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samurai champloo departure official album with art download Champloo: Music Record Katana. When Sinchiro Wantanabe set to work on his first series after the monumentally successful , he had quite a reputation to uphold, not just with regards to the show but also to its . Over ten were eventually released in conjunction with Cowboy Bebop, all of which both fans of the series and enthusiasts of and blues music soaked up ravenously. When his sophomore effort, , was finally released, it proved to be just as intricately interwoven with its soundtrack as its predecessor, setting up each landscape, dialogue, fight sequence, and montage with heaps of meticulously chosen and composed music. However, while Cowboy Bebop's gritty, futuristic film noir had a natural partner in jazz music, Samurai Champloo involves a much more deliberate musical choice: this slick and sarcastic retelling of feudal is constructed around hip-hop. While this premise may sound awkward, the almost entirely Japanese hip-hop soundtrack works flawlessly onscreen. What it provides for the ear in the absence of the series, however, is less than stellar. Still, many tracks on Samurai Champloo: Music Record Katana are what you might call single material, such as MINMI's "Shiki No Uta (Song of the Seasons)." This steady and beautiful song is simultaneously danceable, somber, stylized, and fun -- with melodic female vocals laid over a steady snare beat and a single finger-plucked guitar sequence, all retooled in the studio to add a light layer of gloss. ' intro theme, "Battlecry," is also a strong track, featuring English lyrics (rarely found in Japanese rap), as well as snippets of avant-garde piano, with a production that seems to place the entire song underwater in the most enjoyable of ways. Another notable track is the R&B ballad "YOU," an Illicit Tsuboi tune featuring the supple vocals of Kazami. This song takes what is perhaps one of the most standard styles in American pop music and reworks it with the innovative sensibilities of Japanese pop, creating something gentler and more blissed-out than you would find in typical American R&B-pop. The rest of the album, however, is mostly what you might call mood music. , Forces of Nature, and Illicit Tsuboi create cool, studio-savvy tracks with creative and inventive uses of acoustic guitar, drums, and organ. But as high quality as many of these tracks are, few can stand on their own. With no discernible arc and frequently no refrain, these tracks border on what could perhaps be called progressive R&B, with a Quincy Jones-ish feel that draws on numerous influences. With scarcely five minutes per track, however, these songs don't really have time to provide more than good listening during driving and web surfing. Samurai Champloo.

Samurai Champloo (サムライチャンプルー , Samurai Chanpurū ? ) is a Japanese series developed by . It featured a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe , character designer Kazuto Nakazawa and mechanical designer . Samurai Champloo was Watanabe's first directorial effort for an anime television series after the critically acclaimed Cowboy Bebop . It was broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV on May 20, 2004 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005. The story is set during a fictional version of Japan in the with an anachronistic , predominantly hip-hop , setting. [1 ] It follows Mugen and Jin, two vagrant swordsmen , who are rescued from execution by Fuu , a young ditzy barmaid, who then recruits them to accompany her in her quest across Japan to find the " samurai who smells of sunflowers". Samurai Champloo was critically acclaimed, and the series was dubbed in the English language and licensed by Geneon Entertainment (then Pioneer Entertainment) for releases in North America. Entertainment began licensing the series after Geneon ceased production of its titles. It was also licensed for English releases in the by MVM Films , and in and New Zealand by . Contents. Production [ ] Samurai Champloo is considered to be an example of the popular chanbara film and television genre. Trademarks include the Edo setting, a focus on samurai or other swordsman characters, and lots of thrilling, dramatic fights. [3 ] Chanbara was used in the early days of Japanese cinema (when government political censorship ran high) as a way of expressing veiled social critiques. [ citation needed ] The word champloo comes from the Okinawan word chanpurū (as in gōyā chanpurū , the Okinawan stir-fry dish containing bitter melon ). Chanpurū , alone, simply means "to mix" or "to hash." Main Characters [ ] In Samurai Champloo