Netflix announced in March it would release 40 anime shows this year. "Yasuke," an anime about a Black samurai, was one of Netflix's most popular shows last week. Head writer Nick Jones Jr. talked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The series, which hails from animation veteran LeSean Thomas (whose credits range from “The Legend of Korra” and “Black Dynamite” ...

Netflix officially describes Yasuke as such, “In a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to maintain a peaceful existence after a past ...

LeSean Thomas will be serving as the producer and director for Studio MAPPA with character designs from Takeshi Koike, and music composed by Grammy Award-nominated artist Flying Lotus. Leading the ...

The story of Yasuke, the first African samurai, will soon come to life in a new way: as an anime. Series creator, producer, and director LeSean Thomas is working on the show starring LaKeith Stanfield ...

Early last month, anime series creator, producer, and director LeSean Thomas (Cannon Busters) and Netflix unveiled first-look images for the highly anticipated anime series Yasuke. Flash ahead to ...

Karl Anthony Simpson Jr. is a Movie/TV News writer for Game Rant and lifelong cinematic fan. In his spare time, he writes his own original screenplays and write reviews for streaming content. Karl ...

Netflix’s new historical anime Yasuke is based on the remarkable true story of a legendary Black warrior who fought in feudal era Japan. Produced by LaKeith Stanfield, composer Flying Lotus, and ...

“Yasuke” creator LeSean Thomas leaves everything on the field with his new Netflix anime series. That’s blatantly obvious the moment we drop into the center of a battle where armored warriors clash ...

In April, Netflix released Yasuke, an animated television series that tells the story of an African who becomes the military retainer — or samurai — of one of medieval Japan's most famous warlords.