The Real Story Behind Shogun TV Show: William Adams - English Samurai

Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/kingsandge.... It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/hi... In one of our past animated historical documentaries, we told the story of the African Samurai - Yasuke http://bit.ly/2Hv6fsq However, he wasn't the only foreign Samurai who found fortune and adventure in Japan - and Englishmen William Adams was a prominent player in the battle for the Shogunate and his story will be told in this video. If you want to learn more about the history of the Samurai, check out our video: http://bit.ly/2GUjMLt Support us on Patreon:   / kingsandgenerals   or Paypal: http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals Check out our Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/kingsand... The video was made by our friend Robbie McSweeney http://bit.ly/2EYH0gX while the script was researched and written by Leo Stone. This video was narrated by Officially Devin (   / @offydgg   &    / @gameworldnarratives  ) We are grateful to our patrons and sponsors, who made this video possible: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Jlq... ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsand... ✔ Patreon ►   / kingsandgenerals   ✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Facebook ►   / kingsgenerals   ✔ Instagram ►  / kings_generals   Sources: Dalton, William. 1861. Will Adams, The First Englishman in Japan: A Romantic Biography. London: Cassel, Peter, and Galpin. Pletcher, Kenneth. 2012. William Adams: English Navigator. October 5. https://www.britannica.com/biography/.... Veith, Ilza. 1945. "Englishman or Samurai: The Story of Will Adams." The Far Eastern Quarterly 5-27. Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com #Documentary #Shogun #Samurai