+epirus300 makes me want bell peppers and beef and yes I've tried a prairie oyster for a hang over and it didn't work too well...then again the world was still spinning for an entire day...man I felt awful...
Just rewatching old episodes and i have to say : 2021 and still i think the english dub is what made Trigun and Cowboy Bebop work so good. They actually enhance the respective anime. Both casts do superb work. Also : Cowboy Bebop is a rare occasion in which i think the German dub is actually really good, which for a German myself, is just amazing as this is rare as hell.
Cowboy Bebop is, and always will be in the top spot for my favorite anime. It is also the only anime that I recommend the dub over the sub. This review was excellent Bennett, and I can't wait to see what you have in store for the Toonami month.
Cowboy BeBop and the original run of Berserk are tied in terms of story and characters for me, but over all BeBop had the better music, even if I liked some of the tracks in Berserk more.
It should also be noted that Cowboy Bebop came out 2001, just barely out of the horrible dubs we were accustom that permiated the 80s and 90s. And it's dub was fan-freaking-tastic. Yeah, we still get a lot of shitty dubs, look no further than Toradora, but Cowboy Bebop still set the gold standard. A gold standard that has remained nearly unchallenged. With that said, Dragonball Z's uncut Funamation dub ranks a close second for me and remains the best voice and cut we got. Fuck you Nickalodian.
It took DBZ a long time and alot of dubs to get to that point. Bebop has one and only one english dub. They knocked it out of the park so well they have never bothered to re dub it or try a different cast
@@Bowiiihowdy The reason why Cowboy Bebop dub is so good is not because it’s set in a western setting, but they got people who actually care about the anime.
Just thinking of the episode "Ballad Of Fallen Angels" gives me chills. Remember that Cathedral shoot-out with Vicious? _I don't feel a thing, and I stopped remembering. The days are just like moments turned to hours..._
Of course the next anime 'isn't gonna be as good' >.< it's following Cowboy Fucking Bebop. That's like being a some up an coming band no one's heard of and having to follow AC/DC or the Stones. Also, the music made tear up ass hole >.< I FELT THINGS CAUSE OF YOU!!!
I remember I would be watching SeaLab 2021 when I was 13 with my Dad and Brother. As soon as Bebop came on after they would change the channel and I would book it to my room to watch Bebop. Those were the days.
Thanks for the emotional nostalgia trip, m8. The importance of Toonami and early Adult Swim can't be understated. I think I speak for most of us here that our childhoods and adolescent years just wouldn't be complete without those television programming blocks.
Anybody who likes bebop owes it to themselves to check out lupin 3rd... especially cuz bebop was completely inspired by it and the main cast (minus ed) and vicious are expys of the main lupin cast.. trust me you won't be disappointed
I watched Lupin The 3rd because I heard it was inspired Cowboy Bebop and I've been a fan ever since. Fucking love Lupin The 3rd. Oh, and watch Lupin The 3rd: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine if you want a darker version of Lupin
I knew Jet=Jigan and Faye=Fujiko, but you made me realize VICIOUS=GOEMON!! Super late reply, but time is meaningless when you have a show that is the finest wine.
Its an anime that appeals to both anime watchers and you're average person. Most anime no matter how good have something that would alienate the average viewer. Whether it be weird aliens/creatures, to magic or just blatant fan service. Bebop has none of that. Its set in the future yet nothing outlandish in terms of aliens or technology exists and the concept of space travel isn't that farfetched for the average viewer.
Not only is Kagome clearly Japanese, even if we would stretch her character with some bullshit like "she's from america" that would not turn her into "native american"
Ahh, my true favorite anime of all time. I've been a fan of the series for going on 13 yrs now. Hell the 1st episode I watched was the very last episode of the series. I've loved Spike since that 'bang' at the end. It took me a full year to actually fully watch the show. This was where I was introduced to Steve Blum and followed him still to this day. I can still watch the series and listen to the music continuously. I have to say that I can hand this series off to anyone who's never watched anime and go "watch this" and they loved it.
