14 Facts About Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series.

Samurai Champloo opens in a town where Fuu, working as a tea waitress, is molested by the son of the town's corrupt prefect.

Samurai Champloo was the debut television production of animation studio Manglobe, which was started in 2002 by Sunrise veteran Shinichiro Kobayashi.

Concept for Samurai Champloo was created by Watanabe in 1999, then known for this work on Cowboy Bebop.

Samurai Champloo'sapproach was combining two of his favorite things, classic samurai adventure films and series and hip hop music, into a single work.

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Samurai Champloo was Obara's first time working on an anime series, and Watanabe attributed him with bringing a new style of narrative and pacing to the series.

Music for Samurai Champloo was collaboratively composed by Shinji "Tsutchie" Tsuchida of Shakkazombie, Fat Jon, Nujabes and Force of Nature.

Music of Samurai Champloo was released across four CDs during 2004 by Victor Entertainment under their JVC label.

Samurai Champloo was first revealed through a magazine spread in the September 2003 issue of Newtype, and it premiered on Fuji TV on May 20,2004.

Samurai Champloo debuted in Canada on December 24,2006, on the digital station Razer.

Samurai Champloo was among the anime licenses left open for acquisition when Geneon Entertainment ended anime distribution in 2007.

Samurai Champloo was released in the United Kingdom by MVM Entertainment, at first across seven volumes between September 5,2005, and October 16,2006.

An action video game adaptation, Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked, was developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and published by Bandai Namco Games in Japan and North America in 2006.

North American DVD release of Samurai Champloo was a commercial success.