Samurai Champloo Is Back!

Samurai Champloo

In case you missed it, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO is back, and oh my, what a great return. The second season kicks off with a great episode that manages to allude to Harajuku (Ura-Edo), graffiti artists, and even manages a cameo by a certain Warholian lover of art… Seems like the show is turning more and more into and ASTERIX & OBELIX portrayal of the past (or even LUCKY LUKE) — Goscinny was brilliant at mocking the present in the middle of his Roman-era setting. It’s great to have the show back on air, and watching it I really got the feeling that I was reuniting with some old friends.

Oh, and is the Czech picture book in the recent episodes of MONSTER the creepiest thing ever or what! The episode that recounts the story, in the style of the book, chilled me to the bones.

Category: Anime

Responses:

These anime sound pretty interesting - can you give me the time/day/channel they show on? cheers!

05.02.01 1:26
Posted by johnty
The new series airs Saturday mornings at 10 on BS Fuji. It’s also repeated at another time.

05.02.01 10:31
Posted by Jean
I’ve got all 26 eps in fansubbing, but do you know a place I could download the soundtrack? I can’t order it overseas, some companies won’t let me. *sigh* Any suggestions?

05.04.13 6:25
Posted by Angelaglesikoh
You should be able to order them from Amazon Japan.

05.04.13 11:18
Posted by Jean Snow
hey angel can u help me i need episodes 22-26

05.04.30 5:15
Posted by Zero089

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Jean Snow lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming in Tokyo -- sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for the following online/offline publications: Time, Inside (Australian Design Review), Gizmodo, Gridskipper, Kotaku, Tokyo Q, Superfuture, OK Fred, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, I.D. (International Design), Metropolis, Azure, MoCo Loco, Kateigaho International Edition, Game|Life, and The Japan Times. He also manages the gallery space at Cafe Pause.

Jean Snow is a daily contributor to Wired magazine's game blog, Game|Life, covering game news from Japan and beyond.

Arcade Mania is currently on sale through Amazon Japan, with the same edition available for pre-order on Amazon US (to be released January, 2009).

Tokyolife: Art and Design covers Tokyo's cultural output of the past few years, covering the works of over 80 influential creatives. Jean Snow provided coordination assistance.

The Superfuture Superguides are a series of PDF travel guides to some of your favorites cities, updated monthly, and obsessively compiling the best places to shop, eat, and drink. The Tokyo guide is edited by Jean Snow.

He is also the design/culture editor at Neojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx, here.

PauseTalk is a regular series of events that take place at Cafe Pause on the first Monday of every month, with a start time of 20:00. The idea is to create a forum where Tokyo-based creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition happens October 6.