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Yasuke

Yasuke

Honor has a new name.

20217.31 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A peaceful boatman once known as the Black Samurai is pulled back into conflict when he takes a little girl with mysterious powers under his wing.

Created by Flying Lotus
Produced by Matthew Shattuck
NetworksNetflix

Top Cast

LaKeith Stanfield

LaKeith Stanfield

Yasuke (voice)

Maya Tanida

Maya Tanida

Saki (voice)

Takehiro Hira

Takehiro Hira

Oda Nobunaga (voice)

Julie Marcus

Julie Marcus

Nikita (voice)

Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen

Natsumaru (voice)

Noshir Dalal

Noshir Dalal

Mitsuhide (voice)

Dia Frampton

Dia Frampton

Ishikawa (voice)

Paul Nakauchi

Paul Nakauchi

Morisuke (voice)

Darren Criss

Darren Criss

Haruto (voice)

William-Christopher Stephens

William-Christopher Stephens

Achoja (voice)

Themes & Keywords

samuraimagicbased on true storypsychic powermechahistoricalanimeafrican slavefantasyscience fantasyaction

About Yasuke

Yasuke is a animation, drama, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of samurai, magic, based on true story, psychic power, mecha, historical. Created by Flying Lotus, it stars LaKeith Stanfield, Maya Tanida, Takehiro Hira. A peaceful boatman once known as the Black Samurai is pulled back into conflict when he takes a little girl with mysterious powers under his wing.

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