[QUOTE=Dagger]I rarely download raws (seeing how as I know almost no Japanese). Yet I've been anticipating Samuari Champloo for so many months that I couldn't resist watching episode 1 as soon as possible, even without being able to understand the dialogue. Anyway, since this show is bound to be insanely popular, I'm sure someone will sub it pretty soon.
Shinichiro Watanabe has become one of my personal gods, heh. I worked my way through Cowboy Bebop once or twice, and I appreciated it for what it is--a high-quality anime that I enjoy watching but just don't love. Samurai Champloo, on the other hand, seems to be right up my alley.
The first episode alone contains one of the best anime swordfights that I have [i]ever[/i] come across. It's better than those seen in the last arc of Peacemaker, better than Kenshin's first duel with Saitou, possibly even better than all of the amazing battles that motivated me to buy the Samurai X OVAs. I can't even find the words to express my esctacy.
Visually and aurally, Samurai Champloo is (as expected) very, very cool. The scene transitions are particularly innovative, and the show's animation just about reeks of style. This series is to hip-hop as Cowboy Bebop is to jazz--it owes much of its unique atmosphere to its daring soundtrack. I used the word "daring" because most people simply wouldn't think of combining a historical action-drama with... well, hip-hop, which is one of the most modern genres of music in existence.
I loved how [spoiler]the second-to-last frame said "The End," and was followed shortly by "Psyche! To be continued."[/spoiler] That amused me quite a bit. ^_^
~Dagger~[/QUOTE]
my boyfriends more in to that show than ai am but he says its the best show in the world (hes seen all the episods so far and like ya) but to go as far as the language barier me and my boyfriend both know ***. so like we see all raw show that he jets shiped from his cuz in Japan