History Anime / SamuraiChamploo

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* AmbiguousSituation: Episode 22 is a weird episode involving mushrooms, zombies, spicy wasabi, and a meteor crashing down from space and killing everyone. Was everything really the results of a MushroomSamba? Fuu expresses doubt about eating the mushrooms and ultimately isn't ''shown'' eating them, yet still experiences the same horrors that Mugen and Jin do. Was the episode unknowingly now [[RashomonStyle the viefwpoint of Mugen and/or Jin]] while they were tripping? It would explain Fuu's involvement if it was. Regardless of theories and speculation of what actually happened, there is no explanation for anything.

* RecycledScript: Episode 7, "A Risky Racket," has a lot in common with with Session #8 of ''Cowboy Bebop'' [[Recap/CowboyBebopSession8WaltzForVenus, "Waltz for Venus."]] One of the main characters (Spike there, Fuu here) befriends a young criminal who turns out to be stealing only as a way to afford medicine for his sick family member. [[spoiler: Both episodes end with the thief dying and Spike/Fuu having to comfort their sister/mother.]]

* RecycledScript: Episode 7, "A Risky Racket," has a lot in common with with Session #8 of ''Cowboy Bebop'' "[[CowboyBebopSession8WaltzForVenus, Waltz for Venus.]]" One of the main characters (Spike there, Fuu here) befriends a young criminal who turns out to be stealing only as a way to afford medicine for his sick family member. [[spoiler: Both episodes end with the thief dying and Spike/Fuu having to comfort their sister/mother.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Koza in "Misguided Miscreants" is [[BrokenBird already broken]] before the episode begins, because she's been living on a destitute island all her life with no family or friends, only sticking around Mukuro because there was nobody else, and she knows she can't survive on her own. This is kicked UpToEleven as her situation [[FromBadToWorse only gets worse]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Seventy-three'' named characters. Many of them only appear once, while the rest crop up in, at most, five episodes.

* ShroudedInMyth: The Ghost of Yoshitsune. Sort of. It all turned out to be a combination of rumors about AntiVillain Okuru and Jin (including one about {{ho|Yay}}w [[FoeYay handsome]] he is), deliberately spread by Yukimaru.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: English episode titles use this literary device. Japanese titles are in a traditional aphorism format.

* AnachronismStew: Built upon this.

* AnachronismStew: There is, in fact, an [[http://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/comics/anachronisms.html entire website]] devoted to cataloging anachronisms in this show.

Regarding its storytelling and underlying themes, many elements of the show stem from modern-day insights on the human condition as put through the unyielding taskmaster known as hierarchy, making for a juxtaposed drama comparing how life is not so much different as it was back in the peaceful days similar. Be it from government corruption, class separation, discrimination, advantageous abuse, and the criminal life, Fuu, Jin, and Mugen come to face some of the more unwholesome aspects of the Tokugawa Era brought to light, all while surviving its strict rule on society.

&& EmotionsVersusStoicism: Mugen vs. Jin.

* EnthusiasmVersusStoicism: Mugen vs. Jin.

Regarding its storytelling and underlying themes, many elements hearken to modern day insights on the human condition and put through the unyielding taskmaster known as hierarchy, making for a juxtaposed drama comparing how life is not so much different as it was back in the peaceful days similar. Be it from government corruption, class separation, discrimination, advantageous abuse, and the criminal life, Fuu, Jin, and Mugen come to face some of the more unwholesome aspects of the Tokugawa Era brought to light, all while surviving its strict rule on society.

''Samurai Champloo'' is an {{anime}} series created by Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe (of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' fame) and produced by Creator/{{Manglobe}}, their first series. The show is set in a SchizoTech version of [[JidaiGeki Edo period Japan]] (specifically the Bakumatsu era), featuring elements of action, adventure and comedy blended with an anachronistic, predominantly HipHop soundtrack. The animation is often ''extremely'' dynamic, with a focus on highly choreographed action sequences.

The show matches traditional Japanese culture to hip-hop music with a stylized form of samurai swordplay known as chambara, much in the same way ''Cowboy Bebop'' married ScienceFiction to {{blues}} and Jeet Kun Do. ''Champloo'''s score features hip-hop beats by Japanese hip-hop artists such as the late Music/{{Nujabes}}, Force of Nature, Tsutchie, and Fat Jon, among others. It also features many traditional Japanese songs, accompanied by shamisen music.

The world of ''Samurai Champloo'' is deliberately anachronistic. Characters' costume design and attitudes, and the show's editing methods reflect heavily towards international hip-hop culture. Mugen fights in a style that resembles both Capoeira and breakdancing. Also, despite its alleged setting in the Edo period (though with a [[http://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/comics/SC_dates.html wild mixture of historical events]]) many of the expressions used by the characters are modern slang or English-influenced. Regarding its storytelling and underlying themes, many elements hearken to modern day insights on the human condition and put through the unyielding taskmaster known as hierarchy, making for a juxtaposed drama comparing how life is not so much different as it was back in the peaceful days similar. Be it from government corruption, class separation, discrimination, advantageous abuse, and the criminal life, Fuu, Jin, and Mugen come to face some of the more unwholesome aspects of the Tokugawa Era brought to light, all while surviving its strict rule on society.

