i caught this show late one night and tried to shut my eyes but as a lover of music i couldnt turn it off ended up buying em all and the movie. its good to see a show that doesnt need a sequel its just that damn good and the music is amazing. not filled with opened plots weak character creation and lousy music it can make a crappy uninteresting hurt filled life seem good whether if its love loss or loneliness "sitting in muddy water aint such a bad life if it ends after the first time"
There was something about this anime that placed it above others, it was the way the characters were designed, or the way they interacted with each other, or the complex and mixed world that surrounded them, or maybe it was the incredible soundtrack. Whatever the reason, I consider this anime as king of its genre.
One of the best songs from the series, although I don't think this collage of clips really fits this particular song. It's a great mixing, don't get me wrong! But it's comprised of mostly action scenes and that doesn't gel much with the song. Honestly, I think its original accompaniment during the credits scenes of the movie is a better representation of its meaning -- a song about isolation and fear, but ultimately a song about hope and overcoming the difficulties of everyday life.
I've realised that a lot of the songs from Cowboy Bebop are talking about existentialism, the lack of meaning for our existence. And depression as well.
I do want more animes like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion and Samurai Champloo.
I was 10 years old when I secretly started to watch this. Ohh...it contains blood and violence, and I was too small? Who cares, this anime showed me feelings, not just false illusions about happy endings. I definitely will show it to my kids someday, with The Vision of Escaflowne as well.
The singer is suffering from loneliness, apathy, and possibly depression because she locks herself away from the rest of the world, creating a "door" to separate herself from the world. Everything inside her tells her that this is bad for her, but she keeps "stalling" and "crawling" into self-destruction (the fire). Eventually midway she realizes that she needs to confront the world and deal with the problem. So she summons all her strength and courage to break through that "door"
Still room for more eps in the series in my opinion. Cowboy Bebop B-sides comprising bounties and stories between the main series' eps, or Cowboy Bebop: Zero focusing on Spike's life in the syndicate and Jet while he was with the ISSP.
@skrandelhex you can't imagine how much all the fans are wishing about it. But I really think that we should let Bebop stay like the way it is. It's legendary as it is. Nothing to add
I am in it for the music, as a music nerd this stuff suits me :) I sing it all the time, you can tell its me just by whats playing on my music player!
I don't get why people just auto assume dubs are bad. I have seen this show in Japanese and English, I don't see how the English acting was any better or worse than it's counterpart. Granted there are bad dubs out there, but I think people just tune out the dubs because it isn't Japanese.
umm the director said that he is unsure if he died or not lol so dont just be saying hey hes dead... cuz not even the amazing brilliant director knows of his death :)
@sliPPytoAD222 I thought the director said that his next project "Samurai Champloo" would have a happy ending? I've seen other Japanese movies and it is a part of the culture to have a sad ending. The hero/heroine usually dies. That might change because of America's influence on Japanese culture. American movies usually has a happy ending. I believe Spike dies at the end of the anime series. What would Spike be without Julia? It's a sad ending, but an ending that had to be. A Japanese ending.
@fraserfj Oh thanks a lot was confused then finally figured it out lol hope spike isnt dead. and if he did die it would have been better with falling out of window scene. :)
I think the ending..to me anyways was that everyone knew that spike had to do what must be done. He loved julia and vicious had to die and he knew that and spike knew that he was the only one to kill vicious..it was spikes journey and everyone realized that they have to do there own thing..ed and ein take off. jett works on his banzai tree and faye well faye didnt want spike to die
I don't understand, I just can't understand.... why can't there be more anime shows like this one? This is show represented the full potential of the anime industry and yet all we get this day is stupid 'kawaii' anime and retarded hentai games adaptations. Am I getting older? Is this why I'm beginning to really hate anime this days? It seems to me that 80% of manga artists today are incapable of creating interesting and complex stories, they just copy from each other like retarded sheep.
@qu3ter come on. Ghost in the Shell: SAC? Death Note? Gurren Lagann? Samurai Champloo? (doesn't really count because it's made by the same director as CB) Any show made by Key? FLCL for crying out loud! The new millennium has had it's glimmering moments moments. There were just as many bad anime/manga series back then as they are now. We just notice them more now because anime/manga has become more of a major staple in pop culture.
@frazier117 bottom line is that the anime industry right now is no longer capable of producing decent titles like: Cowboy bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Full metal panic & Alchemist and even Neon Genesis Evangelion etc. . Yes, I agree that there were many bad titles in the past, but there were still some diamonds. Now there's only GARBAGE!!! I dare you to name ONE fascinating anime that came out this year, or in 2010. And if you say Seikon no Quaser, or some other crap like Ikkitousen I'll die.
@frazier117 Wait, what? FLCL is utter shit. Ridiculous, obnoxious kawaii bullshit. Sorry, just my opinion. I'm a huge fan of Death Note (Season 1 at the least) and Samurai Champloo though.
@qu3ter that or Cowboy Bebop just tainted your perseption of anime yet I would recommend you take a look at CHOAS; Head a very great psycological animme that leaves you saying WTF ( note it is based on an H game but it's still great and focuses on the psycological aspect instead of being a harem with fanservice like most H game animes) and Ergo Proxy another fantastic anime
@TimeBomb014X I would rather kill myself then watch an anime based on a hentai game and yes Fate Stay Night included too, i can't really get the image of Rin Thosaka fingering Saber like the queen bitch of lesbians out of my head. Ergo proxy came out in 2006 and I agree with you that it's a VERY fantastic anime, one of my favorites actually (I love Re-l Mayer) but still it's been almost six years since it came out, I was talking about the decline of the anime industry in the last 3 or 4 years.
@qu3ter didn't need to know that first part cause I actually liked Fate Stay Night and now that great sad ending has been somewhat tainted also your lose than cause CHOAS; Head is actually quite good considering the source material and while yeah some animes aren't up to par with something like this I still find some decent ones here and there. Well just wait than when I get into the business, I'm actually a manga writter haven't published anything yet but I'm pretty confident in my material
@qu3ter I'm not trying to start an argument. God knows how pointless fighting in the YouTube comments section is. That said: You can hardly blame anime for not catering to your western taste. Japan was making shows about cute girls long before Cowboy Bebop and they will be making them for many years to come. Why? Because that's what the Japanese like. It's their industry, set up to cater to their culture. You are just an outsider, complaining about things you know nothing about.
