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Summary: Limited Sessions
Review: Just a side note:
This item is a limited edition. When it hit the shelves, you could buy it for about $120. It came with 6 dvds, a special box, a soundtrack, and all of them were numbered. Since they were limited, Bandai stopped making them a long time ago. Unfortunately, if you're a fan of the series and don't own the Perfect Session box set, you're stuck with buying them individually if you want a NTSC region 1 version that has good quality video. You will find two different price range sets in the "New and Used" section. The first range from about $200-$300, this is someone or some store that has an actual Perfect session box set and since it's now a rarity, has raised the price. The other is a 3-disc "bootleg" and the price usually ranges $30-$60. The video quality is horrible and unless you just want a copy of the series and don't mind the poor quality, I really wouldn't reccomend it. I know the price tag is very appealing, but if your looking for a quality copy, you're going to have to buy a Bandai version, either by spinging the money for the Perfect session or by purchasing them individually.
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Summary: Outstanding Writing, Music, and Animation
Review: This is far and away the best anime series I have seen so far. What an excellent collection. Where does one begin? More mature themed than Outlaw Star, and more episodic, the writing of the stories is far and above anything else currently out there. I watched all the DVDs one after another to collect the whole experience after having seen the first couple episodes on Toonami. Unlike Outlaw Star with its severely extroverted cast, the characters in Bebop are very slow to peel away their facades to show their histories. Spike, Jet, Faye, Ein, and Edward begin very mysteriously in their own way. Each protagonist has their own sordid past they attempt to deal with while shielding the others from it. Spike, the lanky, Lupin-like face man shows his serious side in the Ballad of Fallen Angels which contains a wonderfully operatic scene where he is thrown out of a window of a church, in the rain. He flashes back through an earlier harsh episode of his life as he and the stained glass fall in tandem, in slow motion, to a beautifully tinkling music box score. There didn't seem to be a journey of discovery the way there was with Outlaw Star, driving the series. However, the build up to the last few episodes was very impressive. I was reminded of the epic sweep of the DeNiro movie 'Heat' as Spike set out to confront his nemesis, his love, and his past. It left me feeling quite drained watching it to the last. While I wouldn't go so far as to say the characters are likeable, they are compelling in their own flawed ways. The use of music was also very advanced in the series, ranging from classical arias, to punk, to metal, to techno - all to the benefit of the plot and the fluid movements of the combatants. Very highly recommended, I just hope I can find something similar in the future.
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Summary: i hate only giving it 5 stars
Review: this is my favorite anime series of all time. tgere is just so much character. from the jazz music, to the enigmatic story, to the perfect characters. EVERY character in this whole series is great, even the one-episode extras.plus, CB has the coolest villain ever: Vicious. the entire series PLUS the soundtrack all in one? buy it. even if youre not afan of anime, you will love this.
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Summary: MAJOR BOOTLEG PROBLEM
Review: The 6 DVD set is legitimate. It is also legitimately priced. However, the 3 DVD set is a BOOTLEG ILLEGAL COPY FROM HONG KONG. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY this used for $30. You should never assume that you can buy a complete 26 episode set for 30! That is impossible. Dont be fooled by the cheap price and snazzy packaging. what you end up with is a illegal rip and also a questionably quality forgery. Please consider this. I know this is expensive, but if people keep supporting bootlegging eventually anime companies will start losding money, which declines quality of ALL anime. Dont support this bootleg industry.
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Summary: A Serious, Funny, And Sad Series
Review: This is one of the greatest anime, producted by Bandai, I have ever seen! It is a must have for all the anime fan!
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Summary: A must-see series
Review: This is a very interesting series. What strikes me most is the supranational atmosphere that prevails in the whole series. The various cityscapes that appear in the series are often a melange of North America, Asia, and Middle East. This statelessness applies to the main characters as well. They all bear western-sounding names - Spike, Jet, Fay, Ed, etc. - but look decidedly Asian to me. They are just as rootless as they are stateless as they all have a past that they struggle to come to terms with. They piece together the shattered fragments of their less-than-savory past as they wander around from one planet to another. All this is presumably a reflection of the so-called globalism that now seems to be eveloping the world.
