The music when Spike was falling down with the glass shards, his left eye still seeing the past... his friendship with Vicious and beautiful love Julia... It's Soo hauntingly emotional for a story we never really get told in full. That is powerful direction and imagery. Such a beautiful scene from Cowboy Bebop with Spike.
Yes I love how the past of any of the characters are not shown directly but only shown through references and glimpses of the past. Because the show purely intends to focus on how the past haunts you in the present.
It just goes to show what a show can be, when you actually given creative freedom... Cowboy Bebop is the one rare Anime, that was made from scratch. It originally got a huge budget from Bandai(one of the toy companies I forget), to create a short show around to sell action figures. Well Bandai ended up dropping out, and a Production Company stepped in to save the project because it was too big a shame to let so many talented people go(Bandai had assembled a monumental cast and staff well beyond what any other Anime Company was capable of)... So, everyone agreed to complete it, and turn it into a 20-something episode series.. They were able to take their time, and create this masterpiece.
One of the best moments of anime no over the top attacks. The way the scenes are shot, the amazing ost and also the voice acting despite being sub norio wakamoto as vicious is legendary and seeing the life flash between spikes eyes is another plus.
@@Jesus_Zendejas Well there was a live-action more recently made. It probably made people who didn't know about the anime watch. Or the ones who did watch the anime found the live-action terrible and watched the anime to cleanse themselves. lol
A moment of pure emotion and artistry. If you've only ever seen the live action (I'm so so sorry) and/or not seen this, do yourself the favour; settle in, get comfy and just absorb it. It's a great ride.
Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I’ve been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture." -Spike Spiegel.
There's a certain magic that old anime had that most new age ones don't imo. It doesn't matter how many times or how long it's been I'll always be able to revisit anime like Bebop, Trigun, Shaman King (the first one) and enjoy them. That being said JJK is the first in years to give me the same feeling😁
The scene of spike walking up to the church is when I had my first glimpse of Cowboy Bebop. Literally, the most perfect introduction to any show I can imagine.
What gets me is that this feels like SERIES finale material, but after having watched a bunch more episodes (just finished Jupiter Jazz), it really was just an introduction!
For me, this is honestly the best episode of all time, The soundtrack, the meaning of the flashbacks when you discover more about the story, the shock of the first major serious moment in the series an absolute masterpiece.
at 0:34 I've never made this connection before, and I might be overthinking this, but it's interesting that they decide to show an image of a cross here. Because, as we know, Jesus was reborn after he was crucified supposedly, in the same way that Spike is telling Vicious that he, too, was "reborn". Think about it: Spike survived Vicious' original betrayal 3 years ago, despite everyone thinking he was dead. Then, he left the syndicate life behind, becoming a bounty hunter. Further, here, he also tells Vicious that he "bled all of that blood away," which is another way of saying that he left the life of the syndicate behind because he doesnt have that "beastly" blood inside him anymore (or isn't a hitman/enforcer anymore -- whatever he was). So, in a sense, Spike "died" 3 years before confronting Vicious here; then he was "reborn" after that, and all in the same way that Jesus died on the cross and was reborn 3 days later! LOL idk if that makes sense, but it does to me.
The fact that such a mostly lighthearted and comical show can just turn into scenes like this without confusing the watcher amazes me. The way this show told a story was so good.
So later in the story (spoilers if you haven't finished) spike explains that one of his eyes was fake, and he could only see the past. In this moment, as spike was falling, he was seeing flashbacks of him as vicious as partners and all that extra stuff. This type of writing is crazy to me, made me fall in love with cowboy bebop. Fav anime #1 no doubt
In just one scene, we get all the development of Spike in the most beautiful way possible, and not a single word was uttered during that flash of images.
@@Sagedevault Actually, those are not words... Seriously, read the backstory of this song by Yoko Kanno... It is literal gibberish. A similar technique Opera and Choir's use in some pieces. The song is called "Green Bird".. Check it out.
And this is how the last scene of that live action version SHOULD have gone. I said it when it was announced, but it’s worth repeating. To the show runners: _You’re Gonna Carry That Weight_
Every time I see or hear anything related to this moment I cry. I imagine if Spike's friends or whatever they really were to him stuck with him, or if guilt or sentiment got to them, I imagined that they would come storming in grabbing Spike near death maybe before he hit the ground in one of their vehicles and then carry him away to be saved like how he miraculously survived in the movie. He would then wake up to see Faye poorly tending to his wounds causing him sit up in pain scaring her and causing the dog to come running in barking giving everyone a headache which causes him and Faye to simultaneously tell him to shut up, which causes the rest of the team to come barging in. Basically a awkward and hilarious Cowboy Bebop style reunion or happy ending.
Beautiful. This really shows what Spike Spiegel was in his last moments. They say your life flashes before your eyes and Spike seen what he treasured most in his lifetime when he was falling from that church window
One of my favorite anime ever. And my number 1. Cowboy Bebop is an all time anime classic and it has one of my favorite protagonists ever (Spike). Also a compelling protagonist if you ask me.
How cool was Spike... Seriously... This entire scene just packs SOOO much epic craziness into a short package... The entire thing is just pure genius. Even when spike is able to sneakily throw the grenade as he is tossed out of the window... Its hard to put into words just how great this series was.
@@nicolasmts3264 My point is, they are both made by the same people, and had the exact same Musical Production staff. so obviously, if you like Cowboy Bebop's style and music, you will like Samurai Champloo too.
The moment that grenade tumbled into shot and the music starts comes as a real surprise because up to that point, I thought this was a fun but fairly superficial show. This episode not only adds weight and further intrigue but foreshadows the finale.
Cowboy Bebop briefly aired for 3 episodes in the Netherlands on a TV music channel. It got pulled after the first three episodes, maybe because of low view ratings. This was just after Dragonball Z and Pokémon took the world by storm, but before anime exploded into mainstream popularity. I am still thankful that they aired those episodes of Cowboy Bebop, even if only a fraction of the intended audience actually watched it. The first two episodes were an awesome introduction to the side of anime we hadn't seen yet at the time. Then I saw the final episode they aired, the third one. It changed my life, and it was awesome.
The constants shots at Spike eyes looking at the clouds while he has all those flashback symbolize how he is clouded by his past because even if he doesn't want to, he's always looking at it
I love all the small details and symbolic from this scene, Spike at the verge of dying, watches all the mosaics fragments with his left eye, the only real one, the only one with a past, the fragments reflects his past life that he can't escape.
If you are old now like me, the pain of this scene tick all the boxes... Nostalgia, regret, past love, Brotherhood... It hits all the sentimental parts many Human Beings experience in life. That is why, if a scene like this does not move you, you are either a very young child, or, you are soulless.
Che poesia che meraviglia, sono 20 anni e piu che la ascolto ed è sempre emozionante il tutto totale...che sceneggiatura e regia unica abbinare un tale scena a una tale colonna sonora...troppo ❤
