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Sparkle
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Salim Akil
Produced by
Debra Martin Chase
TD Jakes
Whitney Houston
Curtis Wallace
Salim Akil
Mara Brock Akil
Written by
Mara Brock Akil
Howard Rosenman
Based on
Sparkle
by
Joel Schumacher
Howard Rosenman[1]
Starring
Jordin Sparks
Whitney Houston
Derek Luke
Mike Epps
Carmen Ejogo
Tamela Mann
Tika Sumpter
Omari Hardwick
Cee Lo Green
Music by
R. Kelly
Curtis Mayfield
Kier Lehman
André DeJuan
Cinematography
Anastas N. Michos
Edited by
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Production
company
Stage 6 Films
Distributed by
TriStar Pictures
Release date
August 17, 2012 (2012-08-17)
Running time
116 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million[3]
Box office
$24 million
Sparkle is a 2012 American musical film directed by Salim Akil and produced by Stage 6 Films, It was released on August 17, 2012, by TriStar Pictures. Inspired by The Supremes, Sparkle is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name, which centered on three singing teenage sisters from Harlem who form a girl group in the late 1950s. The remake takes place in Detroit, Michigan in 1968 during the Motown era.[4]
The film stars Jordin Sparks, Derek Luke, Whitney Houston, Mike Epps, Cee Lo Green, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Tamela Mann and Omari Hardwick. Sparkle features songs from the original film written by soul musician Curtis Mayfield as well as new compositions by R&B artist R. Kelly.[5][6] This film is the debut of R&B/pop singer and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as an actress. Sparkle also marks Whitney Houston's fifth and final feature film role before her death on February 11, 2012, three months after filming ended.[7] The film is dedicated to her memory.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Background
3.1 Production
4 Release
5 Reception
6 Soundtrack
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Detroit, Michigan: 1968, A nightclub MC named Red (Terrence J) introduces a local singer Black (Cee Lo Green) who performs his song "I'm a Man". While Black performs Stix (Derek Luke), an aspiring record label executive is watching from the crowd. Meanwhile, 19 year old, Sparkle Anderson (Jordin Sparks) talks with her older sister, Tammy "Sister" Anderson (Carmen Ejogo), before she goes onstage. After performing Black encounters Sister and Sparkle backstage, attempting to flirt with Sister, but instead of accepting his advances, teases him by slitting the side of her mini-dress above the thigh, before walking on stage. Stix spots Sparkle and is instantly attracted to her. Sister does a solo performance singing a song sparkle wrote titled "Yes I Do". Stix tries to get Sparkle's attention as her and Sister leave the club and rush home.
As Sister and Sparkle arrive home, their sister Delores/Dee (Tika Sumpter) opens the door and they sneak upstairs to their room to avoid having their mother hear them come in. Emma (Whitney Houston), the girls' mother, walks into the girls' room and notices Sparkle, Sister and Dee in bed together, and demands that Sister and Sparkle prepare for bed and be ready for church in the morning. The next morning while at church Stix along with his cousin Levi (Omari Hardwick) spot Sister and Sparkle sitting in the choir. Levi tells Stix that Sister and Sparkle are siblings with musical talent, and Levi is interested in meeting Sister. After church Stix and Sparkle meet and talk for a while, as Emma notices and looks on disapprovingly. Ms. Waters (Tamela Mann) Emma's friend points out that Emma's oldest daughter Sister is almost 30, and due to a bad situation in New York City was forced to move back to Detroit to live with Emma. Later that night Emma hosts a Bible study at her home in which both Levi and Stix are present. However, Levi takes the time to make a date with Sister who is uninterested and not participating in her mother's Bible study. After Emma and everyone leave the house, Stix secretly stays behind and notices Sparkle playing an original song that she wrote on a piano. Stix tries to encourage Sparkle to sing. A few nights later Stix comes to Sparkle's home to take her on a date at a nightclub. On the way home while sitting in front of Sparkle's home Stix tries again to encourage Sparkle to pursue a music career and tries to convince her to form a group with her sisters. Sparkle tells Stix that her mother was a singer, but almost died pursuing her dream.
One day after church Stix tries to convince Dee and Sister to form a music group with Sparkle and Sparkle becomes angry feeling that Stix has used her to speak with Dee and Sister about his plan. Dee explains that she will take part in order to make enough money for medical school, then will quit, while Sister is undecided as she will be starting a new job working at a department store. While at Emma's boutique, Ms. Waters shows Sparkle old photos of Emma with Sparkle's father and photos of Emma with Dee's father, explaining how different Emma was when she was with Sparkle and Sister's father. Sparkle leaves and goes to a record store where she sees Stix again. The two make up.
While on a date Levi expresses his love to Sister, and hands her a small ring box which only contains a picture of a ring, as Levi promises to one day give Sister a real engagement ring once he could afford it. Moments later comedian Satin Struthers (Mike Epps) comes into the diner with his entourage, noticing Sister and Levi and begins to insult Levi for not being able to afford a real ring to give Sister. Sister has an immediate attraction to Satin. Satin photographs Sister as she exits the diner with Levi. After receiving her first paycheck from her new job which only amounts to $96, Sister is convinced by Sparkle that if they enter this local talent show they could win hundreds of dollars, which would finally help Sister move out of Emma's home. With Stix as their manager the three sisters enter the competition, and Sister wows the crowd with her sexually seductive lead performing "Hooked on Your Love". Satin watches Sister perform and is mesmerized as Levi becomes uncomfortable noticing the attention Sister is getting. The sisters become a popular act and are invited back to perform at clubs throughout Detroit. A montage of the sisters performing "Jump" at different clubs is shown. Sister, Sparkle and Dee sit in a dressing room as Stix and Levi come to congratulate them on their performance, and Levi hands Sister flowers, but Satin soon comes in giving Sister a ring which she accepts. Levi sees this gesture and becomes enraged and attempts to fight Satin, but is pulled away by Stix. Afterwards Levi confronts Stix about not sticking up for him during the fight with Satin.
