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The story of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro is recorded in the entry for June 785 (4th year of Enryaku) in the Shoku Nihongi.Tamuramaro's father, Sakanoue no Karitamaro, said that their ancestor, Achi no omi of the Yamatonoaya clan, was the great-grandson of Emperor Ling of the Later Han Dynasty, and that he had come from Daifang County with his companions after hearing that there was a sage in an ...
Jero was the first black enka singer in history. Asuka Cambridge (born 1993), Jamaica-born sprinter; Pape Mour Faye (born 1986), Senegal-born basketballer; Samba Faye (born 1987), Senegal-born basketballer; Chris Hart (born 1984), US-born pop singer; Jero (born 1981), US-born enka singer; Kotaro Matsushima (born 1993), South Africa-born rugby ...
This is a list of foreign-born people who became samurai in Japan. During the Edo period (1603–1868), some foreigners in Japan were granted privileges associated with samurai, including fiefs or stipends and the right to carry two swords.
In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. has landed “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule’s next project, which takes on the legendary Yasuke, an African warrior who became the first ...
Afro Samurai was adapted into an anime miniseries and a sequel television film, Afro Samurai: Resurrection. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After the release of the anime series, Takashi Okazaki went back and recreated the original dōjinshi into a two-volume manga series which was released in the United States by Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment . [ 6 ]
Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ, Afuro Samurai, stylized as ΛFΓO SΛMUΓΛI) is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002.
450 years prior to the present, an extraterrestrial force called Efi Dorg invades Earth; the people of Sengoku era Japan dub their mecha and robotic drones as oni.The Washiba Clan falls victim to them, but clan heir Yukihime and her samurai retainer Kennosuke Tokisada Ouma fight back with a stolen Efi Dorg mecha, which they dub the "Black Relic" (黒骸, Kuromukuro).
“Blue Eye Samurai” is set to collect a trio of juried awards for achievement in animation–for character design, production design and storyboard–while vying for two competitive awards ...