[Coldnova]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/719/719267p1.html

Read about it on here^, watch it PPPEEEEEEAAAACCCCCCCCEEEEEEE!!!!!

[Murmeli Walan]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/752/752802p1.html

There's IGN's advance review of the first episode.

[OverCoat]

I saw the trailer for this a while ago

It looked promising but the last 7 seconds ruined it with some guy spouting nonsensical ebonics. And you know, I HATE that stuff. Because I am RACIST!!!!

Seriously though, the animation is sharp, the action looks cool, and they somehow got Samuel L Jackson and Ron Perlman. But for all the fuss over the RZA doing the music, the trailer music seemed mediocre at best.

[JoeFu]

The review has the link to the first episode...

First episode is pretty good. I like it. It isn't bad and the trailer led me to believe that Afro was going to spew nothing but ebonics, but it was nothing like that, cept for maybe his follower.

[eternal Zero]

This is pretty good stuff. I'm not exactly a fan of the ebonics, but I don't think the show would be as authentic in that sense.

[WesPip]

Could they have shown it ANY MORE in a row without breaking some kind of irritant law?

[Brim]

I watched the trailer except for the last few seconds--it was hot.

I might try to watch the first episode later today...

[Funkoid]

The gore factor was too high to be enjoyable IMO, and the dialog got lame in some parts.

On a side note, it doesn't help with the fact that I think most of Spike TV rivals on retardation. "Hey, let's advertise our new show once every five minutes!" Not to mention all their past animated shows bombed. New Ren and Stimpy, anyone? "Hey, let's make them FLAMING HOMOSEXUALS! That's funny, right???"

To be fair for the afro, I loved the concept and the art was pretty cool, though. Meh, hopefully it'll get better.

An' I be down wit dat Ebonics.

[Soma]

The bad guys at the end reminded me of the Kei pirates from Outlaw Star. From the stuff he was chanting and him summoning those 7 guys, I think he said anten 7. Which is what they were called in OS if i'm not mistaken.

[The Damned]

1. Samuel L. Jackson is not Afro Samurai. Samuel L. Jackson does he voice for another character completely. Download the show, and then go to ten minutes in. That annoying guy that shows up? That's Jackson. The main selling point for this show is misleading. Intsa-Fail for that right there. (And yes, I know the IMDB page lists him as the title character, but we all know that no user-generated content can ever be wrong:rolleyes: )

If Jackson does do the voice for Afro, then he's not doing much for it. I think he grunted a few times, and that was it. I had to turn the volume up just to make out most of what he was saying.

2. There's "all flash and no substance", and then there's this. It's over-flashed, stylized to the point where it's actually sort of ugly. For a show that wants so desperately wants to be anime, it sure fucked it up. They even threw in random Japanese in the bar scene for no reason. It's there, you just have to turn the volume up to hear him mumble it.

3. The violence was terrible. Nothing warranted it. I think fans of Ninja Scroll got together and wrote this. In fact, that fight with the group of guys looks sort of familiar. I'm not about to go rent Ninja Scroll and skip through it to find the exact scene, but I'd bet it's in there. And don't say it's an homage. That's bullshit.

4. Technology is more random than the action. One guy has an old 15th century style rifle, while another has revolvers, while another has a cell phone and high-tech binoculars. And there are androids or cyborgs or something at one point.

I guess I can't really expect much from Spike and the people they're aiming for, but come on...