***** Yes, but he was raised in Hong Kong. Nationality can differ between where you were born & where you were raised. For instance, Andrew Garfield was born in California, but was raised in the U.K., so he has the accent & identifies as British, even though he's, technically, American.
This anime is really great in other places, not only in the United States. In Mexico it is also one of the most popular animes in history, one that everyone saw at a given moment. I can safely say that Cowboy Bebop is one of the most influential animes of all time, even though multiple ethnicity and American style help a lot, it is the development of the story and the characters that makes a good anime with many references to one of the best anime series of all time.
This dub holds up very spectacularly because it’s done by a company that actually cares about the anime, not by a company that treats it like a marketing material for toys!
Omg thank you so much, I forgot the name of "mysterious cities of gold" until this moment. But as a young kid it blew me away! In fact it's one of my earliest memories. I'm almost afraid to lookup more, it's akin to "never meet your hero", since no one else I've ever met seems to remember the show, my guess is my rose tinted memories of it can only be broken...still, thank you for the biggest "nostalgia bomb" of my life!
He was born in the US, but was raised in Hong Kong until he was 18. I wonder if it was like the case of being born while your folks are overseas, or a dual citizenship situation.
His father was in the Chinese Opera touring the United States when Bruce was born. He came over when he was 18 because he was getting in trouble with the law from street fighting with different Triad gangs. His dad sent him to live with his older sister in California for his safety.
With some truly unique and entertaining characters with deep & diverse histories. It didn't hurt that Spike is just a straight up bad ass while also being a philosophical and deep character with emotional gravitas
gundam wing pulled me into anime, I think that bebop could continue its run with a mock series like an OVA about andy running around pretending to be spike and all the characters trying to run him down thinking it's spike and then discover more about themselves and the andy reveal at the end saying see you later space cowboys and a shadow of spike to play out with the real folk blues...gives me goose bumps thinking about it...
KrikaGamerLog Hey can I get a consensus from you. Would you agree with me if I said shows like Duel masters and others like it which were played on toonami should have played on 4-kids and shaman king should have been on toonami?
I'm pretty against 4-kids having anything even relatively good unless it was geared specifically for kids, so it can have pokemon, yu-gi-oh and what have you, but when it gets actual good shows like one piece or shaman king I find it a stain on anime history.
"Only Native American in anime history" Somebody is forgetting an entire village in both DB and DBZ, with two of the people in it being significant characters.
***** 1.) "Must of" isn't even correct. It's "must have". Be smart when trying to be a smartass, dumbass. 2.) The majority of anime you probably like came AFTER DBZ and therefore, was in some way inspired by it or wouldn't exist without DBZ bringing anime into how it is now. But, you know, good job trying to look cool and instead pointing out your idiocy.
Elegant Cat That's pretty basic English. Not to mention his comment was him trying to look cool by being a douche. But, you know, good job trying to look cool and instead pointing out your idiocy.
Elegant Cat How was that rude? lol I literally just said it was basic English, the other guy was trying to be a douche first, and then I poked fun at your comment sticking up for him. If that's rude, you must be new to the internet.
Actually Bebop did pretty good in Japan after they moved to another network, well enough that right after they set to work on a Movie, even years later it got a fancy Blu-Ray over there. Trigun and Big O failed, which is why Big O got cancelled.
Big O had its second season commissioned by CN, its also why the second season still gets rotation every now and then on the Toonami block as they own the rights to the season
I am 16 years old soon to be 17 the first time I saw bebop was when I was only 4 years old hard to believe I can remember that I don't remember the episode but I remember a few scenes I was up late I went into the living room to turn off the tv but I decided to turn it over to Cartoon Network I didn't know adult swim was late night I stayed until the end which was when my dad woke up and forced me back to bed the second time was a Saturday I was up with a stomach virus I couldn't sleep vomiting every 15 to 20 minutes I had a small tv in my room and just watched on don't remember the episode but it was good it got me to force myself to stay awake every Saturday night just so I could watch these anime
People can say they don't like cowboy bebop but you have to respect it like dragon ball Z as they created the industry in America along with a few more series as well .
