Two wandering Ronin Samurai and a girl are in search of the Samurai that smells of sunflowers have a genuine natural ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But wait that is not all, we also have Hip Hop. That's Wickity Wack Y'all.  

Highlights

Over the 26 episodes of this uber-classic anime there are a minimum of 37.5 highlights. I don't have enough time or will to list them all but, here are a few of the real top moments. Early on in the first 10 minutes we have the two Ronin take out some top notch Samurai and some punk young men who think they rule the roost because of their position. These young punks are very similar to the city street princes of the urban neighborhoods. They are beat down and even taught that real insanity can be out of control and overwhelming. Jin and Mugen, our two heros, and Kasumi, our heroin, have the world by the tail and only need FOOD to keep them going. The majority of the episodes take a page from real life and take these wanders and make them hungry and consistently in need of food.  This pushes some of the action along and gets our trio involved in some great situations.

While trying to cross the frontier, they have a fun encounter with a few warrior monks growing a special grass (blunt)!. Thanks to Mugen and his ability to arouse the best in people, a small fire is ignited. The smoke engulfs the village and check point, they throw open the gates and a night of crazed debauchery commences and it goes down in history as the night of free passage. I had no idea the Japanese of the 1870s knew how to party like that. 

Overall

I know that I have taken on this awesome anime in the past and because I get the opportunity to review it in Blu-ray only made me happy.  In the case of Samurai Champloo, I can say that the increase quality does have an impact on the experience of viewing. In War of Words there is a great mix of spray paint tagging and ninja art. I never know that tagging started in ancient Japan. How cool it that?

There is a never ending stream of goodness with this show and the action keeps you on your toes. Fuu is the innocent, Jin is the stoic moralist and Mugen os the reckless vagabond. Together they make a trio that you want to survive and continue to find themselves together. 

ComicsOnline gives Samurai Champloo: The Complete Season on Blu-ray, 5 out of 5 cosmic collisions.