Samurai Champloo: Taking place during the Edo period and characterized by its anachronistic, hip-hop setting, this television series was the first directorial effort of Japanese director Shiichiro Watanabe, following the widely acclaimed Cowboy Bebop. It followed the swordsman Mugen and a brave young girl named Fuu, who asked him to accompany her to Japan to find the “samurai who smelled like sunflowers.”
