The tale of Yasuke, the principal African samurai, will before long wake up in another way: as an anime. Arrangement maker, maker, and chief LeSean Thomas is dealing with the show featuring LaKeith Stanfield as the voice of Yasuke.
About Yasuke
In the pages of history, Yasuke showed up in Kyoto in 1579. He joined the positions of the samurai in a year. In the six-scene anime Yasuke, the champion is in an alternate setting. This time it’s another fantastical Japan with mechs and wizardry during the medieval period. The story fixates on the samurai hero of African plummet who should get back to his life of blade battling and viciousness to shield a puzzling young lady from dim powers.
Netflix shared first look pictures for Yasuke and the presentation date in a blog entry on Monday night.
Thomas shared, “There is a fortunate nature about this venture, how an African-American man goes to Japan to live and work among the absolute best in Japanese anime to make an anime about an African who goes to Japan to live among the Japanese tip top and become a fighter. Some portion of me where it counts feels I was intended to make this experience arrangement with MAPPA, Flying Lotus, LaKeith, and the remainder of this skilled group.”
Thomas proceeded, “Yasuke is a captivating, puzzling figure in Japanese history that is attracted a developing interest in the present media throughout the long term. I originally educated of Yasuke’s part in Japanese history longer than 10 years or somewhere in the vicinity. The kids’ book, Kuro-suke by Kurusu Yoshio, highlighted pictures that aroused my interest. To ultimately discover that he wasn’t only an anecdotal character, however, a genuine individual was energizing material for an experience story.”
Proud to share these first images. 3 years in the making and we are finally here… Honor has a new name. YASUKE ❗️April 29th only on Netflix. #yasuke #anime @netflix pic.twitter.com/kBzrlXphvI
— FLYLO (@flyinglotus) March 9, 2021