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Samurai Champloo(TV show/series, 2004-2005)

Original title: "サムライチャンプルー" (Japanese/JA)
TV-MA
| 24min per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

Samurai ChamplooRating: 4.1/5 (with 297 votes)
Samurai Champloo (Japanese: サムライチャンプルー, Hepburn: Samurai Chanpurū) is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete airing on Fuji Network System. It was licensed for North American broadcast on Adult Swim, and for commercial release first by Geneon Entertainment and later by Crunchyroll. It was also licensed for English releases in the United Kingdom by MVM Films, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. A manga adaptation was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace during 2004, later released in North America by Tokyopop the following year. The series is set in a fictionalized version of Edo period Japan, blending traditional elements with anachronistic cultural references including hip hop. The series follows the exploits of tea waitress Fuu, vagrant outlaw Mugen, and ronin Jin. Fuu saves Mugen and Jin from execution, then forces the pair to aid in her quest to find a samurai who smells of sunflowers. Structured similar to a road movie, the series focuses on tolerance and acceptance of minorities contrasted against its setting, with a central theme being t... ()
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About Samurai Champloo

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

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Samurai Champloo Seasons and Episodes

05/20/2004Season 1 - 26 episodes
#1 | 05/20/2004Tempestuous Temperaments
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)
Fuu is a part-time teahouse worker whose life changes forever when two vagabond warriors, Mugen and Jin, stumble into her place of business and end up in hot water with the local magistrate.
#2 | 06/03/2004Redeye Reprisal
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)
When Mugen wounds an enemy's arm, it sets off a dangerous chain reaction. Fuu is kidnapped, and two deadly assassins are dispatched to make short work of vagabond Mugen and ronin Jin.
#3 | 06/10/2004Hellhounds for Hire (1)
3.7/5 (with 10 votes)
After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.
#4 | 06/17/2004Hellhounds for Hire (2)
3.7/5 (with 10 votes)
The paths Mugen, Jin, and Fuu follow bring them together again, but their reunion is put on hold when an untimely mistake intensifies the struggle between two clans fighting for control of one city.
#5 | 06/24/2004Artistic Anarchy
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)
An unknown artist hires Fuu for a private modeling session, but his passion for painting turns out to be a front for a human trafficking ring. Will Mugen crack the case in time to save Fuu from a life of slavery?
#6 | 07/01/2004Stranger Searching
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)
Mugen and Jin loses their weapons and their appetites - in an rice-eating contest, and the only way to get them back is by posing as tour guides for a mysterious European with a penchant for man love!
#7 | 07/08/2004A Risky Racket
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)
Fuu gets caught in a web of deception when she falls for prolific pickpocket with a heart of gold. But when her sticky-fingered friend slips his hands into the wrong pocket, he could be headed for a beat down.
#8 | 07/15/2004The Art of Altercation
3.8/5 (with 10 votes)
A cocky sword-slinger with a crush on Fuu dishes the dirt on Jin's disgraceful past. If the renegade ronin wants to restore his good name, he'll need to get his glasses out of hock and make ready for a throw down!
#9 | 07/22/2004Beatbox Bandits
3.8/5 (with 10 votes)
The crew is headed for the gallows after getting caught flashing fake travel permits, but Mugen can win back their freedom by out hustling a deranged gang of warrior priests.
#10 | 07/29/2004Lethal Lunacy
3.8/5 (with 10 votes)
Mugen takes his training to the next level in preparation for a full moon death match with a killer who uses a deadly armor-piercing attack to soak the streets in the blood of his victims.
#11 | 08/05/2004Gamblers and Gallantry
3.8/5 (with 10 votes)
Jin falls in love with a suicidal beauty whose husband sold her into slavery, and Mugen tries to make his fortune in the cutthroat world of beetle sumo wrestling.
#12 | 08/12/2004The Disorder Diaries
3.1/5 (with 9 votes)
When Mugen and Jin do the unthinkable and read Fuu's diary, they are treated to a riveting recap of all their greatest misadventures.
#13 | 08/26/2004Misguided Miscreants (1)
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)
When Mugen crosses paths with a face his past, he reluctantly signs on for a heist that could land him a fortune in stolen gold. Unfortunately for him, some old friends aren't to be trusted.
#14 | 09/02/2004Misguided Miscreants (2)
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen - double-crossed and headed for the bottom of the ocean - flashes back to his life before he died for the first time. Back on land, a pretty young thing convinces Jin to brandish his blades in the name of vengeance.
#15 | 09/09/2004Bogus Booty
3.8/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen goes under the covers with an undercover investigator who's out to put the smack down on a murderous ring of counterfeiters. Will he finally get the booty he's after?
#16 | 09/16/2004Lullabies of the Lost (1)
3.5/5 (with 9 votes)
Tempers flare, harsh words are exchanged, and the gang splinters, each member marching off in a different direction. Mugen and Jin wander into some swordplay, and Fuu ends up at the bottom of a river.
#17 | 09/23/2004Lullabies of the Lost (2)
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
Jin and Fuu reunite, only to be attacked by a vengeance-driven samurai from Jin's old life. Meanwhile, Mugen takes aim at an arrow-slinging madman who's at the top of everyone's most wanted list.
#18 | 01/22/2005War of the Words
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen learns his letters from a sake-guzzling maniac, Jin makes good on a promise from many years ago, and Fuu sparks a jealous showdown between two bickering graffiti artists.
#19 | 01/22/2005Unholy Union
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)
Fuu harbors a female fugitive who's on the run from a bogus, gun-slinging missionary. The new girl is trouble, no doubt about it, but she may hold the finding the samurai who smells like sunflowers.
#20 | 02/05/2005Elegy of Entrapment (1)
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen defends the honor of beautiful blind songstress, but when the when the trio of wanderers becomes a quartet, Fuu will be faced with an impossible decision.
#21 | 02/12/2005Elegy of Entrapment (2)
3.8/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen's has his own deadly run-in with the same blind beauty that sent Jin plummeting towards a gruesome end. Who is this seductive assassin, and why is she targeting the Champloo crew?
#22 | 02/19/2005Cosmic Collisions
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)
Jin, Mugen, and Fuu fall into the clutches of a hoard of rotting zombie treasure hunters. Next, they get blown to oblivion by an asteroid. Or maybe they just ate some bad mushrooms.
#23 | 02/26/2005Baseball Blues
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)
Mugen's failed attempt at a dine-and-dash restaurant caper lands him in hot water with the locals. Redemption lies with leading the town's baseball team to a victory over the arrogant and unwelcome Americans.
#24 | 03/05/2005Evanescent Encounter (1)
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)
As the crew draws ever nearer their final destination, Fuu makes a bold and startling decision. Elsewhere, unnamed adversaries pursue the travelling trio.
#25 | 03/12/2005Evanescent Encounter (2)
3.9/5 (with 9 votes)
Jin enters a bloody grudge match with the man responsible for the ruin of his rep. Meanwhile, Mugen races to save Fuu from the clutches of a sadistic madman bent on bloodshed.
#26 | 03/19/2005Evanescent Encounter (3)
4.1/5 (with 10 votes)
Old scores are finally settled as Mugen, Jin, and Fuu finally come face to face with the ghosts of their respective pasts.

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: Japan
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Samurai Champloo" (find it on Amazon), "Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked" (find it on Amazon)
Made by: Manglobe
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 19 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 05/20/2004
Last episode released on: 03/19/2005
Appearing Characters: Fuu, Jin, Mugen
Screenwriter: Shinji Obara
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Samurai Chanpurū"

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