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I'm writing this soon after I covered the series. The movie made the story complete and now we know what the authors wanted to show us. I found the movie more interesting, even though it got the same score of 6.

Story: 6
The action is even more interesting, but the story covers exactly the same motif: revenge. Now it's pointed at our sole hero who as always has the means to survive the onslaught. His personality changed and the direction in which it moved satisfies me enough to make the review a little longer. After filfilling his duty as a son, he has nothing more ... to live for and lives like a hermit, carving wooden sculptures of the ones he killed on the way to the top. Suddenly he is targeted by a strong opponent, and during the movie he faces some old acquaintances. Other than that it's almost the same as the series, with the hero movin onward and regaining his killing intent.

Art: 8
It looks better and the animation is well made. It doesn't surprise me as it is a movie. I liked the design more and that's the reason the score is higher than when I covered the series.

Music: 7
I have nothing to add: again not my kind of music, but well mixed up with the action.

Characters: 6
The characters here feel the same urge to avenge their brethren, but the changes in AF's personality made me raise the score by one notch.

Enjoyment: 8
I felt more enjoyment than during the series as it was even more packed-up with action.

Overall: 6
I won't say it's good. The story is complete but shows the same flaws of little mystery and no suspense. I recommend it only to people who like action and don't take the blood and violence in anime seriously. For good story looks somewhere else, here you will get a good slasher at most.

ATTENTION: I watched Afro Samurai a few years ago and just now re-watched it. My opinion changed a bit as between my first trip to the crazy world in which the story takes place and this not-so-long ago as I watched a hundred or more other series and frankly said got used to the toposes found in the world of M&A.

Nevertheless, AS (as I will from now on abbreviate the title) is unique even after those few years. I'll cover the 6 criterions, which are Story (S), Art (A), Sound (S), Character (C), Enjoyment (E) and Overall (O) as I go through the series. Before ... I start, however, I have to admit that this is my first entry here, so よろしくね.

S: 6
I have to say that however typical the story is, it has some original flavour to it as a story of revenge. I liked the fact that AF follows his goal all the way through without changing his mind like many characters do. After watching the movie that follows the story I was even more satisfied with the state that we find him in the moment 'Ressurrection' begins. The mediocre side of the series got the best of it: there was a lot of situations when AF had no chance of surviving, barely survived and the next day looked as if he never got into any fight. The motif with him being targeted was interesting, but his skill made it all look not-so-fine. Also, gore moments were cool when I was a teenager, but now they just drag on and on throughout the episodes.

A:7
I have to admit the art of the series is quite unique as the style differs from other series. It kicked off as a doujinshi and that's the proper reason behind this, I have to rate it as a GOOD (if the series wasn't 7 years old but for example was produced in 2010, it would drop as the standard went a lot higher each year).

S:7
The rap music is not really my field of interest, but I have to admire the good quality of the soundtrack and how it tunes well with the fight scenes.

C:5
I have to admit: there was no depth to any of the characters. That's probably because the creators focused too much on the action, but nothing interesting other than the revenge motif came out during these five episodes.

E:8
I enjoyed it few years ago and even now it's fun to watch. Nothing deep or intriguing, only pure action and blood everywhere.

O:6
The series was original when it came out and it even went viral in my coutry. Nevertheless, probably I won't watch it ever again as it has nothing other than action. If there is somebody that'll read this review, I have to alert you: if you seek something more than action and guts, look somewhere else. I assure you: there are hundreds of more interesting series out there and you'll find many good ones soon enough.