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Basic Production Information:

+ Director: Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Animatrix)
+ Design: Kazuto Nakazawa (Kill Bill Vol. 1)
+ Design: Mahiro Maeda (Last Exile)
+ Music: Tsutchie, Fat Jon, Nujabes, Force of Nature
+ Anime Air Date: May 19, 2004 on Fuji TV (Japan), May 14, 2005 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (US)
+ Manga Info: began in Shonen Ace in August 2004. TOKYOPOP has licensed the manga in the US.

Basic Story Plotline

Mugen and Jin are both rebellious samurai; Jin a formally trained and mysterious one, Mugen a hip-hop, break-dancing tempermental one. Fuu saves them from being executed after a swordfight between the two men causes them to fall into the hands of a feudal lord. But in return, Fuu makes the men promise to accompany her on a journey to find a samurai who "smells like sunflowers." Additionally, Mugen and Jin cannot continue their fight until this mission has been completed. And with that, the three set out on a journey across Edo era Japan...