@fingerweenus I have nothing against shows about cute girls, after all I used to watch sailor moon when I was a small boy and I loved it despite all it's mushy moments. However, I'm pretty damn sure there weren't as many overly sexualized shows as there are now. You must understand that though there were many bad shows back then there were also many, many diamonds (eg: Hokuto no Ken, Akira and later GitS & Cowboy bebop etc.) diamonds that put quite a lot of today's shows to shame;
@qu3ter I have seen and enjoyed the hell out of all those shows you mentioned. However, remember this. They've been making anime since the 70's. You listed a handful of shows which are very much the exception to the norm. There is nothing wrong with hoping that more shows like them will be produced in the future. All I am saying to you is that it wasn't as though 'old anime' was this action packed profound experience which puts all the modern anime about little girls to shame.
@qu3ter FEW are good, just like movies or tv series, is not that we are getting older, is that the world if full of crap, more ppl, more "imagination", less new ideas, and everyone just change/add/remove something from a previous idea and call it "new"
@qu3ter I wholesomely agree with you my friend. Here is the explanation. The reason why anime's these days seem to only be about teenagers and large breasts is the same reason why the games these days have also seem to lost their touch. The creators of both have lost sight of the fans and have moved towards the consumers. Of course, ever since the original thought died... anime's like Cowboy Bebop died with it.
@qu3ter The anime industry has always been like this. You just don't see all of the moe shows from the 90's/80's/70's because shows like CB are the only ones the live through the test of time.
The anime industry has realized that there are enough dumb ass otaku out there that all they have to do is keep producing the same crap over and over again for cheap, and as long as there is moe and boobs, people will buy it. They won't make a TON of money, but they will make enough...producing good shows like Bebop, Paranoia Agent, FLCL, Welcome to the N.H.K, etc. are simply too expensive and difficult to make...so they sell cheap crap to perverts.
@Tartersauce101 What you are saying sounds so true and yet so damn sad. To think that the producers are willing to create such brainless GARBAGE just for the sake of milking small money out of perverted otaku, this is just so pathetic that it's sad. And worse there are people who defend this saying that anime has always been this way and some of them even have to gall to say it's better now. I for one don't remember anime being so cliche and perverted in the past. Truly such a shame.
Japanese video game industry is going down the same path...notice how Western games (EVEN rpgs like skyrim/fallout/mass effect) are taking over?
The Japanese are losing their way artistically, and I know I will get alot of hate for saying it but its true...all we can do is hope that the pendulum swings back the other way soon!
@qu3ter Welcome to every industry in the world. In no area of a popular industry, which anime has become and is still becoming as it grows and expands its audience, does the quality material outnumber the crap. Movies, comic books, tv shows, video games, books. Nothing is exempt, so there's no need to so dramatically bemoan the many crap anime that exist like it's a unique or new situation. And be careful about confusing nostalgia for reality.
@Xagzan Yes but the gaming and movie industries this last 10 years have given us many, many excellent titles. Here's an example for games (Half Life 2, Mass Effect, Halo, Gears of War, Kotor, Assassins creed, Star Craft 2, etc.) and many more to come + movies (Lord of the rings, City of God, KB, Avatar, The dark knight V for Vendetta, District 9, Inception etc.), the anime industry, which is quite popular, logically should have had many good titles since Cowboy Bebop & Spirited away, it didn't.
@Xagzan there are possible a max of 5 or 6 very good anime (Death Note, Code Geass, Samurai Champloo, FMA, FMP, Wolf's Rain, Eureka Seven ) followed by what I like to call overextended animes (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto) but only a few managed to capture the uniqueness and complex themes animes like Cowboy bebop, Trigun, Akira, Ghost in the shell, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, NGE, Great teacher Onizuka, Serial experiments Lain, had in the past. The only exception might be "Monster"
@qu3ter You just named about the same number of great anime of the past decade as you did great movies or games, so that really doesn't negate what I said about the majority of anything not being exemplary. Second, the 80% thing is an overexaggeration: there's a difference between a series having ecchi content and being an outright ecchi series (I generally find outright ecchi series stupid, though I do have a soft spot in my heart for the To Love-ru manga)
@Xagzan I knew you would capitalize on that. The number of movies and games I numbered are barely a fraction of the great titles that came out this last 12 years, while in anime's case those 8-9 titles represent the maximum amount of quality since Cowboy bebop showed us the true potential of Japanese animation. And do you really think those 80 % is a overexaggeration? Please take a look at the upcoming anime shows for 2012, 2 or 3 are interesting (Eureka 7 AO, Zetman, etc.) the rest are cliche
@qu3ter Ahh no, those are not the maximum. I had planned to name others but declined once you did, but can now see you need more. So: Baccano! Durarara! Blood+. Seirei no Moribito. FLCL. Bakuman. Black Lagoon. Kemono no Souja Erin. Fate/Zero. Now, since I watch comparatively less anime than normal fans, my list to choose from is probably much smaller. But keeping that in mind, I think all the anime listed on this page as great ones from the past decade is a pretty decent number.
@qu3ter Oh, and I almost forgot Howl's Moving Castle, since we're including Miyazaki films. Anyway, I also highly disagree that your list is "barely a fraction" of great movies (in any case I think Avatar was overrated), but I won't dwell on that. And yes, I do think 80% is an overexaggeration. I've seen the Spring '12 schedule, and I'd say it's only about 50% of the series that look like they have much ecchi content. As for interesting, can't say many films coming out look that good either.
@Xagzan Howl's moving castle was pretty good, I forgot to include that. , Haven't seen Durarara, Seirei no Moribito, Kemono no Souja but thank you for recommending them. FLCL is 12 or 11 years old and it doesn't count since I was complaining about recent anime. Black Lagoon is nice but the senseless violence get's on my nerves, not much for plot either. I hate everything that has to do with Fate Stay Night since the anime series started as a hentai game....
