Anime Review: Cowboy Bebop

Rating: 5/5; one of my all time favorites. worthy of your collection.

RD: 1998 (Japan)

Synopsis:
Set in 2071, the series follows the misadventures and tragedies of a group of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop.


Thoughts:
This series is just too breathtakingly incredible. From the very well developed characters to the crap they dealt/deal with and the awesome fight scenes. It's just all too good to be missed. The jazz-like music helps. :) This is the kind of show that keeps you glued to the screen for hours, makes you lose sleep, and makes you really attached to the characters so whatever they feel, you feel. I love that.
I honestly don't know what else to say to express how much I'm in love with this series. My only complaint is the ending. For reasons I cannot disclose I was to say the least, unhappy. Not dissatisfied, just unhappy.
Go watch it. Now. You'll love the overall story, the characters, their lives, their past, the fights, the space adventures, and you will love the animation a little too much. 

Sidenote: I hate that I watched this show 7 years after it ran in Japan. It just makes me think, "darn, that's another great thing I could have been doing that year!" Remembering how I watched it really brings back memories. I could not watch it in Japan of course so my only choice was watching it online. This was before the days of Youtube and before it re-ran on Adult Swim. It was back in the beginning days of  "direct downloads." Ah, so slow!

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Movie Adaptation (Anime):

Knockin' on Heaven's door was okay. It was not as awesome as the anime, but still, it was quite fun. Check it out. :) The scenery is every bit as beautiful as in the anime.








Movie Adaption (non-Anime):
On July 22, 2008, IF Magazine published an article on its website regarding a rumor of a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie in development by 20th Century Fox. Producer Erwin Stoff said that the film's development was in the early stages, and that they had "just signed it". Keanu Reeves has been confirmed as playing the role of Spike Spiegel. Varietyconfirmed on January 15, 2009, that the production company Sunrise Animation will be "closely involved with the development of the English language project." The site also confirmed Kenji Uchida, Shinichiro Watanabe, and series writer Keiko Nobumoto as associate producers, series producer Masahiko Minami as a production consultant, and Peter Craig as screenwriter. It is currently slated for release in 2011
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I'm scared about the movie. I do not like Keanu Reeves and CANNOT picture him as my much adored Spike. (Sidenote: boy don't I love Spikes! Spike from Buffy and this Spike are just too awesome! I guess Spikes are eternally fated to be loved by all). The only movies I like Reeves in were the Matix ones so I'm very, very afraid.