Afro Samurai: From Fat Lips to Franchise
Posted by: Jon Haehnle on September 2, 2008 at 10:08 pm
 Hey, the Afro Samurai manga is finally being released Stateside, and it’s from… TOR/Seven Seas, WTF? Not sure how that happened, but they got Joshua Fialkov on board for the adaption, and Josh is cool people. Volume 1 includes Takashi Okazaki’s original 8 page doujin as a neat little bonus supplement — and I do mean little since they pages are more like thumbnails =/ What caught my eye was seeing how the art changed. For example, here’s a comparison of the first panel of the manga and the first panel of the original. I guess someone let Bob (I love that Okazaki’s nickname is “Bob”) know those big lips were not gonna fly with the US market…
You can click here for full-page scans: 
2 Responses to "Afro Samurai: From Fat Lips to Franchise"1 | Chantwan September 17th, 2008 at 3:02 pm Cool article and information, thanks. I think if the original art style (Big Lips) was mixed more with the newer art, it would stand a bit stronger because it gives that genuine feel. 2 | John Grin When I first saw the anime I was hooked. I still am but when saw the art book with the original drawings it was a stab to the heart. Maybe he didn’t know what he was drawing back then but either way it’s a great anime and can’t wait for more of the series to drop. Fat lips or not can’t nobody mess with afro. |
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