Mugen and Jin are a wandering vagabond and ronin, both
highly skilled in the art of killing.
When these two cross paths, blades are set to draw. But when a young girl named Fuu saves their
lives from execution, the pair find themselves in her debt and forced into a
quest: to find a Samurai who smells of Sunflowers. They have no leads and no idea where to
start. What they do know is that
everywhere they go, trouble follows. It’s sure to be an exciting adventure, if
Fuu’s two bodyguards don’t try to kill each other first.
Happy New Year Everyone and welcome to the Gundam Anime
Corner in 2026. To start things off,
I’ve finally decided to look at a show that’s been on the waiting list ever
since I started this blog in 2014.
Released in 2004, Samurai Champloo is Shinichiro Watanabe’s directorial
follow up to Cowboy Bebop. As such, the
Anime has a lot of Bebop DNA in it, mostly in the main cast, the music and the
cultural mish mash between Modern and Feudal Japan. Despite the approach, does Samurai Champloo
live in the shadows of what could be argued is Watanabe’s magnum opus? We’ll be piecing that together all month long
so let’s get the party started shall we?
