Samurai Champloo (Cartoon Network)

Contrary to what CS said, I didn't notice much sexual imagery out of context, that is to say, Wantanabe didn't go out of his way to make actual porn. Rather, Fuu (the main female character) is in constant trouble, in one episode getting in trouble and having to work in a brothel (this is actually an enlighting scene, because one of her friends she made while working in there is working off a debt her father owed for gambling. Is it right? Thats for parents to decide. Is it culturaly correct? Yes. Another episode that might have triggered this review was when Fuu was targeted to be a subject for a painting, then sold off to europe. Her painter/partial kidnapper had a change of heart once his bosses henchmen showed up and where more rough than was needed with Fuu. Other then those few scenes and possibly another brothel scene i missed (which maintains context to the story, if you want a story with no context, just fanservice, watch Girls Bravo) Violence is exactlly as bad as the reviewer mentioned. This series is not at all for the scwimish, as there are copious amounts of blood, violance, and hate abound. Why is this? Well, at the end, Mugen (crazy male main character) and Jin (calm, collected main male lead), are reavealed to be Yin and Yang, in constant chaos. Languge isn't nearly as bad as it could be, the dub replaced swears with scratches from a turntable I could almost compleatly disagree with the CS reviewer on Social Behavior. Mugen and Jin generally always go their sepreate ways when they enter a town (such as them entering rival gangs, or Mugen mugging while Jin plays Shogi) But in the end, it is Fuu, the female lead, who brings them all together and restates their goal to find the samari who smells of sunflowers. Comericalization: None Drug and alchol are used. Why? Because the drinking of Saki is a cultural staple. Saki is to Japan as Whisky is to america. I can see where the reviewer goes with the pot though. That episode, at best, was a filler.

My only issue was the rating. It's a great show for adults, just not for kids. P.S.- Your rating is wrong. If you check *://*imdb*, it will tell you that Samurai Champloo is actually rated TV-MA. THe edited version is TV-14, however the version that you speak of is actually the TV-MA version. So, you need to update it.

This show was great. I watched it every night with my 2 year old when it was on Adult Swim. This show had great role models as well as having some great moments to teach my kids about drugs and pimping. Both of these things will be something he will need to know in my home town.

I L samurai champloo its fun its easy its american but still japanese. everybody knows it even if you dont wanna except it. the pot thing is american as baseball my little brother watches it with me all of the time i mean common. the thing is some parents cant control what thier kids do. so its not the animators at fault. its not hentai. so stfu! the redlight district thing was awesum the hip hop in the middle was perfect. the grafiti the moves of mugen so real so much better than im used to. if you dont like it well you wont like alot of anime. its not my fault you guys cant control your kids. my brother is 10 and he watches samruai champloo but hes not slashin people. in fact hes interested in the edo era. if he could be that interested in history just imagen.

Samurai Champloo is a great anime with beautifully animated fight scenes, an involving story, and great characters. That's not to say it's for the faint of heart. Fight scenes do get quite brutal(for example, a mans fingers are broken one by one). I didn't notice much degradation of women. There's one episode in which the characters go too a brothel, and another where a character is forced to join a brothel, but no sex is seen at any point in the series. Frankly, I'm utterly stunned that commonsensemedia would give this brilliant show a 2/5.