Emma invites her minister Reverend Bryce and friend Ms. Waters over for dinner after church, but the dinner is interrupted when Sister brings Satin whom she is now engaged to. Satin makes insulting and rude remarks at the dinner and Emma makes her dislike for him known to everyone at the table. In response Sister lashes out at Emma criticizing her for having her as a teen then forcing Sister to raise Sparkle and Dee as Emma was out getting drunk and trying to pursue a music career. Emma responds that Sister isn't telling the whole story, and tells her that if she leaves with Satin she is never to come back. Sister packs her bags and leaves with Satin.
Dee, Sparkle and a visibly high Sister rehearse for a performance at Satin and Sister's home, until Satin comes into the room and interrupts wanting Dee and Sparkle to leave. The girls are invited to open for Aretha Franklin on a television show, and while Dee and Sparkle get ready, Sister walks in with a black eye and bruises. Sparkle and Dee realize that Satin has been beating Sister. Sparkle also notices that Sister has begun using cocaine. Sparkle, Sister and Dee perform "Something He Can Feel", when Emma happens to wake up at home and catches a glimpse of their performance on television. She becomes both shocked and angry that her girls have been singing outside the church against her wishes. After their performance Stix introduces the girls to Columbia Records executive Larry who offers to sign them as a group. Dee and Sparkle try to get Sister to come home with them and leave Satin, but as they leave Sister spots Satin and goes back to him. At home Emma scolds Sparkle about her trying to pursue a career in the music industry, going as far as throwing a book which Sparkle has written song lyrics in the trash. Emma gives Sparkle an ultimatum that if she wants to continue living with her she must give up pursuing a music career.
At a club Satin is performing, but his jokes are ill-received, and Levi, who is sitting in the audience with a new woman, begins to mock him, to which an angered and annoyed Satin tries to attack Levi. Levi sees Sister walking out of the club and makes a remark to her. Satin and Sister run to Satin's car and drive home. At home Satin chases Sister through the home, beating her.
Dee, Sparkle and Sister have a meeting with Columbia Records, Dee and Sparkle arrive and can't find Sister, but soon find her in a backroom beaten and looking for a cocaine fix. After hearing rumors that Sister is now an abused junkie, the rumors are confirmed when Stix, Larry and Columbia executives find the sisters in the backroom and notice Sister beaten with cocaine in front of her.
At Satin and Sister's home, Dee and Sparkle try to get Sister to leave and get help for her cocaine problem, but Satin shows up demanding Dee and Sparkle leave. When Dee and Sparkle insist they're not leaving without Sister, Satin punches Sparkle. Dee, Sister and Sparkle all jump on Satin fighting him. Dee strikes Satin in the back of the head with a fire iron as he attempts to hit Sparkle again. Satin falls unconscious, and Dee tries to administer CPR, but the sisters realize Satin is dead. Sister orders Sparkle and Dee to leave the house. When the police arrive Sister is arrested and charged with manslaughter.
As Sister's arrest makes newspaper headlines, Emma leads her church choir in a performance of "His Eye is on the Sparrow". After church Emma arrives home to find Dee packing up to leave. Dee tells Emma that she was accepted to Meharry Medical College, and must leave at that moment in order to start research for scholarships which will pay for her schooling. A proud Emma hugs Dee.
Stix tries to get Sparkle to leave with him and get married. Sparkle however turns down Stix's proposal. Sparkle visits Sister in prison in which she tells that her and Stix broke up, Sister tells Sparkle not to visit her anymore as she doesn't want Sparkle to see her like that. Soon after Sparkle moves out of Emma's home renting her own apartment. Sparkle also shows up at Columbia Records everyday until she gets a meeting with Larry. She convinces Larry to give her a shot, but she must first put on a musical showcase to seal the deal. Sparkle reaches out to Stix to help her set up her first solo concert. Sparkle goes back to her mother's home to invite her to see her show, but Emma seems uninterested.
As Sparkle rehearses for her show Stix gives her a cupcake and a candy ring, Sparkle insists that he propose to her again. Sparkle performs "Look Into Your Heart" with Stix. Emma goes to visit Sister in prison, in which Sister states that Emma appears tired and worn out. While getting ready in her dressing room Sparkle suffers a nose bleed ruining her dress, but Emma walks in to Sparkle's surprise with a new dress. Emma expresses that she's proud Sparkle has decided to follow her dreams.
Sparkle goes out on stage and performs "One Wing", a song which she dedicates to Sister. A proud Emma watches in the audience while Stix and Larry watch from the side of the stage. Larry informs Stix that he wants to sign Sparkle. As the closing credits begin Sparkle's show continues with her performing "Love Will".
Cast[edit]
Jordin Sparks as Sparkle Anderson, the titular character.
Whitney Houston as Emma Anderson, the girls' strict mother. Emma is a failed entertainer, now born-again church lady.
Derek Luke as Stix
Mike Epps as Satin Struthers. Satin is a self-hating stand-up comedian, who makes money by making blacks the butt of his jokes.
Carmen Ejogo as Tammy "Sister" Anderson. The eldest sister, a divorcee who returns home to her mother and sisters.
