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Afrotastic! Afro Samurai Live-Action Film in the Works!

Ulrik — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:17:35 +0000

THR reports that the US and Dominican Republic-based production group The Indomina Group announced during Comic Con the plan to produce a live-action adaptation of Takeshi Okazaki’s Afro Samurai manga.
Samuel L. Jackson, who voiced the grunty samurai in Studio Gonzo’s award-winning anime series will co-produce the film together with the animation studio. Shootings are supposed to start in the Dominican Republic next year, but footage of early stuntmen training sessions has already leaked…
This should be pretty interesting, especially if they’re trying to bring all of Afro’s weird enemies to the screen.

Anime on Blu-ray Sale @ Amazon.co.uk

Ulrik — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:37:20 +0000

British retailer Amazon.co.uk is currently having a small sale that includes several anime films and series on Blu-ray Disc. The best bargain in the sale is Shigurui (Death Frenzy) The Complete Series for £6,49 (~7,20€), that is identical (except for the packaging) with FUNimation’s US release (screen shots are available in the Asian Blu-ray Guide) I bought a year ago for a lot more and still haven’t seen yet…
For less that £10 you can also get Blood – The Last Vampire (£7,85), Afro Samurai S1 (£5,00), Afro Samurai – Resurrection (£7,85), Origin: Spirits Of The Past (£8,00), Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children (£9,45), Paprika (£7,97) and Tekkonkinkreet (£6,98) (a must-have!). For a few quids more there are also the complete Devil May Cry Series (£11,85) and the Ghost in the Shell 2.0 + Innocence box (£17,85).

Upcoming Blu-ray Discs from FUNimation in 2010

Ulrik — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:27:18 +0000

Speaking of FUNimation and Blu-ray Disc, here’s a scan of the insert that was included in the Evangelion 1.11 BD Special Edition. It promises some very interesting high definition (or probably just upscaled) releases of anime series like Eden of the East, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Casshern Sins for 2010 and beyond.

Afroheimtheater Gewinnspiel: Afro Samurai auf DVD und Blu-ray Disc abstauben

Ulrik — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:57:01 +0000

Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
Da ich das Affenheimtheater aus beruflichen Gründen in letzter Zeit etwas vernachlässigt habe, dachte ich mir, daß ich als kleine Wiedergutmachung mal wie ein bisschen was verlosen. Universum Anime hat mir freundlicherweise erlaubt, die eigentlich für Rezensionszwecke zugeschickte DVD und Blu-ray Disc von Afro Samurai und dem Nachfolger Afro Samurai: Resurrection im Director’s Cut unter euch zu verteilen.
Anders als bei Verlosungsaktionen in anderen Publikationen reicht es hier aber nicht einfach einen Kommentar zu hinterlassen, ein kleines bisschen Arbeit (und hoffentlich Spaß) müsst ihr schon investieren.

Nennt mir in den Kommentaren einfach drei Artikelüberschriften die ihr hier im AHT lesen könntet/müsstet/wolltet, wenn ich mich vor über vier Jahren anstelle von AFFENheimtheater für den Namen AFROheimtheater entschieden hätte.
Bitte gebt auch mit an, ob ihr die Special Edition DVD von Afro Samurai: Resurrection im Digipack, die Blu-ray Disc von Afro Samurai oder die Blu-ray Disc von Afro Samurai: Resurrection im glücklichen Fall des Falles haben möchtet.
Einsendeschluss für Kommentare ist Freitag, 18. September 2009 um 23:59 Uhr (Serverzeit), teilnehmen darf jeder ab 18 Jahren (sagt das rote FSK Siegel) außer dem Rechtsweg, weil der bei mir schon lange verschissen hat.

Afro Samurai is coming to Blu-ray Disc in Europe

Ulrik — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:37:46 +0000

European Afro Samurai Fans rejoice! While the coolest and best hair-styled samurai of the last decade created by Takashi Okazaki has been available in high definition in the States for some time now, us Europeans were always locked out because of FUNimation’s strict region code policy.
But no more! Manga UK will release the director’s cut version (meaning more nekkidness than during the US TV airing) of Afro Samurai: Season One and the follow up Afro Samurai: Resurrection on Blu-ray Disc on June 1st. The German market will be supplied with the DC of Season 1 and Resurrection by ~~ufa Anime~~ Universum Anime on July 31 2009.

Evangelion 2.0 visits Germany for Animotion 2009

Ulrik — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:57:45 +0000

High-caliber announcement for this year’s Animotion fim festival that will take place during the AnimagiC convention in Bonn, Germany. According to this announcement, Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance will be shown just one month after the Japanese theatrical premiere, from July 31 to August 2 in the WOKI Filmpalast with English subtitles!
Other than this German (or even European?) premiere, the announcement mentions Afro Samurai: Resurrection, The Piano Forest and Summer Days with Coo as other anime highlights for the festival.
[via SOS Brigade]
[23.07.2009] Update: I just got the confirmation that the Gurren Lagann movies and Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance will NOT be screened during the AnimagiC!

Afro Samurai: Resurrection: Second Trailer [Update]

Ulrik — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:07:54 +0000

Just in time for the TV premiere on Spike TV January 25th, 2009 a new trailer for Afro Samurai: Resurrection, the second season of the Afro Samurai saga starring Samuel L. Jackson was released on the official website. I still dig the style and design of the show with the combination of Western and Japanese influences, but the first season was a bit shallow for my taste so I hope Gonzo took care of that. FUNimation will release the director’s cut version as a Special Edition on Blu-ray Disc February 3rd 2009 in the US. The first season and FUNimation’s recent BD releases were not codefree and I’m afraid this won’t change, even for Afro Samurai.

[See full post to watch this video]

[via lebigz @ Twitter]
[29.01.2009] Update: MovieTyme.com just confirmed, that the FUNimation release is region locked and will only work in Region A players.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection: Erster Trailer

Ulrik — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:45 +0000

FUNimation hat pünktlich zur Comic Con den ersten Trailer der zweiten Staffel des abgedrehten Genremischmasches Afro Samurai auf der offiziellen Website bereit gestellt. Samuel L. Jackson wird dem Samurai mit der üppigen Haarprache auch diesmal seine markante Stimme leihen, dabei wird er vom inzwischen zur Synchrolegende mutierten Jedimeister Mark Hamill sowie Lucy Lui unterstützt.

[See full post to watch this video]

Sieht nach ordentlich Spaß aus, wobei ich zugeben muß, daß ich mich bisher an die erste Staffel noch nicht rangetraut habe.
[via Quiet Earth, thanks Don!]