Nah, bro. The very first episode with the drug dealing couple. The woman losing hope that she will never see Mars after being so devoted to her man was fucking heart breaking.
Some of the last lines you said about Bebop being an important touchstone are almost tear inducing, the show really does live up to that level, it's so much more than it appears on the surface on first glances.
First time, I watch Cowboy Bebop, from start to finish, I was 18, it was on Adult swim. Sometimes, I reminisce, about that, and I still miss it, a lot, now. I was still in High School at that time, I started watching Cowboy Bebop in February of 2010, and then Bebop ended in late April of 2010. The only crappie part about my experience with Bebop, was after, I finish watching it. And, at that time, I didn't have any friends or family, I could share or relate with my experiences about Bebop. On a side note, Cowboy Bebop conuited to play from the beginning on Adult swim, each time, it would end, very rinse and repeat process. But, anyways, I remember taking such joy from watching Cowboy Bebop, and looking forward to seeing it, on Saturday night, or, Sunday morning, thanks to Dish network, DVR. And, it didn't matter if, I had a good week or bad week at School, Cowboy Bebop made life Awesome!!! And, yes it, is still one of the best anime, I have ever seen "You're gonna carry that weight"
I suddenly have a strange urge to make fun of Aisha Clanclan. Oh well. Yay Cowboy Bebop and yay having the series on DVD to watch whenever. Wow I never noticed that Playstation in Laughing Bull's teepee before
COWBOY BEBOP is MANY people's favorite anime..... and I don't blame them. Such a short series.... great animation, voice acting, and OMG, ...you gotta love that soundtrack!
I remember when I 1st watched cowboy bebop. I was I early elementary, I think like 2nd grade. I remember not really getting what was happening, yet still always wanting to keep on watching.
I must say, this is my FAVORITE anime of all time and without Toonami I never would have been an anime fan in the first place. Well at least not out side the kids stuff like beyblade, pokemon, or yu-gi-oh.
I'm 27, and I finally got around to finishing Cowboy Bebop for the first time ever some days ago. This would have been 2 years ago, but I got sidetracked, I finally get why it has endured, and the characters, music, and quotes will stick with me for a while. You're Gonna Carry That Weight....Indeed I will.
just wait until you rewatch it and catch a ton of little things you didnt before and how its like getting the gang back together again lol. Ive been watching this show for over 20 years and i still find new things about it every time i watch it
I admit to start with my introduction to anime was yugioh duel monsters and digimon but over time I branched out moving on to shows like bleach and 3X3 eyes I'm all over the shop when it comes to shows even to this day. But one thing I can say is that when I first watched bebop I fell in love just cause of how different it was to what I had previously been hooked on. Anywho all I wanna say is sage thanks for this vid cause it was brilliant and the scenes you showed do still give me the shivers to this day and I wouldn't have it any other way. :3
You know? I've had a lot of problems with certain anime you didn't like (Evangelion most of all) but I think we're 95% in agreement with this one. The other 5% is that Call Me Call Me is my favorite song, just edging out Space Lion for the top spot. That may because I lost somebody very important to me a long time ago, and our calls were our last form of contact.
I am so glad you made it abundantly clear that there is no (NO) correlation between a series' quality and its ability to reflect/appropriate Western themes/iconography. You are my hero, tbh.
I’ll always call the movie Knocking On Heavens Door, and I’m sorry Sage I never got those dolby digital ads up here in Canada, I don’t have as much of a nostalgia boner you do but I wanted to say thank you for making this video! This was a great one to watch and I’ll agree with Space Lion being great :) thank you again for the awesome work Sage!
I saw a documentary on t.v. once about just how much Bruce Lee had an influence on Western culture. He was one of, if not the very first person who believed that martial arts was something everyone had the right to learn, and his teachers where angry at him for wanting to teach martial arts in America back in the 50s, because it would mean that any race, not just Chinese people could learn it. Now if that doesn't sound like a plot to an American movie, the freedom for anyone to teach or learn anything they desire while challenging the norms, I don't know what is!