Tika Sumpter as Delores "Dee" Anderson. The middle sister, who is politically outspoken and is accepted into Meharry Medical College.
Omari Hardwick as Levi
Cee Lo Green as Black
Curtis Armstrong as Larry Robinson
Terrence J as Red
Tamela Mann as Ms. Sara Waters, Emma's best friend
Brely Evans as Tune Ann Waters
Michael Beach as Reverend Bryce
Linda Boston as Sister Clora
Sidi Henderson as Mr. Bell
Erika Hoveland as Larry’s secretary
Debra Port as Receptionist
Kem L. Owens as Buddy
Sarah Hensen as Heckler
Doug Mingo as Goofy guy
Mark Rademacher as Filmore manager
David Regal as Stage manager
Cory Pritchett as Ham
Howard Rosenman as Landlord
Robert Forte Shannon as Stix’s opponent
Margaret Scott as Church saint
Goapele as Girl group lead singer
Fatima Robinson, Keely Morris as Girl group backup singers
Brittany Perry Russell, Charmaine Jordan as Sparkle’s backup singers
Dalibor Stolevski as TV host
Tiffany Alexander as Prison guard
Stephanie Moseley, Temecha Myers as Rehearsal dancers
Ruth E. Carter as Sugar
Melora Rivera as Hussy
Background[edit]
The original Sparkle, produced by The Robert Stigwood Organization in 1975 and released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1976, starred Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee and Mary Alice, with songs and score composed and produced by Curtis Mayfield. One song from the Sparkle soundtrack, "Something He Can Feel", became a hit single for both Aretha Franklin (in 1976) and En Vogue (in 1992).
Production[edit]
In the mid-1990s, BrownHouse Productions, run by Whitney Houston and Debra Martin Chase (One of the producers of the film) secured the rights to a Sparkle remake from Warner Bros. Houston had intended to cast R&B singer Aaliyah in the lead role as Sparkle, but due to Aaliyah's untimely death in August 2001, before the film went into production plans to remake the film was put on hold. In 2005, it was revealed Raven-Symoné was cast in the leading role. Following the 2011 release of their first feature, Jumping the Broom, Salim Akil and Mara Brock Akil, the creative team behind the TV series The Game and Girlfriends, took on Sparkle as their next project, with Houston executive producing and starring as the mother of the three girls.[8][9]
Production for the film began on October 10, 2011, in Detroit.[10] Filming wrapped up in early November 2011, with a release date scheduled for August 17, 2012.[11] The official trailer for Sparkle was released on April 2, 2012, and premiered on Today[12][13] with the release of the trailer the films producer Debra Martin Chase said she had mixed emotions with the trailer's release "On the one hand, I'm so excited about the movie and we're really happy with how it turned out," she said. "(But) just to have it said yet again that this is Whitney's last performance, it's hard. It's hard."[14]
Howard Rosenman, the original's producer-writer and executive producer of the 2012 version of Sparkle, said a novelization of the movie will be released on August 7, 2012, by Simon & Schuster.[15] Rosenman said Houston was influenced by the original movie as a girl and once went to see it every day for a week when she was a teenager.[16] It apparently helped plant the dream in her to become a singer. When the new version was coming together, Rosenman approached her to play the girls' mother. She has two musical numbers in the film and on the soundtrack. Rosenman plans to team with director Joel Schumacher, one of the screenwriters of the original 1976 movie, to add five new songs to those by Curtis Mayfield (in the original) and R. Kelly (in the 2012 version) for a Broadway musical of Sparkle.[17]
Release[edit]
In December 2011, Sony announced the United States release date for "Sparkle" would be set for August 10, 2012.[18][19] This was later pushed back by a week to August 17, 2012, due to Whitney Houston's death.[20][21]
Reception[edit]
The film got mixed to positive reviews.[22] Sparkle received an A on Cinemascore. Critic reviews for Sparkle so far have been generally mixed to positive, receiving a 58% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a critical consensus stating: "While undeniably melodramatic and old-fashioned, Sparkle transcends its formulaic trappings thanks to Salim Akil's empathetic direction and strong performances from a committed cast", based on 92 reviews with an average rating of 5.7/10.[23] Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 25 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "mixed or average reviews".[24]
Critical praise has been particularly been given to Carmen Ejogo's performance. Film critic Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film 3 stars, claiming Ejojo "steals the film not only in her sultry singing numbers but in her violent marriage to a snaky, evil comedian named Satin."[25] While giving the film a negative review, The Globe and Mail critic Courtney Shea stated Ejogo, in comparison to Sparks' performance, was "in fact more dynamic, sexy and, dare we say, Bootylicious than the real thing – plays hardened vulnerability to perfection, so much so that you wonder (given her 38 years) where Hollywood has been hiding her."[26] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle went as far as to suggest in his review that Ejogo's performance might place her under serious consideration for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. LaSalle comments: "...very few people will walk out of Sparkle talking about either Sparks or Houston, at least not at first. Instead they will be saying, "Who was that?" And they'll be referring to Carmen Ejogo...If there is any justice, Ejogo will become very famous very soon. As in, maybe today...It's rare to see someone become a movie star right before your eyes, but that's what happens with Ejogo in Sparkle....For an actress, this was the opportunity of a lifetime, and Ejogo plays it that way. She leaves nothing out, holds nothing back."[27]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The soundtrack's first official lead single is the last song recorded by Whitney Houston before she died on February 11, 2012, a duet with R&B/pop singer and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks on a song called "Celebrate".[28] The song premiered on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on May 21, 2012[29] and was made available for digital download on iTunes on June 5.[30] Whitney Houston's other track, "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", debuted only one day after the premiere of "Celebrate".[31] The official music video for Celebrate was filmed on May 30, 2012.[32] It made its world premiere on BET's 106 & Park on June 27, 2012.[33] For the week ending August 18, 2012 Sparkle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 26, number 7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at number 1 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart.[34]