@Xagzan ...... and Istill can't get over the fact that Rin fingered Saber like the queen bitch of lesbians in some porno) I mean, having sex to replenish mana WTF!!! Or that the main character had sex with almost every girl in the game. Heard of Baccano! but it seems pretty boring, will check it out though. Blood + started out interesting but got pretty pathetic in the end, search "the worst anime scene ever" on you tube and you will see what I mean, make sure you lower the pc volume ;)
@qu3ter Ah ah, but I said F/Z, not FSN. Two very different beasts, at least regarding the anime, and I greatly prefer F/Z so far. And frankly, I thought the FSN anime was a lackluster adaptation myself, but it wasn't because of eroge (which really only occurred in 1 episode and was portrayed as a weird CG dragon at that). And I agree about Blood+, the last 20 or so episodes could've been much condensed, but on the whole it was quite good.
Oh, and Baccano is anything but boring. Flawless show.
@qu3ter Baccano is a damn brilliant show. I discovered it on FIOS when I had my Funi channel on, it randomly came on, and the music caught my attention immediately. I'd say its a slightly weaker version of Bebop, with more surrealism and what-if-alchemy things. Its pretty freaking awesome though.
@qu3ter Third, again, not that I don't also want more great and complex stories, but the majority of everything on TV involves braindead plots and soulless characters. It's not specific to anime. Lastly, there's no blatant pornography in normal, non-hentai anime - nevertheless the increase in sexuality in anime is again no different than its increase in every other form of entertainment over the past 20+ years.
And lest you forget, even the very first Bebop ep. had *quite* the cleavage shot.
@Xagzan to conclude, I believe that in such a popular industry like anime there should be a lot more innovation from the producers, and a lot more great & complex stories from manga writers. Instead, the reality of today's anime is that 80% is full of retarded "harem genre" animes, kawaii animes with braindead plots and soulless characters. Also we shouldn't forget the massive increase of sexual themes in today's shows, ecchi is wonderful but blatant pornography is not! That's all I had to say
@qu3ter some Help for you: Ghost in the shell 1+2 Samurai Champloo Akira N.H.K Trigun Samurai 7 Full metall Alchimist: Brotherhood Death note So.... i hope you do not know all of them....
Okay, so...supposedly the lyrics are "penetrate a break-in" at 1:17...but am I the only one hearing "penetrate a virgin?" Definitely a case of "mondegreen," to reference TV Tropes.
this song gets to me in a way that i cant even describe, much like the show. feel like im a better person for experiencing the ups and downs and the eventual end of some of the characters.
This song fills me with happinesss every time I hear it. My heart swells up as do my eyes. It's not even the words, just the memories of the show and the beat that goes into the deepest depth of my soul, penetrates my heart, and leaves me speechless.
this was one of the few animes were the english dubs were sooooooo much better than the japenese dubs. So much better characterization through the american voice dubs.
@inclination64609 Not really. The Japanese voice track has some of the most complex acting there is. The show really makes a lot more sense in Japanese, even. The English voice track was more cartoony and stereotypical.
@ncommons Heh, true. No matter what people say, there's no "real" dubbing in Western countries for anime. Not when you compare it to Japanese work, which really involves themselves in their anime which are pieces of art.
@ncommons I've watched both the Japanese version and the English dub, but I have to honestly say that the English dub brought out more depth from the characters, especially Faye and Jet. However, Koichi Yamadera was perfect as Spike.
i found the english voices horrible and couldn't stand a whole five minutes of them and in my personal perspective, destroyed them. ed's english voice made me want to go on a murder rampage.
but of course i guess some people are used to the cheesy english voices and find them normal.
I'm sitting here realizing that no matter what happens the bebop soundtrack centers and never ceases to inspire me when i need it. All i can do is hope that it effects others the way it effects me.
Is she a native English speaker? Her pronunciation is fantastic. Also, stating the obvious here but amazing song, amazing singer, amazing composer. Amazing series.
I agree LSxRave's comment is profound. In fact, there was an episode of the series that was unreleased in the US in which the characters espoused the "Cowboy Bebop philosophy", which was echoed by LSxRave's comment.
@lovebastard no matter where your life takes you, what needs to be done will be done. Faye found peace with Spike finding peace. Jet knew Spike was over with, and simply tended to his bonsai... his release. Ein and Ed, well, they'll continue to drift, their adventure hasn't ended. the biggest theme? Follow your heart. life is just a dream, don't get me wrong, but... without Julia, who would Spike be?
@LSxRave my wife just said to me "oh, look at faye and her big titties, dont you just love it?" my reply: "thats just the point, thats all anyone ever sees, they dont see the fragile girl behind" best summation of the series I can think of other than: c u l8er space cowboy
Mai Yamane amazing voice!!!! Can't hear her sing enough in English or Japanese (which I do not understand) it doesn't matter. Blue makes me weep and this makes me want to play it louder!
@Broadcast1Channel You are so amazing!!! I've tried to convince countless people about that and they say he could do it. Were I just say there is no way! Thank you!
@Broadcast1Channel I think there trying to get more people to the series and with a name with as big as his, people are going to want to watch it. Its probably going to be decent as a movie, but a fail for the bebop fans. I accually think there planning something bigger(like more eps. maybe another movie, even though they havent said anything like that yet) and with Keanu the series will be popular agian.
