Yeah, I think this scene is intended as a Pulp Fiction homage. The "wannabe preacher with a gun" feels like a riff on Jules, and the guy coming out of the bathroom and stuff...
Damn I love the series and the movie. I just hope that the live action one comes even close to being half as good as the original series. If not than it's a definate epic fail by Fox and they should be banned from ever laying their hands on the rights to other great animes or anime in general.
After all, if Siskel and Ebert criticized them for not criticizing them enough in the Godzilla movie, how the hell do they expect to actually make something decen with anime?
In many respects though, it is. You'be got a mafia drug dealing type theme playing out through a good portion of the show, much of it being told around or involving Spike, and internal conflicts that play out through the last few episodes.
Just giving people a bit of a more modern comparison for those that haven't even heard of the Godfather today or haven't gotten around to watching it if they have.
This, Cowboy Bebop, is what got me into anime. It's so funny gut it also has it's serious moments. I don't see how anyone couldn't have liked this show or movie.
The thing about Japanese made movies based on an anime is that they don't really have any connection with the original story line, just the characters. If you've seen other movies (like Conan or Naruto) you'll see this. It's like the characters in another demention. So the question is not where or when it happens in the series 'cuz in the series it doesn't excist.
yeah i agree both bebop and champloo are seriously something that quentin tarantino would think of wattanbe is very similar to his style. that shit cracks me up and you know what makes it a stew part.
@ThePS2God um, If i want to learn something about film making, I will study under Ridley Scott , or Edgar Wright, Spielberg, Cameron, Alex Proyas, Len Wiseman, Mel Brooks, Kubrick, Coppola, John McTiernan, and countless indie film makers and others who are vastly superior.
@Colton5 Those also count, though some of them have at least one bad film (James Cameron having the most overrated film known to man called Avatar). Tarantino had no bad film in his filmography, because he knows a good story when he sees it, he films at a slow pace mainly to increase suspense, and his films have a great payoff. Some of these directors and Sergio Leone, one of the greatest western film directors of all time were his inspiration, and he used it to his advantage.
I've seen both, and I was bored watching them. Just because a film has swears, action, and noise does not making it exciting or entertaining. If anything I was laughing at those films, not with them
Despite it being a complete rewrite of Dances WIth Wolves, it's still a pretty spectacular film.
Ok, I will admit that the ending was a bit cheesey bordering Ace Ventural Call of the Wild ending. But hey. the animation is epic, the flow is pretty smooth and the action is great.
Plus it gave us something that I never saw before. Stephen Lang without facial hair.
@GojyotheFeared It was more than that. The story was lousy and the acting was very cheesy. We've heard this story, not just from Dances with Wolves, but from movies like Pocahontas and FernGully (didn't like that one either, btw). Doug Walker (aka Nostalgia Critic) stated that even the story was old when those movies did it, and I could clearly see that. Also, I really need to point out, graphics don't make a movie either. Story (except for certain comedies) and good characters make a movie.
Well, I guess it's left to individual interpritations. I, however, enjoyed the movie. Not just because of the story, animation and characters, but because it leaves open the oppertunity to imagine the what ifs.
@Colton5 I know a bad movie when I see it, and as a movie buff, Tarantino is nowhere near that category, because I've seen what he can come up with, from start to finish. If you like movies with fast pacing, fine by me, but don't state your opinions as facts saying that films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill are some of the most boring films ever made, because it's similar to saying the Dollars trilogy by Leone is the most boring film trilogy ever (god have mercy on you if you say that).
@ThePS2God Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill sucked and ive never even heard ogf Dollars Trilogy and it's probably gay too. And with Cameron, I'm talking abouty T1, T2, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies; those are his good films. And Tarantino is all about mindless action like Michael Bay but instead of explosions he goes for gore and swears. If you want to watch a good film, watch Bladerunner; but it probably has to much talking for you
@Colton5 You never heard of The Good the Bad and The Ugly? greatest western ever made?
as much as I love bebop, I really do, GBU is even cooler.and tarantino is not about mindelss action considering pulp fiction, ingkorious basterds, resevoir dogs, all had barely any action at all. And kil bill and IB are the only that have gore. and blade runner has less talking in it thenmost tarantino films, even though it is a brilliant film.
if you wanna bash something makesure you get the shit right.
Know you made this comment a year ago, but it helps that Cowboy Bebop's creator drew inspiration from Quentin Tarantino for no only the series but also Spike's design as well.
@purseus Seriously, more fans of CB need to check out John Woo's Hong Kong catalog; it inspired so much of the action and style of Bebop. I remember around the same time I was watching CB I watched The Killer and Hard Boiled for the first time. Man, that was a good year.
actually no one knows if he died or not even wattanbe said "I've never officially said that he died. At this point, I can tell you that I'm not sure if he's alive or dead."
"you, you take to long to do a shit"
goly fuck, thats hilarious!
