Yeah, Afro Samurai is one of those rare animes produced in America. Sam Jackson did do voice work, including a number of other big names but at the moment the only other person I can think of is Ron Pearlman. I hear that each episode cost an estimated $1 million a piece!
Cuz hiring Samuel L. Jackson and other big names ain't cheap. And the animation in Afro Samurai is very high budget.
A friend recommended me Code Geass some days ago... I have seen only two episodes though xD Lelouche is so evil... I also want to watch Samurai Champloo, specially since it was one of Michael Dante DiMartino's (avatar creator) influences.
I want to see that too! I also want to get into the Vampire Hunter D novels and read the Batman manga.
Which Batman manga. I have the Batman: Child of Dreams manga which was created by Kia Asamiya. Its really good.