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Afro Samurai: Resurrection (movie)

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Alternative title:
Афросамурай: Воскрешение (Russian)
アフロサムライ：レザレクション (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Themes: samurai, swordplay
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Late one night, Afro is suddenly attacked by Jinno. However, he is unable to protect himself, and Jinno drags him nearby to his father's grave, where a woman named Sio awaits. She proceeds to take the Number One headband that he possesses, as well as the remains of his dead father's skull. Before leaving, she tells him to seek and obtain the Number Two headband, if he wants the right to take back his father's remains. With that, Afro must once again embark on a path of violence in order to let his father rest in peace once again.
User Ratings: 917 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 62 votes (dub:39, sub:20, edit.dub:3)
 Excellent: 114 votes (dub:74, sub:35, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 234 votes (dub:163, sub:61, edit.dub:4, ?:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Good: 252 votes (dub:168, sub:70, edit.dub:4, ?:1, others:9
4 Spanish subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Hungarian subtitled
)
 Decent: 137 votes (dub:98, sub:34, edit.dub:2, others:3
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 48 votes (dub:28, sub:15, others:5
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 28 votes (dub:18, sub:9, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 17 votes (dub:9, sub:6, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 12 votes (dub:8, sub:4)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:2, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 1868 users, rank: #648 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.129 (Good), std. dev.: 1.792, rank: #3183 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.018 (Good), rank: #3457 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.04 / seen some: 6.21 / won't finish: 3.34)
Bayesian estimate: 7.025 (Good), rank: #3260 (of 7289)
Running time: 91 minutes
Vintage:
2009-01 (Spike TV)
2009-01-25
2009-01-25 (Canada and USA - Spike TV)
Opening Theme:
"Combat" by RZA
Ending Theme:
"Number One Samurai" by RZA
Review:
Afro Samurai: Resurrection Director's Cut DVD (Jan 27, 2009)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Afro Samurai - The Complete Murder Sessions [Uncut] (Dub.Blu-ray) 2010-06-22 (from $99.00)
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection - Special Edition Director's Cut [Uncut] (Dub.Blu-ray) 2009-02-03 (from $39.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection [Edited] (DVD) 2009-02-03 (from $9.03)
    Afro Samurai - The Complete Murder Sessions [Edited] (Dub.DVD) 2009-11-03 (from $24.98)
    Afro Samurai - The Complete Murder Sessions [Uncut] (Dub.DVD) 2009-11-03 (from $66.59)
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection - Special Edition Director's Cut [Uncut] (Dub.DVD)
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection - 2-Disc Special Edition Director's Cut [Uncut] (Dub.DVD) 2009-02-03 (from $14.76)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Script:
Fuminori Kizaki
Takashi Okazaki
Screenplay: Yasuyuki Mutō
Storyboard: Fuminori Kizaki
Original creator: Takashi Okazaki
Character Design: Hiroya Iijima
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Chief Animation Director: Hiroya Iijima
Animation Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Mechanical design: Ken Ōtsuka

