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Summary: If you don't buy this you are [SILLY]!!!!
Review: I'll make this short. Cowboy Bebop IS one of the best animes ever made. This set is worth every penny. And you get the soundtrack. If you don't buy this you are [SILLY]!!!!
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Summary: Cowboy Bebop: A Review
Review: It took me quite a while to get into anime. My first experience with anime was sometime in middle school when the sci-fi channel showed an anime marathon consisting of: "Akira", "Rojin-Z", "Lodoss War", and "Tenchi Muyo In Love." I watched "Akira" and remember it being the coolest thing I ever saw. Then I went through a stint of no anime, until I saw Cowboy Bebop. Constantly my friend and I get into heated debates on which is better "Trigun" or "Cowboy Bebop." Bebop is my vote. Bebop is chockfull of jazzy-jazz caper coolness. It inspires. It even allows the most staunch jazz-hater to appreciate the music. The characters are the elitest of the elite. At first glance the biggest difference is it's lack of silly childlike expressions and slap-stick. It focuses on character, which is the main drive of any well-written story. Each episode leaves you with something to think about. You can also tell that the animators just had fun making it changing the logo during commercial breaks, the intense battle scenes, etc. But to really appreciate it you need to rent or buy the dvds and watch them from the first episode to the last. You just cannot enjoy it any other way. I love sci-fi. And this is arguably one of the greatest animes along with trigun. The ending is depressing; but great because it strays from the norm and dares to be different. Whimsical stuff.
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Summary: Rocks the Anime Show House
Review: I personally never really cared that much for anime, until my brother came home from college with a set of Cowboy Bebop DVDs.
We spent the next two weeks watching everysingle one.
This Anime is unlike any i have ever seen before, touching, yet funny. They do not make fun of stereotypical people, they use a touch of humor that almost any can understand.
The ending was my favorite, a very touching one, unlike most shows. I won't say more, so i won't give it away. However, Cowboy Bebop is never repetitive in its shows, each unique (perhaps why it ended so soon) and will always be a favorite of mine.
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Summary: better get yours soon!!
Review: This is the best anime series I have ever seen. The writers did a phenominal job of making the episodes enjoyable individually, but they also all fit into a storyline and theme that you don't understand until it's too late.. I'm not exactly an emotional person, but I actually found myself getting misty-eyed for the last 2 episodes of the series (The Real Folk Blues is one episode).. This anime carries a variety of messages, not easily expressed in words. Oh, and I just got mine last week and I got number 8965 so if you want one I'd suggest hurrying up (if indeed the sales numbers are sequential at Amazon) I faltered for a moment when it came to buying this, I'm VERY glad I did though. The soundtrack is also first rate, kind of a jazzy and/or bluesy cowboy kinda theme to it. See you space cowboy....
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Summary: 2 Thumbs Up
Review: I'm not a big anime fan, nor do I spend much time watching anything. However, I bought this set after hearing one of my friends ranting about how great this was. I have absolutely no regrets about purchasing this. It's great how they went the extra mile to dub this great anime in English for all of us, although I still prefer to hear it in Japanese. Once you watch one episode, you can't stop. It's great fun seeing Spike Spiegel take on all the baddies, and still be able to crack jokes. It's serious when it needs to be, but also very hilarious. I plan to watch it over and over for years to come.
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Summary: Good series
Review: When I hear anime fans praising a new series I immediately become suspicious - I never could understand what on earth is so fantastic about Neon Genesis Evangelion or Serial Experiments Lain, or all of the other series out there (although I haven't seen them all, of course). Anime fans are known to have pretty odd tastes - anyone who's not one knows that most animes out there described as "fantastic" by fans are usually far from being good. But this series really does deserve its good reputation and can be enjoyed by any person who doesn't have the prejudiced opinion that animation is for kids, or that Disney epitomizes animation (it does, in a sense, but only juvenile animation). This series is aimed at a mature audience, with often mature situations, involving blood, death, and although there is no sex, there is at least one memorable scene in episode 13 with strongly "perveted" sexual overtones ("perveted" according to common tastes, that is). It also stands out as the only anime I've seen having a decent soundtrack that doesn't sound amateurish - I'm not a fan of the composer, Yoko Kanno, and she
writes lyrics like a third grader, but her compositional skills are very
innovative and she has a real knack for song-writing. The series has 26 chapters, each of which stands on its own (almost). It deals with the mishaps of 4 bounty hunters who try to make a living in the future. Although the year is 2071 it looks more like 1971 in terms of fashion, and the style is highly reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction". I have really enjoyed the show and should add that it is probably the best series I've seen on TV in the past few years (not that I'm such a big expert on the subject). Really, it is very unique and you will remember it far longer than most other series out there after it ends. Nevertheless I should point out this is perhaps not a masterpiece as many other
reviewers have pointed out. That is, the characters are almost purely archtypes -
we have the masterless ronin looking for redemption, Spike Spiegel; the strong,
independent woman who is really a softy inside, Faye Valentine; the rock-hard,
burly, huge, seemingly indifferent but in fact fatherly Jet - very predictable
characters who are, perhaps, imprinted on our collective subconscious (read The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Campbell for interesting view on that). The plots are
sometimes a bit silly, sometimes outrageous (in a funny way - in one episode the
actors accidently eat hallucinatory mushrooms), and usually well written. However,
as someone once pointed out, the stories remain the same through history, the story-tellers are the ones who change - and I liked these story tellers a lot. Bottom line - don't take this series too seriously. Just try it out and enjoy! And don't watch too many episodes at once, or it'll end too fast ...
