Afro Samurai (video game)

Afro Samurai is an action video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, loosely based on the manga and anime series of the same name.

Lengthy flashbacks throughout the story detail how Afro rose from a frightened boy fleeing the death of his father to a brutal samurai warrior, and eventually became the current "Number Two".

After defeating a hallucination of Justice in single combat, Afro realizes that the headbands only bring pain and death.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn served as the voice director,[14] while the hip hop producer RZA was behind the soundtrack of the game.

[15][16] The game's credits reveal that Namco Bandai commissioned a TV screenwriter, Peter Saji, to produce a storyline for a downloadable episode.

In November 2015, the game was removed from the PlayStation Store and Steam with volumes 2 and 3 being cancelled due to negative reception.

Afro Samurai features a cel-shaded animation style.