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The first episode of this anime was a pretty good introduction honestly. However any excitement for the show fades as they continuously bludgeon you with character introductions that were pretty much the same exact sequence of dialogue and then action scene, all without really adding anything to the main overarching plot for another 5 episodes after the first. With one dedicated episode for each character, it doesn't give you time to really build attachments to them so I could honestly care less if they were to die in whatever they're planning to do with them.

Only thing that has me somewhat interested this long was the ... setting. The time period as well as how they did their magic system was interesting to me and I enjoyed seeing those aspects. It's such a shame because it could've been at least a 6 for me if they didn't decide to pace the anime as they did just because of the setting alone. The 5 that I gave it is really just being generous since I'm hoping that whatever we're waiting for will be worth it, but if not it's definitely dropping down to a solid 3.

Cowboy Bebop was an interesting watch. It's definitely one of the anime that requires you to read in between the lines as not everything is presented to you at face value like most anime nowadays. However because of that it may be hard to grasp some of the overarching themes in this show without having to watch an explanation video of the entire series. For this reason I gave it a 7, as personally I believe that a piece should portray it's themes clearly, otherwise it'd probably be an 8 or 9.

But the more I think about the show I can see why people enjoy ... it so much. The approach to this anime is very realistic in it's portrayal. In fact I could say that in the far fetched future this could very well be the life of someone out there floating in space if we ever advance that far scientifically. As the anime has its boring episodes where it doesn't really add anything to the plot point, episodes with action aplenty as you would expect from a life as a bounty hunter, and finally episodes that build at the overarching theme, which is rather quite similar to the life we live ourselves; minus the gun slinging action for most of us of course. Looking back at it in that perspective it's almost as though we are just witnessing a portion their lives through a scope and it somewhat makes those boring episodes more bearable. As if we are just watching someone live out their life to the best of their abilities.

Overall I would say to give it a shot. I can see why this anime can hold a special place in people's hearts, but Cowboy Bebop is definitely starting to show its age.