Afro Samurai

Afro Samurai Country Japan USA Language English Channel Fuji TV Creator Fuminori Kizaki Genre Comedy-drama Black comedy Broadcast 2007 No. of Seasons 1 No. of Episodes 5 Main Cast Character Actor Afro Samuel L. Jackson Justice Ron Perlman Okiku/Otsuro Kelly Hu Shosun John Kassir

Afro Samurai is a 2007 anime whose titular character (voiced by Samuel L Jackson) is on a quest to avenge his father's death by defeating the gunslinger Justice and obtain the Number One headband, said to grant the powers of a god. Set in a fantasy Japan with a mix of modern and Sengoku period technology, Afro Samurai features several guns from different time periods.

The following weapons were used in the anime series Afro Samurai:

Colt Single Action Army

Unusually for a series set in Japan, Justice uses two 7.5" barreled Colt Single Action Army pistols as his main weapons. He's not only able to fire both at once with pretty good accuracy, but also use them to block sword strikes.

Colt Single Action Army w/ 7.5" barrel, known as the "Cavalry" model.

Justice holsters his weapons after killing Afro's father.

Justice fires his revolver during the final confrontation

Justice drops his revolvers

Tanegashima

One mercenary uses a Tanegashima in a failed attempt on Afro's life, but only succeeds in hitting his own soldiers when Afro slices the bullet.

Japanese "Tanegashima" matchlock arquebus.

The mercenary takes aim with his tanegashima...

...fires..

...and has his bullet turned into mercenary-killing flechette by Afro's inhuman sword skills

RPG-7

After killing the mercenary, Soshun, Afro feels the effects of a poison arrow. Losing his balance, he becomes a sitting target, just in time for Brother Six to pull an RPG-7 out of his backpack.

RPG-7 - 40mm

Brother Six fires his RPG-7.

An indispensable part of every monk's arsenal.