(L) Samurai Champloo

[InstantRamen]

Is it just me or is Mugen's voice the same as Zoro's from One Piece?

BTW, does anyone know when the DVDs will be released here in the US? I know Geneon has the licence...

[Za Paper]

Originally Posted by InstantRamen

Is it just me or is Mugen's voice the same as Zoro's from One Piece?

BTW, does anyone know when the DVDs will be released here in the US? I know Geneon has the licence...

Assuming the series is 26 eps, the last ep will air 6 months from now and then Geneon usually waits another 6 months from the last ep to release the first dvd. One year seems like a long time but Geneon is the fastest of the anime companies.

[Lord Raiden]

Yes, mugan is voiced by the guy from One Piece who does Zoro.

It's been discussed several times already. hehe.

[silentpixel]

since we cant see episode 2 what are your predictions on what it will be ?

Im thinking its going to be laid back. More comical. With a little bit of action. And alot of story behind Jin.

[InstantRamen]

Originally Posted by Lord Raiden

Yes, mugan is voiced by the guy from One Piece who does Zoro.

It's been discussed several times already. hehe.

Oh my bad, this thread is really really long and I didn't feel like reading through all 12 pages. Sorry for asking a question that was already answered.

Anyway, SC rocks! I can't wait for the second episode.

[Lord Raiden]

hehe. Don't feel bad. I know plenty of people who do the same thing, me included.

I only read a long thread from front to back if I'm really, really bored.

[kagetsu]

Originally Posted by silentpixel

since we cant see episode 2 what are your predictions on what it will be ?

Im thinking its going to be laid back. More comical. With a little bit of action. And alot of story behind Jin.

Next episode summary. Put it in spoilers tags for people who don't want to know but still talk about what they would like to see. If you do look at it please don't give it away.

Spoiler:

Episode 2: A Veritable Pandemonium

Ryuujirou, whose arm was cut off by Mugen, sends assassins after the hot pair. A man that looks small and usless, but as a matter of fact has a dreadful arm is sent after Jin. A large man that has the superhuman like strength of a demon is sent after Mugen. Fuu is kidnapped by Ryuujirou, and Mugen and Jin must fight their respective battles.

[silentpixel]

Originally Posted by kagetsu

Next episode summary. Put it in spoilers tags for people who don't want to know but still talk about what they would like to see. If you do look at it please don't give it away.

Spoiler:

Episode 2: A Veritable Pandemonium

Ryuujirou, whose arm was cut off by Mugen, sends assassins after the hot pair. A man that looks small and usless, but as a matter of fact has a dreadful arm is sent after Jin. A large man that has the superhuman like strength of a demon is sent after Mugen. Fuu is kidnapped by Ryuujirou, and Mugen and Jin must fight their respective battles.

ahh thanks man. that sounds pretty sweet. now i want to see it more.

[Lord Raiden]

Sheesh. They get in trouble right off the bat in EP1 and they keep doing it right through episode two. hehe. Man, this series is most definately not going to slow down anytime soon. hehe. Sweet.

[Sir Baka]

Does anyone know if the VA who did the voice for the Prefect's Son has done a voice for a character in One Piece? He sounds familar, but I can't remember where from.

[dyuken]

Originally Posted by |)arK_Nin

Um....... HELL no. The main thing I listen to (about 90%) is hiphop. The hell you talkin about. Ive listened to it for all my life, its what I grew up on and all my friends listen to it. I can think of 2 friends off the top of my head that listen to rock music, maybe more if I take a min and think. Ok? Dont ever try to judge a whole group of people because they arent feeling the song that you do. Ok, let me give you an example, I like Three 6 Mafia, my friend doesnt. Am I gonna say, "Its clear that you have some type of grudge against hiphop" to him because he doesnt like it? Take a guess.





Um, they dont. I would say the main group with the "us vs. them" mentality would be people who like rock and shiat. Am I saying that every person who likes rock has that mentality? No. Im really into hip-hop and I could give a damn if someone doesnt like the music I do. Thats the world kids.

First off, HIP HOP IS NOT A MUSIC its a culture. Hip hop or rap music is the musical expression of that culture. DJing, Bboying (break dance) and graffitti are the other elements of the culture. While I applaud the director for choosing to use hip hop as a musical accompaniment in Samurai Champloo, I am waiting to see if the work teachs us anything real about the culture.

I must say that as a older youth whose culture is decidely hip hop, I am very leary of any attempt to compartmentalize any portion of my culture, by people who simply have no real understanding of what it is. Even most of the guys who create RAP MUSIC have no real idea about what hip hop culture really entails. In this I think the Japanese and other people on the international scene are at an advantage. Just like with Jazz in the early 20th century, real hip hop music has found a voice not here in america but overseas in Europe and Japan.

Even still, in Japan, hip hop is a tiny subculture where some people will do anything from dreadlocks to taning boothes to assimilate the outward trappings of the black people who created hip hop. This terrifies me because, once again the focus is on the aesthetic instead of the movement.

This is what I hope Samurai Champloo, an excellent anime so far as I have seen, makes an attempt to avoid.

[nil]

Originally Posted by Sir Baka

Does anyone know if the VA who did the voice for the Prefect's Son has done a voice for a character in One Piece? He sounds familar, but I can't remember where from.

The seiyu of Prefect's Son is YABE Masashi (or known as YABE Masahito). He also played
GANTZ - NISHI Joichiro
DANDOH!! - ISHIGAMI Ichiro
Jubei-chan2 - White Tiger Ninzaemon
and so on.

He has nothing to do with ONEPIECE.

[SassyRobot]

I have a question about the voice actors too; who plays the voice of the prefect? He sounds really familiar... sorry if this has been asked before, but i didn't see it.

[apr]

Originally Posted by Sir Baka

Does anyone know if the VA who did the voice for the Prefect's Son has done a voice for a character in One Piece? He sounds familar, but I can't remember where from.

He sounded just like Sanji (from One Piece) to me, but it doesn't appear to be the same person.

[Lord Raiden]

I didn't really think he sounded all that similar to Sanji IMO.

[UssoKK]

Coming in a little late, I'm going to say that the Hip-Hop aspect of Samurai Champloo is kinda woven into the background, and it's not too blatant or foward. (I.e, although the songs, and scene transitions, and attitudes of the characters have a hip-hop feel, you won't see some dreadlocked DJ with baggy gold chains walking down feudal era Japan. Yet.....)
And since I admit I'm not a fan AT ALL of Hip-hop, nor am I anywhere near the cuture it comes from, I like the fact that H.H is not too foward and direct.

[swerv]

there's links to the translated Samurai Champloo website earlier in this thread with episode summaries, please don't spoil here!

[silentpixel]

Yesss finally episode 2 aired. Gonna watch it and see how it is.

EDIT: here are some screen caps

I really liked this episode. It was great! i cant understand what they were saying but i knew what was going on. Anyway im gonna go watch it again

Spoiler for lots of episode 2 screenshots:

[ChoBaka]

Man those screenshots look totally awesome!

[sOnJoOL]

Does anyone know how long it will be before this comes to an actual DVD that you could buy?