Rating: 
Summary: Extending the series just a little longer!
Review: Cowboy Bebop is a great series. I was glad to find out that there are a new set of mangas for it, but at the same time, saddened that it was only 2 books! (Cain Kuga's series got canceled after only ten stories.) But it's great! If you loved Ed, this is a great series, because there's lots of Ed!Though the story may be different from what you remember, it's definately an interesting take on the series.
Rating:
Summary: Extending the series just a little longer!
Review: Cowboy Bebop is a great series. I was glad to find out that there are a new set of mangas for it, but at the same time, saddened that it was only 2 books! (Cain Kuga's series got canceled after only ten stories.) But it's great! If you loved Ed, this is a great series, because there's lots of Ed! Though the story may be different from what you remember, it's definately an interesting take on the series.
Rating:
Summary: SPECTACULAR MANGA
Review: I enjoyed this manga, even though it was more like a side-story or a what-if-they'd-met-THIS-way story for the crew of the Bebop.
If only Spike had the 'fro. But his hair's still good.
Ed isn't *AS* wacky, but still ED !
This manga is worth picking up !
The artwork is *great* too!
Rating:
Summary: VERY COOL COWBOY BEBOP MANGA !
Review: I personally think this 2nd volume of Shooting Star BeBop is much better than the first (the first IS good, though !)
A lot of action and suspense. I wish that this manga had continued, or at least ended with a fourth one (the manga was cancelled after 2 volumes, right after the author finished the 3rd -- which never was published...). Cain does great work :D
Rating: 
Summary: Good- but with flaws
Review: It was a refreshing twist to the Bebop universe. Spike's style was made a little, um, too pushy. He cared too much for his ship. Ed is still Ed, but has a more animeish (is that a word?)look to her (him? not sure about it this time around.)Jet hasn't changed with the new artist, but Faye has turned into a snobby brat. The art is hectic in the fight scenes, but is okay as is. Is worth a look for hardcore Bebop fans, but not for newcomers. See you space cowboy.
Rating:
Summary: A Brief Review
Review: Okay,so there's been a lot of griping about the "Shooting Star" manga series,when the truth is it's not such a bad series.Of course anyone who is interested in getting into the Bebop franchise, shouldn't go to "Shooting Star" first.In fact this is probably the last Bebop thing you should explore.
With all the said,I think the only flaw with the series are some of the personality changes,but they are slight,and I'll let it go, since this just a "What if?" alternate reality/universe-type situation.The characters designs are also quite different,but I think it fits the whole alternate-universe feel of the manga series.
So if you've watched the series,the movie, read other manga series then check this series out.You may be in for a pleasant surprise(or not)
Rating:
Summary: WHAT IF?
Review: The 2 volume Shooting Star storyline by manga writer and artist Cain Kuga uses most of the same characters as the Cowboy Bebop anime series but places them in alternative situations and gives them slightly different origins. This first volume introduces the entire Cowboy Bebop crew as if the previous anime and manga never existed in 5 stand-alone stories, or "shoots". In the first, Spike and and Jet are hired to find a renegade body double of an organized crime boss. In the second we are introduced to Edward. The third story brings Ein into the picture. In the fourth story the crew are sent to catch The Scorpion, a dangerous Dragon Head general who escaped from the prison planet of Pluto. The last story introduces the always ravishing Faye Valentine as she attempts to steal the Bebop. I liked these stories. I think the idea of the series was to start afresh without being bogged down by backstory. It worked because none of the characters were scrapped really. It was the same old bebop with subtle differences. They didn't have any of the dark tragedy that to me seemed to plague some of the later Bebop sessions. If you're a fan you'll enjoy these, and if you've never read Bebop before you could start here. I have no idea why the second volume of Shooting Star is not availible here at Amazon. I would highly recommend the Sessions and movie on DVD and the previous manga trilogy that came before Shooting Star.
Rating: 
Summary: Kuga just doesn't understand
Review: The good thing is Cain Kuga provides great art for this series. The bad thing is Kuga, as the writer, never grasped the personality or appeal of each character. The subtlety of the anime and the balance of the various personalities aboard the Bobop is lost. The most infuriating is Spike has taken on a whole new personality of stupidity. Instead of a cleverness hidden behind his nonchalant attitude, he has become Bebop's grunt, driven by hunger and little else. There's a reason the manga is being canceled after issue 2.
Rating:
Summary: Kuga just doesn't understand
Review: The good thing is Cain Kuga provides great art for this series. The bad thing is Kuga, as the writer, never grasped the personality or appeal of each character. The subtlety of the anime and the balance of the various personalities aboard the Bobop is lost. The most infuriating is Spike has taken on a whole new personality of stupidity. Instead of a cleverness hidden behind his nonchalant attitude, he has become Bebop's grunt, driven by hunger and little else. There's a reason the manga is being canceled after issue 2.
Rating: 
Summary: Same Characters, Different Stories
Review: This manga is the first of a two part series by Cain Kuga. Cain Kuga was approached to do a manga version of Cowboy Bebop. This was before bebop even became a phenomenon. The stories in the manga offer a different take on how Spike, Jet, Faye, Ein, and Ed get together. The bounty hunters get involved with a mysterious syndicate with a 13 year old commander named Scorpion. The character's personalities are more or less the same. Spike is a little more irritable than in the series. He protests hugely when the new members come aboard, even more so than he did in the cartoon. Edward is still a little off. Faye doesn't show up until the end but no notible difference was seen in her either. The manga is well-written and on par for the bebop personalities. It reads very fast and there is alot of action. Although it is good, it isn't great. Nothing really stands out. It just offers a different story for the origin of the crew, and a different villian. Of course, bebop fans just have to check it out, out of principle.
| 
