The Anime Blog – We Go Beyond Anime!

Takashi Okazaki’s creation, Afro Samurai, struck it big when it made the leap from small time doujinshi to full blown anime in 2007. GONZO headed the animation and created a beautiful five episode series rife with butt-whooping and blood-letting. It aired on Spike TV to rave reviews and had such big names as Samuel Jackson [...]

The voice of Afro Samurai, Samuel L. Jackson would like Andre 3000 to play ‘Afro’ in the Live Action Afro Samurai. From MTV Movies Blog:
“We have a live-action plan,” Jackson revealed, saying that he wants to see Afro’s battle with Number One up on the big screen with flesh-and-blood actors. “Hopefully, that script will come [...]

In looking back, this year has been filled with some awesome anime series. Some series have been subtle, and tell a rich story without overuse of action or visuals. Some anime have been in-your-face action with high-end visuals and sound. Some anime have even managed to combine the two to create something worthy [...]