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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Announced just a few weeks ago in Japan (and to be officially announced for America this week), Bandai gave us a sneak peek before the opening of TGS at its work-in-progress action title based on ...

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 ...