1 (Anime Series) Samurai Champloo [eng] (Complete)

Samurai Champloo (サムライチャンプルー ,Samurai Chanpurū^?) is a Japanese animated television series consisting of twenty-six episodes. It was broadcast in Japan from May 20, 2004, through March 19, 2005, on the television network, Fuji TV. Samurai Champloo was created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, whose previous television show, Cowboy Bebop, earned him renown in the anime and Japanese television communities.^[1] The show was produced by studio Manglobe.

The series is a cross-genre work of media, blending the action and samurai genres with elements of slapstick comedy. It is also a period piece, taking place during Japan's Edo period. The series is interwoven with revisionist historical facts and anachronistic elements of mise-en-scene, dialogue and soundtrack. The series' most frequent anachronism is its use of elements of hip hop culture, particularly rap and the music it has influenced, break dancing, turntablism, hip hop slang, and graffiti. The show also contains anachronistic elements from the punk subculture and modernism, but less prominently.

Plot

A young woman named Fuu is working as a waitress in a tea house when she is harassed by a band of ruffians. Another customer, Mugen, offers to take care of them in exchange for food, but ends up instigating a brawl. Jin, a stoic young ronin in samurai garb, enters the tea house in the midst of the fight. Mugen accidentally swings at him and they begin fighting one another, ignoring a fire that started during the brawl. They both faint from smoke inhalation. When they awaken, they find they have been arrested for the arsonous murder of Shibui Tomonoshina, the magistrate's son, and are to be executed. With help from Fuu, they escape and Fuu asks them to travel with her to find "the samurai who smells of sunflowers," a mysterious man Fuu can give little description of, but whom she insists she must find. They agree to join her, with Fuu making only one condition: they are not to duel one another until the journey is done.

They travel southward through Honshū along the Pacific Coast isle, eventually arriving by ferry in Edo. There they meet the gay Dutchman Isaac Kitching. Fuu shows him an item that belonged the sunflower samurai—a tiny skull ornament on a string—and he points them towards Nagasaki. Along the way they have various encounters that force them to reveal more about their pasts and face difficult memories.

The group reaches Nagasaki and find the Sunflower Samurai, Kasumi Seizou, unaware that the Shogun has ordered Kariya Kagetoki, a master swordsman, to follow them on their travels so he could find and execute Seizou. It is revealed that Fuu believes he is her long lost father, and that she wants to "slug him one" for abandoning his family. When they reach Nagasaki, Fuu quickly abandons her companions to search alone, traveling to a village where she is attacked and captured by three brothers wanting revenge against Mugen: Umanosuke, Toube, and Denkibou. Mugen and Jin face Kariya himself, but even fighting together, find themselves outmatched. During the fight they learn of Fuu's capture and Jin sends Mugen to rescue her. Reluctantly, Mugen goes, ordering Jin not to die. As he goes to the island village, he fights and kills Denkibou. When he arrives, Mugen gives up his sword in exchange for Fuu's release, promising he won't die. Jin loses his battle with Kariya and is tossed in the river. Umanosuke cuts open Mugen's abdomen with a sickle and tortures him mercilessly while taunting him.

Fuu finds Seizou going blind and appearing to be dying. Though unable to forgive him, she decides not to hit him because of his illness. While she talks with his retainer, Kariya arrives and kills Seizou as Fuu watches helplessly. He then turns and strikes the retainer, as he was ordered to kill all family and household members. Fuu flees for her life, arriving at a cape overlooking the water where she can see the badly wounded Mugen below. Jin arrives and challenges Kagetoki again, managing to kill him by allowing himself to be wounded as well. On the beach below, Mugen is caught in an explosion. As he comes to, he find Fuu crying over him and Jin nearby struggling to stand. He forces himself to his feet so they can have their duel now that Fuu has found her father. On their first move, their swords break and they pass out.

Fuu learns from her father's retainer that Seizou left to protect her family from the Shogunate, who hated his Christian beliefs. Mugen and Jin recover from their wounds after sleeping for a week, and agree that their duel is done.

At the end of the series, the trio finds themselves standing at a three-way crossroad where they say goodbye. Before they part ways, Fuu admits she tricked them into joining her by faking the coin toss that decided if they would or not. Neither of the men minds, and as Fuu leaves, she tells them she hopes they will meet again.

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Episode 1
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Episode 7
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Episode 9
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Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
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Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
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Episode 24
Episode 25
Episode 26