He wanders the wilderness to avenge his father's death. He is a man of few words, trained in the ancient ways of the Japanese samurai. He sports an unruly Afro.
"Afro Samurai," the star of an animation series of the same name featuring Samuel L. Jackson, is headed for a second run on U.S. network Spike TV — and finally winning a following in its native Japan, where it will debut on the big screen on Saturday.
"I never expected Afro Samurai to get this huge. It started out as doodlings I made in college," creator Takashi Okazaki said in an interview in Tokyo.
"Now, I have Samuel doing Afro's voice, and lots of black kids thanking me for creating an awesome hero," he said. "I just can't believe it."
Afro Samurai's first season, aired as a five-part series on Spike TV early this year, follows the tale of a young samurai with a big Afro who seeks to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a mysterious warrior called Justice.
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