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Samurai Champloo Volume 1 
Details
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Catalogue Number: MVD2099
Certificate: 15
Date Released: 5th September 2005
Screen: Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic
Languages: English
Additional Languages: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles: English
Duration: 100minutes
Synopsis
Mixing some awesome hip-hop tunes, Samurai-shenanigans and some of the finest action yet seen in animation; Samurai Champloo is set to cause some big waves amongst the anime-loving fraternity.
Mugen's a buck-wild warrior: violent, thoughtless and womanising. Jin is a vagrant Ronin: mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong. These two fiercely independent warriors can't be any more different from one another, yet their paths cross when Fuu, a ditzy waitress, saves them from being executed having been arrested after a violent swordfight. Fuu convinces the two vagrant young men to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers".
And so their journey begins. This is a story about love, friendship and courage....NOT!
Episodes comprise:
1. Tempestuous Temperaments
2. Redeye Reprisal
3. Hellhounds For Hire (Part 1)
4. Hellhounds For Hire (Part 2)
Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Animatrix), designed by
Kazuto Nakazawa (Kill Bill Vol. 1) and Mahiro Maeda (Last Exile, Blue
Submarine No. 6)!
Extras
- 'Battlecry' promo video
- Teaser trailers
- Promotional trailers
Cover
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To view the whole cover... click here
Review
Comparisons with Bebop are in some ways unavoidable, but while you'll probably find some ways of comparing the two, Samurai Champloo is best treated as it's own show. It has its own atmosphere and a group of likeable characters, wrapped up in a world that adds to the appeal. The soundtrack won't be to everyone's taste but isn't obtrusive enough to be a problem. Put it all together and the result, while nothing spectacular, is definitely fun to watch. (Anime-On-DVD)