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Summary: A Hip, Retro styled action packed Sci-Fi tale!
Review: Cowboy Bebop is what an television series should be, entertaining. The story is of two bounty hunters named Spike, a man running from his violent past, and Spike, a former cop whom lost his arm in an accident, whom travel the through the universe in a bid to capture wanted fugitives. The animation is absolutly dazzling, some of the best I have ever seen. The music, writen by Yoko Kanno is absolutly incredible especially "Ballad of the Fallen Angels". Cowboy Bebop ranges from comedy, to film noir like mystery, and finnaly to John Woo like action quality. This first volume in the six DVD series contains five episodes, buying this is actually cheaper then buying the episodes on DVD. The picture quality is good on DVD but what really takes the gold is the spectacular sound quality that this DVD offers. This series is recomended to viewers 13+. While most episodes contain only mild violence and language there are certain episodes such as episode five "Ballad of the Fallen Angels" which contains a violence level that is seen only in John Woo films. This is a series for anyone whom wants a return to a retro fashion story of mystery, revenge, betrayal, and good old fashioned jazz.
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Summary: Great anime...3rd best after ...
Review: I came across the Japanese anime genre almost by accident .... and almost abandoned the genre intentionally ... Fate was kind to me both times!Someone at work recommended Princess Mononoke to me, and I thought I'd give it a try, and I'm glad I did, I loved it! I followed this success with Ghost in the Shell, and liked that too. But from there, I couldn't find anything I enjoyed, and I tried a lot of full length feature animes and a couple of series too. I was starting to think there was a serious drop-off in quality after the genre's leaders, and was thinking of moving on to other genres. Then I tried Cowboy Bepop. This is a great series, and I'm recommending it to new anime fans to follow-up Princess and Ghost with for a number of reasons. First is the music, which is really excellent jazz, bepop, and blues harmonica. The stories are funny and light with a fair amount of action, but nothing too violent or off-color. It's very innovative, and the characters are interesting and well-devloped over the series. Absent are dark undercurrents and strong themes, but overall it's very watchable. Try it as your 3rd anime!
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Summary: The style IS the substance
Review: Have you seen enough giant robots, noble heroes, and grandiose plots? Then check out Cowboy Bebop. Its different: not merely different, but different and _good_. The characters are likeable, violent deadbeats who have interesting back stories, set in a colorful and well drawn techno-noir world of the future. The series avoids the more cliched aspects of the anime genre, but does it in a way that is creative instead of merely reactive. The music is excellent, the interactions of the characters are entertaining, and for an animated series, the characters are more sympathetic than you'd expect, without the series taking itself too seriously. There are lots of references to pop-culture, from John Woo gangster movies, to Aliens to 2001:A Space Odyssey - it is funny, smart and fresh. A reviewer complained that Bebop didn't have any substance, but a lot of style. Bebop is well executed, engrossing entertainment with a fresh style and an offbeat charm - doing all that well counts as "substance" in my book.
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Summary: Truly great in both style, music and neatness!
Review: This is a series I bought on a fluke. I didn't knew much about it. It sounded cool when I read a review of it on animeondvd.com. I think I bought the first 2 volumes and they were SO good. The animation style perfectly fits the mood in the series and don't even get me started on the music. Yummy! Please get this. You will not regret it. It oozes quality and style wrapped up in a nice pakage.
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Summary: cowboy bebob
Review: this animation is fantastic.. Nothing can beat this animation.. Style, soundtrack, movement, emotion, whatever you desire... in this animation.. it has.. all... we want... for me.... I am crazy about this... mad about it... if somebody has a chance to see this animation.... he or she must have bought the soundtrack too.... I bet.. I bought three soundtracks of this animation.. awesome.... I garantee....... I couldn't watch this by myself.. so I recommanded everyone whom I know... Okay... enjoy... kaka
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Summary: reccomended for anyone who like noir and anime in general
Review: Often gritty, often funny, filled with memorable characters, and voiced with excellent voice actors in both japanese and the english dub, I would heartly recommend this series to anyone who wants to start out in anime to the serious otaku who has seen every type of anime available. It starts slow but soon gains headway as more characters are added, and new situations develop to challenge them all, culminating in a life or death battle for the main character, throughout the entire series, I was impressed with the style and grace of the animation, and storytelling, as well as the music (done by Yoko Kanno, who also did the music for macross plus.) a class act all the way, never feeling rushed, or cut short. the only real minus I can think about this series is that it ends after 26 episodes, after you get an emotional attachment to spike, jet, faye, ed, and ein. all deep enough character design to justly be a main character by themselves in any other type of media. Watch it once, and experience a gritty, noir, japanese space western. now if only disney could make movies like this...
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Summary: The First Part of the Greatest Anime Ever
Review: Cowboy Bebop is unquestionably one of the best anime series ever. The first DVD mainly starts the series off and has about 1 filler in episode five that doesent really do much(Till Jupiter Jazz comes along) The first two episodes we meet Spike, a puffy haired martial artist, Jet, a old looking guy who has a robotic arm, and their dog Ein. After that we meet good ol' Faye in episode 3. Then we meet Vicious in episode 5 and he is rather important to Spike's past.The Song GREENBIRD that is played during Spike's "fall" is the best song for a peek in his past and you can tell what he was in long ago, and that the blonde haired woman with Spike is also going to be important as well.
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Summary: Different from the rest, but standing tall
Review: Cowboy Bebop is about two Bounty Hunters and their antics through space. One thing is obvious from the start. This film has some style that lacks in other anime films. A style that makes him seem like a futuristic cowboy (that's not supposed to sound goofy, alright?). The humor is great, and better than your average Japanese perv and angry girl humor. No, this humor is sharp and sarcastic. The animation is excellent as well, being surprisingly smooth for a TV show, especially at the occaisional battle scene. You should definately pick up this DVD and if you don't like it, just give it to a friend.
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Summary: Cowboy Bebop rules
Review: I bought the first session of CowBoy Bebop based on the reviews here at amazon. And if i am completely honest then i must say that i found the first 2 episodes a bit weird at first, and i even wondered if i should get the second dvd. But then i started to watch the third episode "Honky Tonk Women" and to my surprise the characters and story lines started to grow on me. After watching Episode 5 "Balled of fallen Angels" i must confess that i am now a big fan of the series. By now i am humming the Jazzy theme song and i am not even a big fan of jazz! Cowboy Bebop despite the weird name is a very compelling anime that gets beter every time you see it. It has action, excitement,and the dark humor is excellent. If your looking for a new series then you can't go wrong with CowBoy Bebop.
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Summary: Great Anime!!! Worth the Buy.
Review: I am very skeptical when it comes to Japanimation. I bought this on reviews alone; never hearing anything about the Bebop series from friends. This anime is worth the money. It has what I look for in Anime. Great animation and well developed plots. The music also flows with the story and has a sweeet jazz rift to it. It could use a little more action, but with such a well developed plot, it didn't need it. I found myself wanting more after watching the 5 episodes that are on the DVD. I was very suprised by the detailed character developement as well. As each new episodes starts, it builds from the previous episodes seamlessly. The only thing that I would want to see differently with this Anime is longer episodes. I watched all 5 episodes in one sitting. The good thing is that it had me wanting more.
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