See also[edit]
List of black films of the 2010s
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Sneider, Jeff (2011-09-12). "Whitney Houston (died February 11, 2012), Jordin Sparks 'Sparkle' for Sony - Entertainment News, Film News, Media". Variety. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Jump up ^ ‘Sparkle’s’ Brely Evans Says Give the Remake a Chance | EURweb
Jump up ^ "Whitney Houston's Sparkling Big-Screen Comeback". ETonline.com. 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Jump up ^ Emily Exton (2011-09-13). "Jordin Sparks To Make Film Debut In "Sparkle"". Popdust. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Jump up ^ "Whitney Houston in Talks for 'Sparkle' Remake, Jordin Sparks to Star in Film". Popcrush.com. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
Jump up ^ "Whitney Houston to shine in 'Sparkle'? | Welcome to". S2smagazine.com. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
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Jump up ^ Sneider, Jeff (2011-12-08). "Sony dates a trio of pics". Variety. [permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ Whitney Houston shines in exclusive clip from final film 'Sparkle' - TODAY Entertainment
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Jump up ^ "Whitney Houston movie trailer debuts (+video)". The New Zealand Herald. April 3, 2012. [dead link]
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Jump up ^ Stewart, Andrew (February 12, 2012). "'Sparkle' to stick with Aug. release date". Variety.
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Jump up ^ Shea, Courtney (2012-08-17). "Sparkle: Amid the schlock, a glimpse of what made Houston great". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
Jump up ^ LaSalle, Mick (2012-08-16). "'Sparkle' review: Carmen Ejogo's star quality". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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External links[edit]
Book: Sparkle
Official website
Sparkle on IMDb
Sparkle at AllMovie
Sparkle at Box Office Mojo
Sparkle at Metacritic
Sparkle at Rotten Tomatoes
Kit, Borys (2011-03-23). "BET's 'The Game' Showrunners to Remake 1976 Movie 'Sparkle' for Sony Pictures". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
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Wonders of the World
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This article is about natural and constructed phenomena and structures of the world. For other uses of "Wonders of the World", see Wonders of the World (disambiguation).
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.
Various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled from antiquity to the present day, to catalogue the world's most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity; it was based on guidebooks popular among Hellenic sightseers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim and in Mesopotamia. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it represented perfection and plenty, and because it was the number of the five planets known anciently, plus the sun and moon.[1] Many similar lists have been made.
Contents
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1 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
2 Lists from other eras
3 Recent lists
3.1 American Society of Civil Engineers
3.2 USA Today's New Seven Wonders
3.3 Seven Natural Wonders of the World
3.4 New7Wonders of the World
3.5 New7Wonders of Nature
3.6 New7Wonders Cities
3.7 Seven Wonders of the Underwater World
3.8 Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
3.9 Other lists of wonders of the world
3.10 Seven Wonders movie
3.11 Seven Wonders of the Solar System
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Main article: Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still in existence
The Colosseum in Rome
The Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Stonehenge
Machu Picchu
Taj Mahal
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
The Victoria Falls contain the largest sheet of falling water in the world in terms of area
The Great Barrier Reef
CN Tower
Chichen Itza
Old City of Jerusalem
The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights
Grand Canyon
The London sewerage system's original Abbey Mills pumping station
The Sydney Opera House
The historian Herodotus (484 – ca. 425 BC) and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders. Their writings have not survived, except as references.
The classic seven wonders were:
Colossus of Rhodes
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The only ancient world wonder that still exists is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Lists from other eras
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, some writers wrote their own lists with names such as Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind, and Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages. However, it is unlikely that these lists originated in the Middle Ages, because the word "medieval" was not invented until the Enlightenment-era, and the concept of a Middle Age did not become popular until the 16th century. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable refers to them as "later list[s]",[2] suggesting the lists were created after the Middle Ages.
Many of the structures on these lists were built much earlier than the Medieval Ages but were well known.[3][4]
Typically representative are:[2][3][5][6]
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Stonehenge
Other sites sometimes included on such lists:
Cairo Citadel[7]
Cluny Abbey[8]
Ely Cathedral[9]
Taj Mahal[10]
Recent lists
Following in the tradition of the classical list, modern people and organisations have made their own lists of wonderful things ancient and modern. Some of the most notable lists are presented below.
American Society of Civil Engineers
In 1994, the American Society of Civil Engineers compiled a list of Seven Wonders of the Modern World, paying tribute to the "greatest civil engineering achievements of the 20th century":[11]
Wonder
Date started
Date finished
Location
Significance
Channel Tunnel December 1, 1987 May 6, 1994 Strait of Dover, between the United Kingdom and France The longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world.
CN Tower February 6, 1973 June 26, 1976 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976–2007.
Empire State Building January 22, 1930 May 1, 1931 New York, NY, U.S. Tallest structure in the world 1931–1967. First building with 100+ stories.
Golden Gate Bridge January 5, 1933 May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Strait, north of San Francisco, California, U.S. The longest suspension bridge main span in the world from 1937 to 1964.
Itaipu Dam January 1970 May 5, 1984 Paraná River, between Brazil and Paraguay The largest operating hydroelectric facility in the world in terms of annual energy generation.
