Such an awesome show. After completing it back in the day it was hard to like anything else for a while.
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Just finished Cowboy Bebop...
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My favorite episodes will always be the Pierre episode and the Cowboy Andy episode.
And the one where they do drugs.
And the one where the spoiled food takes over the ship and kills them all.
And the one where they find that cult lead by the paralyzed guy.
And the last episode.
Fuck this is such a good show.
And the one where they do drugs.
And the one where the spoiled food takes over the ship and kills them all.
And the one where they find that cult lead by the paralyzed guy.
And the last episode.
Fuck this is such a good show.
Move it up. You won't regret it. IMO it doesn't quite achieve the heights Cowboy Bebop did, but it's still a great show.
It has the funniest anime episode ever, though. The baseball episode.
What a great goddamn show. So good that even some of the knockoffs were good. (I love Outlaw Star... shut up)
Watanabe the God! Bebop and Champloo are essentials. I put DBZ in an untouchable realm. It supercedes all other anime's. But Bebop and Champloo are my definite top 2.
I mean yeah there are some problematic scenes for sure but the ep isn't "Jet tries to hookup with teenage girl"
Cowboy Bebop is my favourite anime. I saw it was a teenager and it blew my mind.
I second the people who recommend Samurai Champloo. It's outstanding and definitely scratches the same itch. The Sara episodes...
I second the people who recommend Samurai Champloo. It's outstanding and definitely scratches the same itch. The Sara episodes...
Same here. Had to watch the rest of the series after that.
Champloo is Bebop's direct successor in everyway, whereas Space Dandy is kind of a spiritual successor but still does its own thing. This show is the Bladerunner of animation.
Champloo is basically Bebop but during the age of Samurai, it has some funky things to it like Bebop did in that the shows soundtrack is inspired by Hip Hop and funk, and features work by the incredible talent of Nujabes. God Rest his soul.
It is also a story about three people going on an adventure and in a lot of ways it is lighter than bebop in tone, but there are episodes and points of the series that reach the same kind of seriousness in tone. The ending in particular is also the inverse of Cowboy Bebop's sad ending, it is a happy though, bittersweet one that reminds me of a riff on Yojimbo, where in the beginning of that film he tosses a stick in the middle of a forked road to figure out which path to take. In that same way, the ending of Samurai Champloo is very similar.
I caught Champloo and Bebop both back in the day and have rewatched them both several times, the music and animation and characters always make me go "This is art".
Champloo is basically Bebop but during the age of Samurai, it has some funky things to it like Bebop did in that the shows soundtrack is inspired by Hip Hop and funk, and features work by the incredible talent of Nujabes. God Rest his soul.
It is also a story about three people going on an adventure and in a lot of ways it is lighter than bebop in tone, but there are episodes and points of the series that reach the same kind of seriousness in tone. The ending in particular is also the inverse of Cowboy Bebop's sad ending, it is a happy though, bittersweet one that reminds me of a riff on Yojimbo, where in the beginning of that film he tosses a stick in the middle of a forked road to figure out which path to take. In that same way, the ending of Samurai Champloo is very similar.
I caught Champloo and Bebop both back in the day and have rewatched them both several times, the music and animation and characters always make me go "This is art".
I've seen this quote so many times, and yet it still sends shivers down my spine. Might be time for a third viewing.
Do you need a hug man?
Since you finished it, an obligatory tribute video
Oh. Ow. Gonna carry that weight.
Since you finished it, an obligatory tribute video
Oh. Ow. Gonna carry that weight.
Did you watch the movie? Watch the movie. It's like a longer and better animated episode of the series. It's really good.
Damnit, Spike.
What an amazing series. Awesome soundtrack, characters and action. There's not a ton of worldbuilding but you do get a good sense of the history of the places the series went to.
This one's been in my backlog for a while. The Super Eyepatch Wolf video is what me finally decide to jump on it. If you haven't seen it yet, get to it. Only 26 episodes and there was only one I didn't like (episode 22, with the cowboy).
Still my favourite anime series and one of the few I'm willing to recommend to people who don't watch anime. It's just that good.
I ordered The Complete Series last year on Amazon due to a special sale, along with OST.
I was extremely happy that I watched it, despite it was an old anime.
I was extremely happy that I watched it, despite it was an old anime.
Nice. I've seen the original movies before the series. I'll have to check that out sometime.
Loved this series. Ordered the Blu Ray set as soon as it was announced. Overall one of my favorite series ever in any medium, and I don't even like anime that much (nothing against anime, it has its merits imo, just not for me).
This show is a classic and will always be one. Besides One Punch Man, I recommend this show to anyone who's casually into anime. Also I hope someday someone legit adopts this series into live action as the plot and the world could be interesting to see if handled well.
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Why does this sentence always makes me tear up? It's been years men.
The locket song (memory) and piano bar 100% always get me.
Supreme mix of music and story - the selection of music is on point.
Supreme mix of music and story - the selection of music is on point.
Weeping intensifies.
Such a work of art, that show. Glad you got to enjoy it, OP.
The greatness of the series is magnified by the strong sense of nostalgia that it hits me with. Watching it on Adult Swim back in the day was an amazing experience that I've been chasing ever since (media wise).
The Ed & Ein clip was enough to make me tear up in the middle of the night, and I don't even like the Japanese VA. It's a really good show, y'all.
The Ed & Ein clip was enough to make me tear up in the middle of the night, and I don't even like the Japanese VA. It's a really good show, y'all.
Glad you enjoyed it so much, OP! I'll add my voice to the chorus suggesting the movie next. :)
Samurai Champloo is a top ten anime series for me and I highly recommend it, but I'm not sure that rushing straight into it after Cowboy Bebop will do it any favors. It's similar enough that comparisons are inevitable, but it has its differences and I think is best appreciated as its own thing. I found the first half to be somewhat uneven but it's got some amazing emotional highs as well as some incredibly funny episodes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it whenever you choose to watch it!
If you watch Space Dandy, just don't expect anything too similar to Bebop and Champloo. It's an experimental series in a lot of ways, with a wide variety of storytelling and animation techniques from episode to episode. I honestly was not its biggest fan but it's probably still worth a watch at some point (and I know plenty of people who loved it).
Samurai Champloo is a top ten anime series for me and I highly recommend it, but I'm not sure that rushing straight into it after Cowboy Bebop will do it any favors. It's similar enough that comparisons are inevitable, but it has its differences and I think is best appreciated as its own thing. I found the first half to be somewhat uneven but it's got some amazing emotional highs as well as some incredibly funny episodes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it whenever you choose to watch it!
If you watch Space Dandy, just don't expect anything too similar to Bebop and Champloo. It's an experimental series in a lot of ways, with a wide variety of storytelling and animation techniques from episode to episode. I honestly was not its biggest fan but it's probably still worth a watch at some point (and I know plenty of people who loved it).
