Update: Liu and Hamill Voicing Afro Samurai: Resurrection

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Update: Liu and Hamill Voicing Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Source:Spike TV

July 25, 2008

UPDATE: The trailer for "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" is now online here!

Spike TV's critically-acclaimed, funktastic anime series "Afro Samurai" returns with an original movie event set to premiere on the network in January 2009. "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" stars Academy Award®-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson opposite, Emmy Award®-nominated actress Lucy Liu. Award winning artist The RZA once again provides the original score. "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" is produced by Japanese studio GONZO in association/partnership with GDH K.K. and FUNimation Entertainment.

"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" is based on the original art and story telling of manga artist Takashi Okazaki, of a black samurai's quest for revenge and justice for his murdered father. Samuel L. Jackson (The Spirit), who also serves as an executive producer, reprises his role as the uncompromising hero, Afro and his motor-mouthed sidekick Ninja Ninja. When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro is forced to pick up his sword and wreak bloody vengeance against an army of deadly foes lead by a sadistic mastermind.

Lucy Liu will give voice to Sio, a beautiful, seductive and sadistic mastermind plotting to destroy Afro Samurai. Liu is the star of several Hollywood blockbuster action-adventure films including Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill and has joined the cast of the ABC drama "Dirty Sexy Money." Liu can currently be heard as Master Viper in the animated film Kung Fu Panda.

Additional casting includes Mark Hamill as Bin, Sio's manservant and protector and Yuri Lowenthal as Kuma, the teddy bear-headed warrior from the original "Afro Samurai" series. Best known as the young hero Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Mark Hamill has had a successful career on Broadway, as a voice actor in both animation and video games and as a comic book creator. Yuri Lowenthal is the voice of Sauske in the hit children's anime series and cultural phenomenon "Naruto."

Spike.com and Afrosamurai.com will air a sneak peek of the trailer for "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" starting Thursday, July 24 at 8:15 PM, ET, immediately following its world premiere debut at Comic-Con in San Diego.

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Posted by: Pete on July 24, 2008 at 09:45:16

Awsum! Loved the show and can't wait for more!

Posted by: speedracer216 on July 24, 2008 at 09:52:31

space monkey is everywhere.

Posted by: tyler winn on July 24, 2008 at 10:05:14

Mace Windu could not keep his hand or head from getting cut off. Dumb question newb, Have you even seen Star Trek Wars?

Posted by: yupyup on July 24, 2008 at 10:08:47

AWESOME!!!!
TOP TEN!!!!

Posted by: Spinktor I barely Know her on July 24, 2008 at 10:48:16

CAN U DIG IT...

THEN LETS GIT BUSY!

Posted by: televillain on July 24, 2008 at 11:07:42

the first one was really good. the art was fahqing fantastic. we all know hamill can voice act. his joker is brilliant. and lucy liu...

Posted by: Grayskull Prime on July 24, 2008 at 11:26:47

A sneak peak of the trailer? That's considerably less exciting than a sneak peak of the actual movie. What were those called? Trailers?

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Posted by: Batzarro Fantasy XIII on July 24, 2008 at 11:39:49

Hammil is awesom, he'll be great...

Posted by: FireFly's Enigma on July 24, 2008 at 11:40:30

Samuel L. Jackson is like Law and Order. You can turn a tv on anywhere in the world at any given time and there will be Samuel L. Jackson or Law and Order on.

Posted by: FireFly's Enigma on July 24, 2008 at 11:42:29

Samuel L. Jackson is like Law and Order. You can turn a tv on anywhere in the world at any given time and there will be Samuel L. Jackson or Law and Order on. Gotta love Sam L. for that.

Posted by: Dunno on July 24, 2008 at 11:43:51

What the heck is Afro Samurai? Never heard of it.

Posted by: tyler winn on July 24, 2008 at 11:55:21

dear adamantium g i would really like to hear your opinon on mace windu turnging into afro samurai

Posted by: FireFly's Enigma on July 24, 2008 at 11:56:33

Dunno,

It's a Samurai with an Afro. Just kidding. I don't watch too much tv but I do DVR a lot because of my work hours. I wasn't aware of this either.

Posted by: Stumblin on July 24, 2008 at 12:55:18

Hell yeah! I loved the first cartoon, it was awesome. Great voice acting, amazing animation, and freakin' sweet fight scenes. And Afro is one crazy bastard, I love the characters and their personalities. I was hoping this story would rise again. Hence the title I suppose.

Posted by: Artful Dodger on July 24, 2008 at 13:32:30

That was a cool and violent series on Spike, I had all but forgotten it. Glad to see it's returning.

Posted by: superhumantechnician on July 24, 2008 at 13:37:03

Samuel Jackson is EXTREMELY overrated. But, I love Afro Samurai! Spirit looks cool, although they should have gotten Morgan Freeman or Angela Basset to play Mace Windu in my opinion

Posted by: kirbyfan on July 24, 2008 at 14:10:51

Now this is a series that should be made into a live action movie!

Can't wait.

Posted by: seamus on July 24, 2008 at 14:47:13

jackson did 2 voices in the original. it also had ron perlman, john dimaggio, kassir, and dwight schultz. not too shabby.

Posted by: FireFly's Enigma on July 25, 2008 at 12:34:03

That actually looks really good. Reminds me of Ninja Scroll. I'm always willing to check out any new piece of entertainment that comes out.

Posted by: Afro Warrior on July 25, 2008 at 13:32:16

The animation is wicked!! I love it gotta watch Season 1. Oh btw this looks like Samurai X (Ruronin Kenshin) w/ a twist of Ninja Scroll!! Looks ***ing wicked!!

Posted by: Carl on July 25, 2008 at 16:18:37

This is sweet. There is only one thing I hated about Afro, it was only 5 ep!??!!! But they were all great. Imagine live action?? Nah....Afro is fine the way he is.

Posted by: the 1st power on July 25, 2008 at 16:24:24

don't have cable, need dvd
:(

Posted by: the 1st power on July 25, 2008 at 16:25:22

i guess one ess tee is also censored.

Posted by: j on July 25, 2008 at 18:22:50

Mark hammil is gonna be a voice in this, a show about samurai's, man im gonna watch this for ****s and giggles.

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