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Samurai Champloo
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Season 1
1 :01x01 - Tempestuous Temperaments (May/14/2005)
During a stay in Edo, Jin runs afoul of the local governor and Mugen, who walks into the restaurant where Fuu works, makes a deal with the girl to take care of some rowdies at the restaurant in exchange for some free food. One of the miscreants who Mugen faces is the governor's son, and once the governor hears of this, he dispatches all the men he has to capture Mugen and Jin.
Guest Stars: Beau Billingslea as Governor, Dave Wittenberg as Ryoujirou Sasaki
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
2 :01x02 - Redeye Reprisal (May/21/2005)
One of Mugen's recent victims has vowed revenge and used his power to have a beast of a man released from prison. Meanwhile, the newly formed trio of Mugen, Jin and Fuu try to find a bite to eat on the little cash they have.
Guest Stars: Dave Wittenberg as Ryoujirou Sasaki, Michael Forest (1) as Inuyama (Assassin), Wendee Lee as Hotaru
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Takeshi Yoshimoto
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
3 :01x03 - Hellhounds for Hire (Part 1) (May/28/2005)
Continuing to remind them of their promise to her, Fuu is taken aback when Mugen and Jin decide to ditch her. Both samurai take separate paths, but enter the same town and meet up with rival clans who have been warring over territory. At the same time, Fuu enters the town and receives a warning from a gypsy.
Director: Shintarou Inogawa, Masato Miyoshi, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
4 :01x04 - Hellhounds for Hire (Part 2) (Jun/04/2005)
Jin and Mugen face off as the top fighters of opposing Yakuza gangs. Meanwhile Fuu is trying to find a way out of the Brothel with an innocent girl who was sold to pay a gambling debt. All the while fate's hand is at play as the strange words of a fortune teller slowly come to pass.
Director: Hirotaka Endou, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
5 :01x05 - Artistic Anarchy (Jun/11/2005)
The trio try to hitch a ride on a ferry, but the fee is too steep for them. Splitting up, they each search for some quick cash using the only skills they have.
Guest Stars: Michael McConnohie as Manzou "The Saw"
Director: Sayo Yamamoto, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Dai Satou
 
6 :01x06 - Stranger Searching (Jun/19/2005)
In order to feed themselves and make a profit at the same time, the trio enter an eating contest. Sacrificing their prized possessions as the entrance fee, which they will be able to retrieve should they win, Fuu, Mugen, and Jin all try to eat as much as they can. However, one contestant seems to have an advantage.
Guest Stars: Dave Mallow as Ichieimon
Director: Akira Yoshimura, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
7 :01x07 - A Risky Racket (Jun/25/2005)
A young thief holds Fuu hostage, but his demeanor tells Fuu that he's not the scary criminal he'd like people to believe. Fuu must find the backstory to this captivating young man and the motives for his crimes.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Takeshi Yoshimoto
Screenplay: Seiko Takagi
 
8 :01x08 - The Art of Altercation (Jul/02/2005)
Starving, the trio find themselves in front of a pawn shop where they are able to sell Jin's glasses for some fast cash. While spending their money on food, Fuu is approached by a man who is enchanted by her. At the same time, Mugen is seduced by a pretty woman. Later, Fuu meets with the man and is told that he is searching for a samurai who killed his master. Coincidentally, this man wears glasses and is named Jin.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Keiichi Sasajima
Screenplay: Dai Satou
 
9 :01x09 - Beatbox Bandits (Jul/09/2005)
After the gang is arrested at a check point for passing fake papers, the only way out is to deliver the head of a man executed earlier that day by the crazed checkpoint commander to the town where the man was wanted. The commander assigns Mugen to deliver the package while he holds Jin and Fuu as collateral.
Director: Hirotaka Endou, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Dai Satou
 
10 :01x10 - Lethal Lunacy (Jul/16/2005)
A man has been killing the strongest samurai around without leaving a mark on their bodies. After Mugen has a run-in with this man and barely escapes with his life. It's decided that he and the rest of the gang need a place to re-coop but it's soon discovered that their sanctuary is more than that. As the seemingly benign monk in charge shows more skills than prayer and temple duties.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Akira Yoshimura
Screenplay: Youko Machida
 
11 :01x11 - Gamblers and Galantry (Jul/23/2005)
JIn meets a woman whom he believe's is about to commit suicide and follows her to her small resturant. Upon further discovery he finds out she is really a prostitue forced into that profession through no fault of her own. Now Jin must decide if he we help this strange woman he is oddly taken with.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Sayo Yamamoto
Screenplay: Seiko Takagi
 
