List of Samurai Champloo episodes

The episodes of the anime series Samurai Champloo were produced by Manglobe and written and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. The first episode premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on May 20, 2004 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005. The series chronicles the journey of a young woman named Fuu and her two traveling companions, Mugen and Jin, as they travel across Edo era Japan in search of a samurai who smells of sunflowers that Fuu wishes to find.

Geneon Entertainment licensed the show for distribution in North America almost a year prior to the show's airing in Japan. An English dub of the series premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on January 20, 2004, moving to the Adult Swim anime block on May 14, 2005. The version aired had some foul languaged replaced with sound effects. The final first run of the episodes concluded on March 18, 2006. Samurai Champloo debuted in Canada on December 24, 2006 on the digital station, Razer. The series has also aired in the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, Poland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Germany.

The episodes use six pieces of theme music. "Battlecry" performed by Nujabes and Shing02 is used for the opening theme for all twenty six episodes. "Song of Four Seasons (四季ノ唄)" by Minmi is used for the primary ending theme, except for four episodes. Episode 12 uses Minmi's "Who's Theme" as its ending, episode 17 uses "You" by Kazami, 23 uses "Fly" by Azuma Riki, and the final episode uses the song "San Francisco" by Midicronica for its ending.