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best anime ever
An interesting twist on traditional anime, Cowboy Bebop is at once fresh, original, and wildly entertaining. It injects new life into a classic genre.

I first discovered this series on Cartoon Network's adult swim late-night block, and quickly began to really like it. The fight scenes are beautifully animated, the 26 episodes (each of which stands on its own) are well written and perfectly paced.

Speaking of which, the episode structure is very unlike most anime, where you have to see every episode or you don't understand it at all. The episodes in Bebop are all tied together with a common theme: Spike Spiegel and company travel throughout space in the near future, looking for bounty, their own backstories unraveling bit by bit. This formula works very well.

Bebop also conveys an atmosphere that sometimes changes but is always well done with each episode. It is, for the most part, either gritty and violent (Episode 5: Ballad of Fallen Angels) or goofy and sometimes laugh out loud funny (Episode 12: Toys in the Attic). Director Watanabe is great at really drawing the viewer in so that often you forget about what else is happening around you.

Bebop is not without flaws, however. Sometimes the episodes seem to have filler or are WAY too slow paced. This is mainly only a problem with Episode 20: Boogie Woogie Feng Shui. Half the episode is almost all dialogue, with hardly any real movement. It just doesn't feel like the rest of the series.

That one very small shortcoming aside, however, Bebop is amazing, and well worth it whether you enjoy anime or not. This is something anyone can appreciate.

out with a bang!
Cowboy Bebop is just bloody fabulous; it has everything- action, romance, drama, comedy and quite possibly the most likeable chick in the anime genre. Basically, the anime is about a slapstick group of bounty hunters aboard a ship called the Bebop and their adventures, or should I say, misadventures.

For the cast we have:

Spike Spiegel, a tall and charming bounty hunter whose mysterious past we get into as the series progresses.

Jet Black, is an ex-cop and the operator of the Bebop.

Faye Valentine, a gorgeous, scantily-clad gambling lady who was cryogenically frozen. She's witty, independent and very unlike the usual damsels-in-distress attitude of most female leads in the anime genre.

Ed, a capable female hacker who is more like a boy. She's absolutely bonkers and seemingly boneless at times.

Ein, the genetically enhanced dog who is smarter than your average human. He and Ed are great friends but he has an awful relationship with Faye. In fact, in one episode, when Ein is hungry and whining for food, Faye eats up his dog food right in front of him! Poor Ein.

That's it for all the main characters. There are other characters that you'll meet later who have past relations with our main characters- these interactions are what slowly reveal what happened in our mysterious protagonists' pasts. I highly recommend the following episodes (if you don't want to watch the whole series... SHAME ON YOU!): Honky Tonk Woman, Ballad of the Fallen Angels, Toys in the Attic, Jupiter Jazz (1+2), My Funny Valentine, Mushroom Samba, Pierrot Le Fou, Cowboy Funk, Hard Luck Woman, and Real Folk Blues (1+2). These episodes are the highlights of the series, although of course the other episodes are still wonderful- high above the caliber of other anime episodes.

If you don't watch Cowboy Bebop, you don't know what you're missing. The Cowboy Bebop DVDs, a TV and a six-pack of beer are all you'll ever need if you get stuck on a deserted island.

You're Gonna Carry That Weight
Cowboy Bebop is unlike anything that I've ever seen. At first glance, it might appear to follow all the conventions of anime. A rugged pair of bounty hunters. An alluring woman with a mysterious past. An arch-foe of unbelievable skill and ruthlessness. A perky young teenage sidekick and her pet dog.
But then, Bebop is nothing conventional.
The episodes can vary quickly from lighthearted and warm to grim and gothic, and vice-versa. The characters are unique, and we watch them grow as the series goes on. The score is beautiful, and the songs for the soundtrack are deeply haunting.
Or course, the presence of Radical Edward, the most refreshing character in anime in awhile, is worth the money alone. But that's not the only reason to get this set.
This series plays out to the end like a John Woo film, relying on stunning imagery, characters who are both larger than life and yet at the same time achingly human, and action sequences that are at times fun romps and others desperate fights for survival.
Not for the younger set, that much is for sure.

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