How do you follow up an anime series like Cowboy Bebop, a hard-hitting blend of sci-fi and jazz? If you’re Shinichiro Watanabe the answer is with a hip-hop adventure set in alternate Edo-era Japan.

2004 was truly a banner year for anime. While classic and beloved series like Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach continued their dizzying ascent, new series such as Paranoia Agent and Monster were pushing ...

One of, if not the greatest, samurai series of all time has made an unexpected comeback on digital streaming, 22 years after it was first released. Due to the massive budgets required to recreate the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samurai Champloo is an anime series set in an alternate Edo-period Japan, following a rogue trio—Mugen, Jin, and Fuu—as they ...

Two rogue swordsmen, a perpetually famished former waitress, a samurai that smells of sunflowers, and hip-hop music galore. These are the main ingredients of Shinichiro Watanabe’s (Cowboy Bebop, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The original 26-episode Samurai Champloo from 2004 transported viewers to a highly anachronistic version of Edo Japan and follows ...

Rurouni Kenshin may lack some of the humor of Samurai Champloo, but this late 90s anime makes up for it with its visceral fight scenes and honest historical translations. Taking place in the period ...

Although not as rabidly venerated as his earlier Cowboy Bebop, Shinichirō Watanabe‘s Samurai Champloo is a well-beloved favorite for anime fans, who responded to the 2000s-era series’ gorgeous ...

Oluwatokiloba, a freelance creative writer and editor living in Lagos, strikes a delicate balance between his academic studies at the University of Lagos and his love for writing. He is a voracious ...

Man, this game is $@&*!# up. Monkeys with knives. Rain of blood. A witch that attacks with flying hearts. A dude that takes a sword to the forehead and walks away clean. Some crazy dancing line ...

Join Jin, Mugen and Fuu on a journey to find the samurai who smells of sunflowers in Namco Bandai’s Samurai Champloo game. However you won’t be replaying parts of the anime series, instead Sidetracked ...