Samurai Champloo (First and Exclusive)
Premieres 1/27, Every Wednesday at 8pm / 7pm (WIB)
All 26 episodes will air in Animax, the adventures of a ronin samurai will start here.
check below for complete episode guide
EPISODES:
Episode 1: Tempestuous Temperaments
Fuu, who was working part-time at a teahouse, meets Mugen and Jin. After causing a great riot at the teahouse, Mugen and Jin were arrested by the magistrate and set to be executed. In exchange for helping them, Fuu makes the two promise something. That promise was to travel with Fuu to find a "samurai who smells like a sunflower."
Episode 2: Redeye Reprisal
Having had his arm cut by Mugen, Ryujiro seeks revenge and sends over two assassins. To Jin, he sends over a man who seems like an insignificant character but who turns out to be a terribly skilled assassin. To Mugen, he sends over a huge man with supernatural strength who has the furious look of a demon. Fuu gets kidnapped by Ryujiro, while the two face each of their assassins.
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Episode 3: Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)
Getting fed up with Fuu's domineering ways, they leave her behind and separately arrive at the town where the inn is located. Mugen and Jin each end up getting hired as bodyguards by the two groups that rule that town. In the meantime, lagging behind, Fuu arrives in the same town.
Episode 4: Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)
Mugen, Jin and Fuu reunite, all now having different positions. Due to an error made by Sosuke -- the son of the group that hired Jin -- the struggle between the two groups grows more intense. They decide to gamble using dice in order to settle the struggle. But Fuu turns out to be the one who arrives to shake the dice cup.
Episode 5: Artistic Anarchy
Unable to pay the fare for a small ferryboat, the three are stranded. The three go their separate ways into town in order to make some money for the fare. Fuu gets picked up by an ukiyoe (a type of Japanese art) teacher to be his model, which she puts all her effort into so she can earn the fare. But this modeling job turns out to be a trap.
Episode 6: Stranger Searching
Mugen and the others finally arrive in Edo. They planned to immediately start their questioning of people and investigating the whereabouts of the "Sunflower Samurai," but, for whatever reason, they found themselves participating in an eating contest. Accompanied by a weird Japanese (?) named Joji, whom they met at the contest, they go on a tour of Edo. But a concentric group who heard about some foreigners invading Edo and a mysterious group of mendicant Zen priests come chasing right behind those four.
Episode 7: A Risky Racket
Mugen and the others are planning to feast on some good food for a change, but in that split second they are caught off guard, and a pickpocket named Shinsuke steals their precious wallets. Running all over town, Mugen and the others look desperately for Shinsuke. But, beside them, a yakuza called Kogoro and his gang are also looking for Shinsuke in order to get back their inrou (seal case or a pill box). The three come across Shinsuke and Kogoro and his gang all over town. All of a sudden, Shinsuke takes Fuu hostage and runs into an oil wholesale shop. Coincidentally the concentric group happens to be there and a huge riot ensues. A long, hot day for Fuu and the others is about to begin.
Episode 8: The Art of Altercation
Nagamitsu, a self-proclaimed shogun-to-be, keeps his hair in a spiffy ducktail and, for whatever reason, tends to attack samurais who wear glasses. Nagamitsu meets Fuu and the others at a restaurant. Sensing something, Nagamitsu picks Fuu up and forces her to go out on a date with him. There, Fuu learns something surprising from Nagamitsu. He says he's looking for a certain man -- a man who supposedly murdered the legendary master swordsman, "Enshiro Mariya," in a cowardly manner. That man was a glasses-wearing samurai and his name was "Jin."
Episode 9: Beatbox Bandits
Being handed over a fake promissory note from a scalper, Mugen and the others get arrested at a check station in Hakone. As they are wondering if they might end up getting punished by crucifixion, a magistrate named Kinugasa approaches them with a proposal. He tells them that if they can travel across the mountain to deliver a certain head of a criminal and return to the checking station by sunset, their lives will be spared. Jin and Fuu are kept behind as hostages. Mugen runs off carrying the head. But to get to his destination, Mugen has to go through the Devil's Mountain, where it is said that a Tengu (long-nosed goblin) lives.
