Afro Samurai and Mugen are two sides of the same coin, two warriors searching for vengeance with their swords at the ready. Though to be honest, their personalities could not be more different as Afro ...

Teachers are encouraged to read “Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan Segal, prior to conducting this lesson. The introductory essay may also be assigned to students with ...

Netflix’s new anime series Yasuke is LeSean Thomas’ ode to anime jidaigeki, or Japanese historical fantasy. Based on the life of the only recorded African samurai in Japanese history, the six-episode ...

The Japanese auteur arrives at Cannes with castle thriller 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' — and two of his most celebrated ...

He is Afro Samurai, so named for his sweeping, gorgeous 'fro swaying in Japanese breeze, like so much tousled cherry blossoms. This samurai aims to avenge the death of his father, beheaded in front of ...

The life of a samurai is filled with uncertainty and danger. Therefore, it was essential that he developed a certain amount of psychological resilience to maintain balance when things spun out of ...

We think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations ...

The Heian period (794-1185) was followed by 700 years of warrior governments—the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Tokugawa. The civil government at the imperial court continued, but the real rulers of the ...