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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013023229891
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Geneon [Pioneer]
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sales Rank: 40716
Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
Theatrical Release Date: January 11, 2005
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The outrageous comedy-adventure Samurai Champloo reaches new heights of absurdity in episode 18, a showcase for creator Shinichiro Watanabe's interest in hip-hop culture. While Mugen belatedly learns to read in a smackdown elementary school, Jin tries to settle the rivalry between two brothers who inherited the dojo of a former sensei. The two seemingly unrelated storylines collide in a hilarious, no-holds-barred anachronistic graffiti contest that features Tokugawa-era rap lyrics, gang signs, ink-brush tagging, Hiroshima homeboys, and a designer-connoisseur who's a caricature of Andy Warhol. Only Watanabe could pull off these anachronistic high jinks so effortlessly. In the darker episode 19, Jin and Mugen learn a bit more about the mysterious 'samurai who smells of sunflowers,' the curious skull-shaped charm he left behind, and why Fuu is so determined to find him. The mismatched trio also encounters a group of hidden Christians, who were persecuted by the Shoguns, in part for their links to gunrunners. (Rated 16 and older: violence, profanity, brief nudity, sexual situations, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Samurai Champloo & Kung Faux are good to go!
Osu!- Yo!- Act like ya know! - Samurai Champloo & Kung Faux on dvd are good to go! Hip Hop on Asian pop culture taste good together.
Rating: - 5th installment delievers the goods once again.......
A very strong volume....No episodes that I didn't like.
#17 Lullibies of the Lost Verse 2: Interesting episode that finishes off the vol.4 cliffhanger nicely. Great fight scenes, Great story, Good to see Mugen, Jin, and Fuu come back together.
#18 War of the Words: Hillarious-ass samurai tagging episode, Great art work on the tagging, Great side story with Mugen learning to read, a very strong episode in my opinion. Probably the most rewatchable on the disc.
#19 ... Read More
Rating: - This is anime for everyone and vol 5. rocks
what can i say. i know. if God would watch TV this would be a must watch show. samurai champloo is a masterpiece. its hilarious, emotional, intensifying, everything and most important adults as well as teenagers can watch this without any complaints about it. all i got to say is this. You have to watch this series before you die. oh and excuse my grammar mistakes
Rating: - you guys aint no average street punks
the fifth installment of samurai champloo has proven, like the volumes before it, that good things come to those who wait. with masterful artwork, great music and action-packed scenes, samurai champloo has kept the industry alive. below are my ratings for the four episodes on this volume.
episode seventeen: lullabies of the lost verse2- the fans that watched volume four have been waiting for this episode: it finishes what volume four left unfinished. this episode reveals the fate of ... Read More
Rating:  - LOVE IS IN THE AIR
As the local authorities and Mugen search for the mysterious Okuru, who by the way is looking after Fuu, Jin must face a samurai out to avenge his master's death. It seems Jin killed him. This was an interesting episode, seeing as it dealt with the Ainu, the original inhabitants of Japan. Much as the Europeans pushed the Indians into extinction, so too did these natives go. The next two episodes are more lightweight, with varying results. In "War of the Words" we find out that Mugen is illiterate. He seems ... Read More
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