Tag: Yasuke
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The Daily Stream: Lakeith Stanfield Voices the Anime ‘Yasuke’ in a Feudal Japan with Magic and Mechs
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: Yasuke Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: A Black ronin finds himself tasked with protecting a young girl in a fantasy-tinged, alt-history…
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‘Yasuke’ Trailer: Lakeith Stanfield Voices a Black Samurai in a Mystical Anime World
Recent Oscar nominee Lakeith Stanfield is heading into the world of animation – and the result is unlike any anime project I’ve ever seen. The Judas and the Black Messiah and Atlanta actor lends his voice to the lead character in Yasuke, a new Netflix anime series that he’s executive producing alongside Grammy-winning artist Flying…
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‘Yasuke’ Trailer: Lakeith Stanfield Rises Up in Netflix Anime Series
“Yasuke,” the upcoming Netflix series from creator LeSean Thomas, has released its first trailer ahead of an April 29 release. The streaming giant provided the following synopsis along with key art Monday afternoon.The tale is set in a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magic, and the greatest ronin never known, Yasuke, struggles to…
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Chadwick Boseman Boards Samurai Story ‘Yasuke’
“Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman will produce and topline the samurai story Yasuke,” set in 16th century Japan.“Narcos” co-creator Doug Miro is writing the script, which centers on an African man who arrived in Japan in 1579 in the service of an Italian Jesuit and served under the Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. He was captured…