Samurai Champloo

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:23 pm

I saw couple of episodes on CN late at night and it looked really good. What do you guys think? Buy the dvds and watch em or not? How many episodes are there in the series? Thanks

Also, if i decide to buy it, is this a good box set?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samurai-Champloo-TV ... dZViewItem

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:45 pm

Did someone say Samurai Champloo???

I think there are 26 (?) episodes. It's fairly short but TOTALLY worth buying and watching.

It's a GREAT series, the original Japanese voices are stunning and the English dub doesn't make me want to run screaming. Plus, two hot guys with swords!!!

Oh...yeah...you're a guy...

There are SPECTACULAR fights, humor, up to date soundtrack (which is hilarious and supportive rather than garishly out of place with the oooooold setting) and the animation is top notch.

Get it get it get it get it!!!

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:52 pm

If this tells you anything, I'm not even one to watch the 'wandering samurai' type shows, but I loved Champloo.

One of these days I'll buy the DVDs.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:23 pm

zerospace wrote:If this tells you anything, I'm not even one to watch the 'wandering samurai' type shows, but I loved Champloo. .

Kora kora kora, I love wondering samurai....

Oh yeah definitely samurai champloo is worth to watch

I have all dvds and I just love it

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:42 pm

This is a show that my husband made certain I got all the dvds for!

If that tells you anything.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:01 pm

Harry that's a bootleg.

If the DVD's are already out in the US then this copy might be a direct rip from them instead of being tv rips with bad engrish like most HK DVDs. If it's from EZ DVD then it would most likely be a better HK copy. They tend to rip US copies.

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:13 pm

kittens wrote:
zerospace wrote:If this tells you anything, I'm not even one to watch the 'wandering samurai' type shows, but I loved Champloo. .
Kora kora kora, I love wondering samurai....

Oh yeah definitely samurai champloo is worth to watch I have all dvds and I just love it

Tee hee, I know you do, kittens

I'm more the mech-loving type, though

But Champloo is quite good, especially if it got me to keep on watching.

tex-chan · Post by **tex-chan** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:07 pm

I just came back from a short trip to NYC, and, while I was there, I had the time to watch almost all of Samurai Champloo (YAY! for video Ipod!

). I just need to watch the very last disc, which, somehow, didn't get converted over correctly. (poo)

And, can I just say ...

OMG ... I LOVE THIS SHOW SOOOO MUCH!!

OK. I think I'm done now.

...

Oh, wait ...

JIN!!

OK. I'm good now.

*slinks off into the darkness*

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:26 pm

One of the best shows ever. Period.

I will hear no argument on this issue

Not only is the acting great, the concept outstanding and the art just really stunning, but the 3 main characters are never going to leave your head ever again. Which is really something coming from a person who can't remember a detail to save her life!

The music's GREAT, the fighting is bizarrely wonderful, and you have to sit there with the two guys, shake your head and wonder "why the hell are we doing this anyway? huh?" And it matters not in the least why. Because it's THERE.

My personal favorite is Mugen... he's the weirdest thing ever, and I just have a natural affinity to weird.

Buy, watch, enjoy, watch again.

transmet · Post by **transmet** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:32 pm

Heh...it really is amazing how many girls love this show (I've even got a few to start watching anime because of it

).

Unfortunately, Sugarflower's right - there aren't any "non-hybrid" box-sets (meaning less than 7 DVD's) out yet.
There's a collector's box for all 7 DVD's though.

I'm personally still waiting for an official box-set release, but it's probably gonna be awhile.

Sugarflower · Post by **Sugarflower** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:00 pm

All these comments make me want to see the series now! I've caught a couple episodes on Adult Swim and really liked what I saw of it.

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:06 pm

I just finished watching Samurai Champloo and I did like the Anime a lot. However, it isn't the type of Anime that I would sit through twice. I like the animation, the storyline is a bit lacking for my taste. They did a lot of good 1-2 episode segments, but a lot of the episodes, you can just jump in and catch on easily what is happening, since it doesn't talk about the previous episode very often. So, the storyline, in my opinion, did not build up to the ending until episode 24.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:08 pm

Dub or Sub? I liked the dub version when i saw it on adult swim, and im tired of reading from subtitles

Lynxa · Post by **Lynxa** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:15 pm

Dubs make my ears bleed and Jin isn't nearly as cool in English (Fuu is slightly less annoying in Japanese). Mugen is great in both languages, but I sometimes get distracted by it being Spike from Cowboy Bebop.

Ms. Poe · Post by **Ms. Poe** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:04 pm

Champloo is awesome. They're coming out with a box set later this month...but it's like $200 some odd dollars -.-!