. . . . . . "Samurai Champloo (Japanese: \u30B5\u30E0\u30E9\u30A4\u30C1\u30E3\u30F3\u30D7\u30EB\u30FC, Hepburn: Samurai Chanpur\u016B) is a Japanese anime series developed by Manglobe. It featured a production team led by director Shinichir\u014D Watanabe, character designer Kazuto Nakazawa and mechanical designer Mahiro Maeda. Samurai Champloo was Watanabe's first directorial effort for an anime television series after the critically acclaimed Cowboy Bebop."@en . . . . .