Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo is a Japanese-style ("anime") animated television series that originally broadcasted in Japan on Fuji TV and was brought to the United States on Adult Swim and FUNimation. The series, made up of 26 episodes, was created and directed by Shinchiro Watanabe, known for his work on the cult-classic Cowboy Bebop. A patron Jin, a samurai with no master, comes in during the middle of a scuffle and gets into an altercation with Mugen. They end up starting a fire in the tea house and both pass out from smoke. When they wake up, they find themselves arrested for the muder of the magistrate's son who died in the fire. They are able to escape with the help of Fuu and set out on an adventure to find "the samurai that smells like sunflowers." The two agree to help out Fuu in her quest, as well as to not battle each other until the journey is done. MORE