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Summary: it's awesome...
Review: I totally think that everyone should own Cowboy Bebop. It's one of the best series out there! I watched most of it on VHS, but I still want to get the complete boxed DVD set. Please go and watch it!
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Summary: Brilliant. Period.
Review: This anime is one of my favorites and absolutely brilliant. There is really not much more to say besides that. Oh yeah, nobody is cooler than Ed.
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Summary: Phenomenal.
Review: If you have any taste at all, you will love this show.
I strongly suggest you disregard any negative criticism you may have heard or read concerning Cowboy Bebop; except the complaint of the price. Tis a bit steep, but that's certainly not the show's fault, now, is it?
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Summary: Not as good as Evangelion or some American shows, but cool
Review: I first started watching this series about half a year ago. At the time, I hated all Japanese cartoons I'd seen except Evangelion, which I consider the greatest work of fiction ever created in human history. I'd also seen a Cowboy Bebop music video that I thought was cool, as it was about this red-haired girl named Edward who was absolutely and hilariously insane. When a person I knew in my Engineering class overheard me talking with a friend about Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Bebop video, he told me that Cowboy Bebop was really good and that I should watch it. He was able to provide me with all 26 episodes on CDs. I copied them onto my laptop, and forced myself to watch the first 6 episodes, none of which had Edward. I thought it was some of the worst crap I'd ever seen, with nothing but shallow plots and senseless violence. Like Pokemon with drugs and blood. It was about two bounty hunters who basically revolved their lives around hunting down and killing people they didn't know - not exactly the kinds of characters you sympathize with much. I didn't really feel compelled to watch the rest, whereas Evangelion had me hook, line, and sinker after the first 6 episodes. Still, after a few days, I pressed on, mostly because I wanted to see more of Edward. I endured the grueling torture of all the episodes up through 14, and although I loved all of Edward's bizarre lines and antics, my opinions of the overall plot hadn't changed, and I stopped again. It was a while before I resumed my viewing, and I was only slightly impressed by the next few episodes. At some point, though, the episodes started to actually hold my attention. Some of them had the same senseless plots, but very poetic endings that made them worth watching (like the Chess one); other episodes simply blew me away with their raw emotion (like the ones that focus on Faye's past). Every few weeks, I would watch 3 or 4 more episodes and then stop again. Although many of them were the same old garbage, some of them were good enough to make me watch this show up to its truly awesome finale. I actually just finished watching the series yesterday afternoon - six months after I started! I will never forget Spike's line "I'm not going there to die. I'm going there to find out whether or not I'm truly alive," nor will I forget the many highly explosive "presents" he tossed around that day :)Overall, I think this show has enough good episodes to make up for its many bad ones, and I will spare the series from being deleted off my hard drive. It's not Evangelion, to be sure, nor is it as good as some American cartoons like Exo Squad and Gargoyles. But it's definitely worth watching at least once, if you can tolerate its low points, and I'm sorry that I didn't get through it sooner. My deepest thanks go to Edward - if not for you, I would not have kept watching this show. And in case you're wondering... the bounty hunters never actually stop hunting people, they just become likeable because they act really nice to the people they're not trying to kill.
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Summary: It's So Cool, It's Hurts...
Review: Oh yes, we've all heard of Cowboy Bebop. The wonderfully hip series. Ultra stylish with subtle hints of pop culture. The anime with a genre of its own. Why does Cowboy Bebop make every fan want to light a cigarette, form an oddball gang of bounty hunters, and join the Great Spirit? This is the reason... Cliches and cliches. That's what anime is about. There are many genres, but sometimes we get tired of the conventional styles. We want to break free, form our own boundaries and lines. That's where Cowboy Bebop is different, but easy to relate to. From the first episode, our ears perk up. What is this sound? Jazz?! Yes my good sir, that is jazz. Good jazz. Jazz that makes you want to be cool like the characters that light the screen. Laidback Spike Spiegel is a cowboy, a bounty hunter, a guy that just doesn't care. With a mysterious past and a lean figure, he's partners with Jet Black, an ex-cop with an equally mysterious past. They're both free spirits, moving across the solar system thanks to the gateways. Cowboys move from town to town. Space cowboys move from planet to planet. Eventually they'll come across people you'd absolutely hate if you weren't human. First there's Faye Valentine, a woman with attitude; Ed the hacker, famous for her bouts of psychadelic babbles of nonsense; and Ein, a data dog that has an I.Q. that rivals most human beings. Chemistry is there as each character learns to confront their past and live their lives. Sure, the end is inevitable. But what Cowboy Bebop focuses on is their (mis)adventures and the fact that no matter what, their time together will affect them for a long time. Jazz... jazz... I mentioned this topic already, remember? Kanno Yoko is a pure genius. She deserves something. I say praise. This woman created the music that Bebop couldn't live without. That is what Bebop is all about. The freeform of jazz, the lifestyle. How we all wish we could break free when all the boundaries are set.
