The latest series from the most awesome Shinichiro Watanabe (of Cowboy Bebop fame).
It's a series which is still currently airing in Japan, but will be out on DVD in the States around January of next year.
Where as Cowboy Bebop seemed to focus on Jazz music, this series seems to focus on hip-hop music. Basically, it's a series set in Japan around the mid- 1800's. It's about two badass Samuari named Mugen and Jin. They couldn't be any farther apart in terms of personality. One is headstrong and instinctive while the other is cool and collected. They play off each other very nicely. The other character is a girl named Fuu. She basically helps Mugen and Jin escape in the first episode from being executed for a crime they really didn't commit. Anyways, afterwards she enlists their help to find a Samurai, not just any samurai, but a samurai that "smells of sunflowers".
It's a very cool series, not quite up to the level of greatness of Bebop, but still is totally excellent. In my opinion, Shinichiro Watanabe can do no wrong...
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