Yasuke,â with
LaKeith Stanfield voicing the first African samurai.
Per Netflix, the six-episode series âis set in a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, [where] the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past life of violence. But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords.â
Watch the trailer above.
We previously reported that
Takeshi Koike andÂ
Flying Lotus.
âThere is a serendipitous nature about this project, how an African-American man goes to Japan to live and work amongst the very best in Japanese anime to create an anime about an African who goes to Japan to live amongst the Japanese elite and become a warrior,â LeSean Thomas told Complex. âPart of me deep down feels I was meant to create this adventure series
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How a Real-Life African Samurai Inspired the Anime YASUKE
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Yasuke is LeSean Thomas’ ode to anime
jidaigeki, or Japanese historical fantasy. Based on the life of the only recorded African samurai in Japanese history, the six-episode series exists in an alternate version of the 16th century Sengoku Period of Japan. A place where mechs and magic, mutants and mercenaries all coexist.
Thomas, actor Lakeith Stanfield (
Judas and the Black Messiah), and Grammy Award-winning musician and visionary Flying Lotus executive produced the project. MAPPA, the award-winning Japanese studio behind recent hits
Attack on Titan and
Ghost Hunt ), with character designs by Takeshi Koike (
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