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Samurai Champloo TV Problems

A reader mentioned the following just yesterday as rumor, and I guess it’s now been confirmed.

Anime News Network reports Fuji TV has announced that after airing episode 17, Fuji TV will stop Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe’s scratch style samurai series. The complete 26 episode series will be broadcast on BS digital satellite television. (AICN)

I’m relieved that they’ll at least finish the series.

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9 Responses

  1. caleb says:

    now what gave you the impression that they won’t finish the series? isnt it doing well in japan?

  2. Jean says:

    Well, it can’t be doing too well if it was dropped by Fuji TV, especially in mid-season like that (seasons are 13 episode long).

  3. jed says:

    Is that why Ep 12 was a recap/flashback episode?

  4. Jean says:

    And it also finished with the caption “to be continued?” It’s possible. But I must say that it was one of the more enjoyable flashback episodes I’ve seen.

  5. Paul says:

    uhhhhh….i need episode 17 ddl. that means direct download. champloo-online doesn’t provide it, dbzdivx doesn’t have it, and i need it in .rmvb or .ram format not .avi . if i wanted .avi i would have used bt. that means bittorrent. anyway please send me any useful links @ luckyjoker@gmail.com thnx in advance.

  6. brant cinerate says:

    when are the new episodes coming out, ive seen it posted that it is sometime in january but im not sure.

    doomo arigatoo

  7. Jean says:

    The new shows started yesterday.

  8. shikamaru says:

    where can i get champloo episodes as direct download cos for some reason my bittorent client isn’t working nor am i able to download from champloo online.com???

    please help me at subhani84@gawab.com

    appreciation

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