Every episode opened with "Battlecry", an edited version of the track by Nujabes and Shing02. You can catch it streaming online, available both subbed and dubbed.
Since then, the series has also aired in the United Kingdom, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Germany. The hip-hop/samurai blend of Samurai Champloo ran for 26 episode, and the series premiered in Japan on May 20, 2004, and an English dub of the series premiered in the United States on the Adult Swim anime block on May 14, 2005. The mash-up of styles is similar to director Shinichirō Watanabe's prior series, Cowboy Bebop ( prev), though the earlier series blended space travel, westerns and 1940s-60s jazz. The music of Nujabes and other hip-hop artists played a major role in the anime series Samurai Champloo, which is set in a world full of anachronisms, blending elements of hip-hop culture into Edo period Japan. In this same vein, the artist Alys made a mix of tracks Nujabes sampled, entitled Modal Source. Nujabes has also released a CD of inspirations for his album Modal Soul, entitled Modal Soul Classics.
Though largely vinyl-based, the label released a few albums starting in 2005 or so, and two collections of tracks previously limited to vinyl. Along with Seba Jun's own productions, the label has presented UK rapper Funky DL, Japanese musicians Uyama Hiroto, MINMI, Shing02, and US artists CYNE, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, Pase Rock and CL Smooth. Hydeout Productions is a young label, with the first tracks being released in 2001.
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