Delta Works/ Zuiderzee Works 1920 May 10, 1997 Netherlands The largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century.
Panama Canal January 1, 1880 January 7, 1914 Isthmus of Panama One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken.
USA Today's New Seven Wonders
In November 2006 the American national newspaper USA Today and the American television show Good Morning America revealed a new list of New Seven Wonders as chosen by six judges.[12] An eighth wonder was chosen on November 24, 2006 from viewer feedback.[13]
Number
Wonder
Location
1 Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet, China
2 Old City of Jerusalem Jerusalem[n 1]
3 Polar ice caps Polar regions
4 Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Hawaii, United States
5 Internet Earth
6 Mayan ruins Yucatán Peninsula, México
7 Great Migration of Serengeti and Masai Mara Tanzania and Kenya
8 Grand Canyon (viewer-chosen eighth wonder) Arizona, United States
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Similar to the other lists of wonders, there is no consensus on a list of seven natural wonders of the world, and there has been debate over how large the list should be. One of the many existing lists was compiled by CNN:[14]
Aurora
Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Mount Everest
Parícutin volcano
Victoria Falls
New7Wonders of the World
In 2001 an initiative was started by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose the New7Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.[15] Twenty-one finalists were announced January 1, 2006.[16] Egyptians were not happy that the only surviving original wonder, the Great Pyramid of Giza, would have to compete with the likes of the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House, and other landmarks, calling the project absurd. In response, Giza was named an honorary Candidate.[17] The results were announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal:[18]
Wonder
Date of construction
Location
Great Wall of China Since 7th century BC[19] China
Petra c. 100 BC Jordan
Christ the Redeemer Opened October 12, 1931 Brazil
Machu Picchu c. AD 1450 Peru
Chichen Itza c. AD 600 Mexico
Colosseum Completed AD 80 Italy
Taj Mahal Completed c. AD 1648 India
Great Pyramid of Giza (Honorary Candidate) Completed c. 2560 BC Egypt
New7Wonders of Nature
New7Wonders of Nature (2007–11), a contemporary effort to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen through a global poll, was organized by the same group as the New7Wonders of the World campaign.
Iguazu Falls
Hạ Long Bay
Jeju Island
Puerto Princesa Underground River
Table Mountain
Komodo
Amazon rainforest
New7Wonders Cities
New7Wonders Cities is the third global vote organized by New7Wonders.
Durban, South Africa
Vigan, The Philippines
Havana, Cuba
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beirut, Lebanon
Doha, Qatar
La Paz, Bolivia
Seven Wonders of the Underwater World
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World was a list drawn up by CEDAM International, an American-based non-profit group for divers, dedicated to ocean preservation and research.
In 1989 CEDAM brought together a panel of marine scientists, including Dr. Eugenie Clark, to pick underwater areas which they considered to be worthy of protection. The results were announced at The National Aquarium in Washington DC by actor Lloyd Bridges, star of TV's Sea Hunt:[20]
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Deep-Sea Vents
Galápagos Islands
Lake Baikal
Northern Red Sea
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
British author Deborah Cadbury wrote Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, a book telling the stories of seven great feats of engineering of the 19th and early 20th centuries.[21] In 2003, the BBC aired a seven-part docudrama exploring the same feats, with Cadbury as a producer. Each episode dramatised the construction of one of the following industrial wonders:[22]
SS Great Eastern
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Brooklyn Bridge
London sewerage system
First Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
Hoover Dam
Other lists of wonders of the world
Numerous other authors and organisations have composed lists of the wonders of the world. Travel writer Howard Hillman published two books on the subject, one with 10 man-made wonders, and one with 10 natural wonders.[23][24] British biographer, science writer, and novelist Ronald W. Clark published a book of man-made and natural wonders titled Wonders of the World, which lists 52 wonders, one for each week of the year.[25]
Seven Wonders movie
Seven Wonders of the World is a 1956 film in which Lowell Thomas searches the world for natural and man made wonders and invites the audience to try to update the ancient Greek list of Wonders of the World.
Seven Wonders of the Solar System
In a 1999 article, Astronomy magazine listed the Seven Wonders of the Solar System. This article was later made into a video.[26]
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
The Great red spot of Jupiter
The Asteroid belt
The surface of the Sun
The Oceans of Earth
The Rings of Saturn
Olympus Mons on Mars
See also
Eighth Wonder of the World
World Heritage List – a list of over 900 sites deemed by UNESCO to be of "outstanding universal value"
National Seven Wonders
Seven Wonders of Canada
Seven Wonders of Colombia
Seven Wonders of India
Seven Wonders of Poland
Seven Wonders of Portugal
Seven Natural Wonders of Romania
Seven Wonders of Russia
Seven Wonders of Serbia
Seven Wonders of Ukraine
Seven Wonders of Wales
12 Treasures of Spain
Seven Wonders of Fore (Fore Abbey, Ireland)
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Notes
Jump up ^ Both the USA Today article and the Good Morning America broadcast described this wonder as "Jerusalem's Old City, Israel." The Old City is located in East Jerusalem, which is claimed by both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. The UN and most countries do not recognize Israel's claim to East Jerusalem, taking the position that the final status of Jerusalem is pending future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.
References
Jump up ^ Anon. (1993). The Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia (First ed.). Oxford: Oxford University.
^ Jump up to: a b Evans, I H (reviser (1975). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Centenary edition Fourth impression (corrected) ed.). London: Cassell. p. 1163.
