Afro Samurai

Death Battle Combatant
The Owner of the Number One Headband
Afro Samurai
Origin	Afro Samurai Ch.1 (1998)
Company	Nou Nou Hau
Appearance(s)	Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai

Afro Samurai is the main protagonist of the series of the same name. He appeared in the 96th episode of DEATH BATTLE!, Samurai Jack VS Afro Samurai, where he fought against Samurai Jack from the series of the same name. He was voiced by Devante' Johnson.

History

When Afro was young, his father was challenged and killed in front of Afro by a man named Justice, who was trying to obtain the Number One Headband, which was said to give its owner god-like powers and immortality to anything but the owner of the Number Two Headband. While trying to get the Number Two Headband in an attempt to get revenge, Afro was taken in and trained by a Sword Master, who turned out to be the owner of it and eventually killed by Afro during an attack on both of them.

As the new Number Two, Afro has to face many foes who are trying to take his headband, while still being on his quest of vengeance against Justice.

DEATH BATTLE! Info

Background

• Real name: Unknown
• Age: Mid-20's
• Height: 5'11" | 179 cm
• Weight: 172 lbs | 78 kg
• Trained by Sword Master
• Ambidextrous
• Bears the Number One headband
• Enjoys a good joint

Arsenal

• Katana
  • Inherited from his father
  • Blade Length: Over 40 in (102 cm)
  • Extremely Resilient
• Steel Comb
• Cigarettes
• Kobo Ichi Technique
  • AKA The Perfect Parry
• Number One Headband

Feats

• Survived RPG of 72 tons of TNT
• Killed dozens of assassins in 3 minutes
• Memorized Afro Droid's fighting style in mere minutes
• Deflected a relativistic speed laser beam
• Strong enough to slice people & swords simultaneously
• Defeated Justice, Afro Droid, Jinno, & Rokutaro

DEATH BATTLE! Quotes

• [Your sword smells of blood.] So does yours.
• Huh, you jump good.

Gallery

Hand-drawn design used in DEATH BATTLE!

Afro's sword

The Number One Headband

Afro's Swordsmanship

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Trivia

• Afro is the second anime/manga character to fight a cartoon character, after Gaara, and with the next two being RX-78-2 Gundam and Edward Elric.

• Afro is the sixth black combatant to appear, after Spawn, Zack the Black Ranger, Balrog, TJ Combo and Black Panther, and with the next three being Miles Morales, Static and War Machine.
  • He is the third black combatant to lose, after Zack the Black Ranger and Balrog, and with the next one being Miles Morales.
• Afro is the first Anime/Manga character to appear hand-drawn, with the next one being Genos.

References

• Afro Samurai on Wikipedia
• Afro Samurai on Afro Samurai Wiki