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I dare you to name a cooler anime than Cowboy Bebop
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I'm in the midst of watching it (Up to episode 15 now) and I've enjoyed every episode of it, it does have a 'cool' factor to it, I'm pretty new to anime so I can't really say something is cooler, the OST enhances that imho.
Devilman Crybaby is super cool and depressing.
Hell yeah. Baccano is oozing with styles and the way they weave multiple stories at the same times is damn cool.
Samurai Champloo is super cool tol
Hell yeah. Baccano is oozing with styles and the way they weave multiple stories at the same times is damn cool.
Samurai Champloo is super cool tol
Speaking of Baccano!, Durarara!! is up there too. Everyone in that show is super cool, whether they're a science nerd or a schoolgirl possessed by a murderous sword. 🤔
Of the first page only these come close. I'd honestly put them all next to each other.
Naoki Urwasawa's Monster is the only anime I'd put over Cowboy Bebop. Its like High class anime.
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Space dandy and Champloo don't quite match Bebop imo, but both are excellent top tier anime
Champloo's more fun in some ways than Bebop but it doesn't leave as much of a lasting impression. The music is worth watching Champloo for alone.
Never watched Space Dandy.
One thing I'm admiring about Cowboy Bebop is how it has black, trans, gay folks in and doesn't have them as a satire or joke.
So far
haven't done a full rewatch in over a decade. have the blu ray set so i'm due. did rewatch the last 2-3 episodes though and i'm having a hard time deciding between which episode has a better ending: hard luck woman, jupiter jazz part 2, or the real folk blues part 2.
I think it's a tie between Jupiter Jazz Part 2 and Real Folk Blues Part 1. Both endings are so good.
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haven't seen space dandy. if cowboy bebop is 10/10 best anime, then samurai champloo is 9/10. it's a spiritual successor that doesn't quite hit the mark the same way. if you enjoyed bebop, then give it a shot though just keep in mind it's all about the journey. you get less of the backstory stuff like you had with bebop and it's seemingly more filler. but, like bebop, the filler is there to show characters in different situations and give us better insight into who they are.
and if you like champloo, check out katanagatari. it's further down the anime rabbit hole, but each episode is like 48 minutes of character development and two minutes of fighting, and each fight is fucking thrilling as a result.
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space lion might be my favorite song from the show. it's somehow both hopeful and melancholic at the same time.
jupiter jazz part 2 is also where i feel like the entire team finally comes together. it makes sense given it's the end of the first half of the show, before everything starts to fall apart. the delivery on these lines in the dub is so good. the actors/director really nailed what made these characters so likeable and relatable.
'so sad... so... beautiful.'
'hurry up and get inside. we're taking off.'
'oh ed, anything but blue...'
considering the era in which it was made, the english dub is like hidden treasure. it has no reason to be this good, and it elevates the entire show.
This here is correct. Cowboy Bepop is perhaps the best anime series made. That said, I kind of like Steins;Gate more :P.
Cowboy Bebop - 10/10
Samurai Champloo - 9/10
Carole & Tuesday - 8/10
Space Dandy - 9/10
I haven't seen the "bad" Watanabe anime, Terror in Resonance, nor have I seen his adaptation of Kids on the Slope. I hear Kids is solid and I hear almost exclusively negative things about Terror. Apparently Terror is written very poorly and the characters are brainless and unlikable. Every time I look it up, I see people talking about how awful it is...so I think I'm going to prioritize watching Kids.
Space Dandy is incredible. It's a very episodic series with some very sharp, satirical writing and lots of meta commentary on genre anime. There are a couple dud episodes in there, the first couple aren't great but then you get 10/10s like Zombie Documentary, the high-school musical, QT's love story, Dandy and the little girl, the multiverse of Dandies, the Redline episode and that awesome mindfuck of an ending.
It benefits greatly from using multiple animation styles, an awesome soundtrack featuring Yokko Kano doing her Bebop thing and one of the most enjoyable English dubs in anime.
Watch Space Dandy. It's a great companion anime to Bebop and Champloo, heavier on satire but big on style.
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Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo are almost oppressively cool, which always made me wonder what happened with Wolf's Rain.
Like did the director finally just miss the mark in terms of "something I think is cool and almost everyone else will agree with"?
Like did the director finally just miss the mark in terms of "something I think is cool and almost everyone else will agree with"?
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Watanabe didn't direct Wolf's Rain. Also, Wolf's Rain is good!
I actually prefer Champloo to Bebop but they're both 10s for me.
Music is a huge part of the cool factor
Music is a huge part of the cool factor
Ahh, I see. It looks like a lot of the creative staff was shared, but not Watanabe.
You're right. People saying Samurai Champloo are sadly mistaken.
My favorite description of Cowboy Bebop is that "it's the epilogue to a story we never get to see".
Not the same director. Same lead writer, but Shinichiro Watanabe was not involved in any way. Besides that, yeah, I see that show as an attempt to carry on with many of the team of CB trying to do what they did the first time, but ended up making an interestingly stark case study for the impact Watanabe had on CB. Wolf's Rain lacks any drive, sadly, despite the interesting premise.
Ah, I see people already pointed out the director thing. Ah well my other points still stand.
Also the answer is Tatami Galaxy. 😎😎😎
(not really, but check it out, it's great)
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Imo the only thing in this anime that could put it in the same conversation than Cowboy Bebop was Yuki Kajiura's soundtrack.
Damn, you right.
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Something is not overrated just because you say it. A lot of people (from artists to critics to fans) consider it the pinnacle of anime for a good reason and you throwing around the word "overrated" won't change that.
That's a good order. Bebop and Champloo are equal to me but I just prefer the setting of Bebop more so I would rank it first.
Space Dandy is great. It's just more episodical and lacks the deeper story line. But it's visually very creative show and has some great episodes.
Yeah, Wolf's Rain is kind of forgotten nowadays and it shouldn't be!
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