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Of all samurai related anime series they add a LOT of fantasy in them, making all the action tasteless and hardly with any adrenaline. Samurai Champloo makes you feel that your watching an actual samurai duel in each episode with great choreography on all battles, an awesome hip hop soundtrack that completely blends in with the drawing style and the personality of the characters, hilarious moments, and a simple but yet epic plot once you get to see the last 3 episodes which are the best episodes on the whole 26 set. This anime series keeps everything with a realistic touch in a way that when fantasy arrives it doesn’t exaggerate itself. The thing that frustrates every one who’s seen the series is: "Why didn’t they make a movie out of this?" or "Why was the series so short?". Cowboy Beebop got a movie, why can’t Samurai Champloo? Anyway, once you see the series, you will end up wanting more than it had to offer, but it sadly…it lasts only 26 episodes…with no movie..

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