Synopsis: Alternative title: サ?ライ?ャンプル? (Japanese) Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence) Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Shounen Director : Shinichiro Watanabe Script : Dai Sato, Shinji Obara Character Design : Kazuto Nakazawa Art director : Takeshi Waki Plot Summary: Mugen is a fierce animal-like warrior with a unique break-dance inspired fighting style. Jin has a more traditional style but don’t think of this as a weakness because his skills are amazing. The two contrasting samurai warriors are far from friends, yet their separate paths seem to cross anyways. Mugen is wandering aimlessly through the city when he stumbles upon a teahouse where he meets Jin and Fuu (A ditzy waitress, but don‘t think she doesn‘t have anything hidden up her sleeves). Fuu convinces them both to come with her in search of a mysterious samurai that smells like sunflowers and their journey begins. This modernized hip-hop tale breaks the barriers of the common, historical, samurai anime. Running time: 23 minutes Number of episodes: 26 2004-05-19 to 2004-09-09 (Japan - Fuji TV Broadcast; eps. 1-17 only) 2004-08-21 (Japan - DVD 1) 2005-01-22 to 2005-03-18 (Japan - Fuji Tv Brodcast; eps 18-26) 2005-05-14 (U.S. broadcast - [adult swim]) Opening Theme: "Battlecry" by Nujabes feat. SHINGO2 (eps 1-25) Ending Theme: "Shiki no Uta (Song of the Seasons)" by Minmi #3: "Who's Theme" by Minmi (ep 12) #4: "YOU feat. kazami" by kazami (ep 17) #5: "FLY [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS]" by Tsutchie & fat jon (ep 23) #6: "San Francisco" by Midicronica (ep 26) Comments: 26 eps in 3 dvd disc with: Ac3 2.0, 5.1 Channel Audio English/Chinese/Off Subtitled Original Japanese Dialogue & English Dubbed Comlpete Box Set. |