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.
- The Samurai Champloo soundtrack, created by Nujabes, Fat Jon, FORCE OF NATURE and Tsuutchie, has achieved impressive sales, selling 40,000 copies across four CDs, and was re-released on vinyl in 2022. Finally, it still enjoys huge sales support.
- On November 6, these four works will be released on cassette tape. As vinyl records become more popular, this lo-fi format will appeal not only to fans of the series, but to music lovers as well.
*The cassette jacket pictured above is a placeholder design.
Samurai Champloo 20th Anniversary Website: samuraichamploo20.com
Samurai Champloo Video Clash entry website: samuraichamplooVC.com
Product information
Samurai Champloo Soundtrack: Four Titles on Cassette
Release date: November 6, 2024
“Go”/Nujabes, Fat Jon
VTTL-1 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
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Side A
01. Battle Cry/Nujabes feat. Sheng 02
02. The space between two worlds/Nujabes
03. Aluriya Dance/Nujabes
04. Beyond/Nujabes
05. Mysterious Thread/Nujabes
06. The First Samurai/Nujabes
07. Song of the Four Seasons/MINMI
Side B
01. Yes/Fat Jon
02. 624 Part 2/Fat Jon
03. Genome/Fat Jon
04. No turning back/Fat Jon
05. Fart/Fat Jon
06. Stay/Fat Jon
07. Chambers/Fat Jon
08.Ask/Fat Jon
09. How do you feel/Fat Jon
10. 624 Part 1/Fat Jon
“masta”/force of nature, Tsuchie
VTTL-2 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
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Side A
01. Wandering/The power of nature
02. Fog/Power of Nature
03. Judgment of/natural forces
04. LOADING AREA/ FORCE OF NATURE
05. Paranoia/Power of Nature
06. Silver/FORCE OF NATURE
07. The Long Drum Road/FORCE OF NATURE
08. Sneak Room/ FORCE OF NATURE
09.New Dimension/Power of Nature
Side B
01.Raw materials/Tsutchie
02.Dry/local chicken
03. Breeze/Tsutchie
04.Tubular [drum please!!!] /Tuqi
05. Pretend…/Tsutchie
06. Seventy Three/Tuqi
07. I sighed/Tsutchie
08.Sincerity/Tsutchie
09.No.9 [back in TYO] /Tuqi
10. YOU feat.kazami/Tsutchie
“Impression”/Nujabes, Force of Nature, Fat Jon
VTTL-3\3,190 yen (tax included)
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Side A
01. Forget/The power of nature
02. Night/The power of nature
03. Hikaru Style/Power of Nature
04. WALKING/ FORCE OF NATURE
05.Death Wish/Force of Nature
06. Start/Power of Nature
07. FORCE OF NATURE
08. Bracelet/Fat Jon
09. Get in position/Fat Jon
10. Night Out/Fat Jon
11. Not quite seleah/Fat Jon
12. Maze Statistics/Fat Jon
13. Everywhere/Fat Jon
Side B
01. Shelter Boat/Nujabes
02. Haiku [interlude] / nujabes
03. Dance of Swords/Nujabes
04. Season of Death/Nujabes
05. ten years [interlude] / nujabes
06. A world without words/Nujabes
07. Xiaoyu [interlude] / nujabes
08. Silver Morning/Nujabes
09. Whose theme/MINMI
“Playlist”/Tsutchie
VTTL-4 \ 3,190 yen (tax included)
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Side A
01.Thank you/Tsutchie
02.Not yet? why not? /Tuqi
03.Counterattack/Tsutchie
04. Let me know what you think/Tsutchie
05. Mist/Tsutchie
06. Flip/Tsutchie
07. Absolute/Tuqi
08. Adapt to yourself/Tsutchie
Side B
01. Tuning/Tsutchie
02. Not pictured/Tsutchie
03. Stretch/Tsutchie
04. Process/Tsutchie
05. Reflective/Tsutchie
06. Deeper than words/Tsutchie
07. 2 messages/Tsutchie
08.Update/Tsutchie
09. Discount/Tsutchie
10. FLY feat. Dongli [SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS] / Tsuchie feat.AZUMA RIKI
*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, etc.
“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
Source: Official press release
