a vagabond, a ronin and a young girl

Samurai Champloo (サムライチャンプルー, Samurai Chanpurū) is a Japanese animated television series consisting of twenty-six episodes. The show was first aired in 2004 and ended in 2005, on the television network, Fuji TV.

Samurai Champloo was created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, whose previous work, Cowboy Bebop, was praised by the anime and Japanese television communities. The show was produced by studio Manglobe.

The series can be put into the samurai fighting, comedy-drama genre, however elements of hip hop culture like hip hop music, hiphop slang, breakdance and graffiti in the Japan's Edo Period (1603-1868) mixed with the brillant story and the well dispersed absurdity offers more than a common samurai anime.