Sage seems to have done a few mistakes here that he should not have made because they are so easily avoidable: 1) Native Americans were also featured in Dragon Ball with two of them being frequently featured characters early on. Also Native Americans were also the hosts of the Shaman tournament in Shaman King with, again, two of them being main characters. I am sure there are some more, but I can't think of any now. 2) That Spike's last name is "Spiegel" does not imply that he is Jewish. For that he would need to show the respective cultural traits. Also "Spiegel" is not a Jewish name, it is a German, or if you prefer Central European name and the word means in German, Yiddish and Dutch "mirror." And before anyone comes with "but Yiddish etc." Yiddish is a west-germanic language that developed from high-german during the Middle Ages. The only reason Sage probably thinks Spike might be Jewish is because so many Jews in America have German surnames and these are the Jewish examples he is most familiar with. 3) Bruce Lee was born in America, in San Francisco to be precise, which later helped when he moved there at 18, but he grew up in Hong Kong.
Another huge thing for anime on TV (here in Chicago at least) was broadcast channel 62 which from about '93ish-'98ish aired Anime on Tuesday and Friday nights and called it "Japanimation". A *huge* portion of the movies and OVAs Sage has reviewed aired on there, which is where I saw this stuff for the first time and later tracked down VHS copies to rent (or in a few magical cases *buy*). Being born in 83, I was just the right age at the time. Later, they would air ECW wrestling, lol
A great episode Sage, and you are spot on explaining why Bebop found its success in the West. However you overlooked one point, the quality of its localization. Truly the gold standard for anime dubs.
So last October I finally sat down to watch Bebop and have to say, very much worth the full attention. I put on the first episode while unpacking my room and found myself watching more than unpacking. It's a bit off to follow early but picks up quick. All the characters are unique and interesting with their own underlying stories that you get hints of each episode. Eventually each character more or less gets an episode or 2 to give background.
I....am a later fan of the series. I'm quite young but my love for old anime is strong. To be honest, when I was 7 or 8 and my parents would allow me to watch Toonami I'd see Bebop on the schedule block list. Although it was on at 5 A.M. where I lived. So, the most I ever got out of it was reading the description of each episodes. It wasn't until I was 12 (13 now if you are curious) that I saw it on the new Toonami block. So I stayed up drinking soda just to see this odd series I had never heard of. The episode I watched was "Heavy Metal Queen" and I have to disagree with you Sage. The episode itself is quite good. It was after that it didn't have much of an effect besides me finally being happy with what had been messing with me for quite a while. The lost series I always heard of. And I believe what Toonami was smart for still rerunning it. I'm very big into movies either it be Spaghetti Western's like A Fist Full of Dollars so older Zombie films like Dawn of the Dead. So as a fan of the film making experience I really enjoyed. My dad liked the series when I showed it to him and he noticed that most of the city shots remind him of Blade Runner. I belive that if you were to set people down and watch Bebop and have them notice movie elements the list would be quite long. And that's why I think so many people enjoy it. Most everyone can point out one aspect of a certain film in this series and I think that's why everyone loves Bebop. Well, my ramblings here are done. See you, Space Cowboy.
Eternally grateful that this was the first series I ever saw (not counting ghibli movies cuz movies). I wish I could watch it again for the first time. Even if it is still in that russian fandub.
0:11 - 0:13 I know, I'm late to the party on this one, but I can confirm that there is footage from Outlaw Star in this video. 2, maybe 3 frames tops, from the hot springs episode, where we see Aisha throwing a fit because the hot springs aren't hot enough for her physiology.