If there are any villains in this series, they are all depicted as victims of circumstances, imparting a sense of sadness and soulfulness to the proceedings. All in all, this is a very good series and also serves as a reminder that the consciousness of the masses has gone well beyond national boundaries in the realm of popular culture while our leaders are busy exciting people's patriotic feelings on both sides of the Pacific.
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Summary: I am sadly confused!
Review: This is a very good show.I saw it on Adult Swim a good amount of times.I also rented the 2-disc Best Sessions and taped it on vhs.Now I want to get a box set of it on dvd.Amazon has the Perfect Sessions box set and the complete series box set.WHICH ONE SHOULD I GET!Please somebody write a review for me telling me which one to get.THANK YOU!
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Summary: yes, it's really 5 stars
Review: First I would like to say that yes, you can be disappointed by Cowboy Bebop, if you've been inundated with everyone telling you that nothing compares to it. It's not perfect. You can cut it apart, and criticize the parts. But I for one do feel that, as a total package, Cowboy Bebop is the best anime short series ever produced. If you're looking for pure violence, it's not for you. If you don't like jazz, it's not for you. If you're looking for hyper-accuracy with physics and mechanics, it's not for you (although they do a half-way decent job). But if you're looking for deep characters, good animation for a series, and want to be sucked into another world for 30 minutes at a time, Cowboy Bebop is definitely for you. Again, it's the best, well-rounded series I have seen.The strength of Cowboy Bebop comes in its character development, editing, and soundtrack. The characters are as evolved and deep as you can get in a short series that doesn't sacrifice other aspects of the storytelling. I felt pretty attached to all of the characters by the end (even Ein, although granted I own a Pembroke Welsh Corgi...which in fact was one of the reasons I first starting watching Cowboy Bebop!). A mark of a good series, I feel, is the emotional investment you make...I really didn't want the series to end, and I feel that's mainly due to the characters and the emotional reaction you get from them. The pace of each session/episode is wonderful. The editors paid a great deal of attention to the interplay of action sequences and story-developing sequences, development of suspense, and integration of humor and lighter parts. I never really felt bored or uninterested at any time through all the sessions. As with most short series, there are a few reoccuring themes and storylines throughout the length of the show. Cowboy Bebop does a great job of building that story gradually, until things come to a head at the end. As for the music...like I said, if you don't like jazz, perhaps this isn't for you. As a fan, I loved the use of fusion and classic jazz throughout the series. It went well with the milieu...an electic blend of future and past. The high energy numbers highlighted the action, whereas the slower ballads accentuated the emotions of the different scenes. Excellent use of music...I've yet to come across another anime series (or mainstream movie or tv show!) that has so rich and unique a soundtrack. Yoko Kanno has penned a number of anime soundtracks, but Cowboy Bebop is by far her best. So, bottomline is that Cowboy Bebop is worth getting. At the risk of mentioning cost...well frankly if any series is worth the $150+ price tag, Cowboy Bebop is it.
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Summary: Cowboy Bebop, the space-jazz anime eats it!!
Review: I finally watched Cowboy Bebop after all of the peer pressure from the anime geeks at my school. I saw the first couple of episodes and I wanted to vomit!! The music eats it, jazz doesn't belong in anime in general, if they had Dvorak or Rage Against The Machine, then it would be cool. The animation is so crappy they put in computer effects to balance it out. The worst character is Ed, who is like an anime form of SpongeBob Squarepants. The weapons aren't right either, ballistic firearms don't belong in space, thats what laser blasters are for!! The plot makes no sense either, a group of bounty hunters work for an organization that says not to kill the bounties or they don't get paid, but they kill them anyway. I'm actually in favor of killing, but it makes no sense that they don't just quit their current job and work for an organization that requires killed bounties. This show belongs in the ranks of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. If you want to watch a space series, watch the Star Wars Saga, that was much better than this pile of garbage!!
Rating:
Summary: "Just Excellent"
Review: This is one of the best anime series I've ever seen. Highly recommended for any anime fan. The characters, the music, the theme,the dialogues, everything is just excellent. Great addition to any DVD collection.
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