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Samurai Champloo
Tuesday, Jun. 1 2004 | Author: Scrivs
The oh so fabulous Lea writes: If you like anime–good anime, that is–you would have heard of the phenomenal Cowboy Bebop series that sets wayward bounty hunters in space.
Shinichiro Watanabe, the brainchild of the series, comes up with a worthy successor in Samurai Champloo. Watanabe can be considered the Quentin Tarantino of anime, as he has successfully merged different cultral references–pop and historical–into one cliched storyline using fresh musical juxtapositions that makes for a very entertaining and surprisingly original watch.
Hip hop and samurais–what more can you want?
Trailer for the series is on the site. It’s in Japanese, unfortunately, but the rabid fan boys and girls will be quick to make English equivalent sites.
Well let’s hope they get on that soon.
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94 Responses for "Samurai Champloo"
June 1st, 2004 at 4:30 pm
1Scrivs writes:
Dahling, you’re too kind. ;-)
Anyway, more geekery:
The series, despite the first episode having begun to air in Japan on May 19th, has already been picked up by an American licensed distributor
It airs on FujiTV every Wednesday and features the musical stylings of:
Tsutchie
Fat Jon (of Five Deez)
Nujabes (who did the opening)
Forces of Nature (KZA & DJ KENT)
Artbooks and original soundtracks have been already released. Hmmm…
June 1st, 2004 at 4:35 pm
2Hahaha… about those fan sites…
http://champloo.rushtoy.com/
Already, they’ve popped up. Why am I still surprised?
June 1st, 2004 at 5:24 pm
3*sigh* I have no FujiTV :-(
June 3rd, 2004 at 7:15 am
4Ha!
I only have Fuji TV on fridays. I watch that one Sakura girl and that cooking show before it. Still it’s pretty amusing… I’ve only seen one other black person on japanese tv… and that was in tha Hideyoshi docu-drama when they showed 10 seconds of Yasuke playing a damned flute.
But yeah… This looks pretty nice. I’m going to check it out.
Then again, I hope it’s not blaxploitation-esque… like the Mushroom Samba episode of Bebop.
June 4th, 2004 at 10:31 pm
5Saw it this morning.
I’m quite impressed. Especially with the way the music and animation is in sync when they switch characters
June 10th, 2004 at 1:36 am
6BitTorrents
Getting now to enjoy this goodness that I have been reading about.
June 10th, 2004 at 10:42 am
7Alright, just got done watching the first episode and hot damn if that wasn’t some good stuff. It definitely had the Cowboy Bebop feel with the action and music so perfectly intertwined. I could do without the idiot girl though, but it seems she is necessity for the comic relief.
June 11th, 2004 at 10:17 pm
8Ah, but without the idiot girl, there wouldn’t be the serious storyline that will probably carry through to the very end of the series (like Cowboy Bebop). Oooh, the mysterious sunflower man we have yet to meet, and what of her missing family…?
I find it interesting how the anime community is responding to this series. It’s being fan-subbed as fast as it is being pumped out in Japan–usually with an incredible 3-day turn around (though you usually have to wait one week to get the better quality stuff).
I absolutely hate the opening rap song, though. Ugh. Hopefully, the music improves. Again, I’m used to North American hip hop, and not J-Rap, so who knows.
June 14th, 2004 at 4:28 pm
9Very true, I know the idiot girl has a purpose, but I hope over time she does not become so annoying that it hurts the series.
I think it is being quickly fansubbed because it’s getting a hell of a lot easier to do so and its something a little different.
I tend to ignore most of the music and watch the fighting. Of course with fansubs I have the option of fast forwarding.
June 16th, 2004 at 3:29 pm
10Does anyone know when Eps. 3 of SC [fansub] is coming out?
June 17th, 2004 at 5:36 am
11I didn’t like the J Rap at first… But being something of a rapper myself (even though I hate the title of rapper)… I see the intent and the effect. It’d have been better if just the chorus was in english (a la the Naruto theme) but hey… I’ve been getting into J Pop lately.
The “idiot girl”… I like. She’s somewhere between Ed and Faye. Ir maybe… Ed at Faye’s age… I’m drunk. It’s a great series thusfar, waiting to see more character development. Especially the assassin… he intrigues me.
June 26th, 2004 at 12:19 pm
12The assassin will surely meet his end in the last episode. The idiot girl has the idiocy of Ed (even though Ed is a computer genius so let’s call it naivete) and the brattiness of Faye.
June 28th, 2004 at 1:23 am
13Have you watched Ep.3 and 4 yet, the two-parter?
Seems that our “idiot girl” has more up her sleeve (heh, if you see Ep. 4, that can be considered a weak pun) than you think. Very Faye-esque. Ahem. :-)
Also, as the two-parter shows much more development in the storyline and in the characters. If this follows the “Cowboy Bebop” formula, anything that is a two-part episode plays heavily on the “main” storyline.
And apparently, yakuza bosses are African-American. Or look like it, anyway. LOL. Hilarious.
June 28th, 2004 at 2:24 am
14Ah, I don’t get that channel remember? And I can’t find the torrents for it. Dammit, I know this thing won’t make stateside DVD till next year. Errrr….
June 28th, 2004 at 10:46 am
15http://www.suprnova.org/ has all 4 episode bit torrents. :-)
June 28th, 2004 at 12:44 pm
16Rock!