Real live Action movie is coming out for this anime. ALthough I doubt it will be this good. I know they can't stick to the whole story in the anime, but I hope they pick one or two episode and somehow bring the interesting characters in this anime to life.
i caught this show late one night and tried to shut my eyes but as a lover of music i couldnt turn it off ended up buying em all and the movie. its good to see a show that doesnt need a sequel its just that damn good and the music is amazing. not filled with opened plots weak character creation and lousy music it can make a crappy uninteresting hurt filled life seem good whether if its love loss or loneliness "sitting in muddy water aint such a bad life if it ends after the first time"
bebopjunky 3 hours ago
i really wish i could watch this show from the first episode. cowboy bebop and some other anime shows
Leno1DAC 1 day ago in playlist More videos from xaerawer535
There was something about this anime that placed it above others, it was the way the characters were designed, or the way they interacted with each other, or the complex and mixed world that surrounded them, or maybe it was the incredible soundtrack. Whatever the reason, I consider this anime as king of its genre.
qu3ter 5 days ago
One of the best songs from the series, although I don't think this collage of clips really fits this particular song. It's a great mixing, don't get me wrong! But it's comprised of mostly action scenes and that doesn't gel much with the song. Honestly, I think its original accompaniment during the credits scenes of the movie is a better representation of its meaning -- a song about isolation and fear, but ultimately a song about hope and overcoming the difficulties of everyday life.
VGAce11221985 1 week ago 4
This show isnt about happy endings, its about learning to live with the decisions you make, because everyone's got thoughs real folk blues
EzioAditory 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
bang
ZEVM2 1 week ago
beautiful
RuffusJY 1 week ago
qu3ter i see your point cowboy bebop has a soul a great anime classic all the rest is gust bullshit long live !!Cowboy bebop!!
1skittlebear7 2 weeks ago
I've realised that a lot of the songs from Cowboy Bebop are talking about existentialism, the lack of meaning for our existence. And depression as well.
I do want more animes like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion and Samurai Champloo.
OpinionatedLove 2 weeks ago
Cowboy Bebop will remain one of the greatest animes of all time.
HeimdallTheFalcon 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
I was 10 years old when I secretly started to watch this. Ohh...it contains blood and violence, and I was too small? Who cares, this anime showed me feelings, not just false illusions about happy endings. I definitely will show it to my kids someday, with The Vision of Escaflowne as well.
escarei 1 month ago 20
The bass lines on this song are some of the sickest I've ever heard. Holy crap.
doufupanda 1 month ago 2
The singer is suffering from loneliness, apathy, and possibly depression because she locks herself away from the rest of the world, creating a "door" to separate herself from the world. Everything inside her tells her that this is bad for her, but she keeps "stalling" and "crawling" into self-destruction (the fire). Eventually midway she realizes that she needs to confront the world and deal with the problem. So she summons all her strength and courage to break through that "door"
JagoLegend 1 month ago 27
@JagoLegend Wow you just blew my mind there... so what you're saying is this song was written for this show?!?!?
C4che128 1 week ago
Still room for more eps in the series in my opinion. Cowboy Bebop B-sides comprising bounties and stories between the main series' eps, or Cowboy Bebop: Zero focusing on Spike's life in the syndicate and Jet while he was with the ISSP.
skrandelhex 1 month ago 2
@skrandelhex you can't imagine how much all the fans are wishing about it. But I really think that we should let Bebop stay like the way it is. It's legendary as it is. Nothing to add
uyildiz17 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
simply perfec!
EVOCATI333 1 month ago
I am in it for the music, as a music nerd this stuff suits me :) I sing it all the time, you can tell its me just by whats playing on my music player!
ks610 1 month ago
great vid. like v much
timsteruk87 1 month ago
My number 1 favorite anime.
BatesKrisbates 1 month ago 2
This song was written by Yoko Kanno too?
susumuize 1 month ago
I love this serie.......<3..........
GiselaMisa 1 month ago
1:25 "Loser bar" great name for a bar
julianbautista87 2 months ago 2
You're going to carry that load.
chibichichio 2 months ago in playlist AnimeStuff
ah the 90's. Good times, good times. Probably not the best show for a kid to watch, but fuck it man, it changed me
brokenbones199 2 months ago
I don't get why people just auto assume dubs are bad. I have seen this show in Japanese and English, I don't see how the English acting was any better or worse than it's counterpart. Granted there are bad dubs out there, but I think people just tune out the dubs because it isn't Japanese.
JuddX 2 months ago
i adopted this as my theme song....
talkindurinthemovie 2 months ago
WTF? this bass is fuckin insane!! i love this song
2Ursos1 2 months ago
Nice Secuences... ^_^
lordaeron9202 2 months ago in playlist Favoritos de lordaeron9202
It was just... that he was all alone. Always by himself... never anyone to share the game... A man who lived in dreams. That's who he was...
(Break down, the dooooooooor)
JanesInChains1990 3 months ago
Cowboy bebop soundtrack is best ost that i have EVER NEVER heard..
gvese 3 months ago 2
umm the director said that he is unsure if he died or not lol so dont just be saying hey hes dead... cuz not even the amazing brilliant director knows of his death :)
sliPPytoAD222 3 months ago
@sliPPytoAD222 I thought the director said that his next project "Samurai Champloo" would have a happy ending? I've seen other Japanese movies and it is a part of the culture to have a sad ending. The hero/heroine usually dies. That might change because of America's influence on Japanese culture. American movies usually has a happy ending. I believe Spike dies at the end of the anime series. What would Spike be without Julia? It's a sad ending, but an ending that had to be. A Japanese ending.
patphatcat 2 months ago
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sliPPytoAD222 3 months ago
@sliPPytoAD222 The movie is generally thought to come between session 23 and 24. Hence the reason that Ed and Ein are back on the Bebop.
fraserfj 3 months ago
@fraserfj Oh thanks a lot was confused then finally figured it out lol hope spike isnt dead. and if he did die it would have been better with falling out of window scene. :)
sliPPytoAD222 3 months ago
Spike is probably shootin pool in some blues bar in paradise.
R.I.P. Spike
HeimdallTheFalcon 3 months ago 3
those last 2 episodes were perhaps the best episodes of any anime I've ever seen. The style, the story, the dialogue. Everything
Rawyr 3 months ago
What episode is the scene at 2:33 from?
MightyMartel 3 months ago
@MightyMartel
Episodde 20: Pierrot le Fou
CornishCreamtea07 3 months ago
@CornishCreamtea07 Thank you. I think that's the only one I missed but I just got the DVD so I get the chance to watch it.