there are three main characters which are Mugen, Jin, and Fuu. They all meet by a chance encounter in a little food shop ran by Fuu and an elderly couple. The three of them end up embarking on a journey in search of the "Sunflower Samurai". Samurai Champloo tells the story of three strangers in the Tokugawa era (also known as the Edo Period ) who come together on a journey across Japan. A young woman named Fuu is working as a waitress in a tea shop when she is harassed by a band of samurai. She is saved by Mugen, a mysterious rogue, and Jin, a young ronin . Mugen attacks Jin after he proves to be a worthy opponent and they begin fighting one another and inadvertently cause the death of Shibui Tomonoshina , the magistrate's son. For this crime they are to be executed. With help from Fuu, they escape, though Fuu insists that they travel with her to find "the samurai who smells of sunflowers." They agree to join her, with Fuu setting the condition that they are not to duel one another until the journey is done. Setting and Style [ ] Samurai Champloo employs a blend of historical Edo period backdrops with modern styles and references. The show relies on factual events of Edo-era Japan, such as the ("Unholy Union;" "Evanescent Encounter, Part I"), Dutch exclusivity in an era in which an edict restricted Japanese foreign relations ("Stranger Searching"), Ukiyo-e paintings ("Artistic Anarchy"), and fictionalized versions of real-life Edo personalities like Mariya Enshirou and ("Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2"). Incorporated within this scheme are signature elements of modernity, especially culture, such as ("Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 1"), bandits behaving like "gangstas" (both parts of "Misguided Miscreants"), censorship bleeps replaced with record scratching, and much of Mugen's character design. Samurai Champloo' s musical score predominantly features produced by Tsutchie , Nujabes , Fat Jon , and FORCE OF NATURE . and MINMI are also featured in the opening and ending themes, respectively. Anime [ ] Samurai Champloo premiered in Japan on May 20, 2004 on Fuji Television , and concluded on March 19, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes. It was also aired in Japan on . Geneon , licensed the show for distribution in North America almost a year prior to the show's airing in Japan. An English dub of the series premiered in the United States on the anime block on May 14, 2005. The version aired was edited and had foul language replaced with sound effects, in addition to cutting out blood and nudity. The final first run of the episodes concluded on March 18, 2006. Samurai Champloo debuted in on December 24, 2006, on the digital station Razer . The series has also aired in the United Kingdom, , Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Germany. Funimation has recently announced to distribute Samurai Champloo for Geneon since they have ceased in-house distribution of their titles in 2007. Geneon, in association with Funimation, re-released the entire 26-episode anime series in a box set in June 2009 and on Blu-ray in November 2009. [4 ] As of November 26, 2010, Funimation has fully licensed the series and will once again release the series under the Classics line on May 24, 2011. [5 ] The anime series made its return to US television on FUNimation Channel starting March 21st, 2011. [6 ]

The episodes use six pieces of theme music. "Battlecry", performed by Nujabes and Shing02 , is the opening theme for all twenty six episodes. "四 季ノ唄 (Shiki no Uta , Song of Four Seasons ? ) " by Minmi is the primary ending theme, except for four episodes. Episode 12 uses Minmi's "Who's Theme" as its ending, episode 17 uses "You" by Kazami, 23 uses "Fly" by Azuma Riki , and the final episode uses the song "San Francisco" by Midicronica . [ ] A Samurai Champloo manga debuted in Shōnen Ace on August 2004. licensed the manga in an English-language release in North America and Madman Entertainment lit for an English release in Australia and New Zealand. It is also licensed for a Portuguese-language and Spanish-language release in Brazil and Spain by Panini. There are 2 volumes in this series. Unlike many anime series, Samurai Champloo did not originate with a manga; rather, the manga was created after the anime and is to some degree based on it.There have been two series of Champloo volumes falling under the "manga" heading: the Japanese manga, published by Manglobe in 2004, written and illustrated by Masaru Gotsubo; and the short-lived "film manga" project released by Bandai in the USA. The Manglobe manga ran only two issues. The first issue contained four chapters, the first