July 9th, 2004 at 5:07 am
17I saw that thing with the Yakuza boss being black… but then again, I’ve read some places (and even W.E.B. DuBois touches on it a bit) that the one first shogun of japan was of african descent, by the name of Sakanouye No Tamuramaro…
Not to mention that one of Nobunaga’s retainers, Yasuke was black as well.
we’re everywhere. ;)
July 12th, 2004 at 7:59 pm
18Mmmm… I’ve watched the first 7 episodes of this anime yet, it’s really good and entertaining already. The hip hop style seems to melt in with the Japanese style culture. I’m not a kinda rap kinda person but I like the opening, Battlecry already!!!
July 13th, 2004 at 9:36 am
19Very good series so far… I like how it takes an intelligent take on a cliche story. Plus each episoide is good on its own. Unlike Naruto or some other un-mentionable anime where you have two watch 8 eps just to get 30 min of story… If it realses in the US I’ll consider buying it.. I saw that someone had the lisciensing
July 27th, 2004 at 9:43 am
20Another fan site ^^;
http://www.champloo-online.com/
August 14th, 2004 at 10:16 pm
21Hello!!!
Samuarai Champloo… i saw the first episode before i came to this site and thought to my self… WOW this is now my new cowboy bebop. I hadnt even realized that the creators are one and the same. The animation style, the cool effects (ie The rewind effect)the rad mixing and scratching all set this up to be an amzing new anime.
I only have one problem i have came late to the scene and i cant fina a working bt dload for episode 2,3,4,5 could some one tell me were to find them
Peace and much love
Epok
September 15th, 2004 at 11:40 am
22From Champloo Central:
Samurai Champloo U.S. DVD release!
The first volume of Samurai Champloo, available as a standalone release ($29.98) or a limited edition release with an artbox and bandana ($39.98) has been listed at TRSI for release on January 11th.
In other words: mark your calendars. :-)
September 15th, 2004 at 1:39 pm
23Great news, now hopefully they don’t hose it with the voice acting. Probably just watch it dubbed again anyways ;-)
October 18th, 2004 at 11:03 am
24So I watched episode 17 yesterday. I’m convinced this is going to be as good as, if not better than cowboy beebop. I know some people have complained that this series’ plot isnt developing as quickly as cowboy’s did - but really if you remember, cowboy’s took quite a while to develop as well - merely snippits of ‘the plot’ intersperced throughout episodes.
Anyway, I am getting my eps from Anime Forever
I noticed that this series has been licensed, and while there is some debate on wether or not downloading licensed anime is ethical or not (I am not trying to start that debate up again), animeforever has continued to sub this series. They also make mention about how the people who have licensed havent put up any fuss about them continuing to sub, so I guess we’re OK for the time being.
This series is ’stalled’ for the next few months - but should restart soon.
November 2nd, 2004 at 1:25 pm
25you should see episode 10.
December 22nd, 2004 at 8:15 pm
26It’s funny how you can tell the greatness of an anime right off the bat. Thirty seconds into the theme song I knew this would be one of my all-time favorites(just like i knew with Yu yu hakusho{the jap version/not that toonami crap}, Bebop, Scryed, Hellsing, there’s more obviously). If you don’t like the theme, hip-hop’s definetly not for you. I’ve only watched the first 8 eps and I’m salivating for more.
Mugen, who’s probably bebop Spike’s ancestor is such a raw, unattached character. While Jin is as mysterious and aloof as he is skillful with a sword. Each character is the polar opposite of the other with the cute, yet gullible Fuu being the medium for their quest.
Bsx media has the entire first season on direct download, the only thing that sucks is that all the eps are in real media format (And i hate real cause they don’t let you change the color/brightness, so im trying to get it on limewire so i can see it on Divx). Please if someone knows where i can get this on direct download in avi or divx please list the site.
Champloo is the slashing shiznit!!!!!!!!!!
January 5th, 2005 at 1:45 am
27for those of you who thought Samurai Champloo was a 5 out of 5, plz recommend some of your other favorites
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January 5th, 2005 at 10:10 am
28Ive come very late to this series. It too goood! luv it. Am on episode 5, Im using the anime-kraze sub-i think its they got the best style.
u guy might wana try samurai 7. Ive watch eps 1-17 and i like what theyve done to it.
January 6th, 2005 at 11:03 am
29woah! just re-read my msg…crack is bad for u.
try ‘bleach’ anime aswell.its got a slow build up, but im sure its gna be great. aint gna match full metal alchemist tho. such a great series. in the process of burning them to svcd
January 9th, 2005 at 4:10 pm
30yo guys iv bean search for watchable ep of samurai 7 and its brought me here where did u get urs from
January 10th, 2005 at 4:51 am
31animesuki …dude. Anbu (a fan subbing group) did up2 ep 11. (not sure if u can get these still if not try: http://www.anime-kraze.org). Inuyasha forever have done up2 ep 18. sub quality not as good. But u get the gist
January 10th, 2005 at 5:20 am
32Re: black shogun.
This kinda pricked my interest. I discovered an interesting debate going on.
Heres a rebuttle: http://worldpeaceglobal.tripod.com/dao/index.blog?topic_id=614
Cant be arsed to read it all tho.