^ Jump up to: a b Hereward Carrington (1880–1958). The Seven Wonders of the World: ancient, medieval and modern", reprinted in the Carington Collection (2003). ISBN 0-7661-4378-3.
Jump up ^ The Carrington Collection. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
Jump up ^ Latham, Edward (1904). A Dictionary of Names, Nicknames and Surnames, of Persons, Places and Things. p. 280. OCLC 01038938.
Jump up ^ Miller, Francis Trevelyan; Woodrow, Wilson; Taft, William Howard; Roosevelt, Theodore (1915). America, the Land We Love. p. 201. OCLC 00334597.
Jump up ^ The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades. 2001. p. 153.
Jump up ^ "Cluny Abbey". The Catholic Encyclopedia. 16. 1913. p. 74. OCLC 06974688.
Jump up ^ The Rough Guide To England. 1994. p. 596.
Jump up ^ Palpa, as You Like it. p. 67.
Jump up ^ "American Society of Civil Engineers Seven Wonders". Asce.org. July 19, 2010. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
Jump up ^ "New Seven Wonders panel". USA Today. October 27, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Jump up ^ Clark, Jayne (December 22, 2006). "The world's 8th wonder: Readers pick the Grand Canyon". USA Today. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Natural Wonders". CNN. November 11, 1997. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Jump up ^ "The multimedia campaign to choose the New 7 Wonders of the World is in its final stage". New7Wonders. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Jump up ^ "New 7 Wonders of the World Campaign announced 21 finalist candidates". New7Wonders. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Jump up ^ "Egypt Angered at New Wonders Idea". Home.bellsouth.net. January 1, 1985. Retrieved July 31, 2010. [permanent dead link]
Jump up ^ "Reuters via ABC News Australia "Opera House snubbed as new Wonders unveiled" 7 July 2007". Australia: ABC. July 8, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Great Wall of China". Encyclopædia Britannica.
Jump up ^ "Underwater Wonders of the World". Wonderclub. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
Jump up ^ Manjit Kumar (7 November 2003). "Review: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World by Deborah Cadbury". the Guardian.
Jump up ^ Deborah Cadbury (2011-02-17). "British History in depth: Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". Retrieved 2015-03-25.
Jump up ^ Hillman, Howard. "World's top 10 man-made travel wonders". Hillman Quality Publications. Retrieved July 7, 2007. [dead link]
Jump up ^ Hillman, Howard. "World's top 10 natural travel wonders". Hillman Quality Publications. Retrieved July 7, 2007. [dead link]
Jump up ^ Clark, Ronald W. (1980). Wonders of the World. Artus Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 978-0-668-04932-0.
Jump up ^ "Seven Wonders of the Solar System Video:". Aaa.org. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
Further reading
Ash, Russell, "Great Wonders of the World". Dorling Kindersley. 2000. ISBN 978-0-7513-2886-8
Cox, Reg, and Neil Morris, "The Seven Wonders of the Modern World". Chelsea House Publications: Library. October 2000. ISBN 0-7910-6048-9
Cox, Reg, Neil Morris, and James Field, "The Seven Wonders of the Medieval World". Chelsea House Publications: Library. October 2000. ISBN 0-7910-6047-0
D'Epiro, Peter, and Mary Desmond Pinkowish, "What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and 100 Other Great Cultural Lists". Anchor. December 1, 1998. ISBN 0-385-49062-3
Morris, Neil, "The Seven Wonders of the Natural World". Chrysalis Books. December 30, 2002. ISBN 1-84138-495-X
External links
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Seven Wonders of the Modern World – a list of modern wonders compiled by the American Society of Civil Engineers
77 Wonders of the World in 360° A list of world wonders linking the ancient 7 Wonders of the World and the World Heritage List by UNESCO
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Samurai Champloo
Title card for the anime series
サムライチャンプルー
(Samurai Chanpurū)
Genre
Adventure, comedy[1]
Manga
Written by
Masaru Gotsubo
Published by
Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Tokyopop
Demographic
Shōnen
Magazine
Monthly Shōnen Ace
Original run
January 26, 2004 – September 26, 2004
Volumes
2
Anime television series
Directed by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Produced by
Takatoshi Hamano
Takashi Kochiyama
Tetsuro Satomi
Written by
Shinji Obara
Music by
Nujabes
Tsutchie
Fat Jon
Force of Nature
Studio
Manglobe
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
BI
MVM Entertainment
NA
Funimation
SEA
Odex
Original network
Fuji TV
English network
AU
SBS TV
CA
Razer (Kamikaze)
IN
Animax
SEA
Animax Asia
UK
Viceland
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Funimation Channel, Adult Swim (Toonami)
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Animax
Original run
May 19, 2004 – March 19, 2005
Episodes
26 (List of episodes)
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Samurai Champloo (Japanese: サムライチャンプルー, Hepburn: Samurai Chanpurū), stylized as SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, is a Japanese anime series developed by Manglobe. It featured a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, character designer Kazuto Nakazawa and mechanical designer Mahiro Maeda. Samurai Champloo was Watanabe's first directorial effort for an anime television series after the critically acclaimed Cowboy Bebop. It was first broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV on May 20, 2004 and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005.
Samurai Champloo is set in an alternate version of Edo-era (1603 to 1868) Japan with an anachronistic, predominantly hip hop, setting.[2] It follows Mugen, an impudent and freedom-loving vagrant swordsman; Jin, a composed and stoic rōnin; and Fuu, a brave girl who asks them to accompany her in her quest across Japan to find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers".