Episode 10: Lethal Lunacy
In a certain post town, the killing of samurais to test a new sword was happening at a frequent rate. The murdered corpses showed no outward wounds, but they were found dead with blood spurting out from all over their bodies. Fuu and the other two, who happened to be working part-time at a temple in that town, learn of a monetary reward for anyone who finds and captures the murderer. They put aside their part-time work and rush off to hunt down the murderer.
Episode 11: Gamblers and Gallantry
Because of rain that continues to fall, Fuu and the other two come to a standstill in a certain town. In order to get some money for accommodation, the three decide to find some part-time work. Mugen finds work as a bodyguard at a gambling house, Fuu starts working as a staff at a teahouse, and Jin becomes a vendor pulling a Unagi (eel) cart. As Jin struggles with preparing the eels, a woman approaches him and shows him how to prepare them properly. She tells him her name is Shino, and that she is set to begin working in the red light district starting the next day.
Episode 12: The Disorder Diaries
The three get to stay at an inn after a long time. While Fuu takes a bath, Jin and Mugen find Fuu's diary and decide to sneak a look at it. In the diary, they find her frank entries on such topics as guys, food and their trip.
Episode 13: Misguided Miscreants (Part 1)
Mugen and the other two stroll aimlessly and lost along a mountain pass. All of a sudden the pass comes to a clearing and ultimately they end up at the ocean. There, Mugen accidentally bumps into a girl, who happened to be a childhood friend of his named Koza. In contrast to Koza's happy reaction, Mugen has a grim look on his face. A man appears upon that scene. The man's name is Mukuro, and he was one of those whom Mugen used to hang around with a long time ago. Mukuro is now a leader of a gang of pirates.
Episode 14: Misguided Miscreants (Part 2)
Losing a bet to Mukuro, Mugen ends up participating in a plan to rob some money from a merchant boat. Leaving the worried Fuu and Koza behind, they start to act out the plan and Mugen starts rowing the boat into the stormy sea. The plan proceeds smoothly. However, nobody, except for one individual, knows that simultaneously a separate plan is taking place.
Episode 15: Bogus Booty
Deep in a forest, a man was being chased by a shadow of an army gang dressed in ninja attire. As he runs, he takes out a bag from his breast pocket and, with all his strength, he throws the bag aiming at a nearby lake. The bag sinks into the water. The following day, Mugen and the other two are fishing at that lake. There, Jin spots a weird-looking bag. It was the bag that the man threw away the day before.
Episode 16: Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 1)
Due to a petty argument, Mugen and the other two decide to go their separate ways. All of a sudden, an arrow comes flying at Mugen. "Who's there!" He instantly dodges the arrow and chases after the one who fired the arrow. At that same time, Jin was fighting against an assassin named Yukimaru, who was sent from a Mujyu Shinken Doujou (a swordfighting school). A frantic battle of swords takes place. Right around that time, Fuu slips and falls into a river, and gets rescued by a man. His name is Okuru, and he is a master of bow and arrow.
Episode 17: Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 2)
Due to a misunderstanding, Mugen gets attacked by a group of men. The men were looking for a man named Okuru. They said he destroyed a certain village in the North by setting it on fire. "I'll kill that guy. Don't anybody interfere!" On a moonlit night, the sound of an instrument played by Okuru echoes in the mountain. As if he's invited by that sound, Mugen approaches. Mugen takes out his sword as Okuru aims his arrow. Under the light of the full moon, their one-on-one battle is about to begin.
Episode 18: War of the Words
Writing graffiti on buildings and walls called "tagging" starts to occur at a frequent pace.
