Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo (2004 – 2005)

2004 • 1 season • Animation, Action & Adventure • TV-MA

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Episode 3 — Hellhounds for Hire (1)

Season 1 • Samurai Champloo

Released: 2004-06-10 • Animation/Action & Adventure/Comedy

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After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.

Episodes

Episode 1
Tempestuous Temperaments
2004-05-20

Episode 2
Redeye Reprisal
2004-06-03

Episode 3
Hellhounds for Hire (1)
2004-06-10

Episode 4
Hellhounds for Hire (2)
2004-06-17

Episode 5
Artistic Anarchy
2004-06-24

Episode 6
Stranger Searching
2004-07-01

Episode 7
A Risky Racket
2004-07-08

Episode 8
The Art of Altercation
2004-07-15

Episode 9
Beatbox Bandits
2004-07-22

Episode 10
Lethal Lunacy
2004-07-29

Episode 11
Gamblers and Gallantry
2004-08-05

Episode 12
The Disorder Diaries
2004-08-12

Episode 13
Misguided Miscreants (1)
2004-08-26

Episode 14
Misguided Miscreants (2)
2004-09-02

Episode 15
Bogus Booty
2004-09-09

Episode 16
Lullabies of the Lost (1)
2004-09-16

Episode 17
Lullabies of the Lost (2)
2004-09-23

Episode 18
War of the Words
2005-01-22

Episode 19
Unholy Union
2005-01-22

Episode 20
Elegy of Entrapment (1)
2005-02-05

Episode 21
Elegy of Entrapment (2)
2005-02-12

Episode 22
Cosmic Collisions
2005-02-19

Episode 23
Baseball Blues
2005-02-26

Episode 24
Evanescent Encounter (1)
2005-03-05

Episode 25
Evanescent Encounter (2)
2005-03-12

Episode 26
Evanescent Encounter (3)
2005-03-19

Information

Episode air date	10.06.2004
Episode runtime	24 min
Episode rating	7.56
Genres	Animation / Action & Adventure / Comedy
TMDB series rating	8.3
IMDb series rating	8.5
Series status	Ended
Age rating	17+
Country	JP

Trailer

Additional videos

Opening | Battlecry - Nujabes feat. Shing02

Opening | Battlecry - Nujabes feat. Shing02

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Samurai Champloo - Complete Series -On BluRay 12/15 Trailer

Samurai Champloo - Complete Series -On BluRay 12/15 Trailer

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Cast

Ayako Kawasumi
Fuu (voice)

Kazuya Nakai
Mugen (voice)

Ginpei Sato
Jin (voice)

Akio Otsuka
Okuru (voice)

Eiji Maruyama
Biwa Minstrel (voice)

Keiichi Nanba
Denkibou (voice)

Kiyoyuki Yanada

Kiyoyuki Yanada
Mukuro (voice)

Takayuki Sugo
Kagetoki Kariya (voice)

Otoya Kawano
Ryujiro Sasaki (voice)

Makio Inoue
Enshirou Mariya (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka
Manzou 'The Saw' Sakami (voice)

Isshin Chiba
Ichiemon Frutachi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki
Rikiei (voice)

Shunsuke Sakuya

Shunsuke Sakuya
Pinwheel Merchant (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa
Sara (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu
Umanosuke (voice)

Mayumi Yamaguchi

Mayumi Yamaguchi
Sousuke Kawara (voice)

Ichiro Nagai
Yamane (voice)

Toshihiko Seki
Yamane (voice)

Sayuri
Osuzu (voice)

Norio Wakamoto
Uohori Andou (voice)

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