Bow down before the might of Samurai Champloo! This hip-hop anime sensation from the creators of the phenomenal Cowboy Bebop series took Cartoon Network's [Adult Swim] audience by storm. Dark Horse is pleased to present the very first Samurai Champloo art book to English-reading fans as directly translated from the original Roman Album edition - a volume published in a prestigious line of Japanese art books! Main characters Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are each profiled at length, all twenty-six episodes are summarized and illustrated with screen captures, and the "Backstage Champloo" chapter features interviews with famed director Shinichiro Watanabe, character designer and chief animator Kazuto Nakazawa, and art director Takeshi Waki. The voice cast is listed with main characters interviewed, the music so essential to the series is explored, and a two-page spread profiles twenty-four diverse influences that helped shape this instant anime classic. Among the many, many other features are pages upon pages of character and device sketches!

Roman Album: Samurai Champloo

Comics & Graphic Novels

Watanabe, Shinichiro

Nakazawa, Kazuto

Manga

Dark Horse

After causing a great riot at the teahouse, Mugen and Jin are arrested by the magistrate and set to be executed. In exchange for helping them, Fuu makes them promise to travel with her to find a "samurai who smells like a sunflower." Having had his arm cut by Mugan, Ryujiro seeks revenge and sends over two assassins to them. Fuu get kidnapped, while the others face each of their assassins. Getting fed up with Fuu's domineering ways, they leave her behind and separately arrive at the town where the inn is. Mugen and Jin each end up getting hired as a bodyguard by the two groups that rule that town. In the meantime, lagging behind, Fuu arrives in the same town. From one of DBD's newest publishers!

Samurai Champloo Film Manga Volume 1

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Bandai Entertainment

Spike has a past he can''t forget. Together with his partner Jet Black, he travels on board the ship Bebop chasing bounties and making a meager living. Desperate for a decent meal, Spike gets more than he bargained for when he goes after Asimov, a bounty who has his hands on a dangerous intoxicant called Red Eye. Later, Spike and Jet get embroiled in a hilarious pursuit for a missing data dog. They don''t know what a data dog is, but they find out the hard way as they take on the notorious dog-napper Abdul Hakkim! From one of DBD''s newest publishers!

Cowboy Bebop Film Manga Volume 1

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