The director of the classic anime series COWBOY BEBOP, Shinichiro Watanabe, follows up with SAMURAI CHAMPLOO. As in his previous series, Watanabe mixes genres and attitudes into a cohesive whole. SAMURAI CHAMPLOO is set in feudal Japan, but combines that with a hip-hop soundtrack and attitude. Mugen, a wild and animalistic warrior, starts a fight with Jin, a calm and mannered ronin, in the midst of a tea house. When the two men are threatened with execution, flaky waitress Fuu rescues them both. However, their freedom has a price, as Fuu recruits them to help her find the mysterious "samurai who smells of sunflowers." This release contains the first two episodes of the action series.