Samurai Champloo — Season 1
Episodes
E01 Tempestuous Temperaments
★ 8.0May 20, 2004 · 24m
Fuu is a part-time teahouse worker whose life changes forever when two vagabond warriors, Mugen and Jin, stumble into her place of business and end up in hot water with the local magistrate.
E02 Redeye Reprisal
★ 7.3Jun 3, 2004 · 24m
When Mugen wounds an enemy's arm, it sets off a dangerous chain reaction. Fuu is kidnapped, and two deadly assassins are dispatched to make short work of vagabond Mugen and ronin Jin.
E03 Hellhounds for Hire (1)
★ 7.6Jun 10, 2004 · 24m
After leaving the domineering Fuu behind, Mugen and Jin arrive in town. Once there, it's not long before they're hired on as bodyguards by the two clans that run the city.
E04 Hellhounds for Hire (2)
★ 7.7Jun 17, 2004 · 24m
The paths Mugen, Jin, and Fuu follow bring them together again, but their reunion is put on hold when an untimely mistake intensifies the struggle between two clans fighting for control of one city.
E05 Artistic Anarchy
★ 7.3Jun 24, 2004 · 24m
An unknown artist hires Fuu for a private modeling session, but his passion for painting turns out to be a front for a human trafficking ring. Will Mugen crack the case in time to save Fuu from a life of slavery?
E06 Stranger Searching
★ 7.3Jul 1, 2004 · 24m
Mugen and Jin loses their weapons and their appetites - in an rice-eating contest, and the only way to get them back is by posing as tour guides for a mysterious European with a penchant for man love!
E07 A Risky Racket
★ 7.5Jul 8, 2004 · 24m
Fuu gets caught in a web of deception when she falls for prolific pickpocket with a heart of gold. But when her sticky-fingered friend slips his hands into the wrong pocket, he could be headed for a beat down.
E08 The Art of Altercation
★ 7.4Jul 15, 2004 · 24m
A cocky sword-slinger with a crush on Fuu dishes the dirt on Jin's disgraceful past. If the renegade ronin wants to restore his good name, he'll need to get his glasses out of hock and make ready for a throw down!
E09 Beatbox Bandits
★ 7.6Jul 22, 2004 · 24m
The crew is headed for the gallows after getting caught flashing fake travel permits, but Mugen can win back their freedom by out hustling a deranged gang of warrior priests.
E10 Lethal Lunacy
★ 7.7Jul 29, 2004 · 24m
Mugen takes his training to the next level in preparation for a full moon death match with a killer who uses a deadly armor-piercing attack to soak the streets in the blood of his victims.
E11 Gamblers and Gallantry
★ 7.9Aug 5, 2004 · 24m
Jin falls in love with a suicidal beauty whose husband sold her into slavery, and Mugen tries to make his fortune in the cutthroat world of beetle sumo wrestling.
E12 The Disorder Diaries
★ 6.5Aug 12, 2004 · 24m
When Mugen and Jin do the unthinkable and read Fuu's diary, they are treated to a riveting recap of all their greatest misadventures.
E13 Misguided Miscreants (1)
★ 7.5Aug 26, 2004 · 24m
When Mugen crosses paths with a face his past, he reluctantly signs on for a heist that could land him a fortune in stolen gold. Unfortunately for him, some old friends aren't to be trusted.
E14 Misguided Miscreants (2)
★ 7.8Sep 2, 2004 · 24m
Mugen - double-crossed and headed for the bottom of the ocean - flashes back to his life before he died for the first time. Back on land, a pretty young thing convinces Jin to brandish his blades in the name of vengeance.
E15 Bogus Booty
★ 7.1Sep 9, 2004 · 24m
Mugen goes under the covers with an undercover investigator who's out to put the smack down on a murderous ring of counterfeiters. Will he finally get the booty he's after?
E16 Lullabies of the Lost (1)
★ 7.4Sep 16, 2004 · 24m
Tempers flare, harsh words are exchanged, and the gang splinters, each member marching off in a different direction. Mugen and Jin wander into some swordplay, and Fuu ends up at the bottom of a river.
E17 Lullabies of the Lost (2)
★ 7.4Sep 23, 2004 · 24m
Jin and Fuu reunite, only to be attacked by a vengeance-driven samurai from Jin's old life. Meanwhile, Mugen takes aim at an arrow-slinging madman who's at the top of everyone's most wanted list.
E18 War of the Words
★ 7.5Jan 22, 2005 · 24m
Mugen learns his letters from a sake-guzzling maniac, Jin makes good on a promise from many years ago, and Fuu sparks a jealous showdown between two bickering graffiti artists.
E19 Unholy Union
★ 7.0Jan 22, 2005 · 24m
Fuu harbors a female fugitive who's on the run from a bogus, gun-slinging missionary. The new girl is trouble, no doubt about it, but she may hold the finding the samurai who smells like sunflowers.
E20 Elegy of Entrapment (1)
★ 7.3Feb 5, 2005 · 24m
Mugen defends the honor of beautiful blind songstress, but when the when the trio of wanderers becomes a quartet, Fuu will be faced with an impossible decision.
E21 Elegy of Entrapment (2)
★ 8.2Feb 12, 2005 · 24m
Mugen's has his own deadly run-in with the same blind beauty that sent Jin plummeting towards a gruesome end. Who is this seductive assassin, and why is she targeting the Champloo crew?
E22 Cosmic Collisions
★ 6.4Feb 19, 2005 · 24m
Jin, Mugen, and Fuu fall into the clutches of a hoard of rotting zombie treasure hunters. Next, they get blown to oblivion by an asteroid. Or maybe they just ate some bad mushrooms.
E23 Baseball Blues
★ 7.2Feb 26, 2005 · 24m
Mugen's failed attempt at a dine-and-dash restaurant caper lands him in hot water with the locals. Redemption lies with leading the town's baseball team to a victory over the arrogant and unwelcome Americans.
E24 Evanescent Encounter (1)
★ 7.7Mar 5, 2005 · 24m
As the crew draws ever nearer their final destination, Fuu makes a bold and startling decision. Elsewhere, unnamed adversaries pursue the travelling trio.
E25 Evanescent Encounter (2)
★ 8.4Mar 12, 2005 · 24m
Jin enters a bloody grudge match with the man responsible for the ruin of his rep. Meanwhile, Mugen races to save Fuu from the clutches of a sadistic madman bent on bloodshed.
E26 Evanescent Encounter (3)
★ 8.4Mar 19, 2005 · 24m
Old scores are finally settled as Mugen, Jin, and Fuu finally come face to face with the ghosts of their respective pasts.