A constant in the anime industry is that, in most cases the animated series are based on a manga, a novel or a video game... but there are special cases. Samurai Champloo is one of the exceptions to this rule. Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (perhaps you know his previous work, Cowboy Bebop), Champloo was a great success, thanks for its excellent mix of action, comedy and hip hop music. And since this one was an original production, a manga was created to exploit another media. But instead of being a simple adaptation, this manga is totally original, with new stories

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."

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Samurai Champloo Volume 2". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007 . Retrieved December 11, 2021. a b c d Halverson, Dave (January 2005). "Samurai Champloo: Cooler than any of us deserve". Play. Fusion Publishing (37): 92. Samurai Champloo Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007 . Retrieved December 11, 2021.

SBS Television - What's On - Thu 23rd Mar 2006". SBS. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006 . Retrieved January 21, 2022. For me, it's just fair enough, but nothing more. The casual story with casual features, which didn't leave me too impressed. You know, while reading I had that impression I had seen something (too) similar so many times.Samurai Champloo (Manga) Vol 2". Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008 . Retrieved December 11, 2021.

Think of Nujabes Vol.2】. Arban Magazine (in Japanese). May 8, 2020. Archived from the original on May 9, 2020 . Retrieved October 15, 2021. 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. Works. Manglobe (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 20, 2007 . Retrieved October 15, 2021. Also directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, if you're looking for something with that mishmash of excellently animated action sequences and scenarios ranging from sincere and serious to absolutely hilarious, than Samurai Champloo should be next in your radar. Samurai Champloo was first revealed through a magazine spread in the September 2003 issue of Newtype, [46] and it premiered on Fuji TV on May 20, 2004. [47] The series ran for seventeen episodes on the network until September 23, 2004, when they decided to cancel its broadcast. [48] [49] The series resumed airing on Fuji Network System, referred to as a second season, during the channel's midnight slot; [49] [50] the remaining 18th–26th episodes aired from January 22 to March 19, 2005. [51] [52]A manga adaptation written by Masaru Gotsubo was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace from January 26, 2004, [78] [79] to September 25. [80] [81] Gotsubo decided not to follow the series narrative, calling that approach both boring and "impossible". Instead, aside from the opening section, he created an original narrative using the central cast. [82] The manga was collected in two tankōbon volumes, released on July 28 and October 26, 2004. [83] [84] A compilation of the two volumes was released on January 28, 2011. [85] It was licensed for a North American release by Tokyopop. [86] The volumes were released on November 8, 2005, and March 7, 2006. [87] [88] The volumes were released in Australia on February 15 and March 15, 2006. [89] [90]