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Alright this is the first review I've ever written so sorry if it's not the best quality.
Hope this helps you if you're planning on watching this show.

Story: 5

Now honestly i was pretty disappointed by Champloo's story, you see I'm a massive fan of Watanabes most popular work 'Cowboy Bebop' and I expected this story to be of similiar quality as it is held in the same high regard but considered 'heavily underrated' compared to Bebop but that is completely false. Firstly this show is mainly episodic which could have worked in it's favour as Cowboy Bebop was mainly episodic and amazing but Champloo's ... attemp just falls flat with boring predictable plots and when there is a story that overlaps across episodes it just feels long and dull. The pacing isn't terrible but can feel awkward as well due to the fact that you don't really have a great anticipation for the story conclusion as there isn't really an overarching plot.

Art: 7

Now the art was pretty solid overall relative to when this show was released. Now I do think it possibly has some of the weakest animation in a Watanabe directed show but thats's mainly because Watanabe's other creations are just so interesting and defined in their art-styles. The animation during action scenes is very fluid and the dark gritty style works heavily in Champloo's favour.

Sound: 7

Now the soundtrack is probably one of the best parts of this show as it was done by the popular lofi-hiphop-esque producer Nujabes. The smooth jazz-rap builds on the action packed parts of this show and create a really chill vibe for watching. The opening and ending are also great and very memorable parts of the show.

Character: 4

The characters were also extremely disappointing and one faced in their personalities.
Mugen was the typical excited, rowdy main character who is always ready for some action and kind of felt like a ripoff of Spike but minus the depth and development. Jin was the silent, Sasuke type and Fuu was basically an irritating tsundere type. The side characters were sometimes interesting but lacked development due to most stories only lasting one episode in the series.

Enjoyment: 4

Some may think I'm biased in some way from my review of this show but honestly I love anime and samurais as much as the next man but this whole show just wasn't interesting at all to me and everytime I watched an episode it felt forced and long.

Overall: 4

Overall i really didn't enjoy this show and my expectations were crushed in a mere few episodes.
I think this show mainly suffers from the community's overrating nature and it's dull way of playing out mini-stories within a decent length show. I really wanted to like this show but my experience watching this show felt long and boring.

I hope this review helped you out in someway, thanks :)