Review of Samurai Champloo

An excellent samurai series about three strangers in the Edo period. It's a breeze to watch, and you can tell right away that Shinichiro Watanabe had a hand in the work. Samurai Champloo is a samurai Bebop, but with hip-hop. If you asked me to name the word that I associate with Samurai Champloo, I would say, "Style, of course!" The first thing that catches your eye when you start watching Samurai Champloo is its stylistic direction. It is what gives this series its special charm and beauty. This style is made up of only two things - unusual drawing and hip-hop. To be honest, I havenever seen traces of the latter in any anime before. Hip-hop culture permeates Samurai Champloo from beginning to end. And if in the first five minutes all this looks very unusual and even a little funny, then by the end of the second episode you understand that without the two above-mentioned components this series will be "an ordinary anime about samurai". That's right.

You need to have talent to combine completely different things during creation, which creates a psychedelic aftertaste. Against the background of other anime, Samurai Champloo seems unconventional, which is confirmed by the unusual musical accompaniment and drawing. It will take forever to discuss all the details in Samurai Champloo.

Very little dialogue. Everything is in action. But what is most amazing is that it is enough! In this case, the plot plays a secondary role.

The characters are the complete opposite of each other, the three main characters, at first glance, are cliched, but in fact very original.

Mugen is a former pirate, daring and freedom-loving, Jin is a cold-blooded, lonely ronin, Fuu is a young girl who loves to eat. As the story progresses, the characters become almost comrades.

Sometimes it's very funny, and sometimes it's very sad.