Obviously dont take this as gospal its just kinda interesting. Note: there r very few rebuttles to found. Anyway..back to the anime…
February 15th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
33SAKANOUYE NO TAMURAMARO: SEI-I TAI-SHOGUN OF EARLY JAPAN
Of the Black people of early Japan, the most picturesque single figure was Sakanouye no Tamuramaro, a warrior symbolized in Japanese history as a “paragon of military virtues,” and a man who has captured the attention of some of the most distinguished scholars of twentieth century America. Perhaps the first such scholar to make note of Tamuramaro was Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1865-1914). An anthropologist, Chamberlain was born in Kenninghall, Norfolk, England, and was brought to America as a child. In April 1911 the Journal of Race Development published an essay by Chamberlain entitled “The Contribution of the Negro to Human Civilization.” While discussing the African presence in early Asia, Chamberlain stated in an exceptionally frank and matter of fact manner:
“And we can cross the whole of Asia and find the Negro again, for when, in far-off Japan, the ancestors of the modern Japanese were making their way northward against the Ainu, the aborigines of that country, the leader of their armies was Sakanouye Tamuramaro, a famous general and a Negro.”
Dr. W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), perhaps the greatest scholar in American history, in his book, The Negro (first published in 1915), placed Sakanouye Tamuramaro within a list of some of the most distinguished Black rulers and warriors in antiquity. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) and Charles Harris Wesley (1891-?) in a chapter called “Africans in History with Others,” in their book The Negro in Our History, quoted Chamberlain on Tamuramaro verbatim. In the November 1940 issue of the Negro History Bulletin (founded by Dr. Woodson), artist and illustrator Lois Maillou Jones (1905-1998) contributed a brief article entitled “Sakanouye Tamura Maro.” In the article Jones pointed out that:
“The probable number of Negroes who reached the shores of Asia my be estimated somewhat by the wide area over which they were found on that continent. Historians tell us that at one time Negroes were found in all of the countries of southern Asia bordering the Indian Ocean and along the east coast as far as Japan. There are many interesting stories told by those who reached that distant land which at that time they called `Cipango.’
One of the most prominent characters in Japanese history was a Negro warrior called Sakanouye Tamura Maro.”
Very similar themes were expressed in 1946 “In the Orient,” the first section in Distinguished Negroes Abroad, a book by Beatrice J. Fleming and Marion J. Pryde in which was contained a small chapter dedicated to “The Negro General of Japan–Sakanouye Tamurarmaro.”
In 1940 the great Joel Augustus Rogers (1883-1966), who probably did more to popularize African history than any scholar of the twentieth century, devoted several pages of the first volume of his Sex and Race to the Black presence in early Japan. He cites the studies of a number of accomplished scholars and anthropologists, and even goes as far as to raise the question of “were the first Japanese Negroes?” In the words of Rogers:
“There is a very evident Negro strain in a certain element of the Japanese population, particularly those in the south. Imbert says, “The Negro element in Japan is recognizable by the Negroid aspect of certain inhabitants with dark and often blackish skin, frizzly or curly hair….The Negritos are the oldest race of the Far East. It has been proved that they once lived in Eastern and Southern China as well as in Japan where the Negrito element is recognizable still in the population.”
Rogers mentioned Tamuramaro briefly in the first volume of World’s Great Men of Color, also published in 1946. Regrettably, Rogers was forced to confess that “I have come across certain names in China and Japan such as Sakonouye Tamuramaro, the first shogun of Japan but I did not follow them up.”
Sakanouye Tamuramaro was a warrior symbolized in early Japanese history as a “paragon of military virtues.” Could it be that this was what Dr. Diop was alluding to in his first major book, Nations negres et culture, when he directed our attention to the tantalizing and yet profound Japanese proverb: “For a Samurai to be brave he must have a bit of Black blood.”
Adwoa Asantewaa B. Munroe referenced Tamuramaro in the 1981 publication What We Should Know About African Religion, History and Culture, and wrote that “He was an African warrior. He was prominent during the rule of the Japanese Emperor Kwammu, who reigned from 782- 806 A.D.” In 1989 Dr. Mark Hyman authored a booklet entitled Black Shogun of Japan in which he stated that “The fact remains that Sakanouye Tamuramaro was an African. He was Japanese. He was a great fighting general. He was a Japanese Shogun.”
However the most comprehensive assessment to date of the Black presence in early Japan and the life of Sakanouye no Tamuramaro is the work of art historian and long-time friend and colleague Dr. James E. Brunson. Brunson is the author of Black Jade: The African Presence in the Ancient East and several other important texts. In a 1991 publication entitled The World of Sakanouye No Tamuramaro Brunson accurately noted that “In order to fully understand the world of Sakanouye Tamuramaro we must focus on all aspects of the African presence in the Far East.”
Sakanouye no Tamuramaro is regarded as an outstanding military commander of the early Heian royal court. The Heian Period (794-1185 C.E.) derives its name from Heian-Kyo, which means “the Capital of Peace and Tranquility,” and was the original name for Japan’s early capital city–Kyoto. It was during the Heian Period that the term Samurai was first used. According to Papinot, the “word comes from the very word samuaru, or better saburau, which signifies: to be on one’s guard, to guard; it applied especially to the soldiers who were on guard at the Imperial palace.”
The samurai have been called the knights or warrior class of Medieval Japan and the history of the samurai is very much the history of Japan itself. For hundreds of years, to the restoration of the Meiji emperor in 1868, the samurai were the flower of Japan and are still idolized by many Japanese. The samurai received a pension from their feudal lord, and had the privilege of wearing two swords. They intermarried in their own caste and the privilege of samurai was transmitted to all the children, although the heir alone received a pension.
