FINISHED
Samurai Champloo
26 Episodes
24 min each
SPRING 2004
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.
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Format
Unknown
Episodes
26
Per Episode
24 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
26 / 26 Episodes
1
Episode 1
Tempestuous Temperaments
Fuu is a young waitress in search of a Samurai who smells of sunflowers, but she has some unexpected company with her. Mugen and Jin are two samurai who want to kill each other and are always getting arrested. Can these three learn to work with each other?
2
Episode 2
Redeye Reprisal
Mugen's armless rival retuns with some new hired help: Oniwakamaru.
3
Episode 3
Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)
Mugen and Jin decide to ditch Fuu, but they end up joining opposite sides in a basica gang warfare with Fuu in the middle reminding them of their promise.
4
Episode 4
Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)
A dice rolling contest will decide the fate of the gang warfare. Who will end up dying as a result?
5
Episode 5
Artistic Anarchy
Fuu is targeted as a kidnapper groups next victum. Will the others be able to save her in time?
6
Episode 6
Stranger Searching
The gang enters into an eating competition with Mugen and Jin's swords on the line. After a mysterious man wins the eating competition, they must find a way to get their swords back and save the mysterious man. Will they succeed?
7
Episode 7
A Risky Racket
A thief was running around town, while Fuu, Jin, and Mugen were going to get some soup. Fuu was daydreaming and the thief ""accidently"" bumped into Fuu. When Fuu was paying for the soup, she noticed that her purse was gone and said that the man she bumped into took the money. Will Fuu ever get her money back?
8
Episode 8
The Art of Altercation
A man hunting for Jin has been challenging any samurai wearing glasses he can find, accompanied by a beat-boxing duo of underlings. The question arises as to whether or not he will recognize Jin when he becomes infatuated with Fuu, for Jin has had to pawn his glasses.
9
Episode 9
Beatbox Bandits
Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase Travel Passes since they dont have any.The Travel Passes turn out to be fake. Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are sentenced to death. The guards were going to have them killed until they found out about a errand they needed to run. So they send Mugen to run the errand for them. He must travel past a forest full of bandits and trouble to deliver an object. If Mugen does not make the delivery and come back in time, Jin and Fuu will die!
10
Episode 10
Lethal Lunacy
Mugen faces the lethal challenge of a Shaolin-trained swordsman and proves equal to the test, while Jin gets stuck doing all the housework. Can Mugen defeat this trained swordsman or will he suffer from his mistakes?
11
Episode 11
Gamblers and Gallantry
Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress. He falls in love and tries to rescue his women from the hard life she has come to face. Will he save her and himself?
12
Episode 12
The Disorder Diaries
Jin and Mugen read through Fuu's diary and find out that she hasn't been telling them what they need to know.
13
Episode 13
Misguided Miscreants (Part 1)
Mugens past memories lure himback into his violent past; A pirate makes secret plans. And the lust for gold brings betrayal.
14
Episode 14
Misguided Miscreants (Part 2)
When Mugen finds out what the pirate was planning to do, he gets his revenge.
15
Episode 15
Bogus Booty
The shogun's prettiest ninja ends up giving Mugen and Jin an evening that they will never forget. Meanwhile, Fuu gets large.
16
Episode 16
Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 1)
Mugen, Jin and Fuu get into a quarrel and separate, and have unexpected encounters; new opponents appear, old grievances return, and Mugen and Fuu meet a mysterious archer.
17
Episode 17
Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 2)
Jin ends a life he hoped to spare. Continuation of the last episode.
18
Episode 18
War of the Words
Fuu gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin keeps a promise to a long-lost friend and confronts the shock of the new, while Mugen learns to read and conquers a castle.
19
Episode 19
Unholy Union
A cynical charlatan fleeces the Hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed.
20
Episode 20
Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1)
Fuu, Mugen and Jin meet up with a blind girl who is a traveling musician. Because of her blindness, she is able to sense the emotions of the group. Is this girl more than just a musician?
21
Episode 21
Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)
Jin learns the Way of Water, a woman's sorrow comes to an end, and Mugen both gives and receives an assassin's last gift.
22
Episode 22
Cosmic Collisions
On the way to Nagasaki the trio falls in a hole and ends up in a mine. The trio ends up working for the owner of the mine for a share of the treasure. As the days drag on Fuu discovers that they are becoming more and more like the seemingly-alive workers.
23
Episode 23
Baseball Blues
An anachronistic batch of American belligerents sail into town and a canny ninja-turned-team manager enlists our heroes to do battle with them on the field of honor...which in this case is a baseball diamond. Behold Mugen's pitching skills and tremble!
24
Episode 24
Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)
Fuu, Mugen and Jin have finally arrived in Nagasaki to find Ikitsuki island in search of the Sunflower Samurai. There seems to be one small problem that might keep them from getting there though. A group of assassins are following closely behind.
25
Episode 25
Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)
As Jin duels Kagetoki Kariya, the most powerful man in the shogunate, Mugen has to contend with three brothers who want his head. Will they survive?
26
Episode 26
Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)
As Fuu finally confronts the Sunflower Samurai, Mugen and Jin face their ultimate tests. While Mugen must face one of the three insane brothers, Jin continues his battle with Kagetoki Kariya. And there's the small matter of their own duel...
Characters
Voice Actors
Kazuya Nakai (japanese)
Mugen
Main
Voice Actors
Ginpei Satou (japanese)
Jin
Main
Voice Actors
Ayako Kawasumi (japanese)
Fuu Kasumi
Main
Voice Actors
Daisuke Gouri (japanese)
Matsunosuke Shibui
Supporting
Voice Actors
Masahito Yabe (japanese)
Tomonoshin Shibui
Supporting
Voice Actors
Otoya Kawano (japanese)
Ryujirou Sasaki
Supporting
Staff
Shinichirou Watanabe
Director
Shinji Obara
Series Composition
Junichi Matsumoto
Literary Arts Assistance
Kazuto Nakazawa
Character Design
Mahiro Maeda
Weapon Design
Takeshi Waki
Art Director
Comments
Information
Aired
May 19, 2004
to Mar 18, 2005
Season
SPRING 2004
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Studios
Manglobe
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