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Shows that feel likeSamurai Champloo (2004–2005)

Break-dancing but fierce warrior Mugen has to deal with the cold-blooded and conceited Jin, a samurai who believes he is above all. These sworn enemies are brought together by Fuu for a special task.

If you loved Samurai Champloo, the closest series we have are Rurouni Kenshin (1996), Monk (2002) and Fairy Tail (2009). All three share Samurai Champloo's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ranma1/2 (2024).

★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Fuji TVcreated by Shinichiro Watanabekineticepicwittyplayfulobsessive
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If Samurai Champloo hit the spot, these will too

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Rurouni Kenshin
1996–1998 · 3 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.5action & adventure · animation · comedy

Common ground in both: samurai and shounen

The difference: Trades the obsession of Samurai Champloo for an angle of its own

The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.

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Monk
2002–2009 · 8 seasons · USA Network
★ 8.1drama · comedy · crimePrime Video

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Samurai Champloo

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

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Fairy Tail
2009–2019 · 8 seasons · TV Tokyo
★ 7.8animation · action & adventure · comedy

Both are working the same pair: anime, adventure

The difference: Takes it somewhere less obsessive than Samurai Champloo does

Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.

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Digimon: Digital Monsters
1999–2001 · 2 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 7.4animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both are built on the same subject: shounen

The difference: Sits closer to sci-fi & fantasy than Samurai Champloo does

While at summer camp, seven kids come across seven Digivices and are transported to a strange digital world. In this new world they make friends with creatures that call themselves Digimon who were born to defend their world from various evil forces.

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Fighting Spirit
2000–2014 · 3 seasons · Nippon TV
★ 8.8animation · comedy · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: anime

Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...

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Ranma1/2
2024– · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · comedyNetflix

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2020s show

Akane Tendo meets her new fiancé, Ranma Saotome, a martial arts prodigy with a twist: he magically transforms into a girl upon touching cold water.

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Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
2017– · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 6.3animation · action & adventure · comedyHulu

The same preoccupation in both: adventure

The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious events unfolds, Boruto’s story is about to begin!

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★ 7.8action & adventure · animation · comedy

Kinetic animation, and it commits to that

After a traffic accident, Kazuma Sato’s disappointingly brief life was supposed to be over, but he wakes up to see a beautiful girl before him. She claims to be a goddess, Aqua, and asks if he would like to go to another world and bring only one thing with him. Kazuma decides to bring the goddess herself, and they are transported to a fantasy world filled with adventure, ruled by a demon king. Now Kazuma only wants to live in peace, but Aqua wants to solve many of this world’s problems, and the demon king will only turn a blind eye for so long…

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Dragon Ball Z Kai
2009–2015 · 6 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.3sci-fi & fantasy · animation · action & adventureHulu

Epic action & adventure in both cases

Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?

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Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
2015 · 1 season · Bandai Channel
★ 7.6animation · action & adventure

Comedy built on momentum, twice over

Transcending eternity, the 12 Gold Saints return to protect love and peace on Earth! They gave their lives to destroy the Wailing Wall to break the way for Seiya and the Saints in their battle against Hades in the Underworld! Though presumed to have perished, Aiolia and the other Gold Saints return to the beautiful earthly world of radiating luminescence! Why have these lost souls been brought back to life? Shrouded in this deep mystery, Aiolia becomes embroiled in a duel. When he burns his Cosmo to its limit…the Cloth of Leo transforms! In 2015, the Golden Cosmo is finally revived!

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Atlanta
2016–2022 · 4 seasons · FX
★ 8.6comedy · dramaHulu

One thread runs through both: hip-hop

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

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Chuck
2007–2012 · 5 seasons · NBC
★ 8.2action & adventure · comedy · drama

Action & adventure with a pulse of wit, in both cases

When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.

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