What can be mo’ betta than hip-hop samurai anime?
What can be mo’ betta than hip-hop samurai anime?
Gee, maybe Japanese canned tuna and corn pizza.
. The samurai have Adidas-like stripe patterns on their kimonos and do break dance moves in there sword fights. They even sell the music to this. Ohhh, my head hurts at the thought. Saaaa/Oh well, as title card from the first episode says: “This work of fiction is not an accurate historical portrayal. LIKE WE CARE. Now shut up and enjoy the show.”
Samurai Champloo
The Newest Stars of Japanese Anime, Made in America
New York Times (anime freakazoid-causing registration required)
…vivid cultural cross-pollination occurs in “Samurai Champloo” from the director Shinichiro Watanabe (”Cowboy Bebop”).. debuted on DVD in the United States late last year…In “Samurai Champloo,” Jin, a ronin (or masterless samurai); Mugen, an Okinawan low-life with Attitude; and Fuu, a ditsy waitress, wander through an anachronistic version of 19th-century Japan. Jin is cool to the point of iciness: in a fight, he’s a deadly work of art in motion. In place of martial arts moves, Mugen uses break-dance spins and flips, and sports a mop of frizzy hair, earrings and tattooed bands.….more….
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(Samurai Champloo)
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