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[38] His approach was combining two of his favorite things, classic samurai
adventure films and series and hip hop music, into a single work. [12] He created the concept for Samurai Champloo during this period, but work on it was delayed due to his work on Cowboy Bebop: The Movie and his segments of The Animatrix at Studio 4°C. [5][8] Kobayashi had invited Wanatabe to work on an original project at Manglobe when it was founded in February 2002, and Watanabe sent the Samurai Champloo pitch in May of that year. [8] The pitch included the central concepts for the series, and draft designs for the lead characters. [8][6] Watanabe invited Nakazawa on board as he was a fan of his work and wanted the opportunity to work with him.
Obara, known more for his work on live-action movies and television dramas, was brought in through a mutual friend at Office Crescendo. [5] The eventual unstructured production style was unheard of in anime, and at the outset Obara created a series structure. The three-episode finale was not planned ahead, emerging naturally as part of the design approach. [5] As the project evolved, Watanabe pushed for this structured approach to be discarded aside from the lead characters and premise, and Obara agreed to the new approach. The lack of a structure meant that the series narrative was constructed piece by piece, with few plot details being decided in advance. [8] The fates of the three characters were also undecided during this stage.
