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Official 'Samurai Champloo' thread
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Admittedly, it wasn't hard to find their site with the licensed material... I don't really care about that stuff, but I do miss having one site that covers anything and everything anime related right down to the music. Ah well, it'll just take me 30 seconds to get everything I want instead of 1 second. It's not a big deal. 
Just hope they come back as it did make things easier.
Just hope they come back as it did make things easier.
Chrono said:Samurai Champloo is already licensed by Geneon. Before it even aired in japan.
I have no idea what that means If it is licensed does that mean it will "likely" see its way stateside? Is licensing implicit of distribution rights outside of japan? Or would I be looking at a foreign language import?
Crazymoogle
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scola said:
Licensed: North American anime company puts down cash for rights to an R1 DVD release.
When you hear something is licensed, 99% chance its coming out in North America, and for the high profile releases, that can also mean a release soon.
Crazymoogle said:
Radical
Thanks Crazymoogle. (and chrono, you didn't know I was a newb to this)
The only other anime I have been remotely interested in buying has been Cowboy Bebop (which is obviously already here) so I don't know a lot about it.
I may by pirate battle because of this kindness
(just kidding Ill buy it because pirates are rad).
neptunes said:
Mugen doesn't show compassion because it's what Ishimatsu wanted...he was a thug and violated his family so he took responsibility for his actions.
I'm puzzled as to where this anime is going...there seems to be no solid storyline yet.
And, no, I haven't seen 5 yet. It's only in RAW form.
I'll have to download the OST tomorrow; it appears to be quite long.
i'm loving both OSTs, especially Departure. A lot of tracks remind me of what i'd hear on the Jazzmusique program on netmusique.com's netradio station -- jazzy lo-fi samples dropped over a beat. It's good stuff, just a bit repetitive. Most of the jazzier stuff is on the Departure CD, while a few of the more hip hop-flavored tracks are on Masta.
After seeing the fourth episode, the anime itself feels the same to me. Still loads of potential, still wondering where it's going. i still love the series judging by what we've seen so far, i'd just like to see things come together a bit more in the next episode.
After seeing the fourth episode, the anime itself feels the same to me. Still loads of potential, still wondering where it's going. i still love the series judging by what we've seen so far, i'd just like to see things come together a bit more in the next episode.
The only thing about the visuals that really bothers me is the difference in character detail, mainly in faces. Most of the characters (ie. people in the city) have a simpler, Miyazaki-esque style to them, whereas the main characters have much greater, often more rugged details. A lot of the bad guys have African American features (ie Nishimatsu) which i guess ties into the the whole hip hop style that's infused with the show.
In ep. 4 even the main character's faces look less detailed unless they're close-up shots. Sometimes the proportions are weird, too. The difference between episode 4 and the others is obvious, to a nit-picker such as myself. As for the actual episode itself, it was good. Didn't blow me away, but it was a decent watch.
hmm... in ep.2 when Mugen slices a bbq-stick in half... you'll notice his face is only composed of lines.
edit. http://champloo.rushtoy.com/gallery/data/media/7/chopstick_2.gif watch that part again and you'll see. Usually in most animes, they have the eye detail down while everything else becomes 'lines'.
edit. http://champloo.rushtoy.com/gallery/data/media/7/chopstick_2.gif watch that part again and you'll see. Usually in most animes, they have the eye detail down while everything else becomes 'lines'.
As I much as I love Cowboy Bebop, I still don't want champloo to turn out just like it in terms of plot development. Maybe its' because I saw Bebop at a much faster rate then Champloo's 1 episode a week. I don't know but I'm looking forward to an interesting overall plot that makes up at least 75% of what's ahead.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Episode 4 really wasn't as exciting as I hoped. This show has really gone down hill since Episode 1, both in animation quality and storytelling. I still like it though...
GermanOfficer
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Ghost said:
Usually in 26 episode series the main plot develops not before episode 10-12.
So we just have to be patient to see the samurai who smells like sunflowers....
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