The “paragon of military virtues,” Sakanouye no Tamuramaro (758-811) was, in the words of James Murdoch:
“In as sense the originator of what was subsequently to develop into the renowned samurai class, he provided in his own person a worthy model for the professional warrior on which to fashion himself and his character. In battle, a veritable war-god; in peace the gentlest of manly gentlemen, and the simplest and unassuming of men.”
Throughout his career, Tamuramaro was rewarded for his services with high civil as well as military positions. In 797 he was named “barbarian-subduing generalissimo” (Sei-i Tai-Shogun), and in 801-802 he again campaigned in northern Japan, establishing fortresses at Izawa and Shiwa and effectively subjugating the Ainu.
In 810 he helped to suppress an attempt to restore the retired emperor Heizei to the throne. In 811, the year of his death, he was appointed great counselor (dainagon) and minister of war (hyobukyo).
Sakanouye no Tamuramaro “was buried in the village of Kurisu, near Kyoto and it is believed that it is his tomb which is known under the name of Shogun-zuka. Tamuramaro is the founder of the famous temple Kiyomizu-dera. He is the ancestor of the Tamura daimyo of Mutsu.” Tamuramaro “was not only the first to bear the title of Sei-i-tai-Shogun, but he was also the first of the warrior statesmen of Japan.”
In later ages he was revered by military men as a model commander and as the first recipient of the title shogun–the highest rank to which a warrior could aspire.”
Source: African Presence in Early Asia, edited by Runoko Rashidi and Ivan Van Sertima
May 1st, 2005 at 2:41 pm
34YES! SC is off the hook!!! i got a couple friends that has the 1st and 2nd volume and ive watched up to ep. #6. it gets a lot beeter around then! could do without the subs though… but thats life i guess. o yeah, if you havent checked out the soundtrack… download “Samurai Champloo - Aruarian Dance” by Nujabes. This track is really mello, has that cowboy BB feel and its just cool to listen to. anyone know any release dates on volume 4? keep me posted or dorp me a e-mail with updated new!
CANT GET ENOUGH OF THAT CHAMPLOO! =P
May 15th, 2005 at 11:45 pm
35does anyone know where to go to get sepperate bittorent files of Samurai Champloo 1-10?please tell me.
May 20th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
36“You think you threw it too hard?”
“He has no knowledge of restraint.”
“Kiss my (*scratch*)”
Hehe… loved that part… There wasn’t a scratch sound over the third word in the actual ep, but I threw it in in case there’s a censor on this site. Just found it while looking into SC.
Anyone else go bug-eyed when Fuu was running with those fireworks in her shirt? o.0 I nearly sprayed Doctor Pepper on my TV. I’ve only seen the first episode on Adult Swim, but I knew it would be awesome by the opening theme alone… Interestingly enough, Mugen’s voice is played by the same guy that played Spike’s (in CB)… and the voice of that fugly coward mafia-boss-type-dude with the blonde son? T’was Jet. Wonder if we’ll be hearing him cameo again later…? And is it me, or does Fuu sound like a (slightly) more reserved version of Ed? Hrm…
“Water.”
“Water?”
“Yeah. Water.”
I had my reservations at first about the show… At first I thought I’d screwed up and caught it in the middle of the series (since they started with the execution scene) and the rap-scratchings made me at first think it had been horribly bastardized (as they had done with the CCS series, which in its’ originality is quite kick*rip* in its’ own overly cuteness) but it all kinda fell together by the first commercial (at least, for me it did… demnable AS for their commercials!) Oddly enough, the series trio (Mugen, Fuu, Jin) kinda all seem to be like me in different moods… Mugen is my general ‘I don’t give a sh*rip*’ attitude, Fuu is my ‘SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~GaR!’ mood (usually after too much soda– the state I was in when I saw the ep) and Jin is my ‘I’m busy right now, touch me and I’ll shove this pencil in your eye’ mood. >>; Then again, I also connected well with the CB crew… maybe I need to get outside more… yeah… I’m gonna go stare at that pretty orange thingy in the sky now…
On a sidenote… damn, I want Mugen’s sword.
On second thought, I’m not gonna stare that that pretty orange thingy in the sky… I’m gonna search for an SC OVA OST to mercilessly rip to CD. Yay, consumer theftilism!
May 23rd, 2005 at 6:27 pm
37Niiiccee… I love the show. I’ve been whatching it. A few bad times (disgudting times) but most of the time it’s just kicking butt.
on a sidenote… where did mugen get his technique? It’s resemblence to breakdancuing is scary.
anyways, Jin is cool, and collective
too bad it’s only 26 episodes.
awww.
the first epi is awesome..
the second epi was awesome..
I bet the third epi with be more awesomeness… and more bad language. hah ha!
“damn, my arns are like wet noodles!”
“they’re one-night mushroome. Do you know what one-night mushrooms are? They say that the person who eats them only lives for night, and that person will suffer pain beyound imagine’
that just scared me. I hate evil people.
damn… HOW’D MUGEN GET A FIGHTING TECHNIQUE THAT HAS A SCARY RESEMBLENCE TO BREAKEDANCING!
sorry.
are
anyeways, if you’re still reading this, i’M JUST GONNA RANT.
DAMN YOU FUU JUST LET THOSE TWO KILL EACH OTHER ALREADY!
DAMN JIN BE ANGRY FOR ONCE!
