Score
8.4 / 10
Status
Finished Airing
Episodes
26
Studio
Manglobe
Official Streams
Samurai Champloo
Also known as サムライチャンプルー
TVSpring 2004Source OriginalR - 17+ (violence & profanity)
ActionAdventureComedy
8.4/10
Community score
#155
Rank
1.4M
Members
41.5K
Favorites
Synopsis
Let's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there's Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs game old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's 99 ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.
(Source: Funimation)
Production Notes
Samurai Champloo is the only anime to have featured music from the Japanese hip-hop producer Nujabes prior to his death in 2010. The anime also spawned the 2006 video game Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked for the PlayStation 2. The show aired in two parts, with the first half airing Thursdays at 2:28 AM on Fuji TV from May 20, 2004 to September 23, 2004, and the second half airing Saturdays at 10:30 AM on BS Fuji from January 22, 2005 to March 19, 2005. Geneon Entertainment USA originally licensed and released the show in North America, but after their closure in late 2007, the show went out of print. FUNimation Entertainment later entered a distribution deal with Geneon to distribute some of their titles, including Samurai Champloo. After the distribution deal ended, FUNimation later outright licensed the series.
Theme Songs
Openings
"Battlecry" by Nujabes feat. Shing02 (eps 1-25)
Endings
1: "Shiki no Uta (四季ノ唄)" by MINMI (eps 1-11,13-16,18-22,24-25)
2: "Who's Theme" by MINMI (eps 12)
3: "YOU" by kazami (eps 17)
4: "FLY [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS]" by Tsutchie & fat jon (eps 23)
5: "San Francisco" by MIDICRONICA (eps 26)
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Quick Facts
FormatTV
Episodes26
Duration24 min per ep
SourceOriginal
RatingR - 17+ (violence & profanity)
SeasonSpring 2004
AiredMay 20, 2004 to Mar 19, 2005
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content
Ranking And Reach
Popularity#112
Scored by690K
BroadcastSaturdays at 10:30 (JST)
ApprovedYes
Title Variants
English title
Samurai Champloo
Romaji title
Samurai Champloo
Japanese title
サムライチャンプルー
Synonyms
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO
Production Team
Main studio
Manglobe
Producers
Victor Entertainment, Fuji TV, Barnum Studio, Tokuma Shoten, flying DOG
Licensors
Funimation, Geneon Entertainment USA
Japanese title
サムライチャンプルー
Themes And Audience
HistoricalSamurai