Saw that the last Cowboy Bebop thread was almost 3 years old, so I hope that it's ok to start a new one! Anyway I started watching a few of the episodes, but before I knew it I watched all 26 episodes and the movie within a week. Safe to say this is probably one of my favorite animated shows of all time, anime or not.
Off the top of my head episodes that I really enjoyed were The Real Folk Blues, Cowboy Funk, Pierrot le Fou, Mushroom Samba, Ballad of the Fallen Angels, Toys in the Attic, and Speak Like a Child. In general though, the show was consistently excellent with only a few episodes that I really didn't care for. (Boogie Woogie Feng Shui and Sympathy for the Devil mostly)
I could rave on and on about what I love about this show such as the superb animation and music, but I think what really brought it all together was the show's incredible cast where I think there wasn't a single character that I thought the show would be better off without. (although I didn't really care for Vicious, it was mostly his impact on Spike that gave him importance in my opinion)
For me it was seeing these character's past and watching them grow and change throughout the series that really kept me hooked, and by the end I was getting misty eyed seeing their stories all come to a close. Even right now I'm still thinking about the show's core themes such as loneliness and letting the past go, and for me in general something has to be very thought provoking if I'm still thinking about it several days later. This is especially surprising that this is coming from an anime, and from my experience I never really cared for the medium. (too many cliches, lack of maturity, two dimensional characters)
Overall I was heavily impressed by this show and can now easily see why it is so revered by many. Is there any other anime out there that is on par with this series (mostly in terms of character, level of maturity, etc.) that I should check out? (maybe something recent/modern?)
Off the top of my head episodes that I really enjoyed were The Real Folk Blues, Cowboy Funk, Pierrot le Fou, Mushroom Samba, Ballad of the Fallen Angels, Toys in the Attic, and Speak Like a Child. In general though, the show was consistently excellent with only a few episodes that I really didn't care for. (Boogie Woogie Feng Shui and Sympathy for the Devil mostly)
I could rave on and on about what I love about this show such as the superb animation and music, but I think what really brought it all together was the show's incredible cast where I think there wasn't a single character that I thought the show would be better off without. (although I didn't really care for Vicious, it was mostly his impact on Spike that gave him importance in my opinion)
For me it was seeing these character's past and watching them grow and change throughout the series that really kept me hooked, and by the end I was getting misty eyed seeing their stories all come to a close. Even right now I'm still thinking about the show's core themes such as loneliness and letting the past go, and for me in general something has to be very thought provoking if I'm still thinking about it several days later. This is especially surprising that this is coming from an anime, and from my experience I never really cared for the medium. (too many cliches, lack of maturity, two dimensional characters)
Overall I was heavily impressed by this show and can now easily see why it is so revered by many. Is there any other anime out there that is on par with this series (mostly in terms of character, level of maturity, etc.) that I should check out? (maybe something recent/modern?)