Samurai Champloo has many similarities to Shinichirō Watanabe's other work Cowboy Bebop. Both series are critically acclaimed, focus on mixing genres, follow an episodic narrative design, and utilize contemporary music.[3]
Samurai Champloo was dubbed in the English language and licensed by Geneon Entertainment for releases in North America. Funimation began licensing the series after Geneon ceased production of its titles. It was also licensed for English releases in the United Kingdom by MVM Films, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment.
Contents
1 Plot
1.1 Setting and style
1.2 Historical context and Western influence
2 Characters
3 Episodes
4 Production
5 Media
5.1 Anime
5.2 Manga
5.3 Soundtracks
5.4 Video game
6 Reception
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
A young woman named Fuu is working as a waitress in a tea shop when she is abused by a band of samurai. She is saved by a mysterious rogue named Mugen and a young rōnin named Jin. Mugen attacks Jin after he proves to be a worthy opponent. The pair begin fighting one another and inadvertently cause the death of Shibui Tomonoshina, the magistrate's son. For this crime, they are to be executed. With help from Fuu, they are able to escape execution. In return, Fuu asks them to travel with her to find "the samurai who smells of sunflowers".
Setting and style[edit]
Samurai Champloo employs a blend of historical Edo-period backdrops with modern styles and references. The show relies on factual events of Edo-era Japan, such as the Shimabara Rebellion ("Unholy Union"; "Evanescent Encounter, Part I"); Dutch exclusivity in an era in which an edict restricted Japanese foreign relations ("Stranger Searching"); ukiyo-e paintings ("Artistic Anarchy"); and fictionalized versions of real-life Edo personalities like Mariya Enshirou and Miyamoto Musashi ("Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2"). The content and accuracy of the historical content is often distorted via artistic license.
Historical context and Western influence[edit]
Samurai Champloo contains many scenes and episodes relating to historical occurrences in Japan's Edo period. In episode 5 ("Artistic Anarchy"), Fuu is kidnapped by the famous ukiyo-e painter Hishikawa Moronobu, a figure prominent in the Edo period's art scene.[4] Episode 23 ("Baseball Blues") pits the main characters in a baseball game against Alexander Cartwright and a team of American baseball players trying to declare war on Japan.[5] As for Western influences, the opening of the show as well as many of the soundtracks are influenced by hip hop.[6] In episode 5, Vincent van Gogh is referenced at the end in relation to Hishikawa Moronobu's ukiyo-e paintings.[7] A hip hop singer challenges the main characters in episode 8 ("The Art of Altercation") and uses break dance throughout.[8] In episode 18 ("War of the Words"), graffiti tagging, a culturally Western art form, is performed by characters as an artistic expression and form of writing. The ending of the episode has Mugen writing his name on the roof of Hiroshima Castle, the palace of the daimyō in Edo Japan.[5]
Characters[edit]
The main cast from left to right: Jin, Mugen and Fuu.
Main article: List of Samurai Champloo characters
Fuu: A spirited 15-year-old girl, Fuu asks Mugen and Jin to help her find a sparsely described man she calls "the samurai who smells of sunflowers". Her father left her and her mother for an unknown reason. Without her father around to support them, Fuu and her mother led a difficult life until her mother died of illness. After a not-so-successful stint as a teahouse waitress/dancer she saves Mugen and Jin from execution and recruits them as her bodyguards. A flying squirrel named "Momo" (short for momonga, "flying squirrel") accompanies her, inhabiting her kimono and frequently leaping out to her rescue. Her name, Fuu, is the character for "wind". In the title cards, her totem is Sunflowers.
Jin: Jin is a 20-year-old reserved rōnin who carries himself in the conventionally stoic manner of a samurai of the Tokugawa era. Using his waist-strung daishō, he fights in the traditional kenjutsu style of a samurai trained in a prominent, sanctioned dojo. He is pursued by several members of his dojo as he had killed their master in self-defense. He wears glasses, an available but uncommon accessory in Edo-era Japan. Spectacles, called "Dutch glass merchandise" ("Oranda gyoku shinajina" in Japanese) at the time, were imported from the Netherlands early in the Tokugawa period and became more widely available as the 17th century progressed. His pair of glasses is purely ornamental, as Mugen later found out after getting a chance to peer through them. Although pictured in advertisements as smoking a kiseru, he was never depicted with one in the series. In the title cards his totem is a koi fish. He is named after one of the seven virtues of the samurai in Bushido, "Jin" (Benevolence).
Mugen: A brash vagabond from the penal colony of the Ryukyu Islands, Mugen is a 19-year-old wanderer with a wildly unconventional fighting style. Rude, lewd, vulgar, conceited, temperamental and psychotic, he is something of an antihero. He is fond of fighting and has a tendency to pick fights for petty reasons. It is implied in a few episodes that he is also a womanizer, with his libido sometimes getting the better of him. He wears metal-soled geta and carries an exotic sai-handled sword on his back. In Japanese, the word mugen means "infinite" (literally, "without limit" or "limitless"). He was a former pirate. In the title cards, his totem is the rooster.[9]
Apart from this trio, other characters tend to appear only once or twice throughout the series.
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Samurai Champloo episodes
The episodes of the anime series Samurai Champloo were produced by Manglobe and written and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. The first episode premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on May 20, 2004 where it ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005.
Production[edit]
Samurai Champloo is considered to be an example of the popular chanbara film and television genre. Trademarks include the Edo setting, a focus on samurai or other swordsman characters, and lots of thrilling, dramatic fights.[10] Chanbara was used in the early days of Japanese cinema (when government political censorship ran high) as a way of expressing veiled social critiques.[citation needed]
The word champloo comes from the Okinawan word chanpurū (as in gōyā chanpurū, the Okinawan stir-fry dish containing bitter melon). Chanpurū, alone, simply means "to mix" or "to hash".
