This is a review of the first season of the Netflix anime series, Yasuke, which is currently available to stream. Based on the real-life historical figure of the same name, Netflix’s latest anime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I spoke with both Thomas and Jones about crafting Yasuke’s story and how they approached mixing fantasy with facts about the most ...

This year the Animus, Ubisoft’s memory-hopping time machine, is taking us back to 16th century Japan in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Naturally that means we’ll be exploring the life of a Japanese ...

It’s just as significant that this story has manifested through anime. Japan’s animated exports are beloved by Black audiences, but only a precious few series and films that portray Black people or ...

Four days before its premiere, Netflix is giving fans the trailer for its highly anticipated anime series, Yasuke. Inspired by the little-known tale of a legendary Black samurai, Yasuke follows a real ...

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” ...

The legend of the real-world Yasuke (LaKeith Stanfield) follows Japan’s first black samurai. The story goes that he once served the feudal lord Odu Nobunaga in the early days of Japan, with Oda ...

Yasuke is a historical and important figure in Japan, and Assassin's Creed Shadows is giving the legendary samurai another adaptation in pop culture, this time as a playable character. The new Ubisoft ...

Who is Yasuke the Black Samurai in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Ubisoft officially announced this week that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature dual protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. However, a lot of ...