Cowboy Bebop..

[3mileVFR]

Anyone watch this show?

I was hooked on it a few years ago...just rediscovered it...awesome!

[JohnnyWalker]

What the hell? A cowboy show?

[Slouch]

No, its some crazy anime thing. For 10 year old nerds, mostly.

[Elbs]

Cowboys meets anime!? :cantbeli:

http://www.submiturpics.com/images/zpf3d15z1ll04z2z3j4.jpg

[Elbs]

^^ that's better.

[Drain-O]

It's a great show, too bad morons write it off simply for being a certain genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-524oeRyiY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0hryrytbO0&feature=related

[3mileVFR]

Spike's ship is badass!, lol

[Winger]

Great show. It has a sort of art form that is missing in anime. 99% of most anime is junk. This one is pretty solid.

[IraGlacialis]

Cowboys meets anime!? :cantbeli:
Bounty hunters.

I find it to be a badass show as well, especially with the jazz soundtrack.

[3mileVFR]

Indeed, I just enjoy the entire soundtrack. I think it accents the series with a touch of sophistication.

[ComradeMP 2.0]

Yeah, watched it's airing back a few years, even bought it on DVD. It has what a lot of other shows lack and the story is solid and the sound track is just icing on the cake. Spike is pretty BAMF and the story around him is very interesting.

[Kit]

Cowboy Bebop is a top-notch show, and this is coming from a guy that doesn't watch anime. It has an original storyline, compelling characters, and has an interesting depiction of what a colonized Solar System looks like. I think many members on this board would like it.

Unlike a lot of animes, Cowboy Bebop has gritty realism. So you won't see cartoony/cheesy/annoying overreactions and exaggerations that plague the anime genre. You almost forget that you're watching an anime. It's fantastic artwork.

The same studio also did Wolf's Rain. That show is lesser known but a work of art.

[SBL]

Cowboy Bebop is quality programming. Recommended.

[OldCode]

Cowboy Bebop is the best sci fi series I've ever watched, live action, anime, or otherwise. It's got humor, action, cool characters and a freaking great jazz soundtrack. They just re-issued the complete series in a package with all episodes remixed for surround-sound. About $40 for 26 half-hour episodes, and that's the best entertainment spending you can do right now.

[Pollo Pion]

It´s rumoured that Hollywood is going to make a film about Cowboy Bebop, and Keanu Reeves will be Spike Spiegel. I´m terrified about that, probably they will do a horrible adaptation.

[blackdog]

Anyone watch this show?

I was hooked on it a few years ago...just rediscovered it...awesome!

No .

[my name again]

Anyone watched the animated movie? Was pretty nice too.

[ayanami_tard]

watched it years ago

not too fond to it(i prefer anime with heavy "nippon-esque" in it)

still a decent anime though

[Natasha]

My Ex made me watch Cowboy Bepop and Samurai Champloo with him. I was really skeptical at first but I have to admit Samurai Champloo has got to be one of the best shows I've ever seen. It's very funny and thrilling at the same time. And it's full of hilarious characters.

Cowboy Bepop was not really my thing though, I didn't like the characters and the setting. :petting:

[Ritual]

watched it years ago

not too fond to it(i prefer anime with heavy "nippon-esque" in it)

still a decent anime though

Same, I thought I was the only animu who didn't like it. :|

[Holycrusader]

5 stars from me for CowboyB. Jazz soundtrack was great...

What you guys thinking about Afrosamurai?

[3mileVFR]

Samurai-shamploo>Afro-samurai

[FrankBooth]

Top of the top Anime, Story, Soundtrack and one of the few Anime that the English voice actors outclassed the Japanese. I've had a big Spike wall scroll since '99. The live action movie is ridiculous (That includes the Akira one and rumored Jin-Roh Wolf Brigade)

Rurouni Kenshin> all other samurai series.

[Xaito]

Which brings me to my next question..what is the point of hentai when there is real **** available? :roll:
japanese **** and hentai have originality and creativity - being a fan of japanese manga art makes it all the more enjoyable. :)
But I have to say - in recent times Hentai animation sometimes tends to become mundane and trite - back in the 90ies they had great stories - just like regular anime.


Unlike a lot of animes, Cowboy Bebop has gritty realism. So you won't see cartoony/cheesy/annoying overreactions and exaggerations that plague the anime genre. You almost forget that you're watching an anime. It's fantastic artwork.

The same studio also did Wolf's Rain. That show is lesser known but a work of art.
you also might enjoy "Jin Roh - the wolf brigade" and "Appleseed" (there are more of those but I don't remember them at the moment)

[ayanami_tard]

good storyline instead of 30 minutes of blowjob scenep-)
(that is the part where is hate the most.fvckin disgusting)

sorry,couldn't resist


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[Dercius]

One of the best anime series I have ever seen.
Illarious that episode when they were looking for a video player and they got a VHS and were trying to put a NTSC tape inside it :cantbeli:

[FrankBooth]

The guy who had a hard on for Beta haha


Not all anime needs to be serious (It rarely is) but Bebop transcended all boundaries in the most complete way since the release of Grave of the Fireflies film, and still kept it very fun and cool. I had the opportunity to meet Shinichiro Watanabe & Hajime Yatate some years back and it was a real pleasure.

