| Wow! After 4 episodes, I don't know what else to say. I was hesitant to watch this, well, because I know how people so closely relate this series to Cowboy Bebop... and well... you all know how I felt about that one (still trying to get back my wasted hours **snicker**) Anyway, I'm glad to say that this series, thus far (4 episodes watched) is living up to it's reputation. The only thing I don't like about what I've seen so far is the OP song. And I'm sorry, but can there be another character as awesome as Jin? He's cool, he's calm, he's collected, and then he kicks ass!! Gotta love him!!! Can't wait for the rest of this to finish downloading. |
| Yeah! He's my favorite samurai! :) He wears his glasses just for style you know ;) |
| Jin = Awesomeness in my book :D |
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| first half of Samurai Champloo is awesome, 2nd half is still good, but nowhere as good as 1st half sadly =/ |
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| Sorry everyone. Mugen > Jin |
Xinil said: Sorry everyone. Mugen > Jin I concur! |
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Xinil said: Sorry everyone. Mugen > Jin ^^ |
| OMG... Episode 6... soooooo funny!!! (The one with the eating contest, and the man from Holland that wants to live in Japan for man love-love) ...Soooooo funny.... but... well... O_o... sooooooo wrong... ROFLMAO. I love this frikkin' show. If CB had been THIS good... well... I digress. I can't wait to see more, but at the same time, I don't want it to end!! =/ eta: I love the little random things they throw in... ...like the image of the beautiful japanese landscape, and the caption "This is Edo... 1888..." ..then they flash at the bottom of the screen... "Which has nothing to do with our story." ROFL... OK... I'm done... /rant over eta2: Jin still kicks ass!! |
ChelleJan 25, 2007 5:01 AM
| Yeah...funny but wrong. Exactly why this is my fav anime series so far. Watched all 26 episodes. And i think: Jin=Mugen Both have great, fleshed out personailties...well Jin moreso, but they are pretty much equal in skill. |
| agree with izikiel, 2nd half of the series is teh lag. Mugen = Jin IMO |
wildebeest0001 said: agree with izikiel, 2nd half of the series is teh lag. Mugen = Jin IMO Same |
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| Naw, it's Jin all the way! |
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| Jin and Mugen both rock, and this show kicks ass! I need to re-download all the eps that I lost when my hdd broke....or get the dvds (if they weren't so damn expensive >.< I want them to make a think pack) |
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manateegirl said: Jin and Mugen both rock, and this show kicks ass! I need to re-download all the eps that I lost when my hdd broke....or get the dvds (if they weren't so damn expensive >.< I want them to make a think pack) I bought the box set at Anime Expo last year for $200. Its the most expensive series I've seen. |
| I can get it for $120 Australian dollars...which is about 60 american dollars for you guys. I don't know. Someone else do the math. But...i don't have 120 dollars...and i'm saving up for something else... |
| Sorry, my internet connection screwed up and made a double post. Mugen must now kill me for my sin. |
| AU $120 wouldn't be US $60. More like $100 (roughly). But yeah, I've been trying to watch Samurai Champloo (after seeing the first episode/starting it when it first came out), but bleh... after 9 episodes I'm as bored as ever. I guess I just can't watch shows where each episode is self-contained, and the actual plot-line moves slowly. |
CrystalFeb 23, 2007 2:27 AM
| I just finished it. *sniff* Good times. |
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| I have gone on a "Samurai Champloo" marathon... watching 10 episodes today... I finally got off my ass and decided to finish this thing... and it's not because I haven't enjoyed the series (I love it, btw)... just been busy "catching up" with Bleach and lately, watching the new series... Only 7 more episodes of SC left... I intend to be finished with this by this weekend... YAY!!! (It will be a happy day... and a sad day... when I am done). |
Enjoy it while it lasts. The Sara episodes are great, but don't judge 22 and 23 too badly. Can someone tell me how to do that spoiler thing? I've never done it before, and i obviosuly failed. Very Sorry to spoil the story FurabaFan! |
BlueYoshiApr 20, 2007 8:03 PM
BlueYoshi said: Enjoy it while it lasts. The Sara episodes are great, but don't judge 22 and 23 too badly. [spolier]Zombies and Baseball. Ugh. The baseball episode is funny, but the zombie one is just stupid. Can someone tell me how to do that spoiler thing? I've never done it before, and i obviosuly failed. Very Sorry to spoil the story FurabaFan! type: [*spoiler]TEXT HERE[*/spoiler] except, remove the asterisks ...and no worries... at least it didn't spoil anything major about the Sunflower Samurai or Jin and his master... the 2 biggest things I'm looking forward to learning about... The last episode I watched, I learned that the Sunflower Samurai |
| Thanks. Just did it. And now you know. Zombies and Baseball. Don't worry, it's not really major plot. That's what 24-26 is for. |
| Furuba, you haven't finished it yet? Holy crap...I thought you were done long since! Glad I didn't come barging in saying stupid things. :X Edit: OK, good. I had the sense to use spoiler tags. lol Enjoy your marathon!! |
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| FINISHED!! :) 15 episodes in a little over 24 hours... Series kicked ass... ...and Jin is STILL my favorite!! :D |
| how come u didn't like CB then if u loved this one |
