What you need to know:
- Samurai Champions, which aired in 2004, is a groundbreaking anime directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The play seamlessly blends historical drama and hip-hop elements to create a unique visual and musical experience that has attracted both anime and hip-hop fans and won praise at home and abroad.
- This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original broadcast of Samurai Champloo. To commemorate this milestone, we invite fans to create new content through the global competition “Samurai Champloo Video Clash”!
- In this competition, contestants must create a new Samurai Champloo video by combining edited animation footage with a designated music track. There are two categories: Short Films (submitted through YouTube Shorts) and Music Videos (for full music videos on YouTube). The winner in the short film category will receive a $300 gift card and the winner in the music video category will receive a $1,000 cash prize. The winning video will also be released as an official music video on the FlyingDog YouTube channel. The contest is open to anyone 18 years of age and older, whether professional or amateur.
This is your chance to leave your mark on the legendary anime Samurai Champloo! We look forward to seeing your creativity. - Additionally, to celebrate the 20th anniversary, a new key visual designed by character designer Kazuto Nakazawa has been released, featuring Mugen and Jin in action-packed poses.
- In addition, to commemorate the launch of Samurai Champloo Video Clash, we will also be launching a limited-time original series on the FlyingDog YouTube channel. Whether you’re already familiar with the world of Samurai Champloo or you’re just discovering it for the first time, we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to dive deeper into the series.
Product Information
There are currently four CDs available for purchase!
“Go”/Nujabes, Fat Jon
VTCL-60638 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
repertoire
War Cry/Nujabes feat. Sheng 02
The space between two worlds/Nujabes
Aruliya Dance/Nujabes
Beyond/Nujabes
Mysterious Thread/Nujabes
First Samurai/Nujabes
Song of the Four Seasons/MINMI
Yes/Fat Jon
624 Part 2/Fat Jon
Genome/Fat Jon
No Turn Back/Fat Jon
Funny/Fat Jon
Stay/Fat Jon
Chambers/Fat Jon
Ask/Fat Jon
How do you feel/Fat Jon
624 Part 1/Fat Jon
“masta”/force of nature, Tsuchie
VTCL-60639 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
repertoire
Wandering/Power of Nature
Fog/force of nature
Judgment of/Natural Forces
LOADING AREA/ FORCE OF NATURE
Paranoia/Force of Nature
Silver Child/Force of Nature
The Long Drum Road/FORCE OF NATURE
Sneak Room/ FORCE OF NATURE
New Dimension/Force of Nature
Ingredients/Toast
Dried/Toast
Breeze/Tsutchie
tubular [drum please!!!] /Tuqi
Pretend…/Tsutchie
Seventy-three/Tuqi
I sighed/Tsutchie
Sincerely/Tsutchie
No. 9 [back in TYO] /Tuqi
Your feat.
“Impression”/Nujabes, Force of Nature, Fat Jon
VTCL-60640 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
repertoire
Shelter boats/Nujabes
Haiku [interlude] / nujabes
Sword Dance/Nujabes
Low season/Nujabes
ten years [interlude] / nujabes
A world without words/Nujabes
Kodama [interlude] / nujabes
Silver Morning/Nujabes
Whose topic/MINMI
Forget it/The power of nature
Night Shift/Force of Nature
Hizuru Style/Power of Nature
Walking/Nature
Death Wish/Force of Nature
Set it on fire/force of nature
FORCE OF NATURE
Bracelet/Fat Jon
In Place/Fat Jon
Night Out/Fat Jon
not quite seleah / fat jon
Maze Statistics/Fat Jon
Here and There/Fat Jon
“Playlist”/Tsutchie
VTCL-60641 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
repertoire
Thank you/Tuqi
not yet?
Counterattack/Tuqi
Let me know what you think/Tsutchie
Mist/Tsutchie
Flip cover / Tuqi
Absolute/Tuqi
Adapt to yourself/Tsutchie
Adjustment/Tuqi
Not pictured/Tsutchie
Stretch/Tsutchie
Process/Tsutchie
Reflective/Tsutchie
Deeper than words/Tsutchie
2 comments/Tuqi
Update/Tsutchie
Offer/Tsutchie
Feat of flight. Dongli [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS] / Earthly feat.
*Please note that the above content is subject to change without prior notice.
Release information
Available on streaming services and major download sites such as iTunes Store, RecoChoku and mora.
“Go”/Nujabes, Fat Jon
jvcmusic.lnk.to/samurai_departure
“masta”/force of nature, Tsuchie
jvcmusic.lnk.to/samurai_masta
“Impression”/Nujabes, Force of Nature, Fat Jon
jvcmusic.lnk.to/samurai_impression
“Playlist”/Tsutchie
jvcmusic.lnk.to/samurai_playlist
Anime streaming messages
All 26 episodes of “Samurai Champloo” can be watched on major anime streaming platforms.
● Samurai Champloo video battle entry website: samuraichamplooVC.com
●Samurai Champloo 20th anniversary website: samuraichamploo20.com
● Samurai Champloo availability on YouTube (all times are Japan Standard Time):
・Episode 1-Episode 4
Viewing time: July 8 (Monday) noon – July 10 (Wednesday) 11:59 PM
Website: youtu.be/GsjvUDiJafo
・Episode 5-Episode 8
Viewing period: July 10 (Wednesday) noon to July 12 (Friday) 11:59 pm
・Episode 9-Episode 12
Viewing time: July 12 (Friday) noon – July 14 (Sunday) 11:59 pm
・Episode 13-Episode 17
Viewing period: July 14th (Sunday) noon – July 16th (Tuesday) 11:59 PM
・Episodes: #18 – #22
Viewing period: July 16 (Tuesday) at noon – July 18 (Thursday) 11:59 pm
・Episodes: #23 – #26
Viewing period: July 18 (Thursday) noon – July 20 (Saturday) 11:59 pm
URLs for July 10 and later episodes will be announced at a later date.
Source: Official press release
