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Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is a an animated Japanese television series that was broadcasted for an year from the 20th of May 2004 to the 19th of May 2005. Consisting of twenty-six episodes and having been directed by renowned director Shinichirō Watanabe, Samurai Champloo achieved much acclaim and is loved by the Japanese even now.

Though set in the Edo period, the time of the Samurai, Samurai Champloo also blends in several modern influences and styles such as rap and break-dancing etc. The series tells us the story of three complete strangers who come to meet each other and embark on a journey covering Japan during the course of which they meet other people leading to several exciting adventures.

The three main characters in Samurai Champloo are Mugen, a mercenary or a sword for hire, Jin, a Samurai without a master, and Fuu, a young girl who is on a mission to find a Samurai she had met in the past.

 

Being based on the legend of the Samurai, a much loved topic for the Japanese, Samurai Champloo went on to be a huge success.

Apart from Samurai Champloo, there have also been several other animated television series basing themselves on the Samurai lore. Of these some of them that deserve a mention would be :

• Afro Samurai - This was a Japanese manga series that was adapted into a 5 episode animated television series.

 

• Samurai Jack - An American animated television series that won the Emmy award.

 

• Samurai X - An english version of another popular Japanese manga series, Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan, that can be translated as Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story.

 

• Samurai 7 - Another popular Japanese animated series. Consisting of 26 episodes, this one was aired in the year 2004. It is estimated that each episode cost around $300,000USD to produce.