How Flying Lotus crafted the sounds of Yasuke, Netflix’s new samurai anime
‘It was a lot of fun to be a samurai for six months.’
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Before he started working on
Yasuke, an upcoming anime series on Netflix, Grammy-nominated producer Flying Lotus was only somewhat familiar with the story. “I knew that there was a Black samurai that existed, but I didn’t know much, because there wasn’t really much out there for so long,” he tells
The Verge. So when it came time to adapt the tale, Lotus — who served as both composer and executive producer on the show — knew that they’d have to take some creative liberties.