Afro Samurai: Resurrection

After obtaining the Number One headband, which proclaims him to be the best of all warriors, Afro spends most of his days in peace, though his nightmare-filled nights are not so tranquil. His life crescendos into chaos once again when Jinno and Sio, his former friends from long ago, take the headband from him, as well as the remains of his father. Challenged by Sio to don the Number Two headband again and exact revenge on them for their actions, Afro embarks on another journey as the wearer of said headband—an item for which anyone would kill him.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection follows Afro as he fights a second series of battles against all manner of foes, wading through the sea of corpses in his wake so that he may once again quench his never-ending thirst for revenge.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Samurai, Afro Main

Sio Main

Ninja Ninja Supporting

Jinno Supporting

Shichigoro Supporting

Brother One Supporting

Rukotaro Supporting

Tomoe Supporting

Bin Supporting

Dharman Supporting

Kizaki, Fuminori Director

Okazaki, Takashi Script, Original Creator

RZA Theme Song Performance, Music

Van seijen, Thea Theme Song Performance

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Nov 30, 2024

PxHC

Recommended

Afro Samurai series, as a whole, has amazing art style, incredible animation, and superb directing... also motherf*cking Samuel L. Jackson!

But besides that, you have a pretty basic, overly badass, tragic anti-hero, on a path for vengeance, and as every sequel of this genre, the second installment is even worse when it comes to story. But if you are into insane action and a lot of violence, then this is perfect for you.

Overall, Afro Samurai is a really enjoyable visual experience - if you turn your brain off.

Blah blah blah character count limit blah blah blah.
There is not any other important point to make here, ... but the site wants me to be chatty.
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Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 26, 2024

XOArama

Mixed Feelings

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 9, 2021

Stuart2003

Not Recommended

When I watched the series I thought it was an okay series with nothing really sticking with me, but I still enjoyed myself nonetheless with it. However when I watched this movie I was puzzled with the choices they made with the film and ended up heavily disliking the movie.

The story follows Afro and he goes after Sio and Jinno his old childhood friends after they steal both his no1 headband and his father's body. So as a result Afro goes across the land to get his father's body back and his no1 headband back. Without the first half Afro wants to stay his ... hands of blood after realising he has only made a cycle of hatred which will repeat. I thought this was a welcome change from the series to give the character something to him, rather than just 'I want revenge so I kill everyone in my way'. However this does not last, as he then starts killing again and this is where the movie lost me. Afro just went back to what he was and gets no development meaning I still don't care about him.

The antagonist are by far the worse part of the film. Jinno just shows up and we get no flashback on how him and his sister met u again nor do we get to see what happened at he end of the series, it feels like we're just meant to forget that and just belive Jinno was always this silent character. And Sio is bizarre to me. She has a sympathetic backstory of wanting revenge and it's clear we're meaant to feel bad for her. But then couple scenes later she acts like a crazy lady and getting pleasured by suffering and all that. It makes no sense for how they set her character up so by the end I didn't care for neither antagonists. But the ending was really bad with these two characters making a choice that makes no sense for either of their characters.

For me the music was okay it's basically the same as the series with no evolution to it. And the animation was pretty subpar, in moments it was good like in group fights but apart from that most the fights felt the same as the series.

Overall I can't understand how so many people like this movie and gave it a good score. Because for me it has so many glaring issues when it comes to the story and character's that I couldn't enjoy the film.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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