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Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo

Alternative Titles

English: Samurai Champloo
Japanese: サムライチャンプルー

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 20, 2004 to Mar 19, 2005
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.531 (scored by 31665 users)
Ranked: #612
Popularity: #22
Members: 45,912
Favorites: 2,558
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

action adventure comedy samurai

Synopsis

Mugen`s a buck wild warrior - violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin - mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong as well. These two fiercely independent warriors can`t be any more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed when they are arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers." And their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage... NOT!

(synopsis taken from AniDB)

Related Anime

Adaptation: Samurai Champloo

Characters & Voice Actors

Mugen
Mugen
Main
Nakai, Kazuya
Japanese
Nakai, Kazuya
Blum, Steven
English
Blum, Steven
...
Jin
Jin
Main
Sato, Ginpei
Japanese
Sato, Ginpei
Thornton, Kirk
English
Thornton, Kirk
...
Kasumi, Fuu
Kasumi, Fuu
Main
Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese
Kawasumi, Ayako
Wahlgren, Kari
English
Wahlgren, Kari
...
Hotaru
Hotaru
Supporting
Katsuki, Masako
Japanese
Katsuki, Masako
Lee, Wendee
English
Lee, Wendee

Staff

Watanabe, Shin'ichiro
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Yamamoto, Sayo
Episode Director, Storyboard
Sato, Dai
Script
Okamura, Tensai
Storyboard


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Jun 10, 2008
kiriska
Historical anime don't usually interest me, but when it's as tongue-in-cheek and as full of anachronisms as this, I'm not sure it really counts as a historical anime anymore.

STORY - Like its predecessor Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo is a very episodic series, and it's perfectly safe to miss a few episodes here or there. Even the overarching story remains incredibly vague for almost the entirety of the series and the audience is sometimes left to wonder if there really is a point to all of that searching when they knew virtually nothing to begin with. There's something about the lack of details that makes this read more
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Apr 14, 2009
darkmac
Samurai Champloo is frequently compared to Cowboy Bebop, but there's one thing that really sets it apart: the action. There wasn't anything bad about Bebop's action, but Champloo's action is among the best of any anime out there, especially among TV series. Though the main characters both use swords, they fight with wildly different styles (Mugen's use of shoes is particularly brilliant), and the fights against enemies with various weapons throughout the series all manage to make themselves interesting and different. Even if the rest of the series were terrible, it would be worth watching simply for the action.

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Recommendations

Same style, same director, same type of characters. Spike -> Mugen (whimsical and wild) Jin -> Jet (level headed) Faye -> Fuu (charming but deadly)
reportRecommended by Xinil - Add to favorites
Very stylized action sequences. Both are samurai themed. Each has a very serious samurai as well as a more laid back, energetic samurai.

Opening Theme

"Battlecry" by Nujabes feat. SHINGO2 (eps 1-25)

Ending Theme

#1: "Shiki No Uta" by MINMI
#2: "Who's Theme" by Minmi (ep 12)
#3: "YOU" by kazami (ep 17)
#4: "FLY [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS]" by Tsutchie & fat jon (ep 23)
#5: "San Francisco" by Midicronica (ep 26)

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