MightyMartel 3 months ago
Very well done AMV. Captures the character of the show very well.
alphaprime66 3 months ago
I think the ending..to me anyways was that everyone knew that spike had to do what must be done. He loved julia and vicious had to die and he knew that and spike knew that he was the only one to kill vicious..it was spikes journey and everyone realized that they have to do there own thing..ed and ein take off. jett works on his banzai tree and faye well faye didnt want spike to die
TheReedable 3 months ago in playlist TheReedable's favorites
Wolfs rain and cowboy bebop are the best anime !!!
nenadvolcic 3 months ago
I want another season of it!
KoksRocks 3 months ago
I don't understand, I just can't understand.... why can't there be more anime shows like this one? This is show represented the full potential of the anime industry and yet all we get this day is stupid 'kawaii' anime and retarded hentai games adaptations. Am I getting older? Is this why I'm beginning to really hate anime this days? It seems to me that 80% of manga artists today are incapable of creating interesting and complex stories, they just copy from each other like retarded sheep.
qu3ter 3 months ago 74
@qu3ter come on. Ghost in the Shell: SAC? Death Note? Gurren Lagann? Samurai Champloo? (doesn't really count because it's made by the same director as CB) Any show made by Key? FLCL for crying out loud! The new millennium has had it's glimmering moments moments. There were just as many bad anime/manga series back then as they are now. We just notice them more now because anime/manga has become more of a major staple in pop culture.
frazier117 1 month ago 2
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qu3ter 1 month ago
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@frazier117 bottom line is that the anime industry right now is no longer capable of producing decent titles like: Cowboy bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Full metal panic & Alchemist and even Neon Genesis Evangelion etc. . Yes, I agree that there were many bad titles in the past, but there were still some diamonds. Now there's only GARBAGE!!! I dare you to name ONE fascinating anime that came out this year, or in 2010. And if you say Seikon no Quaser, or some other crap like Ikkitousen I'll die.
qu3ter 1 month ago
@frazier117 Wait, what? FLCL is utter shit. Ridiculous, obnoxious kawaii bullshit. Sorry, just my opinion. I'm a huge fan of Death Note (Season 1 at the least) and Samurai Champloo though.
LeftyAcoustic 1 month ago
@LeftyAcoustic hahahahahahaha FLCL is shit and you like deathnote? that was a good joke bro...
oh wait... you're serious...
here, let me laugh harder AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Gzus70 1 month ago
@Gzus70 Shit, Ill laugh with you!!!!!! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Next, he'll be buying those naruto headbands and jumping off trees.
Tyme4Cryme 1 month ago
@LeftyAcoustic may I ask what kawaii means?
TimeBomb014X 1 month ago
@qu3ter that or Cowboy Bebop just tainted your perseption of anime yet I would recommend you take a look at CHOAS; Head a very great psycological animme that leaves you saying WTF ( note it is based on an H game but it's still great and focuses on the psycological aspect instead of being a harem with fanservice like most H game animes) and Ergo Proxy another fantastic anime
TimeBomb014X 1 month ago
@TimeBomb014X I would rather kill myself then watch an anime based on a hentai game and yes Fate Stay Night included too, i can't really get the image of Rin Thosaka fingering Saber like the queen bitch of lesbians out of my head. Ergo proxy came out in 2006 and I agree with you that it's a VERY fantastic anime, one of my favorites actually (I love Re-l Mayer) but still it's been almost six years since it came out, I was talking about the decline of the anime industry in the last 3 or 4 years.
qu3ter 1 month ago 2
@qu3ter didn't need to know that first part cause I actually liked Fate Stay Night and now that great sad ending has been somewhat tainted also your lose than cause CHOAS; Head is actually quite good considering the source material and while yeah some animes aren't up to par with something like this I still find some decent ones here and there. Well just wait than when I get into the business, I'm actually a manga writter haven't published anything yet but I'm pretty confident in my material
TimeBomb014X 1 month ago
@qu3ter besides be gratefull with how animes don't go on forever with no actual plot like most american animated shows and comics
TimeBomb014X 1 month ago
@qu3ter I'm not trying to start an argument. God knows how pointless fighting in the YouTube comments section is. That said: You can hardly blame anime for not catering to your western taste. Japan was making shows about cute girls long before Cowboy Bebop and they will be making them for many years to come. Why? Because that's what the Japanese like. It's their industry, set up to cater to their culture. You are just an outsider, complaining about things you know nothing about.
fingerweenus 3 weeks ago
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qu3ter 3 weeks ago
@fingerweenus I have nothing against shows about cute girls, after all I used to watch sailor moon when I was a small boy and I loved it despite all it's mushy moments. However, I'm pretty damn sure there weren't as many overly sexualized shows as there are now. You must understand that though there were many bad shows back then there were also many, many diamonds (eg: Hokuto no Ken, Akira and later GitS & Cowboy bebop etc.) diamonds that put quite a lot of today's shows to shame;
qu3ter 3 weeks ago
@qu3ter I have seen and enjoyed the hell out of all those shows you mentioned. However, remember this. They've been making anime since the 70's. You listed a handful of shows which are very much the exception to the norm. There is nothing wrong with hoping that more shows like them will be produced in the future. All I am saying to you is that it wasn't as though 'old anime' was this action packed profound experience which puts all the modern anime about little girls to shame.
fingerweenus 3 weeks ago
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qu3ter 3 weeks ago
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qu3ter 3 weeks ago
@qu3ter FEW are good, just like movies or tv series, is not that we are getting older, is that the world if full of crap, more ppl, more "imagination", less new ideas, and everyone just change/add/remove something from a previous idea and call it "new"
fenix6787 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@qu3ter I wholesomely agree with you my friend. Here is the explanation. The reason why anime's these days seem to only be about teenagers and large breasts is the same reason why the games these days have also seem to lost their touch. The creators of both have lost sight of the fans and have moved towards the consumers. Of course, ever since the original thought died... anime's like Cowboy Bebop died with it.
