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Summary: Another Cartoon Network convert ;-)
Review: After the first showing of episode 5, I went and bought the boxed set (from Amazon!). This isn't just good anime, it's good *science* *fiction*. Terraformed worlds, ships and stations rotated for gravity, etc. Good stuff. Even the method of space travel is well thought out when you watch the interviews with the show's creators. The method they came up with serves a purpose, and had some actual thought put into it.I can no longer watch Enterprise after watching Bebop. Compare the opening credits of the two shows for just a hint of why. Spike Seagal comes out with both fists blazing while "Captian" Archer curls up into a little ball after an Andoran [person] slaps him. LOL! Bebop's world is a realistic future with humanity is all its filthy and flawed nature. And the characters smoke like chimneys and drink with wild abandon. I love it!
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Summary: It doesn't get better than Bebop!
Review: This is simply the best anime I've seen to date. I'd suggest this title to everyone on god's green Earth and their alien friends. This show captures a gritty realism while maintaining humor, an exciting plot, and some of the coolest characters in anime. It's a million times better than everything else and holds an excitement that shows like the the dreadful Neon Genisis Evangelion can't keep up with. This ranks up there with Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Metropolis.
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Summary: Why should you watch Cowboy Bebop?
Review: A.k.a. "the show with the stupid name." Or that's what many people (including me) say when they first hear about it. First of all, you know the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover"? Well, this is a perfect example. I'm not going tell you that it's the best anime ever and that you should go watch it asap! At least, that's not all I'm gonna say. ^^ I'm gonna lay out the facts for you and show you, as well as I can, why I think this anime series is worth taking up your time. Cowboy Bebop is unlike any other anime. Why? Because everything about it: it's style, the high quality animation, and the background music is unique. The music is mostly composed of jazz and blues, which to me gives it a nice soothing feel to it. A friend of mine however believed that it was unnecessesary and there should've been dark ominous music instead. But I believe that the jazz music is part of what makes CB so unique using its own style. Not to say that the series is laid back; it's anything but calm! There's plenty of smooth action. The artwork is some of the best I've ever seen. A lot of anime series that I've seen are clean, pretty, scenes with cutesy, innocent girls running around in sailor uniforms and heroic boys with bishounen faces. Director Shinichirô Watanabe deters from that completely. He portrays a futuristic world that's not too different from our own with the influence of popculture, ethnic groups, etc. To put things short, if New York were animated, it'd look something like this. But of course, the characters are the main priority. To tell you the truth, there isn't much of a plot...because in my opinion there just isn't need for one! The series is about four bounty hunters: Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed. A lot of the series is focused on them hunting heads for cash, but don't let that turn you off. The characters are interesting and very believable. Throughout the series they overcome obstacles in their own lives, often times on their own and feeling lost. Before you know it you begin to feel their anger, their sorrow, their joy, their pain. And by the time the series is over, you can't help but want to see more so you can see where life will take them next. Evangelion may be "the best anime ever" but Cowboy Bebop is definitely something to see.
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Summary: Well Worth It!
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This show made me an anime groupy! Now, I'm home on Saturday nights just to watch this show on Cartoon Network. I definately recommend EVERYONE watch it! If you have any taste, you will be in love with these excellent characters.
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Summary: The apex of anime achievement
Review: The storytelling style is a fantastic mix of angst, action and comedy. The work is visually stunning, and features the musical genius of Yoko Kanno. It is also graced by one of the best English dubs anime has ever seen. Fans of anime cannot miss this one! This is THE box set to own.
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Summary: What can I say? The best anime series ever.
Review: Cowboy Bebop, the best anime series of all time. The art is beautiful and has its own style. The music is full of emotion and blues. The character design is excellent. The action scenes are unbelieveable. This series is not for children, but for anyone who likes anime and not just cute little sailor moon anime. This isn't a very happy series, but it is full of emotion and it will move you emotionally. This series is separated from other anime because of the characters. These are not wonderful heroic people trying to help save the world, these are bold and brave and dangerous people searching drifting through life without fear, and they challenge death many times which makes for some great action and drama. Even if the main characters aren't completely heroic, you will feel for them and like them immensly for their personalities and bravery. The characters are so unique from other series that they seem more like real people than just animated. You will be filled with emotion in certain parts of the series such as deaths of characters, which is helped by the wonderful music.