* MrFanservice: Jin, [[http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/461/1210399367796750file.jpg when his hair is loose]] [[http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3426/jin42.jpg and he is not wearing glasses]]. Or even when [[http://oneirosia.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/samurai-champloo-samurai-champloo-0000000-0000-000.jpg he is]].

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. Though ''Cowboy Bebop'' had goofy episodes, and ''Samurai Champloo'' had serious episodes, ''Champloo'' tended to have a lighter tone overall, and [[spoiler:while ''Bebop'' has a DownerEnding, ''Champloo'' has an almost completely upbeat ending, with the three main characters parting ways as friends and the only entirely sorrowful aspect being the death of Fuu's ailing father.]]

* {{Mukokuseki}}: Thoroughly averted. Several characters' ''eyebrows'' even look Japanese.

* NegativeContinuity: The two episodes right before the 3-part finale show everyone getting either severely injured or possibly killed while the finale shows everyone in perfect health.

** {{Flynning}} is notably averted. It's the speed of the action that adds excitement to the fight scenes, not the amount of movement. The movements used were often very carefully choreographed into the script, making each fight scene distinct from all the others.

* AmbiguousSituation: Episode 22 is a weird episode involving mushrooms, zombies, spicy wasabi, and a meteor crashing down from space and killing everyone. Was everything really the results of a MushroomSamba? Fuu expresses doubt about eating the mushrooms and ultimately isn't ''shown'' eating them, yet still experiences the same horrors that Mugen and Jin do. Was the episode unknowingly now [[RashomonStyle the viewpoint of Mugen and/or Jin]] while they were tripping? It would explain Fuu's involvement if it was. Regardless of theories and speculation of what actually happened, there is no explanation for anything.

* NotSoDifferent: Mugen and Jin. At first glance, they seem to be as different as night and day. Mugen's [[HotBlooded incredibly brash]] and [[BloodKnight always itching for a fight]], while Jin's [[TheStoic calm and composed]] and [[KnightInSourArmor an honourable warrior]]. Their colour schemes and general attitude [[RedOniBlueOni also reflect this]]. However, the two are a lot more like each other than they'd like to admit, right down to both being morally ambiguous drifters and [[MasterSwordsman excellent swordsmen]]. Mugen claims to be a loner and hates everyone, but he already shows some heroic tendencies and concern for Fuu by the second episode. Meanwhile, Jin is actually rather cold, irritable, and even arrogant, especially in regards to Mugen. Both Mugen and Jin also enjoy the company of prostitutes (though Mugen enjoys them more so), both love to fight, and both [[{{Determinator}} never back down from a challenge]]. At the end of Fuu's quest, they both grow to become better people.

-->'''Fuu:''' Huh?! Of ''course'' I'm not jealous! What in the world would lead you to believe I'm jealous?! Nope! Lone wolf wannabes like Jin with that far-off look of theirs, the kind that doesn't let you know at all what they're thinking, are ''so'' not my type. ''(Mugen rolls over, asleep and snoring, and she grimaces and snaps)'' ''[[ShipTease And]] [[OneTrueThreesome they]] [[NotSoDifferent snore!]]''

* PowerTrio: Mugen's the Id; Jin's the Superego; Fuu's the Ego.

''Samurai Champloo'' is an {{anime}} series created by Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe (of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' fame) and produced by Creator/{{Manglobe}}, their first series. The show is set in a SchizoTech version of Edo period Japan (specifically the Bakumatsu era), featuring elements of action, adventure and comedy blended with an anachronistic, predominantly HipHop soundtrack. The animation is often ''extremely'' dynamic, with a focus on highly choreographed action sequences.

''Samurai Champloo'' is an {{anime}} series created by ''Anime/CowboyBebop'''s Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe and produced by Creator/{{Manglobe}}, their first series. The show is set in a SchizoTech version of Edo period Japan (specifically the Bakumatsu era), featuring elements of action, adventure and comedy blended with an anachronistic, predominantly HipHop soundtrack. The animation is often ''extremely'' dynamic, with a focus on highly choreographed action sequences.

* JidaiGeki: A notably subversive take on the genre; besides the deliberate anachronisms, much of the cast are people from the fringes of Edo-era society who are typically wholly absent in Jidai Geki.

''Samurai Champloo'' is an {{anime}} series created by ''Anime/CowboyBebop'''s Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe and produced by Creator/{{Manglobe}}, their first series. The show is set in a SchizoTech version of Edo period Japan, featuring elements of action, adventure and comedy blended with an anachronistic, predominantly HipHop soundtrack. The animation is often ''extremely'' dynamic, with a focus on highly choreographed action sequences.

* DineAndDash: [[https://youtu.be/eAdZpeIt91s One one occasion]], Mugen orders extra food, and then assures Jin and Fuu that he's got it handled, despite the three of them being in PerpetualPoverty. When it comes time to pay, Mugen "handles" it by... taking a runner's stance and bolting out the door, leaving the other two to fend for themselves from the angry staff.