DAMN MUGEN STOP KILLING EVERYONE, LET JIN HAVE A CHANCE!
ok. I’m done. Still THE SHOW ISH AWESOME! It makes me happy to have USA cable when I live in Canada. Too bad they changed the scedge and now I can’t see FMA… oh well.
you’re still reading? ….. ok. I’ll tell you about the first and second episodes!
first epi:
JIN AND MUGEN ARE ABOUT TO GET EXECUTED!!
whoops, ONE DAY EARLIER!
Mugen’s listening to an mp3 and half walking and half dancing down a street?
ONE DAY EARLIER
ah, much better!
Fuu’s serving idiots!
Mugen comes over and asks for water.
“what would you like?”
“water”
“water?”
“yea, water”
“you hafta buy something”
“I have no money”
“so, go away”
“I’ll kill all these (*scratch*) for 50 dumplings.”
“50?”
“yea”
then they start attacking Fuu! *gasp*
“100 dumplings!”
Mugen gets up and kicks butt! Jin comes in, they start fighting! Fire!! fire!! then, they find themselves pinned to crosses.
“was that a dream?”
“what did you dream?”
“fire.. everywhere”
“that wasn;t a dreamm”
“so, you were in a bathtub?”
“that was a dream”
NOW they almost get exucated!
THERE GOES THE FIREWORKS FROM FUU!
THEY ESCAPE!
Oh, wait…
Mugen and Jin want to kill each other!
“HEY! YOU PROMISED!”
“I know”
” I remember”
“I KNOW! LET’S FLIP A COIN! Heads, you guys fight, tails, you come with me!”
“gimme that!”
*coin flies into the air from Mugen*
“umm… do you think you threw too far?”
“he does not know resistance.”
“kiss my (*pokee*)”
Coin lands on the Fuu’s forehead! 0.o it’s tails! They’re now chased by the village! RUN GUYS!
-END-
SECOND EPI!
They find a shak, they sleep.. well. Fuu is drunk from one little cup. 0.0 …. … .. ..
thet bed down into a shack.
Mugen goes and ‘haves fun’ with a girl!
Jin goes to naturally heated spring to releax, only to find another guy there too!
“my, isn;t this a coinsidence?”
*fireflies fly*
“aren’t they beutiful? You know why fireflies have light? They’re communicating for a mate. Sometimes that say that a male sometimes tries to attract another male.”
Erm.. is this other guy gay?!
Jin gets out and grabs his clothes, puts them on and walks off, good idea.
People kill the shack and kidnap the girl!
that new guy is an assasin out to KILL Jin!
Someone poisoned Mugen!
*gasp*
Mugen is facing a big guy with a big belly with a face more beast than human! Big guy kills himself. *cry*
They are dead! assasin says “oh, they’re dead. No use to kill you now. Bye.” Assasin walks away.
… WTF?
Girl runs to big guy.
You forget the dying Mugen?!
Oh wait, the girl gave the antidote to Mugen. Ok. Now, the conversation with big guy and Fuu.
“why?!”
“Everyone.. leave me…but./.. you were.. not afraid.. of my face. Now.. I know… I am not.. alone.. anymore..”
Big guys dies.
-END-
so sad, soo funny, so violent! GOO SAMURAI CHAMPLOO!!!
-END-
June 7th, 2005 at 2:14 am
38First off, African influence in asia? I don’t think so, well actually I know so. Where is the evidence to back this up? So what if some nut wrote it in a book back in the 1800’s there is nothing and I mean “nothing” to back it up, no evidence of any kind. The Japanese have always remained isolated, except for the times they have invaded Korea during fuedal japan. The Chinese also remained isolated as well, and how come there is no ancient chinese painting’s of african’s? I guess the dude who wrote all that stuppidity thought African’s built the great wall of China too. The only African’s to travel to other continents were the Arab peoples along the North of Africa, and they didn’t go to Asia they went north to Europe. The only black african’s to ever have influence during the classical age were the Nubians and they had minor influence because of the Egyptians who were Arab. Yes that’s wright Arabs, they are the one’s who built the pyramids. Looks like some people need to go to a University and take a History class. Oh yeah and about Samurai Champloo, you can see it on Cartoon Network’s “AdultSwim” every saturday.
July 7th, 2005 at 3:30 pm
39Yeah i saw them all and let me tell you peepz this series rocks! the animations are really good and the way the three characters develop is pretty good. only that zombie ep and that baseball ep where kinda wack but overall the series rules so be sure to check them
July 17th, 2005 at 1:16 am
40So sad that people are so quick to minimize the contributions of black africans. I wonder what Imhotep would say?
July 17th, 2005 at 4:35 am
41Does anyone know what is the name of the song that was playing when Mugen was adrift at sea in episode 14? I’ve been searching for that song
August 10th, 2005 at 6:37 am
42Obokuri~Eeumi I believe
August 10th, 2005 at 6:59 am
43It is “obokuri-eemui” (’obtain bearing’ or, this -should- work: ããŒããããããã¿ ) by okinawan artist asazaki ikue from the album utaba utayun. You can find the album on this site:
http://www.farsidemusic.com
August 15th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
44Respact!i watched all parts just in three days,it really made me lough and excited.I have no words to say about characters and story,everything was perfect.Lil’WHIRWIND i saw your question wasn’t that song from nujabes(feat fat jon)in fact that song was playing at 26. part and it’s written there guess?…anyway i love it and i really feel sorry when it ended.
