Samurai Champloo, airing in 2004, stands as a groundbreaking anime directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. Seamlessly blending historical drama and hip-hop elements, it crafts a unique visual and musical experience that captivated anime enthusiasts and hip-hop fans alike, earning acclaim domestically and internationally.

Director Watanabe, known for his deep appreciation of music, selected four well-known hip-hop artists for this project: Nujabes, fat jon, FORCE OF NATURE, and Tsutchie. The tracks they created for Samurai Champloo were released across four CDs – “departure,” “masta,” “impression,” and “playlist” – and became a smash hit. They were reissued as vinyl in 2022, and the vinyl versions sold an impressive 20,000 copies, maintaining popularity to this day.

Now, in 2024, the 20th anniversary of Samurai Champloo’s TV broadcast, these soundtracks will finally be available on music subscription services worldwide. As the CDs are currently hard to come by, and a record player is required to listen to the vinyl records, this release will enable both domestic and international fans to easily access the soundsource.

In conjunction with this announcement, an official anime playlist has also been released on Spotify. We hope you will check it out.

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the TV broadcast of Samurai Champloo in 2024, various plans are in the works, so please stay tuned for future updates.

●Spotify official anime playlist “Samurai Champloo”

Distribution information

Available on streaming services and major download sites such as the iTunes Store, RecoChoku, and mora!

samurai champloo music records “departure” / Nujabes, fat jon

https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/SamuraiChamploo_departure

samurai champloo music records “masta” / FORCE OF NATURE, Tsutchie

https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/SamuraiChamploo_masta

samurai champloo music record “impression” / Nujabes, FORCE OF NATURE, fat jon

https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/SamuraiChamploo_impression

samurai champloo music records “playlist” / Tsutchie

https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/SamuraiChamploo_playlist

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