Director: Shinichirō Watanabe
Chief Writer: Shinji Obara
Character Design: Kazuto Nakazawa
Chief Animator: Kazuto Nakazawa
Weapon Design: Mahiro Maeda
Opening Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Opening Animation: Takeshi Koike
Art Director: Takeshi Waki
Color Design: Eri Suzuki
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Editing: Shuichi Kakesu
Dubbing Director: Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Music: Tsutchie, Fat Jon, Nujabes, Force of Nature
Producer: Takatoshi Hamano, Takashi Kochiyama, Tetsuro Satomi
Animation Production: Manglobe
Media[edit]
Samurai Champloo premiered in Japan on May 20, 2004 on Fuji Television, and concluded on March 19, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes. It was also aired in Japan on Animax.
Anime[edit]
Main article: List of Samurai Champloo episodes
Geneon licensed the show for distribution in North America almost a year prior to the show's airing in Japan. An English dub of the series premiered in the United States on the Adult Swim anime block on May 14, 2005. The version aired was edited and had foul language replaced with sound effects, in addition to cutting out blood and nudity. The final first run of the episodes concluded on March 18, 2006. Samurai Champloo debuted in Canada on December 24, 2006, on the digital station Razer. The series has also aired in the United Kingdom, France, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Germany. Funimation has distributed Samurai Champloo for Geneon since they ceased in-house distribution of their titles in 2007. Geneon, in association with Funimation, re-released the entire 26-episode anime series in a box set in June 2009 and on Blu-ray in November 2009.[11] As of November 26, 2010, Funimation has fully licensed the series and once again released the series under the Classics line on May 24, 2011.[12]
The anime series made its return to US television on FUNimation Channel starting March 21, 2011.[13] The series returned to Adult Swim on January 2, 2016, this time part of the revived Toonami block, replacing Michiko & Hatchin.
The episodes use six pieces of theme music. "Battlecry", performed by Nujabes and Shing02, is the opening theme for all twenty six episodes. "四季ノ唄 (Shiki no Uta, Song of Four Seasons)" by Nujabes and Minmi is the primary ending theme, except for four episodes. Episode 12 uses Minmi's "Who's Theme" as its ending, episode 17 uses "You" by Kazami, 23 uses "Fly" by Tsutchie, and the final episode uses the song "San Francisco" by Midicronica.
Manga[edit]
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A Samurai Champloo manga debuted in Shōnen Ace on January 26, 2004 and ended on September 26, 2004.[14] Tokyopop licensed the manga in an English-language release in North America and Madman Entertainment lit for an English release in Australia and New Zealand. It is also licensed for a Portuguese-language and Spanish-language release in Brazil and Spain by Panini. There are 2 volumes in this series.
Soundtracks[edit]
Music used in the series was released across four CD soundtracks by Victor Entertainment. The first, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Masta, was released on June 23, 2004. Produced by Shinichirō Watanabe's longtime friend DJ Tsutchie and the Japanese hip hop duo Force of Nature,[15][verification needed] the album features 18 instrumental tracks and one mid-tempo ballad sung by R&B songstress Kazami. Samurai Champloo Music Record: Departure was released on the same date, containing 17 tracks, with two being vocal pieces performed by rap artist Shing02 and R&B singer Minmi. The album was produced by Japanese DJ/producer Nujabes and American MC/producer Fat Jon.[15]
Two additional soundtracks followed on September 22, 2004. Samurai Champloo Music Record: Playlist contained an additional 18 tracks, all created by Tsutchie, with only one being a vocal piece: a remix of the first album's song "Fly", performed by Azuma Riki of the hip hop group Small Circle of Friends.[15] The final album, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Impression, features 23 tracks from Force of Nature, Nujabes and Fat Jon. Rap artists Suiken and S-word, members of Tokyo rap group Nitro Microphone Underground, provide guest vocals and Minmi performs the final song on the album.[15]
Two separate soundtracks, Samurai Champloo Music Record: Katana as well as Samurai Champloo Music Record: Playlist, were released in 2004 by Geneon Entertainment only in North America. They bare most of the same tracks as the Japanese albums.
Video game[edit]
Main article: Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked
Grasshopper Manufacture developed a video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the series entitled Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked; however, the manufacturer has stated that the game has no relation to the events depicted in the show. The soundtrack was composed by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda, while it was written by Goichi Suda. It was released on February 23, 2006 in Japan and on April 11, 2006 in the United States. It received mixed reviews.[16] The game is notable for giving Mugen's distinctive sword a name, "Typhoon Swell"; it was never called by this name in the anime or manga series.
Reception[edit]
Samurai Champloo received critical acclaim, with many critics and scholars praising the unique blend of genres and influence of music within the series.[17] The ambient soundtrack recorded by artists Fat Jon, Force of Nature, Tsutchie and the late Nujabes received very high critical acclaim, ranking among the Top Ten Anime Themes and Soundtracks of All Time. Samurai Champloo was listed at #10, with Cowboy Bebop taking the #1 spot.[18]
A scholastic essay was penned by writer Jiwon Ahn about the series and its relationship to western culture, as well as various television and film genres. The essay was published in the textbook How to Watch Television, and is currently used at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[19] In her essay, Ahn refers to the series as "a rich text to examine within the analytical framework of auteurism and genre theory."
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