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Samurai Champloo
Marvyn and Anthony are back to squeeze a podcast into Brian’s lunch break as we look at episodes 7 to 12 of Samurai Champloo.
The Power of Three: Samurai Champloo (revisited)
Some time ago I looked at Fuu, Jin, and Mugen and concluded that they were a sort of half-assed Eternal Triangle, where the two guys vie for the…
Anime of Foreign Fears: Samurai Champloo
This probably won’t come as a shock to you, but I’m totally a xenophile. It’s not just Japanese culture that I adore, though it is my favorite, but…
Samurai Champloo – Cosmic Collisions
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Samurai Champloo Part 3
Anthony & Marvyn return to the podcast as we continue our leisurely stroll through 2004’s Samurai Champloo. On this episode we cover episodes 13-20 of the series. Mugen,…
Samurai Champloo Part 4
Anthony Askew & Marvyn Lafayette are back to wrap up our romp through Shinichiro Watanabe's hip hop ahistorical anime Samurai Champloo.
Samurai Champloo – Cosmic Collisions
Horror Samurai Champloo (2004)Cosmic Collisions (Episode 22)Director: Sayo Yamamoto Writer: Dai Satō Even more so than the baseball episode, Cosmic Collisions is quite the trip. For one, it’s…
Samurai Champloo Is One of a Kind.
Loved Samurai Champloo since forever. I've been enamored by the adventures of Jin, Mugen, and Fuu ever since I first watched it, so I’m happy I could rewatch…
Samurai Champloo Review (Spoiler Free)
It’s time for the next instalment of my anime genre review collection, with Samurai Champloo representing the “Adventure” genre. I wanted to choose something that was longer than…
Anime Review #133: Samurai Champloo
My best friend is a man of many technical abilities and quite knowledgeable about various outside subjects. When I first met him, he was a young, recently-graduated man…
DITB #329 – Samurai Champloo (Part 1)
Marvyn Lafayette joins us to discuss the Edo “arc” of Samurai Champloo (episodes 1-6).
Why You Must Watch Samurai Champloo
There haven’t been many Anime over my Anime watching journey that have really stood out the way Samurai Champloo has. The series very much surprised me as I…
Dec 13 Samurai Champloo a new hit
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Dec 20 Samurai Champloo a new record
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How to Build a Series: Samurai Champloo
I don’t talk enough about Samurai Champloo. I guess that’s because it’s Shinichiro Watanabe’s second series, and let’s be honest: Once you’ve made Cowboy Bebop there’s only one…
(My ambivilance towards) Samurai Champloo: A Review
Samurai Champloo may have its repetitive issues but excels in direction, which is to be expected
Samurai Champloo has the perfect ending #samuraichamploo #nujabes # #anime
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Anime Throwback – Samurai Champloo: More than a Hip-Hop Samurai Adventure
Don’t get me wrong, the hip-hop theme is amazing.
Single of the Week: "Shiki No Uta" by MINMI (Samurai Champloo ED)
Reminder: "Single of the Week" is an array of periodicals here at CB Nonsense where I choose an anime song of my choice, every week, a...
Your Anime is Political: Cowboy Bebop & Samurai Champloo
How the classic series by Shinichiro Watanabe present a vision for radical acceptance and multicultural soul-searching.
Let’s not forget about Samurai Champloo #nujabes #anime #samuraichamploo
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Belladonna of Sadness
By Jonathan Clements. Stolen from her betrothed, raped by the lord of the manor and his men, medieval European peasant girl Jeanne loses her faith in God and…
Fuu from Samurai Champloo is under appreciated #nujabes #samuraichamploo #anime
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The Story of Animerama: Belladonna of Sadness
By 1971, things looked grim for the Animerama project and Mushi Productions. Cleopatra had flopped, Tezuka had resigned from the studio i...