Although this is a very serious series about bounty hunters and a dangerous lifestyle, it is played off by plenty of humor. You will laugh in about every episode. This is not that corny anime humor in dragon ball or those series for little kids, but this is some good stuff. For instance in one episode everyone is eating mushrooms because there is nothing else to eat and they have no idea what is going on. Intense action, great drama, awesome characters and storyline, and good humor and music. What can I say? The best anime series ever.
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Summary: look up "unique" in the dictionary.
Review: my friend colin said to me, "hey, have you seen cowboy bebop on cartoon network?". i said "oh my god, it sounds like crappy western 'toon comedy...". he then popped in the first episode of cowboy bebop and showed it to me. the next day, we each went home for thanksgiving break, and as i walked in the door i removed my credit card from my wallet and ordered this box set dvd from amazon.com. i don't care where you get it...just get it. never, in my entire life, did i or will i again see anything like cowboy bebop. a realistically-animated, light sci-fi, japanese anime about bounty hunters and internal conflict, laid over a soundtrack of original cool jazz, modern jazz, blues, and of course bebop. 26 fantastic episodes of wit, humor, drama, action, and SO MUCH character development: pasts catching up, futures escaping, revenge, love, and self-understanding. not for the dragonballz crowd. :) closer to the akira or lain fans, but less science fiction involved. it just happens to take place in the future. *grin* please don't listen to ANY negative reviews on this show. i've been studying film for 6 years and the directing on this show is just...incredible. rumors of a second season are abound. *crossing fingers* enjoy. i know you will!
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Summary: A genre all its own.
Review: As one of the buffers says, the series became a genre all its own. Considered one of the best animated series of all time, Cowboy Bebop told the story of 4 down on their luck bounty hunters who just can't seem to get a break. While the continuing story focuses around Spike Spiegal and his rivalry with Vicious, most episodes are self-contained short storys, straight out of the detective novels. Also, Yoko Kano's band, the Seatbelts, play the unique and awesome jazz and blues style music known as bebop for the background, giving the series an unusual feel, and in this case, that's a good thing. For now, only the series is available in America, but watch for the movie, Knocking on Heaven's Door, coming sometime. Make sure you see it.
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Summary: Perfect can't begin to describe it
Review: I first experienced Cowboy Bebop on Cartoon Network's Saturday edition of Adult Swim. I was flipping channels between bad SNL sketches and commercials when I came to Cartoon Network. What I saw was unlike any other thing that I had seen before. I was hooked from my first glance, and for the first two minutes of it I did not blink. At 11:45, a commercial came on and I waited in anticipation to discover the title of a work so great. When the commercial ended, I heard from the TV, "Cowboy Bebop now continues." It was right then that I realized that Cowboy Bebop is the greatest anime that I have ever seen. At the time, I was watching Session 4, but the next Saturday at 11:30, I saw possibly the best episode ever; Session 5: Ballad of Fallen Angels. It was this Cowboy Bebop episode that forced me to get more in touch with the phenomenon that I saw. Ever since, I have watched Adult Swim every week, and with every episode of Cowboy Bebop, I learn to love it more and more. Session 5 was the best, but with each coming episode, I have not grown dissapointed. If you want to see a great anime and a great show, watch Cowboy Bebop. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: I love it!
Review: I first saw Cowboy Bebop whe I happened to catch it on Cartoon Network.I was instantly hooked.From the great animation and characters to the sarcastic sense of humor this is good stuff.Ed(the little hacker girl)turns out to be my favorite character.That was unexpected!If you like anime and you haven't seen this,check it out!
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