Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. Jin's a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's ninety-nine ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.

Mugen's a buck wild warrior: violent, thoughtless and womanizing. Jin is a vagrant ronin: mysterious, traditional, well-mannered and very strong as well. These two fiercely independent warriors couldn't be more different from one another, but when both are saved by the ditzy Fuu, they set out to help her find a mysterious samurai "who smells of sunflowers."

Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. Jin's a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the ditzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's ninety-nine ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai.

In a world full of evil, a hardworking waitress, an arrogant mercenary and a mysterious samurai meet. Through a series of misunderstandings, Fuu, Mugen and Jin find themselves running from officials and wanted by the law. Together they form an uneasy alliance to search for the enigmatic Sunflower Samurai.

When rumors of a mysterious figure with a vendetta against samurais start to spread, Mugen and Jin volunteer to take care of the killer before the body count rises any further. But after a grueling, explosive battle, they discover that the samurai killer is on a mission of his own - to collect the swords of a thousand defeated warriors! Could this vicious swordsman be the link to the elusive the Sunflower Samurai?

This Samurai Champloo art book was directly translated from the original Roman Album edition. Main characters Mugen, Jin, and Fuu are each profiled at length, all twenty-six episodes are summarized and illustrated with screen captures, and the "Backstage Champloo" chapter features interviews with Director Shinichiro Watanabe, Character Designer and Chief Animator Kazuto Nakazawa, and Art Director Takeshi Waki.