First Images Just Dropped!!!! Lets Go!!!!

From Tokyo to Los Angeles to New York, we’ve brought together the very best global talent to make this show -- creator, executive producer and director LeSean Thomas, revered Japanese animation studio MAPPA, world class director and animator Takeshi Koike, award-winning actor LaKeith Stanfield, and Grammy Award-nominated artist Flying Lotus have reimagined this story of the first African samurai.

Yasuke is a six-episode anime series created by LeSean Thomas, set in alternate fantastical Japan during the feudal era. The story follows a samurai warrior of African descent who must return to his life of sword-fighting and violence in order to protect a mysterious girl from dark forces. The story, just like the passionate creative team, transcends borders, cultures and languages and is one that we’re so proud to tell at Netflix and share with the world.

Today we’re excited to reveal the first look and announce the launch date for the series. Here are a few words from LeSean on this unique genre-bending story premiering around the world on April 29, 2021.
about.netflix.com/en/news/redefining-what-anime-can-be-with-yasuke

hard

This s*** about to be crazy

nah that’s cap

IN !

ALSO NEW AVI

He ain’t the REAL one though

Based on a Tru Story

I never said they were the same

I’m talking about the thread title saying it’s the first black samurai

Yasuke is a real historical figure being the first black samurai though

I know I know haha, I didn’t mean to insinuate you meant anything by it. this is like a real story of a real guy, this dude really IS the black samurai.

There was also meant to be a movie with Chadwick Boseman playing him but I think it either got cancelled or just pushed back after his death

“AVATAR IS NOT THE SAME AS POCAHONTAS!”

Yall get off Propers back!

I didn’t know about all that

just thought they meant first black samurai character

Man they better not f*** this one up

in

All the way in

this is super hard ngl

Damn I kinda need this right now

wtf they got MAPPA animating this? that studio does not miss these days, i’m excited

ayy thx for making a thread @op I'm hype

Niggas better be caching f***ing bodies in this
I need bloodshed

Only 6 episodes tho

Yeah s*** is weird