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What sets Samurai Champloo apart from the pack is the blending of historical culture with modern music, combined with a crisp visual design and dazzling action sequences evocative of The Animatrix, Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon, and Kill Bill Vol.1. The dialouge is funny, the action sequences are spectacular, and the storyline is intriguing. What more could an anime fan ask for? Oh, and in case you were wondering, the word "champloo" is an Okinawan word meaning a mixture, or "mixed together", hence the name Samurai Champloo, and the brilliant blending of cultures that makes this series one not to miss. Adult Swim only lists 13 episodes at the moment, but hopefully they will ultimately show all 26.
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Based on the hit television series running on Cartoon Network’s wildly popular Adult Swim block, “Samurai Champloo” is a truly innovative fighting system that combines feudal Japan hack-and-slash combat with hip hop grooves. With unique fighting modes inspired by the stylish series, this unique combination of music and swordplay is set to revolutionize samurai adventure games in 2006. [less]
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Samurai Champloo had some amazing music done by Nujabes and Fat Jon. While they aren’t back for the game, the music that is used is very much in the same style of the series. The only problem with the soundtrack is that you’re only allowed to carry two tracks with you at a time. Voice acting is a completely different matter. While Jin and Fuu’s voice actors are back and do an alright job, the sound alike they picked for Mugen is grating and sounds very little like him.
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Samurai Champloo follows the continuing adventures of Mugen, Jin, and Fuu. For those who haven't been keeping up with the anime's storyline, the gist is that Mugen and Jin are unemployed swordsmen who are rescued from execution by a bubbly girl named Fuu. Fuu is on the hunt for "the samurai who smells of sunflowers," so Mugen and Jin grudgingly repay their debt to her by following her on her journey and protecting her as best they can. The trio is a comically mismatched group--Jin is more the cerebral type, whereas Mugen plays the brash and generally unreasonable role. In fact, the only thing any of the three have in common is their almost unhealthy obsession with food. The game's subtitle, Sidetracked, refers to the plot's nature as sort of a side story for the original anime series. In the game, Mugen, Jin, and Fuu settle into a town for a short rest, only to find themselves wrapped up in a conflict of mythological proportions between rival clans, European interlopers, and mystical prophecies.
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Samurai Champloo focuses around 3 core characters. Mugen is a straight loud mouth anti-hero. Mugen is the wild one of the group, always flying by the seat of his pants. Mugen ... seems to have a problem with authority. Mugen is the first to draw and the last to leave a fight. Jin is a noble ronin in the search of a purpose.
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Historically accurate or not, Samurai Champloo is set in the Edo Period of Japan, when Samurai stood at the top of the social hierarchy. Mugen is a brash, self-trained young warrior who fights with a unique breakdance style of fighting. Jin is a more traditional Samurai - quiet, calculating and controlled. These two polar opposites are bound to get into conflict, butbefore they can fight each other theymeet up in the first episode with Fuu, a young waitress who saves both their lives.
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