<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I always wondered abt the manga, whether the character was a Samurai with an Afro or a person of African descent. <br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Brian Ruh" <brianruh@yahoo.com><br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:48:01 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<br>Subject: Re: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean Cinema<br><br>Hey, as long as we're on Blackness and anime, what about Afro Samurai? That seems ripe for analysis.<br><br>== Brian<br><br>--- On Fri, 8/28/09, Jim Harper <jimharper666@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:<br><br>> From: Jim Harper <jimharper666@yahoo.co.uk><br>> Subject: Re: H-JAPAN (E): representations of blacknesS, Japanese & Korean Cinema<br>> To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 10:34 AM<br>> Aha, right. My mistake. It's<br>> been so long since I've seen the Gunsmith Cats OVA.<br>> However, since Rally isn't black, I can't think of<br>> many black lead characters. I'll keep looking. Cheers<br>> anyway!<br>> <br>> Jim.<br><br><br><br><br></div></body></html>