13jetpilot 3 weeks ago 2
@qu3ter Samurai Champloo; Same director, same idea, only with samurai and rap.
mewtwo711 2 weeks ago
@qu3ter The anime industry has always been like this. You just don't see all of the moe shows from the 90's/80's/70's because shows like CB are the only ones the live through the test of time.
95688kage 2 weeks ago
@qu3ter
Quality takes money. Lots of it.
The anime industry has realized that there are enough dumb ass otaku out there that all they have to do is keep producing the same crap over and over again for cheap, and as long as there is moe and boobs, people will buy it. They won't make a TON of money, but they will make enough...producing good shows like Bebop, Paranoia Agent, FLCL, Welcome to the N.H.K, etc. are simply too expensive and difficult to make...so they sell cheap crap to perverts.
Tartersauce101 1 week ago
@Tartersauce101 What you are saying sounds so true and yet so damn sad. To think that the producers are willing to create such brainless GARBAGE just for the sake of milking small money out of perverted otaku, this is just so pathetic that it's sad. And worse there are people who defend this saying that anime has always been this way and some of them even have to gall to say it's better now. I for one don't remember anime being so cliche and perverted in the past. Truly such a shame.
qu3ter 1 week ago
@qu3ter
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Japanese video game industry is going down the same path...notice how Western games (EVEN rpgs like skyrim/fallout/mass effect) are taking over?
The Japanese are losing their way artistically, and I know I will get alot of hate for saying it but its true...all we can do is hope that the pendulum swings back the other way soon!
Tartersauce101 1 week ago
@qu3ter Welcome to every industry in the world. In no area of a popular industry, which anime has become and is still becoming as it grows and expands its audience, does the quality material outnumber the crap. Movies, comic books, tv shows, video games, books. Nothing is exempt, so there's no need to so dramatically bemoan the many crap anime that exist like it's a unique or new situation. And be careful about confusing nostalgia for reality.
Xagzan 1 week ago
@Xagzan Yes but the gaming and movie industries this last 10 years have given us many, many excellent titles. Here's an example for games (Half Life 2, Mass Effect, Halo, Gears of War, Kotor, Assassins creed, Star Craft 2, etc.) and many more to come + movies (Lord of the rings, City of God, KB, Avatar, The dark knight V for Vendetta, District 9, Inception etc.), the anime industry, which is quite popular, logically should have had many good titles since Cowboy Bebop & Spirited away, it didn't.
qu3ter 1 week ago
@Xagzan there are possible a max of 5 or 6 very good anime (Death Note, Code Geass, Samurai Champloo, FMA, FMP, Wolf's Rain, Eureka Seven ) followed by what I like to call overextended animes (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto) but only a few managed to capture the uniqueness and complex themes animes like Cowboy bebop, Trigun, Akira, Ghost in the shell, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, NGE, Great teacher Onizuka, Serial experiments Lain, had in the past. The only exception might be "Monster"
qu3ter 1 week ago
@qu3ter You just named about the same number of great anime of the past decade as you did great movies or games, so that really doesn't negate what I said about the majority of anything not being exemplary. Second, the 80% thing is an overexaggeration: there's a difference between a series having ecchi content and being an outright ecchi series (I generally find outright ecchi series stupid, though I do have a soft spot in my heart for the To Love-ru manga)
Xagzan 1 week ago
@Xagzan I knew you would capitalize on that. The number of movies and games I numbered are barely a fraction of the great titles that came out this last 12 years, while in anime's case those 8-9 titles represent the maximum amount of quality since Cowboy bebop showed us the true potential of Japanese animation. And do you really think those 80 % is a overexaggeration? Please take a look at the upcoming anime shows for 2012, 2 or 3 are interesting (Eureka 7 AO, Zetman, etc.) the rest are cliche
qu3ter 1 week ago
@qu3ter Ahh no, those are not the maximum. I had planned to name others but declined once you did, but can now see you need more. So: Baccano! Durarara! Blood+. Seirei no Moribito. FLCL. Bakuman. Black Lagoon. Kemono no Souja Erin. Fate/Zero. Now, since I watch comparatively less anime than normal fans, my list to choose from is probably much smaller. But keeping that in mind, I think all the anime listed on this page as great ones from the past decade is a pretty decent number.
Xagzan 1 week ago
@qu3ter Oh, and I almost forgot Howl's Moving Castle, since we're including Miyazaki films. Anyway, I also highly disagree that your list is "barely a fraction" of great movies (in any case I think Avatar was overrated), but I won't dwell on that. And yes, I do think 80% is an overexaggeration. I've seen the Spring '12 schedule, and I'd say it's only about 50% of the series that look like they have much ecchi content. As for interesting, can't say many films coming out look that good either.
Xagzan 1 week ago
@Xagzan Howl's moving castle was pretty good, I forgot to include that. , Haven't seen Durarara, Seirei no Moribito, Kemono no Souja but thank you for recommending them. FLCL is 12 or 11 years old and it doesn't count since I was complaining about recent anime. Black Lagoon is nice but the senseless violence get's on my nerves, not much for plot either. I hate everything that has to do with Fate Stay Night since the anime series started as a hentai game....
qu3ter 1 week ago
@Xagzan ...... and Istill can't get over the fact that Rin fingered Saber like the queen bitch of lesbians in some porno) I mean, having sex to replenish mana WTF!!! Or that the main character had sex with almost every girl in the game. Heard of Baccano! but it seems pretty boring, will check it out though. Blood + started out interesting but got pretty pathetic in the end, search "the worst anime scene ever" on you tube and you will see what I mean, make sure you lower the pc volume ;)
qu3ter 1 week ago
@qu3ter Ah ah, but I said F/Z, not FSN. Two very different beasts, at least regarding the anime, and I greatly prefer F/Z so far. And frankly, I thought the FSN anime was a lackluster adaptation myself, but it wasn't because of eroge (which really only occurred in 1 episode and was portrayed as a weird CG dragon at that). And I agree about Blood+, the last 20 or so episodes could've been much condensed, but on the whole it was quite good.
Oh, and Baccano is anything but boring. Flawless show.