2nd Key Animation:
Aika Sakuramoto (Ad Cosmo)
Akiko Satō
Asuka Shinbo (BEE TRAIN)
Ayumi Kanawa
Eri Satou (Wai-Wai)
Hidenori Inami
Hiroko Saigan (GONZO)
Hiromi Kosuda
Kyouhei Tezuka
Mayu Fujimoto (GONZO)
Noriko Tsutsumiya (BEE TRAIN)
Nozomi Goto (GAINAX)
Saituo Yashushi (Ad Cosmo)
Sang-Jin Park (HEBARAKI)
Satomi Tabe (Wai-Wai)
Shinichi Nozaki
Taeko Ijiri
Toshimitsu Takechi
Yuta Shiraishi (Ad Cosmo)
Animation Supervisor:
Hiroya Iijima
Itsuko Takeda
Kōichi Hashimoto
Art Setting:
Makoto Kobayashi
Shigemi Ikeda
Shūichi Ōkubo
Assistant Director: Takahiro Harada
Background Art:
Chiharu Kono
Hachidai Takayama
Kayoko Tomono
Mai Hamako
Masaki Katō
Masami Ohta
Minori Omori
Shin Yamazaki
Takuya Ebisawa
Yoshimi Mineda
Yuko Doi
CG Design:
Makiko Kosukegawa
Mitsuharu Okita
Taro Hayashi
CG Producer: Norikazu Kanbayashi
Color Check: Sayuri Okada
Color design: Takae Iijima
Edit: Kiyoshi Hirose
In-Between Animation:
Ai Mochida
Aimin Ka
Etsurō Murao
Hiroko Saigan
Kazuki Kiyohara
Kumiko Ōta
Masayuki Sakagami
Mayu Fujimoto
Miho Katō
Sakae Shibuya
Soon-Ha Hwang
Yuka Kinsui
In-Between Check:
Kumiko Ōta
Soon-Ha Hwang
Key Animation:
Akihiro Yamamoto
Akio Hirakawa
Atsushi Hasebe
Fumitoshi Oizaki
Hideki Kakita
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Hiroyuki Morita
Hiroyuki Okuno
Hisashi Mori
Hisashi Samejima
Junichi Hayama
Kazuhiro Miwa
Kei Ajiki
Keiji Gotō
Keisuke Masunaga
Keizou Ichikawa
Kenichi Shimizu
Kōichi Hashimoto
Kunihiro Abe
Kyoko Kotani
Manabu Fukazawa (Studio Hercules)
Manabu Tanzawa
Masayuki Satō
Mayumi Fukushi
Michinori Chiba (Studio Hercules)
Michio Satō
Mika Yamamoto
Misao Abe
Naoaki Hōjō
Nobuteru Yuki
Noriko Takahashi
Osamu Ōkubo
Saburou Honda
Satoru Iida
Satoshi Shigeta
Shingo Ishikawa
Shinjiro Mogi
Shuichi Kaneko
Soichiro Matsuda
Tadashi Abiru
Takaaki Wada
Takahiro Takamizawa
Takako Shimizu
Takashi Kumazen
Tetsuo Hirakawa
Tomohiro Hirata
Tomohiro Kawahara
Tomoko Nitta
Tomoko Tanaka
Toshimitsu Ohashi
Ushio Tazawa
Yasuko Higuchi
Yoshio Mizumura
Yoshitaka Yasuda
Yu Maruyama
Yuji Hosogoe
Yuuko Yoshida
Mechanical Design Supervisor: Takahiro Harada
Paint:
Kimiko Kitazawa
Sayuri Okada
Takae Iijima
Prop Design: Satoshi Ishino
Sound Design: Shizuo Kurahashi
Special Effects: Shigenobu Kaihoko
Title Design: Masashi Ichifuru
VFX Director: Hiroo Yoshioka
(none)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
AD Cosmo
Bee Train
Frontline
GAINAX
GK Entertainment
GONZO
HEBARAKI
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mook Animation
P.A. Works
Studio Comet
Studio Gash
Studio Wombat
Triple A
Wai-Wai Company
XEBEC M2
Animation Production: GONZO
Backgrounds: Atelier Musa
CG Production: Trilogy Future Studio
In-Between Animation:
AIC
Asahi Production
FAI International
Frontline
GONZO
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mook Animation
P.A. Works
Rising Force
Studio Live
Studio Wombat
Triple A
Key Animation:
GONZO
Studio Hercules
Music Support: Future Vision Music
Paint:
A-1 Pictures
A-Line
AIC
Artland
Buyuu
Chaos Project
Doga Kobo
FAI International
Frontline
M.S.J Musashino Production
Mook Animation
Rising Force
Studio Easter
Studio Elle
Studio Road
Triple A
XEBEC M2
Production:
GONZO
Paramount Network
Spike TV
Sound Design: Sound Box
Sound Production: Aoi Studio
Title Design: TGB Design
VFX Support:
AIC
Choukei
Studio Elle
English staff
English cast
Screenplay:
Eric Calderon
Eric Garcia
Josh Fialkov
Leo Chu
Music: RZA
Executive producer:
Arthur Smith
Eric Garcia
Leo Chu
Samuel L. Jackson
Shinichirō Ishikawa

Casting: Jamie Simone
Co-Producer:
Chris Carlisle
Eric Calderon
Hiroshi Kumada
Music Editing: Mike Baiardi
Post-Production Supervision:
Denny Densmore
Jamie Simone
Production Coordination: James Lafferty
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Ettel
Recording engineer:
David Barr
Eric Lewis
Talent Coordination: Laura Lopez
Video Editing: Terry Marlin
Voice Direction: Jamie Simone
Samuel L. Jackson as
Afro
Ninja Ninja

Greg Eagles as Rokutaro (Afro's Father)
Grey DeLisle as Tomoe
Liam O'Brien as Shichigoro
Lucy Liu as Sio
Mark Hamill as Bin
S. Scott Bullock as Professor Dharman
Yuri Lowenthal as Kuma

Ariel Winter as Sio (Young)
Dave Wittenberg as
Adolescent
Fencing Brother
Grey DeLisle as Ogin
Jeff Glen Bennett as Brother 3
Kevin Michael Richardson as
Blacksmith
Takimoto
Mark Hamill as Oden Shop Master
Phil LaMarr as Afro (Teenager)
Ron Perlman as Justice
RZA as DJ
S. Scott Bullock as Kidnapper
Steven Jay Blum as
Assassin
Man A
Zachary Gordon as Kotaro

Keith Silverstein
English companies
ADR Production: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Broadcaster:
Paramount Network
Spike TV
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland)
Dubbing: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
FUNimation Entertainment
Hulu
Tubi TV
YouTube
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Mirage Entertainment (Blu-Ray)
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
(none)
Thierry Desroses as
Afro
Ninja Ninja

Bruno Magne as Kuma
French companies
Distributor: Dybex
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Distributor: Madness Entertainment (AniFest 2015)
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Jan-David Rönfeldt as
Afro Samurai
Ninja Ninja

Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Tomoe
Kaya Marie Möller as Sio
Oliver Stritzel as Rokutaro / Afro's Vater
German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: 2*2
Russian cast
(none)

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