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Afro Samurai

★ 7.6 21K votes 2007–2007 1 season · 5 episodes Ended Spike
RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 10/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 10/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 9/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10Fast-pacedRelentless forward momentum that rarely stops to idle.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Samuel L. JacksonPhil LaMarrYuri LowenthalGreg EaglesTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonJohn DiMaggio
Starring
Samuel L. JacksonPhil LaMarrYuri LowenthalGreg EaglesTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonJohn DiMaggio
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"Stylish ultraviolence set to a hip-hop beat"

A lone swordsman known as Afro Samurai hunts down the man who killed his father, fighting his way toward the mystical Number One headband that grants its wearer godlike power, but also paints a target on their back for every warrior alive. It is brutal, stylish, and unapologetically pulpy, told in short bursts of ultra-violent samurai combat scored by a hip-hop soundtrack. The plot is thin and repetitive by design; the appeal is atmosphere, style, and the sheer cool of its execution rather than depth or surprise.

Watch it for

the RZA-produced soundtrack fused with gorgeously brutal, blood-soaked samurai action.

Maybe skip if

you want a layered plot rather than style-driven, repetitive revenge violence.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2007
7.82K52h 7m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Number Two7.9
46027 min
▶2Okiku7.8
39826 min
▶3The Empty Seven Clan7.4
36827 min
▶4Kuma7.9
36226 min
▶5Justice7.9
36521 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson Afro Samurai, Ninja Ninja
Phil LaMarr Brother 1, Brother 3, Brother 5
Yuri Lowenthal Kuma, Jinno
Greg Eagles Brother 6, Afro's Dad, Brother #6
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson Sword Master, Brother #4, Swordmaster
John DiMaggio Brother 2, Brother #2, Giant
Ron Perlman Justice
S. Scott Bullock Dharman
Fred Tatasciore Juzo, Patron 5, Shuzo
Dave Wittenberg Assassin, Matasaburo, Patron 3

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