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[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. [34] The story was composed by Shinji Obara and Yukihiko Tsutsumi of Office Crescendo, with scripts written by Obara, Dai Satō, Touko Machida, Keiko Nobumoto, Seiko Takagi, Ryota Sugi, and Watanabe. [8][33][34][35] Nakazawa wrote and storyboarded episode 15, being credited as Uwadan Shimofuwato in the former role. [21][34] Nakazawa also acted as both character designer and chief animation director. The art director was Takeshi Waki, the storyboard director was Kazuki Akane, and coloring was led by Eri Suzuki. [8][33] Additional characters were created by Hideto Komori.