The fuck even was this… It’s like a weird mixture of Samurai Champloo and Hellsing. But in the end, I was pretty disappointed.
Animation was one of the biggest problems for me. It was certainly unique, with its cel-shaded style and heavy use of shadows, but it just wasn’t pleasing to the eye. The characters were often stiff and angular, and the action scenes were choppy and hard to follow. There were some action scenes where I didn’t understand what was happening until all of the action ended.
The story was also a letdown. It was basically a revenge story, but it was so predictable and boring that I couldn’t bring myself to care about the characters or their motivations. The ending was particularly unsatisfying, and it felt like the show was just wrapping things up without any real thought or care. The characters were the one saving grace of Afro Samurai. They were all interesting and somewhat cool with the sci-fi elements. The music was… well, music, I suppose. Definitely not something I would listen to again.
I think my biggest problem was with the execution. The concept was cool, with a mix of high-tech and traditional Japanese elements, but it just wasn’t executed well. I never really felt connected to the story. Everything just didn’t feel right, as if they all worked alone in their own echo chambers, but when put together, it just created an ugly mess.