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Afro Samurai Dinner Theatre, Minus Dinner... and Theatre
Posted by Brian Crecente at 10:40 AM on October 8, 2008
The sudden appearance of a fro-stachioed samurai on the stage during Namco-Bandai's presentation this morning of Afro Samurai was met with such surprise and bewilderment that everyone seemed to be frozen for a moment. And then he was joined by a trio of ninja, kicking off a six minute long performance by the four that involved much sword waggling, mismatched sound effects and blurry visuals. It was sort of like a live action Wii game.
After wrapping up their sword play, the group performed a traditional Japanese blessing that involved cutting things with swords and shouting by everyone, including the press audience. Sword blessing and shouts above. Live Action Fro on the jump.
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TheHeeyyy
Posted 11:08 AM 8/10/08
@Firemane:
More like Chris Tucker lol.
TheHeeyyy
Nexus6
Posted 11:04 AM 8/10/08
"And then he was joined by a trio of ninja, kicking off a six minute long performance by the four that involved much sword waggling, mismatched sound effects and blurry visuals. It was sort of like a live action Wii game."
HEYO !
Nexus6
Xero_Azmea
Posted 11:01 AM 8/10/08
Awesome...
Xero_Azmea
wocyob
Posted 11:01 AM 8/10/08
hm that was pretty boring...
wocyob
Jsplisim
Posted 11:00 AM 8/10/08
This is revenge for casting Micheal Clark-Ducan as "The Kingpin" in Daredevil...
Jsplisim
휘성
Posted 10:58 AM 8/10/08
Afro Ken /アフロ犬 had a hand in this.
휘성
Firemane
Posted 10:56 AM 8/10/08
@TheHeeyyy:
Chris Rock was not available.
Firemane
rich8606
Posted 10:54 AM 8/10/08
Only in Japan.... you get away with stuffs this cheesy.
rich8606
TheHeeyyy
Posted 10:48 AM 8/10/08
They really couldn't find a black guy to play Afro Samurai?
TheHeeyyy
dhlt25
Posted 10:44 AM 8/10/08
lol, that's entertaining
dhlt25
Avonej
Posted 11:27 AM 8/10/08
Oh man, I felt so anxious when that curtain fell in the first video. As it slowly descended, all I could think was "Is it behind the actors? Is it in front of the actors? Will it land on the actors?"
Avonej
icko
Posted 11:26 AM 8/10/08
man...this will piss off sam jackson....
icko
WammyJammy
Posted 11:21 AM 8/10/08
@Jsplisim: AHAHAH!! yes thats a strong possibility!
WammyJammy
freakoflink
Posted 11:15 AM 8/10/08
Sound effects ftw!
freakoflink
Daisuash
Posted 11:13 AM 8/10/08
"And then he was joined by a trio of ninja, kicking off a six minute long performance by the four that involved much sword waggling, mismatched sound effects and blurry visuals. It was sort of like a live action Wii game."
Hahahaha, too much truth in a paragraph XD
But...watch out the fanboys!! They´re rabid!
Daisuash
DIV360
Posted 11:46 AM 8/10/08
@Avonej:
lol! what the hell? hahahahah!!!
I watched the first video just because of your comment hahaha!!!!
i got anxious too >_<''
DIV360
Anaxymander
Posted 11:45 AM 8/10/08
that's was awesome! they even used live blades. Props to all the performers.
Anaxymander
cihx
Posted 11:40 AM 8/10/08
@Jsplisim:
no actually that was revenge for changing baxter stockman from tmnt into an old white man.
cihx
bfwings55
Posted 12:08 PM 8/10/08
It's really no better (or less embarrasing) than your average anime convention talent show entry.
bfwings55
cZEAL
Posted 12:04 PM 8/10/08
It's actually worse than the anime! Didn't think that was possible.
cZEAL
Kuririn
Posted 1:31 PM 8/10/08
rabid I am indeed
this fanboy is not happy with kotaku...i expected better from a site which i thought had some gaming equality(yea thats a weird term).....i am sadly mistaken
but they warned me...the internets arent safe desu
o well i will live with it
well, I for one dont mind this....I actually find this a little better than one of the demonstrations during the matsuri in montreal...a little
Kuririn
Real Serious Assassin
Posted 1:22 PM 8/10/08
Re-enacted bushido ftw!
Real Serious Assassin
Zombie999
Posted 1:36 PM 8/10/08
I'm confused.
Zombie999
Altima NEO
Posted 2:10 PM 8/10/08
This is just ridiculously awesome
Altima NEO
icepick314
Posted 3:15 PM 8/10/08
haven't we had no-dinner dinner before?
icepick314
roflwaffles
Posted 3:38 PM 8/10/08
wait, what?
roflwaffles
Nintenjoe
Posted 4:12 PM 8/10/08
super not awesome
Nintenjoe
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 10:22 PM 8/10/08
OH!
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
yanipheonu
Posted 1:01 AM 9/10/08
Not enough bloom lighting :P
yanipheonu
Xavior
Posted 1:50 AM 9/10/08
Is that "Bandi" an intentional typo?
Xavior
Roto13
Posted 8:06 AM 9/10/08
@Daisuash: That's the point of trolling, isn't it?
Roto13
Kris
Posted 2:52 AM 9/10/08
Well that was hilariously uninteresting...and...kind of...unimpressive really. And entirely too long.
Kris