For a long time i have heard this series being highly regarded and this one definitely doesn't betray the expectation. If you have Cowboy Bebop story formula put into Feudal Japan setting, Samurai Champloo is the result. Just like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo is a misadventure of group of misfits who travel together after some fateful encounter. This time the group of misfits consist of two skilled swordsmen led by a teenage girl travelling around Edo Period Japan to seek a person with a single clue of "a samurai who smell like sunflower". As an Anime, Samurai Champloo got the complete package of Action, Comedy and Tragedy with the unquestionably superb storytelling since the series is handled by veteran anime screenwriter Dai Sato! Apparently Samurai Champloo is the first work by Studio Manglobe which made Ergo Proxy and these two series are easily the Crown Jewel of now-defunct anime studio.
Overall Samurai Champloo makes a good gateway for anime with its complete package and i feel it is more upbeat version of Cowboy Bebop as it had much less depressing ending compared to former. I felt that Samurai Champloo could have another season to expand its story, but the 26 Episode of its single season is a solid experience already.
No comments:
Post a Comment