Afro Samurai (DVD) is a Japanese dojinshi manga series, created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the NOU NOU HAU dojin magazine. It was adapted into a 5-episode anime television series directed by Fuminori Kizaki and produced by Japanese animation studio GONZO. The first episode was shown online on January 1, 2007 and premiered on Spike TV on January 4, 2007 on at 11:00pm EST.

The anime series features noted American actor Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of the titular character, as well as one of the co-producers, and also features Ron Perlman and Kelly Hu as character voices. Wu-Tang Clan member RZA produced the original hip hop musical score, which was released on compact disc by Koch Records on January 30, 2007 in both explicit and edited versions. The series consisted of five episodes and aired in the United States on Spike TV and Japan on Fuji Television. The series has also been licensed for North American distribution by FunimationDVD, who plan to release two versions (a SpikeTV version and an adult-rated directors cut). Both are released on May 22, 2007. In August 2005, Japan-based game developers Namco announced they would be releasing Afro Samurai related video games in both Japan and America. As of 4th of May 2007 it will air in the UK on Bravo as part of the Adult Swim block.

The cost of each episode is estimated at one million dollars, which is a record for GONZO.

There are also plans to make a live-action Afro Samurai movie also staring Samuel L. Jackson as the title character.

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