Aokaado said: how come u didn't like CB then if u loved this one Tis a mystery =P |
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FurubaFan said: ...and Jin is STILL my favorite!! :D Did he look hot at the end or WHAT? XD |
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hounddog said: FurubaFan said: ...and Jin is STILL my favorite!! :D Did he look hot at the end or WHAT? XD Hahaha... it was definitely a different (and yes, better) look for Jin!! ^_^ I gained so much <3 and respect for Mugen those last few episodes... T_T More than I've had for him through the entire series. Those last episodes were the only time I remember seeing him be selfless... and think of someone other than Mugen. I was happy with the ending... but still kinda surprised. |
| The part of Samurai Champloo that made me sad is when they explained Jin's past. It so sad T_T he didnt even know who he was killing T_T. |
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| I'm just happy it ended well. I would kill for a second season. |
BlueYoshi said: I would kill for a second season. word! The greatest Anime ever... and i don't like CB, too^^ so don't worry chelle...I also read the manga and there are many new storys, so maybe there will be OVA's or something like that in the future :) but that's only a whish... and yeah... I know that the last post was written a few month ago^^ |
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| i am i episode 25 and i have some questions: 1) what is shogunate? 2) in episode 21 the man that save jin said ( jokingly, i think) that is name is musashi miyamoto, after he said that jin look surprised, why? who is musashi miyamoto? 3) in ep 24 jin said that they passed nagasaki, but in the next day fuu left jin and mugen to an island to look for her dad, why? the island that she went to is that the island that the Christians was on? 4) i didnt get what business jin master have with kagetoki kariya? 5) what is the Shimabra Rebellion? |
KuroRinXDec 15, 2007 8:35 AM
| 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimabara_Rebellion Just google/wiki for general questions... And yeah this show is awesome. Need to finish it when I have the time. |
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| 1) On a basic level, a Shogunate is a government ruled by a Shogun (this translates best as "warlord"). It's based primarily on military power - think of it as a well-organised samurai junta. 3) Christians were all over the south of Japan at the height of Christianity's popularity, but that's not to say there were actually a lot of them. Many converted to Christianity because it was cool and different, or because they were impressed that it was preached by Jesuits who'd sailed thousands of miles because they believed in what they said, not full of corrupt buddhist clergy, or alternatively because they saw it as a chance to build trade relations with overseas merchants. The few who actually believed in it as a religion were the ones least likely to give it up when it was declared illegal, so it makes sense that they'd maybe go and hide somewhere like a small, out of the way island. I don't know if that specific island was real and/or a christian hotspot or not, but the point is primarily that it's a remote spot. |
| can someone answer my on 2 and 4 |
| Er, you're welcome. Also look, Kasumisama answered 2, and I for one can't remember 4. |
| someone know 4? |
| ??? |
| I loved this series. It oozes coolness from every single frame and the animation is gorgeously fluid. Also a moving story thrown in amidst the zany moments and cooler than cool sword fights. My only complaint is that there was not enough emphasis on Jin who was my favourite character. |
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| This series is one of my favorite, I really want to watch Cowboy Bebop. Hope it is as great as this one. |
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| Yeah, this entire anime is on a different level. I wrote a review on it where I basically said as much, but it was absolutely insane how many different elements Watanabe incorporated into the series, and actually made it coherent and entertaining. An unbelievable masterpiece, arguably even better than the Cowboy Bebop series in some ways. |
| Just finished this series.. and I have to say it was unbelievably epic; one of my favorite animes. Though I wish they would of finished the story with Yatsuha and Mugen.. she didn't ever appear again after that one episode she was in :\ |
| It's a truly a masterpiece. Anyone've seen Afro Samurai? That's a crap and it looks like someone was trying to make something similar to SC |
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ArucardPL said: It's a truly a masterpiece. Anyone've seen Afro Samurai? That's a crap and it looks like someone was trying to make something similar to SC Yes, I've seen Afro Samurai, but you completely missed the point of the OVA if you thought it was trying to copy Champloo. It was just trying to entertain you with mindless action sequences over a generic story, nothing more. Champloo, as you correctly said, was a masterpiece. Afro Samurai never, not in a million years, tried to be one. |
| i loved it soooooo muchhhhhhhhh now one of my fav anime <3 i cant really pin point wht i liked it about it, but everything was just done so well! the fighting was really cleverly calligraphed, the characters were unique, the storylines were interesting, the music was beautiful and the humour amusing; overall an amazinggg experience which i loved every moment of. the only thing i regret now is having marathoned it in 2 days!! :( :'( |
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