a b "Shinichiro Watanabe at Detroit Film Theatre". SpookHouse. February 8, 2006. Archived from the original on April 30, 2006 . Retrieved October 15, 2021. a b Smith, David (November 10, 2007). "The Fall of Geneon". IGN. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015 . Retrieved February 3, 2018. Jin ( ジン) is Mugen's antithesis, a calm and stoic ronin wandering Japan after being forced to kill his master and consequently wearing glasses to disguise himself. He is the best at sensing danger, and prone to risking his life to prove his worth. [24] He is a master of mujushinken, a style of kenjutsu created in the early Edo period by Harigaya Sekiun. [24] [26] Jin was created as a foil for Mugen to stop the story from becoming one-dimensional. [18] A scrapped idea of Watanabe's was for Jin to be an anarchist, but otherwise his personality and design changed little during production. [8] He is voiced in Japanese by Ginpei Sato, at the time a stage actor who had not done voice roles previously after failing auditions for two other projects; his failed audition for Wolf's Rain prompted a staff member to recommend him to Watanabe. [5] [23] He had to learn about voice acting on the job, including timing and getting into character, and during recording for later episodes got into trouble due to wanting to shift his portrayal of the character. [23] In English, Jin is voiced by Kirk Thornton. [25] Anime Comment” is a spoiler-free section and is usually used for a general discussion about anime without spoiling any content. Macdonald, Christopher (January 22, 2004). "Samurai Champloo Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.

A good story premise, a solid quest with three mismatched characters in a fun setting and snappy dialogue. The artwork is really something else; I've not found a match for the artists ability to capture movement quite like he does here, yet still make it easy to read and fast-paced without any obviously "slow-mo" shots which I find really take from the a b Johnston, Lachlan (November 19, 2019). "Dai Sato Interview – Reflecting On Shinichiro Watanabe". Otaquest. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019 . Retrieved October 15, 2021. in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016 . Retrieved January 22, 2021. Samurai Champloo Volume 1". Tokyopop. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007 . Retrieved December 11, 2021. Characters were nice, but not outstanding (the standard cast of characters to release some series). They didn't even feed me withThere are problems with this manga; the story never progresses (for obvious reasons) and some of the artwork could be considered simplistic for one more adjusted to popular big name artists. In this way, I like how the story never gets dragged out or overdone; it doesn't suffer the fate of so many wonderful premises which get massively popular and extended beyond their natural lifetime. Mays, Jonathan (December 16, 2006). "Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo to Air in Canada". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021 . Retrieved January 8, 2022. a b Dent, Mike (March 13, 2015). "Samurai Champloo is an Anime Mix Tape with a Hip-hop Beat". Otaku USA Magazine. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018 . Retrieved January 22, 2021. The story obviously leaves something to be desired (as it ends after 2 volumes and is never resolved) but even so, each chapter can be enjoyed as an individual tale with a new cast of extras and a new location for mischief. The episodes use six pieces of theme music. "Battlecry", performed by Nujabes and Shing02, is the opening theme for all twenty six episodes. "四季ノ唄 ( Shiki no Uta Song of Four Seasons ?)" by Minmi is the primary ending theme, except for four episodes. Episode 12 uses Minmi's "Who's Theme" as its ending, episode 17 uses "You" by Kazami, 23 uses "Fly" by Azuma Riki, and the final episode uses the song "San Francisco" by Midicronica.

Kadokawa Shoten (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 29, 2004 . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Para terminar con los personajes, unas pocas palabras sobre los secundarios. Al ser un manga episódico en la mayoría de los casos (o sea, un capitulo, una historia), hay varios. Tristemente, muchos no están bien trabajados (el propio autor lo admite), al punto de que la venganza parece ser la razón de la mayoría de las cosas. Varios de estos infelices ni siquiera tienen nombre! (y no hablo de tipos que pasaban caminando por ahí, si no de los co-protagonistas del capítulo!). Director Shinichirō Watanabe began planning for the series in 1999, creating the characters and premise during his work on Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and The Animatrix, and began pre-production in 2002. The staff included character designer and animation director Kazuto Nakazawa and writers Shinji Obara and Yukihiko Tsutsumi of Office Crescendo. The music was composed by hip hop artists Shinji "Tsutchie" Tsuchida of Shakkazombie, Fat Jon, Nujabes and Force of Nature. The production was unstructured, with the scenario going through multiple revisions, and Watanabe bringing in multiple guest creators to ensure a high animation quality. Reception of the series has been positive, with praise focusing on its animation and music, and proved a commercial success in the West.The characters are really pretty bland compared the memorable cast from Bebop. Jin and Mugen simply aren’t as cool or as likeable as Spike, Fu isn’t as awesome as Ed or Fay, and there is no villain with anywhere near the level of badass that Vicious brought. Having said all that, the characters aren’t terrible when compared to the average anime. They just can’t match up with the ones Watanabe created in his previous work. I did like how Jin and Mugen had the classic Red Oni/Blue Oni dynamic going on. Other than that, the character relations really didn’t interest me to a great degree. Even Fu’s relation with her father just didn’t feel that interesting. attemp just falls flat with boring predictable plots and when there is a story that overlaps across episodes it just feels long and dull. The pacing isn't terrible but can feel awkward as well due to the fact that you don't really have a great anticipation for the story conclusion as there isn't really an overarching plot.