Review of Samurai Champloo

Story: Two samurai Jin and Mugen were sent to prison and where saved by a restaurant waitress Fuu on the condition that they'll help her look for the "Samurai who Smeills like Sunflowers" and so begins their great (or not so great XD) adventure. In my opinion, the series is just a buch of stand alone episodes about the trio getting into all sorts of mishaps. But it's not that bad. in fact, it's great! XD one thing that's bugging me about the series is that it's like a history show gone wrong as there are events that could NOT have happened! Art: If you've seenCowboy Bebop, then you'll porbably be familiar with the art work. The characters looks skinny or lean. There's also a few characters who might look a bit alike with Cowboy Bebop charas. Mugen for one looks like Spike from Bebop but with a rowdy attitude. The animation is great, the characters have a fluid movement, especially when they fight.

Sound:
The series STRONGEST POINT for me. Hip-hop tunes on a samurai anime, now there's something you don't see everyday. a mix of new and old...well it doesn't really go well with the samurai theme BUT it matches the characters wacky antics as well as the fights. Heck even the Opening Theme is a Rap song...a good one at that! XD

Character:
Well, the characters are pretty much unique. Mugen is a samurai who breakdances as he fights. no, his fighting style IS break dancing. Not Copoera, break dancing with sword slashes. now how cool is that. Jin specializes in the traditional samurai arts and Fuu is not much of a fighter but comes from a samurai family.

Personality-wise, Mugen is loud, short-tempered, and dresses way different from a usual Japanese of that era. His style is hip-hop.

Jin, is quiet, wears glasses, and is pretty much your everyday samurai ala Kenshin Himura.

Fuu is a former waitress who was born from a samurai clan.

THese are the first impression you'll get from them, but as the series progresses you'll get to see different sides of the characters.

Overall:

A not so typical samurai anime that's sure to head you hyped up and your head babging to the hip-hop beat.