Tomorrow's Joe, Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Little Wansa
The Bluebird of Sadness in RahXephon
Of all of the characters in RahXephon, Jin Kunigi is my favorite. There is a piece of myself that hates this realization. He is exactly the character that…
#80 - Belladonna of Sadness
In this episode, Sully, Tobias, and Bill discuss Eiichi Yamamoto’s surreal, psychedelic classic Belladonna of Sadness, the story of a young French peasant woman who after a traumatizing…
Tower of God – 10 [Beyond the Sadness]
Ladies and gentleman, this is a momentous week for Tower of God. Where last week was ups and downs, where it skipped a lot of content but ultimately…
Sadness Conga
Eden Zero gets liberal with gravity, Ayakashi Triangle goes for an old chestnut, and The Promised Neverland finally comes to an end. My Hero Academia 275 - 3:52Spy x…
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Samurai Champloo Sidetracked: I Would Make A Joke, But Sidetracked Works Perfectly Already
Today we are going to be doing a (hopefully) shorter post than my usual because for my podcast group, I decided to play and finish Samurai Champloo Sidetracked.…
The art of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
I was hoping to buy a thirtieth anniversary edition of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream album on vinyl but, for some reason, I’ve yet to find such a…
Belladonna of Sadness Review (NSFW; TW)
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Mystery of the Samurai Sword
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Hagakure: the Art of the Samurai
The Hagakure appears obsessed with seppuku when you read through it. In the book, Yamamoto Tsunetomo collected myriad accounts of samurai from Saga domain along with various proverbs…
This Week in Anime - The Psychosexual World of Belladonna of Sadness
Following the death of pioneering director Eiichi Yamamoto, Nick and Nicky revisit his psychedelic film Belladonna of Sadness, an incomparable piece of art confronting misogyny, classism, and sexual…
The Everyday Magic of 'Samurai Egg'
Looking inside Yoshiyuki Momose's film for 'Modest Heroes.'
Battle of the Generations – Taiso Samurai
We are now into the second anime I managed to complete in Winter 2020. The subject of course, is my beloved sports anime but with a bit of…
Belladonna of Sadness: Goes Deeper than You’d Think
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The Elusive Samurai
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke
Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Girard’s book African Samurai tries to mesh nonfiction with historical fiction. The result is a patchwork that felt more fiction than historical. The seams quickly…
Pick of the Week: Samurai and Kings
KATE: There is SO MUCH GOOD MANGA coming out this week, y'all, I don't know where to begin! VIZ is unveiling two new series with grown-up appeal—Steel of…
Belladonna of Sadness (1973) | Retro Anime Recommendations #animeshorts #retroanime
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Episode 238, "Hody Jones And The Infinite SADness"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Zach and Ed at the helm once again as we go through manga chapter 681, “Luffy vs. Master,”…
Episode 238, "Hody Jones And The Infinite SADness"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we have Zach and Ed at the helm once again as we go through manga chapter 681, “Luffy vs. Master,”…
The Elusive Samurai (Volume 1) – The Slaughter of 1333
Tokiyuki Houjou is the successor to the Kamakura shogunate, however, he has no real expectations of things to come. So, when a bloody coup decimates his clan and…
The Last Samurai Vendetta: The Revenge of Usui Rokuro
In 1873, Japan banned the age-old practice of kataki-uchi: blood revenge. Years later, the son of a murdered samurai would take his vengeance nonetheless.
Pick of the Week: Samurai, Swords, and Sharks
SEAN: I can’t guarantee that I’ll be devouring it immediately, but given its legacy I think The Legend of Kamui has to be my pick of this week.…
Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru Vol 1
Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru Vol 1 by Masashi Kishimoto and Akira Okubo Samurai 8 is a retro futuristic manga that mashes up The Last Starfighter with…
Taiso Samurai – 05 [Battling Samurai]
Here’s another Taiso Samurai outing where the script sidelines Jotaro, who seems to be the main character in name only. Last week it was all about Leo and…
Taiso Samurai – 04 [Samurai Daughter]
Is Leo the stealth main character of Taiso Samurai? This episode certainly pointed in that direction, taking a prime opportunity for father-daughter bonding and making it a ninja-daughter…
Taiso Samurai – 03 [Dueling Samurai]
Here’s a more conventional sports anime episode for you. Leo still refuses to take off his ninja headgear and Big Bird is still squawking up a storm in…