I remember my first anime was naruto on CN anime block which later introduced me to adult swim and then I saw this show. I can't remember when or where watched it or which episode was my first(I think it was Pierrot le Fou and then I continued from there) I also remember catching the ending quite early and was a little confused but then the whole series started over again and I got to know the characters and slowly realized the weight of the ending and I fell in love with this anime and hold it close to my heart. If there's any anime that could be amazing if rebooted properly it would be this
lol i feel so old!! I was 11 during this shows first airing on adult swim in 2001!!! I loved it from the very first episode but it was ep 5 ballad of fallen angels that really blew my mind. But being old isnt so bad, i was lucky enough to literally watch our culture shift in such a significant way when it came to anime over the years and bebop had a huge part in it
As with "Singin' In The Rain," (the favorite film of folks who don't like musicals), "Cowboy Bebop" is the favorite Anime of people who don't like Anime. I stumbled onto Adult Swim's most interesting Anime in the early 2000s with "Waltz For Venus."
I really loved bebop, one of the first anime adult anime I watched. I say adult because I grew up with horrendous 4kids dubs, and the closest to adult I had gotten was inuyasha when my great uncle purchased me the first season boxset because it was an anime. I watched bebop and trigun within weeks of eachother because my mom's friend was trying to get her into anime. I ended up watching it with her for the most of the series and loved it. Bebop, and trigun are some of the biggest reasons why I came to love anime. As for indians in anime there are an OK amount with the first that comes to mind being Wolfs Rain. That's a series which I am very jealous that my mom's friend has the box set for. It goes for a few hundred dollars now.
Me two along with outlaw star Saw the third episode with Faye Valentine being introduced That said I saw hot springs planet tenrei as one of the first outlaw star with boobs and everything
Great review I'd have to say. Bebop wasn't the reason I loved anime it's why I still do. First anime I seen was battle of the planets. Then as America caught on by imitating that furthered my curiosity and amazement at a new type of animation. Eg Robotech. I got hooked and I searched where I could. Toonami was a big help, DragonBall series, and anime movies, (wicked city and ninja scroll) thanks again for that rebiew. Whenever cowboy bebop airs I watch it. See ya space cowboy...
This is one of the anime i am aware of but never really sat down and watched it. As for seeing the sub vs dub argument once again. I believe the only reason older anime fans bitch about dubs so much is because the 80's & 90's had such dumpster fire tier dubs that it permanently put them off the idea of dubbing anime forever. For me It's simply a matter of enjoyment i prefer to hear the dialog & understand what's being said without having to look down (or up depending on the sub) & read the dialog/plot. This is what's kept me away from a lot of anime series people tell me are great. And why it kills me that Funamation is going though the bullshit it's currently going through.
first episode I saw was radical edward. hooked me immediatly- Bebop is a masterpiece and it does so cause its a labor of love- truly honest love. so much care was taken in this whole production, that it was impossible not to be perfect. even "bad" episodes are just episodes I dont like as much as the better ones- or focus on Faye who Im not fond of as a person- but her character is so flushed out and well done-that my dislike of her is more than a technical reason like "voice" "design" or something about her acting, instead I just dont like her moral fiber. and the fact that someone I dont like- still has a story Id easily cry over, says alot about how good they are about building characters.
I must say, the soundtrack for Bebop is indeed one of the most interesting ones I've ever seen in anime. I mainly love how it was used throughout the series, the scene with spike falling out the chapel window is probably one of my favorite examples. Yoko Kanno did amazing by all means. Though personally I'm more of a Yuki Kajiura fan but never the less. Also Pierrot le Fou is probably my favorite episode from Bebop.
I don't actually know the first time I watched Cowboy Bebop, but it was back during my first years of college and I'm pretty certain it was on Adult Swim. Before Bebop and Outlaw Star I don't think I would've batted an eye at anime.
Episode 05: Ballad of Fallen Angels, Episode 09: Jamming with Edward, Episode 12: Jupiter Jazz (Part 1)/Cowboy Bebop Episode 13: Jupiter Jazz (Part 2), Episode 22: Cowboy Funk, Episode 24: Hard Luck Woman and Episode 25: The Real Folk Blues (Part 1)/Episode 26: The Real Folk Blues (Part 2) are my favorite episodes and I also like the song Space Lion and I listen to the soundtrack to this series almost all the time.