August 16th, 2005 at 12:45 am
45In response to Uber-Smart Geek’s comment:
I don’t know much about Tamuramaro (sp?) but it appears that most of the article is referring to Negritos. Negritos are not a group of displaced Africans but indigenous people living in Southeast Asia, mainly in the Philippines and Indonesia. Anthropologists are not quite sure of their origins, but they seem to share many physical characteristics with Black Africans (skin tone, hair).
Proof? Well, I am just speaking off the top of my head from what I’ve read about, but just search “Negritos” (or “Aeta” as they prefer) and you should find tons of articles on them.
August 20th, 2005 at 12:50 am
46Hey everybody,
I’m new to the site but I love the show. I’ve been watching episodes 1-11 on my old computer in Japanese but that computer just died so I’m searching for a site where I can download episodes 12-26 in Japanese. Does anyone know where I can find them? Let me know at Supermauq@aol.com. Thanks. じゃあまったね。
August 22nd, 2005 at 1:50 pm
47I love it but can any 1 tell me where you can get the direct downloads( that ACTUALLY work) for the show.
August 26th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
48LOL HERES A SPOILER AAHAHAH AT THE LAST
EPISODE SHE TELL MUGEN AND JIN THAT IN THERE BEGINNING OF THERE JOURNEY IT WAS HEADS NOT TAILS SO JIN AND MUGEN DID ALL THAT FOR NOTHING BUT NOW THEY GO THERE SEPRET WAYS AND JIN FINNALY HAD FRIENDS YEY!!!
YEAH GOOD MORNING
GIT UP GIT UP WALKING
LAST SONG HAHAH!!
August 28th, 2005 at 6:21 pm
49I love Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo,and I think that Mugen represents the young Myomoto Musashi. This is primarily because when was young,Musashi trained himself and was just as careless about killing as Mugen.Secondly ,I think Jin is the older more traditonal side of Musashi.I tell you this as being representative ,not actual since Musashi is dead at the time. Holla back sons of the Battle cry!
October 29th, 2005 at 11:17 am
50well i have watched 19 epis so far i have only a few more to watch and i think the anime is really cool uh my fav epis would have to b the one with when mugen fought that guy that mugen fought that used the tai chi style lol cant remeber what epi it was ill have to go check nehow its a cool anime and yes FUU is very annoying. lolz
October 29th, 2005 at 11:28 am
51uh the guy that smells like a sunflower is her dad she said that in the christian episode, with that guy who pretended to Francisco Xavier grandson lol and he was japanese that episode was stupid annoying but anyhow Fuu told Mugen and Jin who the sunflower guy is. THAT EPI IS CALLED UNHOLY SCRIPT.
November 21st, 2005 at 7:19 pm
52damn! I felt really happy when watched SAMURAI CHAMPLOO… That ANIME is so GOOD! COOL! GREAT!
I really don’t how to describe it, but it’s really great for me! I hope to see the new episode,I already watched eps.1-26…. is 26 the last one? or is there a new comming up?! I’d love to watch the anime a million times again from 1-26…that SAMURAI CHAMPLOO mde me laugh,cry,& made me feel suspense…and now I’m missing it! cause I want to see a new episode of it… oh!well, THE MAKER OF THIS ANIME IS FREAKIN’ AMAZING….that’s all I can say..
November 21st, 2005 at 7:26 pm
53can sum1 tell if episode 26 is the last one for SAMURAI CHAMPLOO…? BECAUSE I REALLY MISS MUGENS STYLE, I JUST LOVE JIN SOOOOO MUCH…. HE’S SO CUTE AND DAMN GREAT! AND SOOOOO GOOD! I JUZ LOVE JINS AND MUGENS SKILL….. I’D LOVE TO WATCH ANOTHER EPISODE OF CHAMPLOO IF THERE’S ANOTHER ONE, BUT I THINK THAT EPISODE 26 IS THE LAST ONE…. SOOOOO PLEASE SUM1 TELL ME IF THERE’S A NEW EPISODE COMMING UP…???
SAMURAI CHAMPLOO IS THE SHIT! THE BEST….
December 4th, 2005 at 8:41 am
54i love everything about samurai champloo… from the music down to mugens breakdancing fighting style. this anime is way tooooo cool… but i heard that it didnt work that good in japan, that is the reason why they only made 26 episodes.. i wouldve have liked to see love in this serie.. but oh well.. i hope they make more than the 26 episodes…. :D I would cry for happiness.. ubut for now… iÂŽll read fanfics from S.C.
December 4th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
55*sigh* I’ll admit it. You can just call me a supernerd. I literally wait all week for this show and I watch it both times it appears. I memorized the words and some of the moves mugen does. I am so lame that I sometimes randomly start laughing out of nowhere because I was thinking of something that was from the show. I am so pathetic I started to cry when I found otu there would only be 26 eppys. *sigh* I’m hooked and can’t get enough of it. As soon as I get the money I shall be purchasing more SC merchandise.
December 15th, 2005 at 11:34 pm
56I bought every volume and have loved something on everyone one of them. I read some comments about the hip hop song at the beginning and I think it is one of the best parts of the episodes. No its not your everyday stupid American b*tchs and money bs that is played on the radio but it sounds like true underground hip hop with a message and fat beat.