one being an adaptation of the first episode of the series, the others being original stories by manga-ka Gotsubo. The second volume was all original stories. Manglobe's manga was picked up for English translation and North American distribution by Tokyopop in 2005. The first volume was issued in the USA in November 2005 and the second in March 2006. Bandai's Champloo film manga was announced with great optimism in January 2006. This format, called "photocomics" or "fumetti" elsewhere in the world, tells the story of a movie or anime using actual frames from the film instead of artwork. Vol. 1 of Bandai's "film manga" In their press release of January 25th, 2006, Bandai Manga Editor Robert Napton said, " Samurai Champloo is one of today's hit anime properties and when the chance to license a series of Film from Geneon came our way, we jumped at it." He admitted that "Film Manga as a format has had a bit of a turbulent ride in America, mostly due to bad quality and high price points," but added, "We are battling that by releasing each volume featuring high-quality color images and the very competitive price of $9.99 per volume." In addition to adapting three episodes of the anime, each Film Manga volume was to include exclusive bonus material not found anywhere else, the first volume featuring an interview with Director Shinichiro Watanabe. "For each volume, we want to have more than just episodes; we go behind the scenes of the series, like bonus features on a DVD," Napton said. The series was planned to run nine volumes, containing the entire anime at three episodes per book, but by July 2008, only three volumes had been released and no further volumes followed. All three are listed at collectors' sites as "out of print" and "not available from publisher", and are very difficult to find even on the secondary market. Soundtracks [ ] Music used in the series was released across four CD soundtracks by Victor Entertainment . The first, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Masta , was released on June 23, 2004. Produced by Shinichirō Watanabe 's longtime friend DJ Tsutchie and the Japanese hip hop duo Force of Nature, [7 ] [ verification needed ] the album features 18 instrumental tracks and one mid-tempo ballad sung by R&B songstress Kazami. Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure was released on the same date, containing 17 tracks, with two being vocal pieces performed by rap artist Shing02 and R&B singer Minmi . The album was produced by the late Japanese DJ/producer Nujabes and American MC/producer Fat Jon . [7 ] Two additional soundtracks followed on September 22, 2004. Samurai Champloo Music Record: Playlist contained an additional 18 tracks, all created by Tsutchie, with only one being a vocal piece: a remix of the first album's song "Fly," performed by Azuma Riki of the hip hop group Small Circle of Friends [7 ] . The final album, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Impression , features 23 tracks from Force of Nature, Nujabes, and Fat Jon. Rap artists Suiken and S-word, members of rap group Nitro Microphone Underground , provide guest vocals and Minmi performs the final song on the album. [7 ] Two separate soundtracks, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Katana as well as Samurai Champloo Music Record: Playlist , were released in 2004 by Geneon Entertainment only in North America. They bear most of the same tracks as the Japanese albums. Video Game [ ] Grasshopper Manufacture developed a video game for the PlayStation 2 entitled Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked ; however, the manufacturer has stated that the game has no relation to the show. It was released on April 11, 2006, in the United States and received mixed reviews. [8 ] The game is notable for giving Mugen's distinctive sword a name, "Typhoon Swell"; it was never called by this name in the anime or manga series. Nujabes & Hydeout Productions Restoration Project. Archiving and preserving the analog recordings of the late great Nujabes and his label: Hydeout Productions. Wednesday, October 21, 2015. 2004 - Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure. Tracklist 1 –Nujabes Battlecry Rap [Featuring], Lyrics By – Shing02 3:22 2 –Nujabes The Space Between Two World 4:41 3 –Nujabes Aruarian Dance 4:10 4 –Nujabes Kujaku 7:01 5 –Nujabes Mystline 4:50 6 –Nujabes 1st. Samurai 3:13 7 –Fat Jon Ole 3:27 8 –Fat Jon 624 Part 2 3:45 9 –Fat Jon Genome 3:36 10 –Fat Jon No Way Back 3:20 11 –Fat Jon Funkin 3:37 12 –Fat Jon Stay 3:44 13 –Fat Jon Chambers 3:45 14 –Fat Jon Ask 3:22 15 –Fat Jon How You Feel 4:29 16 –Fat Jon 624 Part 1 2:43 17 –Minmi Shiki No Uta 5:00 Arranged By – Nujabes Bass – Watanabe, Hitoshi Guitar – Fukuhara, Masanobu Keyboards, Piano – Matsumoto, Keiji Lyrics By, Music By – Minmi Producer – Minmi Tenor Saxophone – Takegami, Yoshinari. Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Victor Entertainment, Inc. Distributed By – Victor Entertainment, Inc. Credits Art Direction – Kanzaki, Mugen Coordinator [Editorial] – Touya, Asako Mastered By – Hashimoto, Youei Other [Production Cooperative] – Sato, Takamitsu, Takeuchi, Masakazu Other [Promoter] – Itoh, Shosei, Sugawara, Yoshinori Other [Sales Promoter] – Sato, Masakazu, Yamashita, Kou Producer – Fat Jon (tracks: 7 to 16), Nujabes (tracks: 1 to 6, 17), Ishikawa, Yoshimoto Recorded By – Ishigaki, Yoshitaka* (tracks: 17) Recorded By, Mixed By – Fat Jon (tracks: 8 to 16), Nujabes (tracks: 1 to 7, 17) Notes Released in jewel case. Tracks 1 to 7, 17 recorded and mixed at Park Avenue Studio. Track 1 recorded at Annen Annex, Oakland, CA. Track 17 recorded at Burnish Stone Recording Studios. Mastered at Aubrite Mastering Studio. Manufactured and distributed by Victor Entertainment, Inc., Japan. ℗&©2004 ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社. Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 4 988002 461226 Matrix / Runout: VICL-61411-1 3W V Other (Mastering SID Code): IFPI L244 Other (Mould SID Code): IFPI 4011. 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External Links. Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now. Shoutbox. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page. Samurai Champloo Season 2: Premiere Date, Characters, Plot. “You should enjoy the little detours to the fullest. Because that’s where you’ll find things more important than what you want.” This quote is from a well-known anime that goes by the name of ‘Hunter X Hunter‘; but it also very well defines the entire first season of ‘Samurai Champloo’. Shinichiro Watanabe is only known for two anime series — one is ‘Cowboy Bebop‘ and the other one is ‘Samurai Champloo’ and a lot of similarities can be noted between the two. One major similarity is the plot, which is distributed into various different sub-plots that slowly build-up towards an overarching main story. Another noticeable similarity between the two is the indulgence of hip hop culture through both audio and visual depictions to make them more appealing to the Western audience. Historical fiction is one genre that I completely despise because it often leaves you in the middle, wondering whether or not you should judge the show based on the genuineness of its deceptions. The only kind of historical fiction that I don’t mind watching is the one that does not try to be accurate and ‘Samurai Champloo’ hits the right spot with that. It takes place in the Edo-period of Japanese history and then creates a meta-style by mixing it up with hip hop and the bohemian culture. The plot, as a few haters might say, diverts from the main motive that is “to look for a Samurai who smells like Sunflowers” but what they don’t realize is that ‘Samurai Champloo’ is not really about the destination but more about the journey of the characters. They do eventually reach a conclusion but it’s the sub-plots that truly drive the entire character development. Even the animation is always in tune with the anime’s theme and offers thick linework that represents . There is also one episode where an influence of psychedelic has represented really well with a burst of colorful illusions. There are other scenes that are suddenly juxtaposed with people beatboxing and even the transition effects of one scene to another is almost like a DJ scratching his disks. There is an episode that centers around two side characters and their obsession with graffiti. While this may not directly contribute to the end story of the main characters, it does add value to the main underlying theme of the anime — “rebelling against the social norms and authority.” ‘Samurai Champloo’ has both style and substance and is the kind of show that can be enjoyed by almost anyone. It offers some very clever comedy (even in the English Dub), some really cool, unorthodox sword-slashing action and a dense plot. Not to mention, the music in the anime is just phenomenal and blends hip-hop with some lo-fi Japanese beats that perfectly suit the whole theme that is being explored. Even the opening and closing themes that are mostly done by Nujabes are enough to set it apart from all other anime in this genre. All in all, ‘Samurai Champloo’ is almost as perfect as an anime can ever be and in the end, it leaves you completely fulfilled with no loose ends. What more can you ask for? Samurai Champloo Season 2 Release Date: When Will it