Samurai Champloo (サムライチャンプルー Samurai Chanpurû) is a Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. It was broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV on May 20, 2004 and ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005.
Samurai Champloo was critically acclaimed, and the series was dubbed into English and licensed by Geneon Entertainment for releases in North America.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Characters | |||||
|
Mugen | Kazuya Nakai | Steve Blum | ||
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Jin | Ginpei Sato | Kirk Thornton | ||
|
Fuu Kasumi | Ayako Kawasumi | Kari Wahlgren | ||
| Secondary Characters | |||||
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Mazou "The Saw" Sakami | Unshō Ishizuka | Michael McConnohie | ||
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Ryujiro Sasaki | Otoya Kawano | Dave Wittenberg | ||
|
Sousuke Kawara | Mayumi Yamaguchi | Darrel Guilbeau | ||
|
Osuzu | Sayuri Yamauchi | Karen Strassman | ||
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Nagatomi Rikie | Fumihiko Tachiki | Michael McConnohie | ||
|
Ishimatsu | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Paul St. Peter | ||
|
Kawara Heitaro | Hidekatsu Shibata | Simon Prescott | ||
|
Ichiemon Oshaberi | Isshin Chiba | Dave Mallow | ||
|
Koza | Ai Maeda | Stephanie Sheh | ||
|
Shiren | Ken Narita | Erik Davies | ||
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Yukimaru | Nozomu Sasaki | Steve Staley | ||
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Okuru | Akio Ōtsuka | Richard Epcar | ||
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Kariya Kagetoki | Takayuki Sugō | Steve Kramer | ||
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Sara | Sakiko Tamagawa | Karen Thompson | ||
|
Umanosuke | Takehito Koyasu | Doug Erholtz | ||
|
Denkibou | Keiichi Nanba | Derek Stephen Prince | ||
|
Mariya Enshirou | Makio Inoue | Peter Spellos | ||
Episodic Characters[]
Additional Voices[]
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2009 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
United States | 
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| 2006 | SBS | Australia | 
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| 2006-2007 | Razer | Canada | 
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| 2011-2012 | FUNimation Channel | United States |
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| 2016 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim / Toonami) | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneon Entertainment | 2005-2006 | 
|
The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 7 Volumes | ||||||
| 2006 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 7 Discs | ||||||
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2009 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 7 Discs | ||||||
|
The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2011 |
|
The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | |||
| 7 Discs | ||||||
|
|
The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2019 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
External Links[]
- Samurai Champloo at the Internet Movie Database
- Samurai Champloo (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia