Review of Samurai Champloo

First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile. ----- This one is a bit of odd case to review. One reason is that this is re-watch. I watched this anime 2009. And I don't review nor re-score re-watched things, but since this score decision basically didn't change for me, I decided to review it nevertheless. ---- Story is simple enough, it's about trio that ends up meeting, adventuring together to find certain person. They will encounter all sorts of enemies whilst keeping up with comedy aspect. For most part I did enjoy the story, it felt episodic yetwith end-game goal and was presented in enjoyable manner. Had its funny moments and great battles. Probably only complaint I have is that the whole hip-pop and rap usage wasn't really to my taste. (probably did enjoy it back in days). Though funny thing about the story, for some reason it felt like I was watching this anime for the first time. I did remember the main characters but the content of the story fell so stranger for me. As never seen the anime before. Anyhow, story feels polished and fun, as well was given satisfying enough ending.

Art, now art for 2005 anime feels superb. Or actually even to more common recent anime, the art of this anime was superb. It great great art and very good animation. So regarding art I got absolutely no complaints. Same for the music/ost for the most part. It was quite enjoyable and good.

As for characters I'm not sure what to comment aside the main trio. We got the silent & disciplined samurai. The erratic and aggressive ronin and a "straight act" girl. All I can tell that this synergy between the characters felt spot-on enjoyable. A bit for everyone, whatever is your taste. In another words very enjoyable characters. There were plenty of cool enemies, some morons and odd comedy aspect characters.

So by the end of the day. I did enjoy this Anime quite a lot. Even if seems my brain deleted memory of watching it back in the days. I did "re-enjoy" it. Samurai anime with funky thematic, cool action and enjoyable comedy aspect. If those are things you are looking for, then this piece of work is definitely worth a watch.