Samurai Champloo
Samurai Champloo
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Samurai Champloo

Death, betrayal, and... hip hop!

8.3 / 10
2004
1 season
26 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureComedy

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Tempestuous Temperaments

    1.Tempestuous Temperaments

    8.1
    20-05-200424m

    Fuu is a part-time teahouse worker whose life changes forever when two vagabond warriors, Mugen and Jin, stumble into her place of business and end up in hot water with the local m...

  • Redeye Reprisal

    2.Redeye Reprisal

    7.4
    03-06-200424m

    When Mugen wounds an enemy's arm, it sets off a dangerous chain reaction. Fuu is kidnapped, and two deadly assassins are dispatched to make short work of vagabond Mugen and ronin J...

  • Hellhounds for Hire (1)

    3.Hellhounds for Hire (1)

    7.6
    10-06-200424m

    After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.

  • Hellhounds for Hire (2)

    4.Hellhounds for Hire (2)

    7.7
    17-06-200424m

    The paths Mugen, Jin, and Fuu follow bring them together again, but their reunion is put on hold when an untimely mistake intensifies the struggle between two clans fighting for co...

  • Artistic Anarchy

    5.Artistic Anarchy

    7.3
    24-06-200424m

    An unknown artist hires Fuu for a private modeling session, but his passion for painting turns out to be a front for a human trafficking ring. Will Mugen crack the case in time to...

  • Stranger Searching

    6.Stranger Searching

    7.3
    01-07-200424m

    Mugen and Jin loses their weapons and their appetites - in an rice-eating contest, and the only way to get them back is by posing as tour guides for a mysterious European with a pe...

  • A Risky Racket

    7.A Risky Racket

    7.4
    08-07-200424m

    Fuu gets caught in a web of deception when she falls for prolific pickpocket with a heart of gold. But when her sticky-fingered friend slips his hands into the wrong pocket, he cou...

  • The Art of Altercation

    8.The Art of Altercation

    7.5
    15-07-200424m

    A cocky sword-slinger with a crush on Fuu dishes the dirt on Jin's disgraceful past. If the renegade ronin wants to restore his good name, he'll need to get his glasses out of hock...

  • Beatbox Bandits

    9.Beatbox Bandits

    7.6
    22-07-200424m

    The crew is headed for the gallows after getting caught flashing fake travel permits, but Mugen can win back their freedom by out hustling a deranged gang of warrior priests.

  • Lethal Lunacy

    10.Lethal Lunacy

    7.8
    29-07-200424m

    Mugen takes his training to the next level in preparation for a full moon death match with a killer who uses a deadly armor-piercing attack to soak the streets in the blood of his...

  • Gamblers and Gallantry

    11.Gamblers and Gallantry

    8.0
    05-08-200424m

    Jin falls in love with a suicidal beauty whose husband sold her into slavery, and Mugen tries to make his fortune in the cutthroat world of beetle sumo wrestling.

  • The Disorder Diaries

    12.The Disorder Diaries

    6.5
    12-08-200424m

    When Mugen and Jin do the unthinkable and read Fuu's diary, they are treated to a riveting recap of all their greatest misadventures.

  • Misguided Miscreants (1)

    13.Misguided Miscreants (1)

    7.6
    26-08-200424m

    When Mugen crosses paths with a face his past, he reluctantly signs on for a heist that could land him a fortune in stolen gold. Unfortunately for him, some old friends aren't to b...

  • Misguided Miscreants (2)

    14.Misguided Miscreants (2)

    8.0
    02-09-200424m

    Mugen - double-crossed and headed for the bottom of the ocean - flashes back to his life before he died for the first time. Back on land, a pretty young thing convinces Jin to bran...

  • Bogus Booty

    15.Bogus Booty

    7.1
    09-09-200424m

    Mugen goes under the covers with an undercover investigator who's out to put the smack down on a murderous ring of counterfeiters. Will he finally get the booty he's after?

  • Lullabies of the Lost (1)

    16.Lullabies of the Lost (1)

    7.5
    16-09-200424m

    Tempers flare, harsh words are exchanged, and the gang splinters, each member marching off in a different direction. Mugen and Jin wander into some swordplay, and Fuu ends up at th...

  • Lullabies of the Lost (2)

    17.Lullabies of the Lost (2)

    7.5
    23-09-200424m

    Jin and Fuu reunite, only to be attacked by a vengeance-driven samurai from Jin's old life. Meanwhile, Mugen takes aim at an arrow-slinging madman who's at the top of everyone's mo...

  • War of the Words

    18.War of the Words

    7.5
    22-01-200524m

    Mugen learns his letters from a sake-guzzling maniac, Jin makes good on a promise from many years ago, and Fuu sparks a jealous showdown between two bickering graffiti artists.

  • Unholy Union

    19.Unholy Union

    7.0
    22-01-200524m

    Fuu harbors a female fugitive who's on the run from a bogus, gun-slinging missionary. The new girl is trouble, no doubt about it, but she may hold the finding the samurai who smell...

  • Elegy of Entrapment (1)

    20.Elegy of Entrapment (1)

    7.3
    05-02-200524m

    Mugen defends the honor of beautiful blind songstress, but when the when the trio of wanderers becomes a quartet, Fuu will be faced with an impossible decision.

  • Elegy of Entrapment (2)

    21.Elegy of Entrapment (2)

    8.2
    12-02-200524m

    Mugen's has his own deadly run-in with the same blind beauty that sent Jin plummeting towards a gruesome end. Who is this seductive assassin, and why is she targeting the Champloo...

  • Cosmic Collisions

    22.Cosmic Collisions

    6.4
    19-02-200524m

    Jin, Mugen, and Fuu fall into the clutches of a hoard of rotting zombie treasure hunters. Next, they get blown to oblivion by an asteroid. Or maybe they just ate some bad mushrooms...

  • Baseball Blues

    23.Baseball Blues

    7.2
    26-02-200524m

    Mugen's failed attempt at a dine-and-dash restaurant caper lands him in hot water with the locals. Redemption lies with leading the town's baseball team to a victory over the arrog...

  • Evanescent Encounter (1)

    24.Evanescent Encounter (1)

    7.7
    05-03-200524m

    As the crew draws ever nearer their final destination, Fuu makes a bold and startling decision. Elsewhere, unnamed adversaries pursue the travelling trio.

  • Evanescent Encounter (2)

    25.Evanescent Encounter (2)

    8.4
    12-03-200524m

    Jin enters a bloody grudge match with the man responsible for the ruin of his rep. Meanwhile, Mugen races to save Fuu from the clutches of a sadistic madman bent on bloodshed.

  • Evanescent Encounter (3)

    26.Evanescent Encounter (3)

    8.4
    19-03-200524m

    Old scores are finally settled as Mugen, Jin, and Fuu finally come face to face with the ghosts of their respective pasts.

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