Release Date: 06/26/2024
Catalog Number: VTCL-60640

"Samurai Champloo" was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe of "Cowboy Bebop" and "The Animatrix" fame.

Sampling a wide range of factorsperiod drama and hip-hop, Ryukyuans and mainlanders, samurai and modern peopleto create a fresh champloo (mix): a samurai action road trip movie. All four installments of the legendary 2004 "samurai champloo music record" CD series that collected the tracks by Nujabes, Fat Jon and more is getting a paper jacket reissue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Samurai Champloo!

Samurai Champloo is a TV anime series that originally aired on Fuji TV from 2004 to 2005. The never-before-seen style, which blended historical action/drama with modern hip-hop culture and featured a hip-hop exclusive soundtrack, made waves all over the world. The director Shinichiro Watanabe was well known for creating anime with a perfect sense of music, from "Cowboy Bebop" to "M