[hsh2]

My Ex made me watch Cowboy Bepop and Samurai Champloo with him. I was really skeptical at first but I have to admit Samurai Champloo has got to be one of the best shows I've ever seen.
:petting:

Excellent stuff indeed!

Anime is a misunderstood genre, everyone thinks that Anime is about childish cartoons a la Dragonball that run on the afternoons when it's exactly the contrary.

My recommendations:

Berserk
Nausicäa
Jin-Roh
Planet ES
Battle Angel Alita
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Spriggan
Rurouni Kenshin
Basilisk
Ninja Scroll
Lupin the 3rd
Trigun
Death Note

etc. All mature films/series with solid plots and great animation resulting in a worthwile experience.

[Waletski]

cowboy bebop is awesome one of my favorite anime.

if u like realistic anime, def check out: paprika and jin-roh

[ayanami_tard]

Anime is a misunderstood genre, everyone thinks that Anime is about childish cartoons a la Dragonball that run on the afternoons when it's exactly the contrary.

My recommendations:

Berserk
Nausicäa
Jin-Roh
Planet ES
Battle Angel Alita
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Spriggan
Rurouni Kenshin
Basilisk
Ninja Scroll
Lupin the 3rd
Trigun
Death Note

etc. All mature films/series with solid plots and great animation resulting in a worthwile experience.

you forgot neon genesis evangelion and gurren lagann

[W3s II]

I used to watch it when it was aired on Adult Swim. It is pretty good.

Case Closed is another one I like.

[Waletski]

Excellent stuff indeed!

Anime is a misunderstood genre, everyone thinks that Anime is about childish cartoons a la Dragonball that run on the afternoons when it's exactly the contrary.

My recommendations:

Berserk
Nausicäa
Jin-Roh
Planet ES
Battle Angel Alita
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Spriggan
Rurouni Kenshin
Basilisk
Ninja Scroll
Lupin the 3rd
Trigun
Death Note

etc. All mature films/series with solid plots and great animation resulting in a worthwile experience.

awesome list like to add:

paprika
Last exile
fate stay night
paranoid agent
perfect blue
most studio ghibli

(do i spot bawkzy in mp.net, the queen has arrived)

[ayanami_tard]

......
Case Closed is another one I like.

fvcking long episodes(afaik +1000)

i only read the manga

[hsh2]

awesome list like to add:

paprika
Last exile
fate stay night
paranoid agent
perfect blue
most studio ghibli

(do i spot bawkzy in mp.net, the queen has arrived)

Heh I visited Studio Ghibli in July 2006 during my Japan and SK vacation. Very cool and informative (animation techniques etc) but getting there was crazy.....

Forgot to add Princess Mononoke. An epic masterpiece.

[Cyborn]

My recommendations:

Berserk
Nausicäa
Jin-Roh
Planet ES
Battle Angel Alita
Vampire Hunter D
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Spriggan
Rurouni Kenshin
Basilisk
Ninja Scroll
Lupin the 3rd
Trigun
Death Note

What about "Ghost in the Shell" of 1995?
"Patlabor" was nice.
"Gunslinger Girl"
"Elfen Lied"
And many other.

[hsh2]

What about "Ghost in the Shell" of 1995?
"Patlabor" was nice.
"Gunslinger Girl"
"Elfen Lied"
And many other.

My bad. I didn't mean to forget it, although to be honest the ending disappointed me a little. Great story and character development and then it pretty much comes to an abrupt halt. I prefer the 2 series in that respect.

Patlabor was cool aswell.

[magicman]

What about "Ghost in the Shell" of 1995?
"Patlabor" was nice.
"Gunslinger Girl"
"Elfen Lied"
And many other.
Full Metal Panic (all of them)
Gasaraki
Akira
Planetes
Madlax

[Roaming East]

Rurouni Kenshin = Inuyasha with gore.
Its still aimed at tweens. No where near the maturity in subject matter that the rest of the initial list provided

[Xaito]

you forgot neon genesis evangelion and gurren lagann

no he didn't.
Evangelion is typical school romance story mixed with a truly interesting mecha design and truckloads of cryptic mind****.

as for gurren lagann - are we talking about this one?
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/38/mainmw4.jpg
It doesn't get much more immature then that - I'm a big anime fan - even bigger mecha fan - but I couldn't stand this sh*t.

[deagle]

gundamn and dragon ballzZ ftw

(and no, they aint ****os)!.

[JQ24]

I'm not a big fan of anime, but a friend of mine introduced me to cowboy bebop and samurai champloo a couple of years ago and I liked them. The artwork and story are excellent unlike most anime out there.