Mugen and the others arrive in Aki. (NOTE: "Aki" is a former name of Hiroshima prefecture)
Here, the fact that Mugen cannot read becomes clear, and he ends up studying Japanese at a temple elementary school. Around the same time, Jin visits a dojo (NOTE: "dojo" is a hall used for martial arts training) that belongs to a person whom he's indebted to. There, he witnesses a rundown dojo, along with two idiot sons, who have abandoned their sword training and instead are immersed in "tagging."
Episode 19: Unholy Union
Fuu awaits the return of Mugen and Jin alone in a shack, into which a woman named Yuri comes running in. She says she is a Christian who is being chased because of that. Fuu hides Yuri, but the pursuers find Yuri and she is taken away. Around that time, Mugen and Jin encounters a Christian hunt taking place on a highway. Right when Mugen was about to start some trouble again, a man appears gallantly on a horse. Using one gun after another, he scatters away the government officials. "My name is Zavier the Third. I'm the grandson of the one and only Francisco Zavier!"
Episode 20: Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1)
One day, at a bar they stop by to get out from the rain, they come upon a blind, female traveling entertainer. Fuu and the others become acquainted with Sara. Sara and Fuu's group quickly become friends and they decide to travel together for a while. Mugen becomes fidgety, since it has been some time since he came across such a beautiful woman. The foursome proceeds to travel happily and smoothly. However, on the last night of their journey together, Fuu gets surprised when Sara tells her something unexpected.
Episode 21: Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2)
What Sara told Fuu was that she wanted either Mugen or Jin to accompany her on her journey. Fuu worries over this, but, one morning, she ends up asking Jin to "travel together with Sara." Jin sets out on a journey with Sara. Mugen and Fuu watch them as they take off. However, at this point, the two have yet to realize that this is the beginning of a sad, brutal fight.
Episode 22: The Cosmic Collisions
Mugen and the other two were walking down a mountain road. They happened to look at the root of a tree, where they spot a mushroom that looks like a matsutake mushroom growing out of it. Mugen and Jin run over there in full speed, and start to gobble it up. In the midst of Fuu scolding them, all of a sudden the road crumbles and the three falls straight down. The three look around the spot where they landed, and found it to be an excavation site. It was a place where countless number of people led by a person named Shige, who claimed to be a descendant of Heike, continuously dug a hole day and night in the hopes of unearthing Heike's buried treasure.
Episode 23: Baseball Blues
Mugen's talent in baseball is discovered unexpectedly, and he ends up getting involved in a game between the "U.S. Squadron" baseball team and a baseball team led by a man named Kagemaru, after being forced to become a member of Kagemaru's team. Because they needed more members, Jin and Fuu are also recruited. A crash course in baseball starts for the three who do not know anything about the rules of the game. And, finally, a match game between the two countries -- battling against each other's willpower and putting their lives on the line -- was about to take place under the blue sky.
Episode 24: Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)
As Mugen, Jin and Fuu's goal of reaching Ikitsuki Island draws closer, their difficult and yet happy journey together is also coming nearer to its end. Fuu reflects on the memories of that journey and she feels lonely by herself. One night, Mugen, Fuu and Jin sit around a campfire and start to sparingly talk about their own past lives that they have never revealed to each other before. By doing so, the distance between the three gets closer. However, behind that scene, the most powerful enemy that came from Edo and a group of violent three brothers were all approaching very near to them.
Episode 25: Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)
Leaving Mugen and Jin behind, Fuu travels to Ikitsuki Island by herself. But, there she gets caught by Toubei and Umanosuke of the three brothers, who hold a grudge against Mugen. In order to let Mugen go to Ikitsuki Island, Jin fights the ultimate assassin, Kagetoki Kariya, by himself. Mugen boards a boat and hurries to the island, but there one of the three brothers, Denkibou, appears and starts to attack Mugen.
Episode 26: Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)
In order to save Fuu, Mugen throws away his sword and gets beaten up by Umanosuke. Using his swordsmanship, Kagetoki attacks Jin. Both Mugen and Jin face the most dangerous moment in their journey. How would they escape from this danger?
Would Fuu be able to meet the Sunflower Samurai? And what would be the outcome of Mugen and Jin's fight?