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Summary: Incredible anime genre !!!
Review: I'm probably older than I should to admit to liking anime, but Cowboy Bebop has by far been the most stylish and original anime I've ever watched. For the most part, anime to me has been infiltrated with too much cutesy gimmicks or way too much gratuitious sex and violence. But this series has the most mature yet moderated storylines ever. The series has INCREDIBLE rendering artistically. It has the technical tightness of "Ghost in the Machine" only with faster story pacing. The animation during the action sequences are as smooth as any John Woo inspirations. The mix of science fiction/western/film noir elements with a Bop Jazz soundtrack is absolutely mind blowing in originality. There are many influences from the already mentioned John Woo, to Robert Rodriguez, to Humphrey Bogart and to the kung-fu flicks of the Seventies. If you have to start an anime DVD collection- this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. personally I can't wait for the movie "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (the Japanese producers have definately been influenced by Western rock with this series!) to come out on DVD.
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Summary: Repeat After Me - The Box Was Sold Seperately
Review: I really have to write this again because it seems the vast majority of CB fans have no clue about anything related to this box set. Repeat after me, for the last time: the box WAS released seperately. Granted, you could only get it from one place, but you can't blame them if you fell asleep at the wheel and didn't secure yourself one.
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Summary: WOW WOW WOW WHAT A GREAT ANIME!
Review: This is one heck of a great anime! even though it doesn't have the bisahounen factor it has everything else, okay there are three bishies: Spike, Gren and Vicious and Jet (but jets to old to be in the bishie factor, but he's liek a big teddy bear)
then we have the cool and determined Faye Valentine and she's a real looker and then Ein the dog, he so cute and Ed the genius girl hacker.
This anime is very moving, it has deep emotion, comedy, romance, action and sadness.
This is a heck of a great anime, and its one to keep, i definetly think it's a materspiece
My mum watched it and loved it to death and that's an accomplishment usally she only likes Fushigi and Weiss kreuz as her favs but she loves this even more! and she only watched 3 discs so far! and she can't wait to watch the rest!
This is great and you'd be silly to not buy it! ^___________^
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Summary: Oh so worth it
Review: If you're going to watch Cowboy Bebop, you might as well own it (you'll want to when you're done anyway), and if you own Cowboy Bebop, you might as well own it like this. Oh heavens, what a pretty box this is. So very pretty. It's almost worth it just so you can admire the box on your shelf. But wait, there's more! As many have said before, Cowboy Bebop successfully blends many genres into a single series with astonishing success. Impressively, it also switches from lighthearted comedy to somber seriousness with startling effect. The tone varies wildly, but never fails to convince. The characters are all complex and likeable, and any viewer is likely to find a favorite. Most of all, what I like about Bebop is its portrayal of friendship. The crew of the Bebop love and care for each other, but it's never stated. More often than not they're heard trying to convince themselves and each other that they couldn't care less, and would just as well be alone, but we know it's not true. Each time they split up, it might be for the last time, or it might not. Ultimately, they know their time together is temporary. And such is friendship in life. You pick up friends here, lose touch with some there. Your friends are whoever you're with, and they're your family whether you admit it to them or not. There's much more to this fun, exciting, beautifully drawn, richly textured series, but that's my take. Also, these DVDs have one of the only *listenable* English anime dubs I've ever heard. You know, if you're into that stuff.
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