Samurai Champloo

an anime made in 2004 by sunset studios, and directed by shinichiro watanabe, who is considered by many to be a god among gods in the anime world. shinichiro watanabe and his brainchild sunset studios are also the same people who have made cowboy bebop.

samurai champloo follows the adventures of jin, a ronin.. mugen, an okinawan criminal… and fuu, a former waitress who has made both jin and mugen to promise her find a ‘samurai who smells like sunflowers’. the anime’s underlying musical theme is hip hop culture, whereas cowboy bebop’s was americana and bebop jazz.
d-mn, samurai champloo is gonna be awesome
an anime show with ridiculously good music
wow samurai champloo has ridiculously good music!
mugen is a fierce animal-like warrior with a unique bboying (break-dance) inspired fighting style. jin has a more traditional style but don’t think of this as a weakness because his skills are amazing. the two contrasting samurai warriors are far from friends, yet their separate paths seem to cross anyways. mugen is wandering aimlessly through the city when he stumbles upon a teahouse where he meets jin and fuu (a ditzy waitress, but don‘t think she doesn‘t have anything hidden up her sleeves). fuu convinces them both to come with her in search of a mysterious samurai that smells like sunflowers and their journey begins. this modernized hip-hop tale breaks the barriers of the common, historical, samurai anime.
samurai champloo is an anime series consisting of 26 episodes. it was broadcast in j-pan from may 20, 2004, through march 19, 2005, on the television network, fuji tv. it also aired on cartoon network’s adult swim from 2005–2008. samurai champloo was created and directed by shinichiro watanabe, whose previous work, cowboy bebop, made him renowned in the anime and j-panese television communities. the show was produced by studio manglobe.
the most ghetto anime of all time. seriously. check it out.
“yo, sup my dawg? you ready fo’ that drive by?”
“nah, m’ nizzle i’m too busy watchin’ tv…”
“anime? ‘th’ f-ck’s wrong wit you, mans?”
“dude, it’s dis new sh-t! samurai champloo. watch.”
“d-mn, man, dat’s ghetto.”