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Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo

Death, betrayal, and... hip hop!

20048.31 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

Created by Sanae Mitsugi
Written by Shinichiro Watanabe
Produced by Takashi Kouchiyama, Tetsuro Satomi, Takatoshi Hamano
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Fuu (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Mugen (voice)

Ginpei Sato

Ginpei Sato

Jin (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Okuru (voice)

Eiji Maruyama

Eiji Maruyama

Biwa Minstrel (voice)

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Denkibou (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Mukuro (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Kagetoki Kariya (voice)

Otoya Kawano

Otoya Kawano

Ryujiro Sasaki (voice)

Makio Inoue

Makio Inoue

Enshirou Mariya (voice)

Themes & Keywords

hip-hopsamuraiobsessive questshounenanimechanging eraadventure

About Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is a animation, action & adventure, comedy series that first aired in 2004 exploring themes of hip-hop, samurai, obsessive quest, shounen, anime, changing era. Created by Sanae Mitsugi, it stars Ayako Kawasumi, Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato. Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

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