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[25] In the original plan, there were three semi-regular characters that would appear
through the series. They were Rekku, a Dutchman claiming to be Japanese; Koku, a traveling priest acquainted with Jin's past; and Sara, a female ninja who falls in love with Mugen. [8] While their roles were reduced to one-off appearances, versions of the characters survived. Rekku became the character Joji in "Stranger Searching", the priest appeared in "Lethal Lunacy", while Sara was a central character in "Elegy of Entrapment". [8] An early antagonist is Ryujiro, the son of a corrupt government official who loses his arm to Mugen in the opening episode and later plots revenge against them. [28] Historical figures or character homages also appear, for example painter Hishikawa Moronobu; Joji, who is a fictionalized version of Isaac Titsingh; a version of American baseball player Alexander Cartwright; and Ando Uohori, who is a direct reference to Andy Warhol. [16][29][30] Production[edit] Series director Shinichirō Watanabe at the 2009 Japan Expo Samurai Champloo was the debut television production of animation studio Manglobe, which was started in 2002 by Sunrise veteran Shinichirō Kobayashi. [8][31] The opening animation was contributed to by the studio Madhouse. [32] A production committee to support the project was formed by Victor Entertainment's Shirō Sasaki, partnering with Tokuma Shoten and North American company Geneon Entertainment. [8] Watanabe acted as the series director, in addition to creating the project. Kobayashi, Sasaki, Sanae
Mitsugi and Hideki Goto were credited as planners and executive producers,[33] and the producers were Takatoshi Hamano, Takashi Kochiyama and Tetsuro Satomi.
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