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What’s up people. For Black History Month, we’ve decided to cull together a list of the Top 20 Black Characters in Gaming. Counting down from 20, we’ll be hitting you with a new one each week day until we get to number 1. Let’s get to it:
#6 on TGH’z Top Black Video Game Characters list goes to Afro – Afro Samurai
Yo Afro! Yup. This cat is HIGH on our list. Why? Well, its an absolute shame that this dope ass character voiced by Samuel Jackson was not created by someone black. Originally created as Japanese Manga by Takashi Okazaki, Afro Samurai has come on in a big way with its super successful transition to Anime and distributed by SpikeTV in the US.
Here’s a little something something for all you folks out there who can’t get enough of the Afro sportn’ samurai himself. I had the pleasure of attending Namco Bandai’s 2008 press tour here in NY. I was able to get some hands on time with the game and
The no sh*t taking cool as hell samurai with the biggest ‘fro ever is about to cut it up on the Ps3 and Xbox360 come January 2009. From the manga and anime based of the same name, Afro Samurai tells the tale of a wondering samurai out for revenge against the murderer of his father and the holder of the coveted number one headband.
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