I like the symbolism they use with Mugen and Jin. Mugen raw, red, untamed with an impetus nature like fire. Jin fluid, blue, calculating and precise, like water. They even depict the difference between them with the animals rooster and fish. I admit not every episode can be the best but I say this it the best put together series I have ever seen.
December 19th, 2005 at 2:26 pm
57Shinichiro Watanabe is not one to continue a series into many episodes. It was the same with Bebop. 26 is the last episode, maybe an epiloge could be done but nothing more. People would eventually get bored. Some plot holes are never filled for a reason, keep us guessing of course. You know an anime is great, when you are finished, you are still thinking as well as talking about it.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:09 pm
58This series was closed brilliantly, I think, and if any more episodes were to be made, it would probably throw it off balance…although, I gotta admit, it would be so cool to see these three on more adventures and to see more awesome fight scenes.
I love the symbolism, too. Hehe…It’s quite funny how Jin represents a fish, yet he can’t even catch one. ^_^
December 23rd, 2005 at 6:48 pm
59okay i like to see samari champloo!
December 23rd, 2005 at 6:50 pm
60Niiiccee… I love the show. I’ve been whatching it. A few bad times (disgudting times) but most of the time it’s just kicking butt.
on a sidenote… where did mugen get his technique? It’s resemblence to breakdancuing is scary.
anyways, Jin is cool, and collective
too bad it’s only 26 episodes.
awww.
the first epi is awesome..
the second epi was awesome..
I bet the third epi with be more awesomeness… and more bad language. hah ha!
“damn, my arns are like wet noodles!”
“they’re one-night mushroome. Do you know what one-night mushrooms are? They say that the person who eats them only lives for night, and that person will suffer pain beyound imagine’
that just scared me. I hate evil people.
damn… HOW’D MUGEN GET A FIGHTING TECHNIQUE THAT HAS A SCARY RESEMBLENCE TO BREAKEDANCING!
sorry.
are
anyeways, if you’re still reading this, i’M JUST GONNA RANT.
DAMN YOU FUU JUST LET THOSE TWO KILL EACH OTHER ALREADY!
DAMN JIN BE ANGRY FOR ONCE!
DAMN MUGEN STOP KILLING EVERYONE, LET JIN HAVE A CHANCE!
ok. I’m done. Still THE SHOW ISH AWESOME! It makes me happy to have USA cable when I live in Canada. Too bad they changed the scedge and now I can’t see FMA… oh well.
you’re still reading? ….. ok. I’ll tell you about the first and second episodes!
first epi:
JIN AND MUGEN ARE ABOUT TO GET EXECUTED!!
whoops, ONE DAY EARLIER!
Mugen’s listening to an mp3 and half walking and half dancing down a street?
ONE DAY EARLIER
ah, much better!
Fuu’s serving idiots!
Mugen comes over and asks for water.
“what would you like?”
“water”
“water?”
“yea, water”
“you hafta buy something”
“I have no money”
“so, go away”
“I’ll kill all these (*scratch*) for 50 dumplings.”
“50?”
“yea”
then they start attacking Fuu! *gasp*
“100 dumplings!”
Mugen gets up and kicks butt! Jin comes in, they start fighting! Fire!! fire!! then, they find themselves pinned to crosses.
“was that a dream?”
“what did you dream?”
“fire.. everywhere”
“that wasn;t a dreamm”
“so, you were in a bathtub?”
“that was a dream”
NOW they almost get exucated!
THERE GOES THE FIREWORKS FROM FUU!
THEY ESCAPE!
Oh, wait…
Mugen and Jin want to kill each other!
“HEY! YOU PROMISED!”
“I know”
” I remember”
“I KNOW! LET’S FLIP A COIN! Heads, you guys fight, tails, you come with me!”
“gimme that!”
*coin flies into the air from Mugen*
“umm… do you think you threw too far?”
“he does not know resistance.”
“kiss my (*pokee*)”
Coin lands on the Fuu’s forehead! 0.o it’s tails! They’re now chased by the village! RUN GUYS!
-END-
SECOND EPI!
They find a shak, they sleep.. well. Fuu is drunk from one little cup. 0.0 …. … .. ..
thet bed down into a shack.
Mugen goes and ‘haves fun’ with a girl!
Jin goes to naturally heated spring to releax, only to find another guy there too!
“my, isn;t this a coinsidence?”
*fireflies fly*
“aren’t they beutiful? You know why fireflies have light? They’re communicating for a mate. Sometimes that say that a male sometimes tries to attract another male.”
Erm.. is this other guy gay?!
Jin gets out and grabs his clothes, puts them on and walks off, good idea.
People kill the shack and kidnap the girl!
that new guy is an assasin out to KILL Jin!
Someone poisoned Mugen!
*gasp*
Mugen is facing a big guy with a big belly with a face more beast than human! Big guy kills himself. *cry*
They are dead! assasin says “oh, they’re dead. No use to kill you now. Bye.” Assasin walks away.
… WTF?
Girl runs to big guy.
You forget the dying Mugen?!
Oh wait, the girl gave the antidote to Mugen. Ok. Now, the conversation with big guy and Fuu.
“why?!”
“Everyone.. leave me…but./.. you were.. not afraid.. of my face. Now.. I know… I am not.. alone.. anymore..”
Big guys dies.
-END-
so sad, soo funny, so violent! GOO SAMURAI CHAMPLOO!!!