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Summary: Good to the Last Drop
Review: I have just recently bought this series as the first in my soon-to-be anime collection. I bought it mostly off the advise of a friend, and got quite lucky indeed. I just want to get straight right now that I loved this series to the very end and it was worth every penny. However, I have one criticism that you may want to heed. This series is short, as with many anime series, being made up of only twenty-six quick episodes. The way the story line unfolds does not quite fit this length, in my opinion. This is because each episode has its own story line (with a few exceptions) with its own beggining and resolution. With this "one story at a time" format, the underlying storylines of each character's pasts does not get enough screen-time. I believe this series should have been presented in a more solid manner, rather than being broke up. Or possibly it could have been a longer series. One way or another, presentation and length do not fit together all that well. This being said, the characters are believable and fun, the villian is simply awesome, the concept is great, the animation is up to par, the soundtrack is wonderful, and the ending is a shocker. If you are considering buying this series, and you are an anime fan, please do so. You will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: Great, not worth five stars but verry good
Review: This anime could have been the greatest series ever if they stuck to the plot, but they had to go off and make filler episodes which I think ruined the feel of the story. The beginning starts off awesome with stunning animation and great fight sceens, towards the middle the writers got lazy and started making episodes about bad food left in the fridge, finding Edward's father (Edward is stupid), and a couple other boring story arcs. But the last couple episode are the stuff of legends when Spike has his final showdown with Viscious. A strong beginning and verry strong ending keep this series on my top 10 list.
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Summary: Cowboy Bebop Rocks All the Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Cowboy bebop is so awesome!!!!! Someone told me about it and i watched it and got hooked. The best episode is ballad of fallen angels. There is only 2 episodes ever that i dont like: Brain scratch and Pierre de la Fou. ... the rest rocks. Go buy the dvd today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: this is friggin awsome
Review: I have collected the first 3 dvds of the series so far and all I can say is that this series is one of the most incredible shows ever. the animation is a mind trip and the story is one that I can't get enough of. I don't even like anime...but cowboy bebop is one of the coolest shows I've watched. definatly purchase this if you are considering it.
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Summary: Just perfectly imperfect
Review: I am an anime fan, but if ever there was a series that knocked me out, it was the Bebop. How much did I love it? At the end, I was swearing at the tv, hoping for that little bit of room in the end for a "maybe this isn't really happening" moment. But even if it does not exist, I was still wow'ed. Any series that can make a viewer truly care about its characters, flawed or otherwise, is something special and this series is something special, be it live or animation. It made me laugh and it made me try not to cry. It had everything, but most of all, it never forgot that good storytelling is everything. From a classic opening credits (Yoko Kanno's ubercool "Tank!") to the melancholy end with "Blue", the music is integral and first rate and ropes in the viewer. The character development is second to none. Each character gets their moment and becomes memorable, although I have to admit that Faye Valentine, in her ridiculous yellow outfit, ranks as one of the best heroines EVER created. I bow to Shinichiro Watanabe for the creation of Ms Valentine, a female character who breaks every female archetype rule ever written in the world of anime. She's a classic character among a cast of great characters. But it is the end that will get you because there is something so perfect yet imperfect about it and announces quite clearly that this was a series that dared to follow through on its intent. That is a rarity in the world of entertainment, where the easy way is often taken. If I had to recommend just one anime title to get, it would be Cowboy Bebop. Smart dialogue, memorable characters, a world both recognizable and fantastic, and a musical score that is worth every penny. For those who prefer the Japanese version, it is there in all its glory, but for this series, I actually prefer the English dub and only because the overlay of the series is jazz and jazz is an American music form (although conversely more appreciated in other parts of the world) that stresses an expressive, spontaneous delivery and in this rare instance, the English acting taps that expressiveness and spontaneity a little better than the Japanese version, but that is only my opinion. Maybe Cowboy Bebop doesn't break any new ground, but at the last note of the last episode, it will sure feel like it.
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