Premiere? ‘Samurai Champloo’ season 1 was released on May 20, 2004 and finished airing on May 19, 2005 with a total of 26 episodes. The ending of the first season of ‘Samurai Champloo’ is very conclusive if you compare it with that of ‘Cowboy Bebop‘. Watanabe never really came out with another season of ‘Cowboy Bebop’; so it seems very less likely that ‘Samurai Champloo’ will have a season 2. There are absolutely no loose ends or unanswered questions at the end of the show and also, it ends on a note where it looks like the writers want the viewers to imagine what happens next to the main characters; something like the end of ‘Inception‘. As much as I hate the fact that it came to an end, I absolutely loved the way it was executed and personally, I would love to imagine that Fuu, Mugen, and Jin did meet again somewhere along the road much later. Optimistically, I can definitely see ‘Samurai Champloo’ season 2 release sometime in 2021 or 2022. We will update this section as soon as we hear more. Samurai Champloo English Dub: The English subbed and dubbed versions of ‘Samurai Champloo’ are available on Funimation, Crunchyroll and Amazon Prime. Samurai Champloo Plot: The story starts off with Fuu Kasumi, who is a waitress at a very small, peaceful tea house. A bunch of rowdy self-proclaimed samurai walk into the teahouse one day and start harassing Fuu. Fuu panics and calls out to another samurai, Mugen, in the tea shop for help. Mugen tells her that he will only help her if he gets 50 dumplings for defeating the guys who are harassing her; she instantly agrees. This is where Mugen steps in and easily defeats the guys with his unorthodox style of fighting that seems to be inspired by break dancing. A ronin samurai named Jin then steps in and Mugen instantly picks up a fight with him as well. Though Jin’s style is more focused towards the traditional samurai sword slinging, unlike Jin, he still gives him tough competition. While they’re at their own combat, they end up destroying the whole tea stall and burn the whole place down. They also end up killing the local magistrate’s son. The two are then captured and are set to be executed for their crime but Fuu somehow manages to rescue them. She then hires the two as her bodyguards and though she has no place to go back to, she tells them that she wishes to find a samurai who smells like sunflowers. Jin and Mugen somehow agree to her request and join her in this unforgettable adventure. Samurai Champloo Characters: Mugen. Mugen is wild, rude, vulgar and an egoist who thinks he owns the world. But he is also quite a badass and his sword slinging style is unlike any other. His fighting style is known as “Champloo Kendo” wherein the Champloo, also spelled as Champuru, comes from an Okinawan term that means stirred together. It refers to his unique fighting style that, unlike Jin, is not confined to the disciplines of the samurai and is more of a mix of many styles. Mugen has black messy hair similar to an afro and he wears clothes that seem more from the future, contrasting Jin whose clothes are a representation of the past. Mugen also has blue striped tattoos across both his forearms and ankles. There is no back story about these but they could have some links to Mugen’s past as a fugitive. Jin, unlike Mugen, is really smooth on the edges and shows no signs of aggression or vulgarity. Jin’s fighting style is also completely confined to the disciplines of Kenjutsu, coming from a prominent dojo. In the present, Jin is a ronin samurai, who is a vagabond, pretty much like Mugen. His personality initially reflects his utter stoicism towards everything around him but later in the show, he shows much more emotions towards certain things. Jin wears tiny glasses all the time along with a traditional blue Haori. He speaks very little and can rarely be seen with a smile on his face. Unlike Mugen and Jin, Fuu has no fighting skills but she’s really good at finding solutions, especially when she’s hungry. In spite of having quite a rough past, Fuu is always full of life and is optimistic towards everything. She is the one who initially brings Mugen and Jin together and along the way, even holds them back from fighting each other. Though she usually speaks her heart out, Fuu has a deep underlying secret from her past that is linked to her quest in finding the samurai who smells like sunflowers. Fuu carries a squirrel with her all the time that hides inside her pink floral kimono. She usually keeps her brown hair tied up in a ponytail with many strands falling off on her face from the sides. She often tries to act all smart and lead the trio but usually ends up making a fool out of herself.