Samurai Champloo

Season 1

26 episodes 1 season

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Samurai Champloo Season 1 released on May 20, 2004.

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S01E01 Aired May 20, 2004

Tempestuous Temperaments

Fuu is a young waitress in search of a Samurai who smells of sunflowers, but she has some unexpected company with her. Mugen and Jin are two samurai who want to kill each other and are always getting arrested. Can these three learn to work with each other?

S01E02 Aired June 03, 2004

Redeye Reprisal

Mugen's armless rival retuns with some new hired help: Oniwakamaru.

S01E03 Aired June 10, 2004

Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1)

Mugen and Jin decide to ditch Fuu, but they end up joining opposite sides in a basica gang warfare with Fuu in the middle reminding them of their promise.

S01E04 Aired June 17, 2004

Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2)

A dice rolling contest will decide the fate of the gang warfare. Who will end up dying as a result?

S01E05 Aired June 24, 2004

Artistic Anarchy

Fuu is targeted as a kidnapper groups next victum. Will the others be able to save her in time?

S01E06 Aired July 01, 2004

Stranger Searching

The gang enters into an eating competition with Mugen and Jin's swords on the line. After a mysterious man wins the eating competition, they must find a way to get their swords back and save the mysterious man. Will they succeed?

S01E07 Aired July 08, 2004

A Risky Racket

A thief was running around town, while Fuu, Jin, and Mugen were going to get some soup. Fuu was daydreaming and the thief ""accidently"" bumped into Fuu. When Fuu was paying for the soup, she noticed that her purse was gone and said that the man she bumped into took the money. Will Fuu ever get her money back?

S01E08 Aired July 15, 2004

The Art of Altercation

A man hunting for Jin has been challenging any samurai wearing glasses he can find, accompanied by a beat-boxing duo of underlings. The question arises as to whether or not he will recognize Jin when he becomes infatuated with Fuu, for Jin has had to pawn his glasses.

S01E09 Aired July 22, 2004

Beatbox Bandits

Mugen, Jin, and Fuu need to cross a border so they purchase Travel Passes since they dont have any.The Travel Passes turn out to be fake. Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are sentenced to death. The guards were going to have them killed until they found out about a errand they needed to run. So they send Mugen to run the errand for them. He must travel past a forest full of bandits and trouble to deliver an object. If Mugen does not make the delivery and come back in time, Jin and Fuu will die!

S01E10 Aired July 29, 2004

Lethal Lunacy

Mugen faces the lethal challenge of a Shaolin-trained swordsman and proves equal to the test, while Jin gets stuck doing all the housework. Can Mugen defeat this trained swordsman or will he suffer from his mistakes?

S01E11 Aired August 05, 2004

Gamblers and Gallantry

Jin comes to the rescue of a lady in distress. He falls in love and tries to rescue his women from the hard life she has come to face. Will he save her and himself?

S01E12 Aired August 12, 2004

The Disorder Diaries

Jin and Mugen read through Fuu's diary and find out that she hasn't been telling them what they need to know.

S01E13 Aired August 26, 2004

Misguided Miscreants, Part 1

Mugens past memories lure himback into his violent past; A pirate makes secret plans. And the lust for gold brings betrayal.

S01E14 Aired September 02, 2004

Misguided Miscreants, Part 2

When Mugen finds out what the pirate was planning to do, he gets his revenge.

S01E15 Aired September 09, 2004

Bogus Booty

The shogun's prettiest ninja ends up giving Mugen and Jin an evening that they will never forget. Meanwhile, Fuu gets large.

S01E16 Aired September 16, 2004

Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 1

Mugen, Jin and Fuu get into a quarrel and separate, and have unexpected encounters; new opponents appear, old grievances return, and Mugen and Fuu meet a mysterious archer.

S01E17 Aired September 23, 2004

Lullabies of the Lost, Verse 2

Jin ends a life he hoped to spare. Continuation of the last episode.

S01E18 Aired January 22, 2005

War of the Words

Fuu gets a facelift when kids trade in the sword for the graffiti brush; Jin keeps a promise to a long-lost friend and confronts the shock of the new, while Mugen learns to read and conquers a castle.

S01E19 Aired January 29, 2005

Unholy Union

A cynical charlatan fleeces the Hidden Christian flock, Fuu gets closer to the Sunflower Samurai, and a truth is finally revealed.

S01E20 Aired February 05, 2005

Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 1

Fuu, Mugen and Jin meet up with a blind girl who is a traveling musician. Because of her blindness, she is able to sense the emotions of the group. Is this girl more than just a musician?

S01E21 Aired February 12, 2005

Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2

Jin learns the Way of Water, a woman's sorrow comes to an end, and Mugen both gives and receives an assassin's last gift.

S01E22 Aired February 19, 2005

Cosmic Collisions

On the way to Nagasaki the trio falls in a hole and ends up in a mine. The trio ends up working for the owner of the mine for a share of the treasure. As the days drag on Fuu discovers that they are becoming more and more like the seemingly-alive workers.

S01E23 Aired February 26, 2005

Baseball Blues

An anachronistic batch of American belligerents sail into town and a canny ninja-turned-team manager enlists our heroes to do battle with them on the field of honor...which in this case is a baseball diamond. Behold Mugen's pitching skills and tremble!

S01E24 Aired March 05, 2005

Evanescent Encounter (Part 1)

Fuu, Mugen and Jin have finally arrived in Nagasaki to find Ikitsuki island in search of the Sunflower Samurai. There seems to be one small problem that might keep them from getting there though. A group of assassins are following closely behind.

S01E25 Aired March 12, 2005

Evanescent Encounter (Part 2)

As Jin duels Kagetoki Kariya, the most powerful man in the shogunate, Mugen has to contend with three brothers who want his head. Will they survive?

S01E26 Aired March 19, 2005

Evanescent Encounter (Part 3)

As Fuu finally confronts the Sunflower Samurai, Mugen and Jin face their ultimate tests. While Mugen must face one of the three insane brothers, Jin continues his battle with Kagetoki Kariya. And there's the small matter of their own duel...