12 :01x12 - The Disorder Diaries (Jul/30/2005)
Mugen and Jin decide to read Fuu's diary considering that she has not been telling them what they need to know about the Sunflower Samarai.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Hirotaka Endou
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
Season 2
13 :02x01 - Misguided Miscreants (Part 1) (Nov/19/2005)
Mugen runs into his old gang who helped shape the persona he now has but also betrayed him and left him for dead at the hands of his enemies. Now Mugen must balance his own desire for revenge, the payoff of a new heist orchestrated by these people, and the fear of another betrayal.
Guest Stars: Kim Strauss as Mukurou (as Kurt Strauss)
Director: Takeshi Yoshimoto, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
14 :02x02 - Misguided Miscreants (Part 2) (Nov/26/2005)
With the boat heist in full swing, Mugen has decided to temporarily trust his old crew. To add to his uncharacteristic move are renewed feelings for the sister of the man who betrayed him and their is still no reason to believe he won't betray Mugen again.
Guest Stars: Kim Strauss as Mukurou (as Kurt Strauss)
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Shuko Murase
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
15 :02x03 - Bogus Booty (Dec/03/2005)
While fishing. Jin finds a bag of gold coins, which means for our impoverished group a much needed blessing. However, it's soon discovered that these coins aren't what they claim to be, nor is the prostitute that takes a strange interest in them.
Guest Stars: Dave Wittenberg as Hankichi Otowa (as David Lelyveld), Michelle Ruff as Yatsuha, Steve Kramer as Akame, Tom Wyner as Momochi Kakinoji (as Abe Lasser), Bob Papenbrook as Kakizou (as John Smallberries)
Director: Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Uwadan Shimofuwato
 
16 :02x04 - Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 1) (Dec/10/2005)
Jin, Mugen and Fuu have a falling out while traveling in the mountains. That leaves them to confront their own monsters on their own. A little more about Jin's and Fuu's pasts comes to light. Mugen is mistaken for another.
Guest Stars: Steve Staley as Yukimaru (as Steve Cannon), Richard Epcar as Okuru
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Masato Miyoshi
Screenplay: Keiko Nobumoto
 
17 :02x05 - Lullabies of the Lost (Verse 2) (Dec/17/2005)
Fuu, Mugen and Jin have separated. Mugen has been mistaken for another; the same mysterious stranger that helped Fuu. Fuu reveals the reason for her search for the Samurai that Smells of Sunflowers.
Guest Stars: Richard Epcar as Okuru, Steve Staley as Yukimaru (as Steve Cannon)
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Hirotaka Endou
Screenplay: Ryouta Suugi
 
18 :02x06 - War of the Words (Jan/05/2006)
Taggers are making a mess of the city. Jin and Fuu learn that Mugen can't read, much to his embarrassment. Jin visits an old d?j? where he used to train and helps to solve a dispute between the twin sons of his old master.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Sayo Yamamoto
Screenplay: Hiroshi Satou
 
19 :02x07 - Unholy Union (Jan/12/2006)
Fuu helps a woman being pursed because of her Christian faith. Meanwhile Jin and Mugen meet a man claiming to be the grandson of Japanese Christian hero Francisco Xavier.
Director: Hirotaka Endou, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Seiko Takagi
 
20 :02x08 - Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 1) (Jan/19/2006)
One day at a bar the trio meets a blind woman named Sara. She follows the group on their travels, but Jin senses there is something hidden in the grace of her movements.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Takeshi Yoshimoto
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
21 :02x09 - Elegy of Entrapment (Verse 2) (Jan/26/2006)
Sara makes a request of Fuu: She asks if either Mugen or Jin can accompany her to see her son. With a heavy heart, Fuu selects Jin to go with her. On the way, Sara reveals who she truly is to Jin and attacks him.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Akitoshi Yokoyama
Screenplay: Shinji Obara
 
22 :02x10 - Cosmic Collisions (Feb/02/2006)
Jin, Fuu, and Mugen literally fall into an excavation site. The leader of this site, according to his family tree, is hundreds of year old and the men working the site don't seem capable of dying.
Director: Sayo Yamamoto, Shinichirou Watanabe
Screenplay: Dai Satou
 
23 :02x11 - Baseball Blues (Feb/16/2006)
Fleeing a dinner bill, Mugen is knocked down by a baseball tossed by a man. Mugen's return throw convinces the man to enlist him, along with Fuu and Jin, in a baseball game to preserve the honour of Japan against the Americans, who are trying to open the island nation up to the West.
Guest Stars: Michael McConnohie as Manzou "The Saw", Doug Stone as Abner Doubleday, Dave Wittenberg as Kagemaru, Dave Mallow as Ichieimon
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe, Mitsutaka Noshitani
Screenplay: Shinichirou Watanabe
 
24 :02x12 - Evanescent Encounter (1) (Feb/23/2006)
The team takes a minute to reflect on all that has happened and Fuu questions her own value. Unknown to the team a top assassin from Edo is coming for them.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe
 
25 :02x13 - Evanescent Encounter (2) (Mar/02/2006)
Fuu leaves Mugen and Jin to follow a lead on the Sunflower Samurai. Meanwhile Jin and Mugen face of against the unstoppable assassin from Edo.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe
 
26 :02x14 - Evanescent Encounter (3) (Mar/09/2006)
Mugen fights the three brothers and Jin tries to survive his fight against the Edo assassin.
Director: Shinichirou Watanabe
 
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