The partnership between Funimation and Crunchyroll continues as the sharing of properties has now extended to another anime series. Crunchyroll has now added the full run of the popular Samurai Champloo series to the service in its original Japanese with English subtitles. With this being an older title, distribution availability is a bit more limited as it’s open to members in the US, Canada, and South Africa.
The English dubbed version is still available on Funimation’s site as their focus is now on streaming dubs.
The series saw a North American Blu-ray release from FUNimation back in 2011. We talked about the series back in 2014 at the ten year anniversary mark as well.
Plot concept: Let’s break it down. Mugen’s a reckless sword-slinger with a style that’s more b-boy than Shaolin. He’s got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there’s Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs game old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain’t good for anybody, especially them.
Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there’s ninety-nine ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.