Xagzan 1 week ago
@qu3ter Baccano is a damn brilliant show. I discovered it on FIOS when I had my Funi channel on, it randomly came on, and the music caught my attention immediately. I'd say its a slightly weaker version of Bebop, with more surrealism and what-if-alchemy things. Its pretty freaking awesome though.
AlucardHellsing97 5 days ago
@qu3ter Third, again, not that I don't also want more great and complex stories, but the majority of everything on TV involves braindead plots and soulless characters. It's not specific to anime. Lastly, there's no blatant pornography in normal, non-hentai anime - nevertheless the increase in sexuality in anime is again no different than its increase in every other form of entertainment over the past 20+ years.
And lest you forget, even the very first Bebop ep. had *quite* the cleavage shot.
Xagzan 1 week ago
@qu3ter Not to mention Faye's outfit and all that time she spent in the shower...
Xagzan 1 week ago
@Xagzan to conclude, I believe that in such a popular industry like anime there should be a lot more innovation from the producers, and a lot more great & complex stories from manga writers. Instead, the reality of today's anime is that 80% is full of retarded "harem genre" animes, kawaii animes with braindead plots and soulless characters. Also we shouldn't forget the massive increase of sexual themes in today's shows, ecchi is wonderful but blatant pornography is not! That's all I had to say
qu3ter 1 week ago
stunngun99 1 week ago
God damn, her voice is so relaxing.
KatiTesamaru 4 months ago in playlist Musics
Okay, so...supposedly the lyrics are "penetrate a break-in" at 1:17...but am I the only one hearing "penetrate a virgin?" Definitely a case of "mondegreen," to reference TV Tropes.
GuybrushMonkey 4 months ago
this song gets to me in a way that i cant even describe, much like the show. feel like im a better person for experiencing the ups and downs and the eventual end of some of the characters.
iainknowsthis 4 months ago
8 people can't knock a little harder.
JoMaMa231 4 months ago
That dude flying and kicking spike could teach a 10th dan Taekwondo Master a thing or two
tylerparker91 4 months ago
This song fills me with happinesss every time I hear it. My heart swells up as do my eyes. It's not even the words, just the memories of the show and the beat that goes into the deepest depth of my soul, penetrates my heart, and leaves me speechless.
hew900 4 months ago
this was one of the few animes were the english dubs were sooooooo much better than the japenese dubs. So much better characterization through the american voice dubs.
inclination64609 4 months ago 48
@inclination64609 Not really. The Japanese voice track has some of the most complex acting there is. The show really makes a lot more sense in Japanese, even. The English voice track was more cartoony and stereotypical.
ncommons 3 months ago 2
@ncommons Heh, true. No matter what people say, there's no "real" dubbing in Western countries for anime. Not when you compare it to Japanese work, which really involves themselves in their anime which are pieces of art.
WolfGhost97 3 months ago
@ncommons I've watched both the Japanese version and the English dub, but I have to honestly say that the English dub brought out more depth from the characters, especially Faye and Jet. However, Koichi Yamadera was perfect as Spike.
krazydragon57 2 months ago
@inclination64609 nope
Baltik119 2 months ago
@inclination64609 Completely agree. That and Yu Yu Hakusho.
Littledude5883 1 month ago
@inclination64609 really?
i found the english voices horrible and couldn't stand a whole five minutes of them and in my personal perspective, destroyed them. ed's english voice made me want to go on a murder rampage.
but of course i guess some people are used to the cheesy english voices and find them normal.
torchdexto 3 weeks ago
@inclination64609 i think that japenese version is better but everone have their own opinion
Baltik119 3 weeks ago
oh god, the amount of nostalgy is tremendous
se3d 5 months ago 4
I'm sitting here realizing that no matter what happens the bebop soundtrack centers and never ceases to inspire me when i need it. All i can do is hope that it effects others the way it effects me.
DoomTurkey83 5 months ago 6
perriot le fou. The master of air juggling.
kirbyover9000 5 months ago 2
Best song of the best show ever
carlosbrandtube 5 months ago
Best show on Television.
heathenbreathinfire 5 months ago
wonderful!!!
MissFaye215 5 months ago
TOONAMI IS BACK
KoopaKid39 5 months ago
TOONAMI IS BACK
KoopaKid39 5 months ago
Great work. thanks for uploading
airplaneracer 5 months ago
-cryforever- -crycrycry- D:
Amazingly done. -sniffle-
trivinia 5 months ago
Is she a native English speaker? Her pronunciation is fantastic. Also, stating the obvious here but amazing song, amazing singer, amazing composer. Amazing series.
orgocimaru 6 months ago
@orgocimaru Mai Yamane is japanese, but yeah she is amazing in almost every way. (The composer Yoko Kanno is also japanese, just in case)
HasaraFrer 6 months ago
I NEEEED this bass tab.
I've got the tabs for Call Me Call Me and I mastered that...
But this...I don't wanna have to tab this by ear...but I will if no one else does.
I love Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack. It's probably the best...ever.
ryanjd93 6 months ago
I had a friend that use to hate Cowboy Bebop. She used to hate when I watched it. But SHE cried on the episode when Ed left.
I said "Why are you crying"
She said "Ed wasn't supposed to leave! What are they doing!?!"
DX5K 6 months ago 6
@DX5K I cried too, Ed is my favorite!
xXxTheAnimeArtistxXx 5 months ago
Niceness
de8struction 6 months ago
I'm just wondering why "Jesus Pwn3d U" is in the suggestions...
pokjhdbnxw 6 months ago
@pokjhdbnxw
Spike is Jesus? I dunno.