-END-
January 2nd, 2006 at 12:55 am
61can n e1 tell me where i can find some Samurai 7 to download? I’ve tried loads and cant find a site that the files aren’t corrupt or have a virus. even rmvb filles or wotever dont work. I’ve seen teh 1st 1 and must see more. pls pls pls tell me a site
January 26th, 2006 at 2:28 am
62i saw the last episode of samurai champloo and im soooo saadddd!!! i dont understand though. do the 3 seperate forever or do they stay together?
January 30th, 2006 at 5:36 am
63That stupid song in episode 14 is sooo annoying, I actually muted watching it because of the horrible singing.
February 17th, 2006 at 1:22 am
64anyone know where i can download english versions of samurai champloo?
February 28th, 2006 at 7:07 am
65i love samurai champloo. Im a fan of hip-hop and Anime and this blends my two loves.
i really hope they make some more of this. Cause i wanna see Mugen hook up with that hot under cover cop chick, who said she was gonna marry him.
they left so much shit open to more episodes, but it will suck if there not all 3 together.
March 3rd, 2006 at 5:01 pm
66The series is Gangta!!!!
You got crazy samurais ready to kick ass at any time
I wish I was Logun.
March 11th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
67Does anyone know the last song of the entire series? The last episode they start playing this awesome song and I want it!
March 16th, 2006 at 11:30 am
68I think I saw the last episode, but i’m not sure. It was on Adult Swim last week. They just went there seprate ways, was that it? If it is that sucks! I want more closure than that, I expected it to be more like the Samurai x ending, sad but 100% closure, all questions answered.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:44 am
69Where can I download all the Samuri Champloo episodes, I have only seen a few episodes. But I like it….Please e-mail mewith the site if you can help
-Danny
March 29th, 2006 at 1:46 am
70By the way. I have never been on this site in my life, so pleeeeeeeeeeease E-mail me the site to download. I will be very grateful
THANKS-A-BUNCH!
-Danny
March 29th, 2006 at 1:48 am
71E-mail = kudo_master@yahoo.com
March 29th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
72you probably wont find the last song anywhere so y dont u just record the ending song instead u can use a sound recorder to record the song like i did :P
March 31st, 2006 at 12:51 am
73the song on the very end of episode 26 is San Francisco by Midicronica
April 7th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
74where can i get a DL
April 14th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
75hey can someone tell me a site to download all 26 eps of Samurai Champloo (not with torrent files please, just direct download)
if you could help, that would be awesome, thanks guys!!!
00simpson@comcast.net
April 22nd, 2006 at 12:58 pm
76Does anyone know the last song of the entire series? The last episode they start playing this awesome song and I want it!
April 25th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
77where can i download enhlish samurai champloo episodes any of them(PLEASE HELP!)
April 26th, 2006 at 10:20 am
78Having seen all 26 episodes, I can say this series is a masterpiece. A deep, rich, well fed storyline, and a wonderful creation of characters. I was really sad to see this one over.
Yes, the three part ways. With the knowledge of knowing that they are alive, and that they would be happy to see each other again one day.
April 27th, 2006 at 1:31 am
79why doesn’t any one here answer questions this is a sorry fan sit i asked were could i find the song played on the last episode and i didn’t even get a title and naim asked were can he get the episodes and you say
“Having seen all 26 episodes, I can say this series is a masterpiece. A deep, rich, well fed storyline, and a wonderful creation of characters. I was really sad to see this one over.
Yes, the three part ways. With the knowledge of knowing that they are alive, and that they would be happy to see each other again one day.”
April 27th, 2006 at 1:34 am
80i mean site were it said sit
April 28th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
81YO can sum body tell me where da hell can i get all 26 episodes of samurai champloo ihave limewire would this help. answer questions please this time atleast
April 29th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
82Actually someone said the last songs name. Dont know if its right or wrong but this is what they said.
“the song on the very end of episode 26 is San Francisco by Midicronica”
May 3rd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
83I’m just in school and bored out of my fuckin mind, and I happen to watch Samurai Champloo. So… hi I’m just in school and bored out of my fuckin mind, and I happen to watch Samurai Champloo. So… hi <3
May 15th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
84Samurai Champloo is one if the most amazing animes just its so well rounded and the end song is Busterdust btw by Midicronica.
May 20th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
85where the hell can i direct download samurai champloo i’ve been looking all over it, plz give me a link if u have one
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:15 am
86http://www.realitylapse.com DIRECT DLOADS
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 pm
87I love this show where the hell do you download all the episodes can someone please email me and tell me at sean.triffett@tas.tas.edu.au
please give me a number of diff websites.
May 28th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
88Thank You.
May 30th, 2006 at 11:56 pm
89new question where can i find a place to download the last song at.
July 4th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
90I found the last song by searching on limeire.
Most of the sites that you will find for the entire Samurai Champloo OST have the albums, but do not include the last song that is played at the end of the last episode. I have no idea why that is…
July 31st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
91I was shivering when 26 ended, that show is so great. I listened to an interview with the creator that was taken in May this year and he said he would consider making more if he got good feedback (from famous people I’m guessing).
Somehow I’m thinking he doesn’t like making more or something, Samurai Champloo is amazing!
August 5th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
92to download this series, go here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/256028
have fun ;]
February 1st, 2007 at 6:41 pm
93episode 23 on realitylapse.com is completely messed. it goes all pink after about 5 minutes. is there ne other sites?
February 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
94episode 23 on realitylapse.com is completely messed. it goes all pink after about 5 minutes. is there ne other sites?
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