Review of Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is hands down my favorite anime so far, Steins; Gate comes in at a close second, but Samurai Champloo takes the cake. If I were to write the pros of this anime I'd be here all day, so I will instead list the, very few, cons. The story is lacking. I gave the story an 8 because for the most part its a slice of life, not inherently bad, but not inherently the best for the story. In the few episodes where the story is crucial, it is beautiful and wonderful. In the rest the character development makes up for it. The art,sound, characters, etc. is outstanding the early to mid 2000's style was executed perfectly, what cowboy bebop was to jazz, champloo is to hiphop. I truly can't praise this anime enough. I would highly highly recommend if you have the time to spare and enjoy really any type of anime.