The partnership between Funimation and Crunchyroll may have ended and there’s only one place to see Samurai Champloo, but let’s just take solace in that we can still see Samurai Champloo. This year is actually the 15th-annivesary of the series and that has us going through to look at some of the clips from the show that came out years ago. Sometimes it’s hard to really go and grab an older release to re-watch when there are so many new shows but sometimes it just takes a single clip to inspire again.
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.
