Samurai Champloo
Some things are just straight up tight. I wrote earlier about a movie that changed my life — the anime classic Princess Mononoke — and now for a series that did the same thing. Strangely, many people have not heard of Samurai Champloo.
“Samurai what?? .. Samurai champoo?? .. What kind of name is that?”
Yeah… Anyway, it’s legit. I remember sitting up on the phone back in high school, watching the first episode of this show, with me and Karl screaming at each other the whole time about the ridiculous krunkness of what we we were watching. The series follows the battles and lives of Jin, Mugen, and Fuu as they journey together on an endeavor to find the “Sunflower Samurai,” as directed by Fuu. Their relationship is dynamic and dysfunctional at times, but at the end they walk away — literally — as friends. Champloo combines the holy trinity of what makes an anime for me: action, animation quality, and story — and its hits each one with astounding precision.
In every episode is a deeper look at some aspect of human relation. They cover it all — living with society vs living outside it, following the heart, crazy ass evil vs controlled and thought out evil, sex — specifically, men getting the living s**t tricked out of them by women AND women getting the living s**t tricked out of them by men, and many aspects of true love are included as well. It’s incredible.
And I don’t even want to get started on the music. You can enjoy the series JUST for this — a nuclear fusion of hip hop, jazz, techno, soul, and Japanese traditional. Every episode is like a mini concert played from the soul of a break dancing samurai.
“The Sunflower Samurai” … haha I could go all day on this. Even when you think you’re there, when you think you’re going there, there is no “there”. You never get “there”. Adjust your goals, and tighten your life up.
Jin
Mugen
Fuu
and, just for effect, my favorite woman in the series:
Yatsuha
It’s cuz she’s such a good fighter, I swear!
_Reverend Zombie 13:26
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