Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

zacharyiliff Anime is a genre that I didn't care much about when I was younger, but as I got older it really started to appeal me mostly because of its popularity and influence it's had on American films. Without movies like Mamoru Oshii's incredible Ghost in the Shell and Satoshi Kon's Paprika and Perfect Blue, more than likely films like The Matrix, Inception, and Black Swan wouldn't exist. The first anime show I decided to watch to see if it would make interested in the genre was none other than the show that along with DBZ, Trigun, and the films of Hiyao Miyazaki made the niche genre have mainstream popularity which is Cowboy Bebop. Cowboy Bebop is one of those shows where after finishing it, I felt sad because there was no more of it to watch but also happy I did because it's one of the most unique and incredible animes I have ever watched. Actually, scratch that. It is the most unique and incredible anime and shows I have ever seen.Cowboy Bebop takes place in the future where we follow the adventures of a crew of bounty hunters who are Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, a hacker named Edward Wong, and a adorable Welsh Corgi named Ein. Asides from Ein, all four of the protagonists have one main problem and that's dealing with their dark and mysterious pasts. While making money from stopping criminals across the galaxy, faces and events from the past show up and the characters have to deal with them. Cowboy Bebop's storytelling is some of the best I've ever seen in any medium.Every session whether it be a stand alone or main story are written in a very clever and exciting way. The dialogue between characters is witty and the stories are well told and creatively fun. The way the pasts of the main characters are presented is incredible and you really get to know and care about them throughout the course of the show with their development and personality. Spike Spiegel has a cool and calm demeanor to him yet is mysterious and gritty, Jet Black is the gruff and hard working partner to Spike, Faye is the sexy but deadly femme fatale, and Ed is eccentric yet somehow incredibly smart with computers. The voice acting is excellent with Steve Blum stealing the show as Spike Spiegel. It's one of the few times where the dubbed version of an anime is better than the original Japanese one.The animation in Cowboy Bebop is nothing short of phenomenal and the world that these characters live in is gorgeous and the action scenes are incredibly well choreographed and drawn. This is without a doubt the most cinematic anime I have ever watched and in particular the session "Ballad of Fallen Angels" is where the show feels like a movie.It has this incredible stylistic quality to it thanks to the shot composition and the amazing music by Yoko Kanno. The music in this show is flawless and it has many styles in it, mostly jazz but genres like orchestral and even rock. Cowboy Bebop also do a magnificent job of mixing many genres and taking risks. This show has pieces of genres like film noir, action, space western, crime, comedy, spy, satire, and even a little bit of horror. You name a genre, more than likely it's in this show. Bebop is also an incredibly smart and philosophical show with a lot of thought provoking themes of existentialism, science, tragedy, and how we create our own destiny and meaning through our past and come to accept it. It's one of the few shows that made me think about those ideas after finishing it and I can't say that about many other shows. Cowboy Bebop is a true anime masterpiece in every way. I have seen some great animes, but none as fun, smart, engaging, and thought provoking as this one. Even if you're aren't a huge fan of the genre, I wholeheartedly recommend this show and it's one of my favorite shows of all time. See you, space cowboy.

nicolemoncrieffex I understand that this is a classic, but honestly I feel like some people ONLY like it because it's a classic, and are just hopping on the bandwagon. Like there was NO SOLID PLOT LINE, no character developments, and the relationships between the Bebop crew were awful, and could've been developed so much more. I mean, in the last episode we got to see a much more empathetic side of Faye which is nice, but this was limited. They were also bounty hunters yet THEY BARELY CAUGHT ANY BOUNTIES! Also, the relationship between Spike and Julia- I feel like the creators were trying to make it seem like a sad unattainable love story blah blah blah; it fell flat. I didn't find myself feeling any emotions whatsoever. And it's even generous of me giving this anime 4-stars because it got to the point where I was on episode 9, and I couldn't even be bothered to watch it anymore. I was persuaded to continue by people telling me "oh it gets better!". It didn't, and now I want three days of my life back.In my time watching anime, I've found that the best ones are the ones where are the end of the series you feel a sort of way- sometimes it's unexplainable, others highly emotional. I got none of that from this series. I do not recommended at all.

Yashua Kimbrough (jimniexperience) Neo-noir Anime ,, Jazz StyleBounty hunters scavenge the cosmos for bounty and loot , barely making end's meet -- but ultimately trying to escape their past .. Eventually everyone's past comes back, with the choice of peaceful resolution or a burnout ending .10/10 Classic

maxcandy-95930 There isn't much I can say about this show that hasn't been said millions of times before, but you know I'm gonna say it anyway. Cowboy Bebop is a goddamn masterpiece. Every aspect of the show is perfect (Apart from Vicious, I just don't like that guy, this is literally my only complaint about the entire show and it's not even valid.) The soundtrack is beautiful, same goes for the animation and the script. All of the characters play off each other perfectly. This one show has everything you could ask for, it's sad, funny and adventurous. The way each episode (Or session) is structured is done in a very engaging way, the episodes usually focus on characters that we'll never see again, showing us the lives of different people, each of them with their own story and views. We see these people through the eyes of the main cast as they interact with each other. The show is really about where the Bebop Crew belong, trying to find something to do as the cruise through space.