouches revenge on Afro for making her family, and herself, suffer. For killing mercilessly. To do this Sio takes Afro's father's skull and disappears, promising to make Afro tremble by brutally tormenting his father a…
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After watching the series, I went straight for the follow up movie 'Resurrection'. While I did somewhat enjoy it, I felt that it was a disappointment compared to the series.
The story was pretty weak with this one. And I knew this not even 20 minutes into the film, simply be hearing the antagonists 'plans'. By taking Afro's fathers remains and bringing him back to life... to torture him to death again to make Afro suffer... yeah, it's ridiculous. And really, this just simply felt like a poorly recycled version of the original shows storyline.
Granted, there are a few bright moments but not enough to make the plot really worth anything.
The art and animation once again looks beautiful, even better then the original shows. This my friends, is as good as if gets in terms of hand drawn anima…
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Story: Horrible. Piensen en todos los cliches de los anime de acción y estan en esta pelicula, y asi nomas, sin el mas minimo cambio, aunque sea para disimular la falta de originalidad.
Art: De lejos lo mas destacado (y, probablemente, lo único) de este anime, aunque no me ha gustado demasiado, por lo menos no esta mal, en especial la animación, muy buena.
Sound: Mucho rap y hip-hop. A mi no me gusta ninguna de las dos cosas asi que este aspecto no destaca mucho. Por otro lado debo decir que tampoco queda mal, excepto por unas pocas excepciones.
Character: Originales...demasiado, hasta el punto de que muchos, llegan a ser bizarros y ridiculos, en especial el ninja que acompaña a Afro y el profesor.
Enjoyment: Poco, lo único que atrae son las peleas, pero niguna destaca demasiado en mi…
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When i first saw Afro Samurai back in 2008 I was amazed, to be honest I didn't think a concept like this would work out in the way it did. I mean here you have a black samurai, in an anime, with hip-hop music, unless we're talking Samurai Champloo this shouldn't work. But I really liked Afro Samurai, I thought it was sick and it only increased my respect for Samuel L. Jackson, so when I found out that there was going to be a sequel to the series I was over the moon... However little did I know that this sequel would end up like this.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection takes place after the events of the original series with Afro finding peace in the mountains after killing countless people because of his number 1 headband. It seems that after being on this road for so long, Afro seems to be losin…
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection is probably one of my favorite anime "movies" of this year and perhaps to date. I quote movies simply because Resurrection has an episodic feel to it, without the OPs and EDs.
The story begins with a flashback of Afro on a bridge. What follows is an intense battle with two against Afro which he of course dispatches. His hat then breaks open and that's when the great soundtrack (made by the RZA, once again) kicks in and your eyes get the treat of a fantastic, albeit short blood fest. We are then taken to Kuma (Jinno) riding a motorcycle and an older Afro carving statuettes.
From there, the story begins to unfold. What I liked about it was the fact it still pertained to his father. The story was much darker at times, what with the sadistic antagonist Sio (voice…
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Story:
The great thing about Afro samurai: resurrection story wise is that it fills in alot about afro's past as well as keeping you filled in on the current story at a nice pace that flows smoothly.
Art:
Like the first afro samurai, the art is very well done. It's highly stylish during times of fight scenes and very detailed during flashbacks and times in which afro isn't slaughtering his opponents and painting the world in blood. The environmental colors are very rich and vibrant in which each setting sets the tone for the forthcoming scene.
Sound:
Afro samurai: resurrection's soundtrack is mainly hip hop based in which the Rza as well as all the other music artists crafted a well made soundtrack. The songs all fit nicely with whatever is going on within the scene.
Characters:
Afro s…
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Best word to describe this piece is lame...
Maybe be the initial goal ,to create a hybrid concept mixing samurai and hip hop culture to please the more "american" viewers, is exciting. It was done by Watanabe in Samurai Champloo rather succesfully. But, afro samurai resurrection (again) is a disaster.
Total unoriginal story line, crowded with cheesy cliches.
Interestingly the most original? part looked like a scene poped from a Disney movie. A cycle of events are tried to be meshed (which might be actually very pleasing if done correctly), however the unreasonable characters together with the weak connections between events made this attept to fail. There was even a sex scene randomly added inbetween a fighting scene just to complete the golden ingredients for an action movie, too absur…
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Resurrection is a great sequel to the Afro Samurai story. It shows what Afro did after he defeated Justice. It kinda reminded me of Rurouni Kenshin how he was going to have to turn into a killer again to overcome his enemy. Only this time the character reverts back into what he used to be.
The Story was pretty good, but did feel like I was watching a different way of telling the first season over. Don't get me wrong I still enjoyed it but I was hoping for something a little different.
The Art this time was phenomenal. They kinda slid away from the monochrome look and added in more vivid colors. If you watch some of the extras they go way into detail on how they went about that. I own it on Blu-ray and the quality put into this show shines in HD.
Sound is amazing once again in this serie…
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Well, the movie sequel to Last Year's Number One Best Seller Afro Samurai has just finished airing on Spike and these are some of my initial thoughts. Well for one thing this was much better than the TV Show, we actually have some character development for Afro in the movie, in fact much more then we did in the TV Series. There are some plot holes as other people mentioned like Why does Sio even have a grudge against Afro? Well generally I tend to think that maybe she blames Afro for what happened to her brother, but that's generally what I make of it. I think introducing a character like Shichiguro was a good call, he was for the most part generally a nice guy and you can see why anyone would be reluctant to fight him. But when Afro and him face off, you can tell it's purely business and…
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