"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" - Talkback [1/25] (Spoilers)

You no know why, because no one cares about hardcore anime fans, they are far too small and unpleasable to cater too, so why bother.

This anime is clearly aimed an American audeince, likely why it has faster pacing and aiming something at a general audience will earn Spike TV far more money then aiming something at otakus.
 
From TVByTheNurabers:

Afro Samurai: Resurrection(Sunday 10-12) - 710,000 total viewers


I don't know if that is good or bad, since it didn't crack one million viewers. Only Spike TV knows.
 
Unfortunately, that probably means Family Guy beat it.

I'm hoping that if they rerun it, it's right after a UFC fight card. That usually pumps up the ratings points.
 
I hope not. He was a riot. He's crazy but that's what's fun about him, he's a great companion for the stoic Afro. To me, he's also there to speak for the audience sometimes. Take early on in the movie, where he's commenting on the plot and talking about how crazy and weird Afro's situation is.
 
Well, Anime News Network thought it was "racist", because he was speaking a lot of jive or something like that.

Which is kinda overreactive...
 
My understanding is Afro Samurai Resurrection did better than the first one, which I believe got around 600,000 views. I think Spike TV probably has lower expectations for this, so it probably did well for what it was. Probably would have helped had they advertised a bit more, but we shouldn't worry.
 
I looked up the press release when the first series aired two years ago and the first episode garnered 775,000 total viewers. So, while there was a drop-off, it might not be as bad as it might seem.

Of course, the mini-series aired once a week(originally Spike was going to air all five episodes at once, but they changed their mind) and on a Thursday(the most watched night on television), so that might factor into it.
 
I liked season one better, but this movie was still pretty good.
Redemption for Jinno, may he rest in peace this time.
Afro's undead father totally owned everyone.
Can't say I really feel sorry for Sio, wanting revenge in this series never enRAB well.

I'm still confused about the headbanRAB.
Back in the last episode of season one we saw a whole room of headbanRAB (at least eight of them). So in theory wouldn't you need the Nuraber Three headband in order to go after the person with the Nuraber Two?
Why couldn't Afro just go after Sio without having to get the Nuraber Two headband first? Who would stop him, the headband police?
 
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