But I must admit, I would be a lot more interested in religion if Jesus was secretly Spike. :p
foughtwolf 6 months ago
I immediately downloaded this song when i heard it. Not two minutes into the song it was in my music library.
pokjhdbnxw 6 months ago
I agree LSxRave's comment is profound. In fact, there was an episode of the series that was unreleased in the US in which the characters espoused the "Cowboy Bebop philosophy", which was echoed by LSxRave's comment.
ianz50 6 months ago
LSxRave that is one of the single most beautiful things i have ever read.
nothing more to say
TheOman1513114 6 months ago in playlist faves
superb video
TheNolaquen 6 months ago
Is it possible to listen to this and not sing along or atleast tap your foot?
shinyguru 6 months ago
@shinyguru I scrolled down, read this comment. I was both singing and tapping. :|
AndsyNF 6 months ago
What would you say is Bebop's theme (as in the story's purpose/message)?
lovebastard 7 months ago
@lovebastard - "life is just a dream"
polos86 7 months ago 7
@lovebastard no matter where your life takes you, what needs to be done will be done. Faye found peace with Spike finding peace. Jet knew Spike was over with, and simply tended to his bonsai... his release. Ein and Ed, well, they'll continue to drift, their adventure hasn't ended. the biggest theme? Follow your heart. life is just a dream, don't get me wrong, but... without Julia, who would Spike be?
LSxRave 6 months ago 116
@LSxRave my wife just said to me "oh, look at faye and her big titties, dont you just love it?" my reply: "thats just the point, thats all anyone ever sees, they dont see the fragile girl behind" best summation of the series I can think of other than: c u l8er space cowboy
v10011011 5 months ago 8
@v10011011 you have a really awkward wife o-0
mcrgerardway923 4 months ago
@LSxRave and what was the real lesson?
Don't leave stuff in the fridge. Or else you're gonna' carry that weight.
Momentum139 4 months ago 6
@LSxRave
The main theme was that the characters would not be able to live unless they let go and moved on. *the past*
MrFunxy 4 months ago
@LSxRave wow....that is exactly what I saw after I finished all the episode....
Mostthingss 3 months ago
@LSxRave Probably the best thing I've ever read in a comment so far... Thanks!
ignaciojork 1 month ago
gotta love this song btw its from the movie
ladycharmer12 7 months ago
i think it's cool cause no other anime has fans like cowboy bebop
majorwadek 7 months ago 2
You gonna carry that weight
ReDraG0nz 7 months ago 3
@ReDraG0nz I think you mean "Are you living in the real world?"
MalachiteR 7 months ago 2
That entrance at 0:18 is always so sick :D
Philc103 8 months ago
samurai champloo and cowboy bebop best anime ever:.....
mrwrongwroks7 8 months ago 2
Shinchiro watanabe and Yoko Kanno are fucking GENIUSES!
farhad47 8 months ago 3
Mai Yamane amazing voice!!!! Can't hear her sing enough in English or Japanese (which I do not understand) it doesn't matter. Blue makes me weep and this makes me want to play it louder!
kalex32 8 months ago
blues must come from another planet. why does it sound so good while gazing at stars?
SierraHotelBandit9 8 months ago 5
@SierraHotelBandit9 its comes from the south....some say its a whole diffrent world down there....
VictorVonFox 8 months ago
@VictorVonFox It is a different world down here. And I like it!
RenoFANGIRL4eva 7 months ago
ty for made
blackmon1988 8 months ago
The 6 people who disliked this have no soul or taste
SiggsGBR 8 months ago
BEST ANIME EVER i got all the music i miss this but then again i have the entire season
BigKahunaZZ 9 months ago
See you space cowboy
pointlessaccount100 9 months ago 11
ahh this is so good ! i love cowboy bebop <3
ThinkGreenxx 9 months ago
Can not see it working with Keanu Reeves his acting is too dry to be able to deliver on the character of Spike
Broadcast1Channel 10 months ago 8
@Broadcast1Channel You are so amazing!!! I've tried to convince countless people about that and they say he could do it. Were I just say there is no way! Thank you!
vaderfly12 9 months ago
@Broadcast1Channel I think there trying to get more people to the series and with a name with as big as his, people are going to want to watch it. Its probably going to be decent as a movie, but a fail for the bebop fans. I accually think there planning something bigger(like more eps. maybe another movie, even though they havent said anything like that yet) and with Keanu the series will be popular agian.
Kyon245 9 months ago
@Kyon245 Read the producers quotes. No mas
sundaylv 8 months ago
i love it
MatzeHansa 10 months ago
Very well done tribute to great music and even better anime.
YasumotoUS 10 months ago
Well done, i love this anime, is my favourite one!
hanahr1 10 months ago
When life won't let you in...you gotta knock a little harder..
josierocks18 10 months ago 6
Real live Action movie is coming out for this anime. ALthough I doubt it will be this good. I know they can't stick to the whole story in the anime, but I hope they pick one or two episode and somehow bring the interesting characters in this anime to life.
SamiHaves 11 months ago
@SamiHaves keanu reeves is playing spike so no way it will be good.
mikepyro713 11 months ago
@MrPyscoMonkey
Nope, they need to create cartoon network 4 "Bebop and Champloo all day, EVERY day"
01bullettooth 11 months ago
Thumbs up if you think cartoon network should do a all night cowboy bebop special
MrPyscoMonkey 11 months ago 7
pure awesome
1Deejay7 11 months ago 2
@1Deejay7 aagreed.
heathenbreathinfire 11 months ago
well this here is amazing
lolcandii 11 months ago
While it isn't my favourite anime, I'll be damned if it hasn't got the greatest soundtrack of just about anything.
Havocfang2 11 months ago 4
the best anime i have ever seen, 10/10
juskejuan 1 year ago 216
@juskejuan only 10/10? I'd give it 15/10! :D
Mooncowsback 10 months ago
@Mooncowsback why such low numbers, I'd give it a dividebyzero/10
deathstinger13 10 months ago
@juskejuan *11/10
platypusman511 10 months ago
@juskejuan I'd say 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
soldierinthesand 8 months ago
@juskejuan
Have you seen Ghost In The Shell S.A.C.?
I think it is better than CB. Just slightly, but it is better :)
RipperGER 5 months ago
@RipperGER I GREATLY disagree
thehappyusagi 5 months ago
@juskejuan I couldn't agree more.
heathenbreathinfire 5 months ago
@juskejuan Oh thank fucking god this show has your approval! I was so fucking worried you wouldn't like it.
liamwazhere 3 months ago
que banda increible!
arturodamian 1 year ago