Anime: Cowboy Bebop

Mar 8, 2015 10:37 AM

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Mar 10, 2015 5:29 AM

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I love bebop. Among my very favorite anime, maybe even my favorite. First saw it on Adult Swim ages ago and thought it was the coolest show I'd ever seen. Years later when I actually got into anime I rewatched it and loved it even more. My favorite part about it is definitely the characters and the way they revealed information about their backstory as it went on.

Mar 10, 2015 9:22 AM

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Cowboy Bebop is a strong example of how something can be so chimeric across all its episodes while still retaining its own identity. We thank this to a cast that's close and can work together while not really getting caught up with each other, as the weight of their own pasts drops in from time to time and everyone just goes on their way. My favorite character would have to be Jet, the almost mother-like worry-wart despite all appearances. The characters anchor everything to whatever adventure they go on. Creative liberty with a focal point. Want to see Spike get high? There's an episode for that. Want to see them take on a case in classic film noir? There's an episode for that. Feel like taking on the day with Ed and still not get a single thing about her ('her'? I'm really never sure)? There's an episode for that too.

If I had to describe the aesthetics, the closest comparison would be the original Star Wars Trilogy. It's grimy, rusted, broken down; you can tell someone's lived there, and the setting from the Bebop to other planets is all the more alive for it. Oh yeah, and the soundtrack is absolutely bitchin'. If you haven't already (and I seriously don't know who wouldn't), watch this excellent work of the...actually I don't know what genre this is. It's probably its own. Yeah. Let's go with that.

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