Production
Samurai Champloo is considered to be an example of the popular chanbara film and television genre. Trademarks include the Edo setting, a focus on samurai or other swordsman characters, and lots of thrilling, dramatic fights. Chanbara was used in the early days of Japanese cinema (when government political censorship ran high) as a way of expressing veiled social critiques.
The word champloo comes from the Okinawan word chanpurū (as in gōyā chanpurū, the Okinawan stir-fry dish containing bitter melon). Chanpurū, alone, simply means "to mix" or "to hash."
- Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
- Chief Writer: Shinji Obara
- Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
- Chief Animator: Kazuto Nakazawa
- Weapon Design: Mahiro Maeda
- Opening Director: Mamoru Hosoda
- Opening Animation: Takeshi Koike
- Art Director: Takeshi Waki
- Color Design: Eri Suzuki
- Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
- Editing: Shuichi Kakesu
- Dubbing Director: Tsutomu Kashiwakura
- Music: Tsutchie, Fat Jon, Nujabes, Force Of Nature
- Producer: Takatoshi Hamano, Takashi Kochiyama, Tetsuro Satomi
- Animation Production: Manglobe
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