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The RZA has been contracted to score an animated martial arts series to be broadcast on Spike TV in the fall.
The acclaimed Wu Tang producer will craft the score of Afro Samurai, an animated series that stars actor Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson’s voice will be used for the protagonist of the series, an unorthodox hero based on Takashi Okazaki’s graphic novel of the same name.
Afro Samurai is a tale of a Black samurai seeking vengeance on the killers of his father. The series also melds Hip-Hop with martial arts, a combination that RZA is very familiar with.
"Afro Samurai offers me the opportunity to mix the innovational world of Hip-Hop with the visual imagination of Japanese animation,” RZA said in a statement. “The vibe of Afro Samurai is so soulful and cool, that when I was asked to compose the series my creative juices immediately reacted. I felt it was something meant for me to do; in many ways Afro and myself share the same spirit."
As a producer, RZA has scored marital arts-themed films like Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Blade: Trinity. As an actor, the Staten Island native has also appeared in Derailed, Coffee and Cigarettes, Scary Movie 3 and the aforementioned Ghost Dog.
Continuing, RZA said, “As a fan of martial art and old Japanese Samurai movies, I have always wanted to be a part of such creativity and to have my own spice added is even better. Many Hip-Hop artists and musicians from the late 80's to now have been inspired by this form of entertainment, and today's animators have been stimulated by Hip-Hop. But, usually these two forms of expression never meet in the same realm of artistry.”
Afro Samurai is a product of FUNimation Entertainment and GDH K.K. and it will be available on DVD in the Spring of 2007.
Aside from Hip-Hop, the Wu Tang Clan's original nine members were inspired by a love of martial arts and incorporate Far Eastern discipline in their organizational bylines and their thought provoking musicianship.
Source: allhiphop.com
The acclaimed Wu Tang producer will craft the score of Afro Samurai, an animated series that stars actor Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson’s voice will be used for the protagonist of the series, an unorthodox hero based on Takashi Okazaki’s graphic novel of the same name.
Afro Samurai is a tale of a Black samurai seeking vengeance on the killers of his father. The series also melds Hip-Hop with martial arts, a combination that RZA is very familiar with.
"Afro Samurai offers me the opportunity to mix the innovational world of Hip-Hop with the visual imagination of Japanese animation,” RZA said in a statement. “The vibe of Afro Samurai is so soulful and cool, that when I was asked to compose the series my creative juices immediately reacted. I felt it was something meant for me to do; in many ways Afro and myself share the same spirit."
As a producer, RZA has scored marital arts-themed films like Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Blade: Trinity. As an actor, the Staten Island native has also appeared in Derailed, Coffee and Cigarettes, Scary Movie 3 and the aforementioned Ghost Dog.
Continuing, RZA said, “As a fan of martial art and old Japanese Samurai movies, I have always wanted to be a part of such creativity and to have my own spice added is even better. Many Hip-Hop artists and musicians from the late 80's to now have been inspired by this form of entertainment, and today's animators have been stimulated by Hip-Hop. But, usually these two forms of expression never meet in the same realm of artistry.”
Afro Samurai is a product of FUNimation Entertainment and GDH K.K. and it will be available on DVD in the Spring of 2007.
Aside from Hip-Hop, the Wu Tang Clan's original nine members were inspired by a love of martial arts and incorporate Far Eastern discipline in their organizational bylines and their thought provoking musicianship.
Source: allhiphop.com