Review of Samurai Champloo

This show started off strong, and I had high hopes for it after the first couple episodes; the fighting was smooth and stylized, the characters, sounds and environments seemed appropriate, the only flaw was how the main cast got together, and that was forgivable though awkward. This style carried on throughout most of the series, but the last several episodes really ruined the show; It felt like they had a great story, but no real idea how to write an ending. The show went from pushing realism to extreme cases to fully supernatural feats the likes of which should only be seen in shows like Bleachand the anime sin of 'Love and Friendship conquers all'. Many people have compared it to Cowboy Bebop and I'd say that was accurate for a long time. Each episode was basically its own tale, and pretty well done while still adhering to the idea that there was a larger goal.

The first half of the series, and then some, I'd have given an 8/10 easily. But everything fell apart so horribly as they ended their journey that I actually regretted watching it by the end and if that's all I knew of the show, it may have been a 3/10 for cliches, nonsense and sheer ridiculousness of the situations and interactions.