LinkinParkandTFs 9 hours ago
i wanna marry spike! :)
alikigiwrgos 10 hours ago
ahha so cool
ombrzee 1 week ago
Riff should have never turned to a life of crime.
inferno232 2 weeks ago
Spike Lives!!
dom44444 3 weeks ago
Lloovvee spike
cpirategurl 3 weeks ago
Thank you, exactly what i wanted.
Symbiorec 3 weeks ago
Spike is so fucking awesome. Imma be a bounty hunter!!! hahaha
1xXcoolioXx1 4 weeks ago
sick as fuck.
mies4125 1 month ago
So much swag
randomguy199545 1 month ago
Bad....ass
christon0123 1 month ago
275 people don't know what a "bounty hunter" does.
catothewiser 1 month ago
BEST MOVIE OPENING... EVER! :D
JediAutobotX 3 months ago
Spike's voice sounds like Solid snake's voice :D
dersniperschatten 3 months ago
@dersniperschatten Same voice actor. ^^
kupomi 2 months ago
@kupomi Solid Snake is voiced by David Hayter and Spike is voiced by Steve Blum
HollowsRus 1 month ago
@HollowsRus You're absolutely right, I'm not sure why I had said that, haha. XD I must have gotten confused with something else.
kupomi 1 month ago
rofl lmao lol "and you you take too long to take a shit" dead.
MusikLover1992 3 months ago
@someguy827 It's pronounced 'shit'. Get it right.
microsoftnerd4life 3 months ago
I actually watched this in a theater. Best time ever.
DarkEmergence 4 months ago
do I hear summer samba when he walks into the store?
generallemur 4 months ago
SON OF A BITCH! O.o
RSXemperor85 5 months ago
Spike is so smooth!
psychobunny17 5 months ago
This is actually my favorite scene in the entire movie. Feels like a Tarantino movie or something.
CatMan221 5 months ago
Liked it all except the end. A little cheesy.
br3ad420 6 months ago
@br3ad420 That is Spike... He gets to be Cheesy...
ArkAngelHFBGames 6 months ago 5
Cowboy Bebop RULE!
Skulldragon999 6 months ago
2:30 FALCON PUNH!!!
Mrwasabi35 6 months ago
"Great, a wannabe preacher with a gun". Isn't that how they all are?
Superseadragon 6 months ago
the guy with the gun is mean
simsniper 6 months ago
I like how Jet drops his gun and Spike pulls out his and aims lol
rinwhr 7 months ago 3
So, what makes a stew, a stew again?
TriforceF 7 months ago
@TriforceF Soup.
destroyer1395 7 months ago
I need to watch this movie. Fuck my existence.
piercetheromans 7 months ago 46
Yeah, I think this scene is intended as a Pulp Fiction homage. The "wannabe preacher with a gun" feels like a riff on Jules, and the guy coming out of the bathroom and stuff...
EponymousKid 8 months ago 3
Spike's voice gives me chills. ^_^
LaughingGenius 8 months ago
BADASS!!!!
pandaboy73 8 months ago
"Spike!"
*eats some snack cake thing* "Yeah?"
Haha, I love that part!
GearsofWumbology 8 months ago 2
"I'M NOT LOOKING FOR STEW MIX!" *bang*
hotelmario510 8 months ago
fucking badass
rcris18 8 months ago
Lmao that old lady was like "son of a bitch!"
rinwhr 9 months ago
1 person takes to long to take a shit
MrRedsnoopy 9 months ago 69
@MrRedsnoopy The other took too long to pee.
someguy827 4 months ago
@MrRedsnoopy 3 now
austix1997 1 week ago
"The meat?"
"...That's what everyone says."
IAMCORNHOLIO420 9 months ago
This was the first cowboy bebop thing I ever saw. It was the absolute perfect way to start.
1125Dan 9 months ago 4
キャラクターの表情は、日本語の発音センス。英語字幕の方がアニメの動きに逢うかなと思う。
platyps99 9 months ago
When I can become as smooth and cool as Spike in this opening scene, than you can kill me because my life's ambition would finally be complete
Admit it: that's your ambition too
Conspirator19 9 months ago 5
@Conspirator19 Your ambition is to be Steve Blum?
DisfunctionalMisfunc 7 months ago
this kind of suffers in the translation
Stantzs 9 months ago
Fist of the North Star
Ninja Scroll
Cowboy Bebop
My three favorite anime movies.
Nemesis0300 10 months ago
oh wow,look at that cool dude who disliked this video,what a hip guy(sarcasm detected)
NinjaFoo777 10 months ago
o spike u sexy beaste
KiroToru 10 months ago
Just a humble bounty hunter ma'am.
Raishiwi 10 months ago
Just a friendly bounty hunter ma'am.
Raishiwi 10 months ago
lmao spike sounds just like mugen from samurai champloo, samurai champloo and cowboy bebop FTW !
gantz1224 10 months ago
@gantz1224 cuz its the same voice actor.
mikepyro713 9 months ago
HELL YES! Love this opening! :D
JediAutobotX 10 months ago
Hahaha classic
Kuzalias 11 months ago
AAHH. you left out the first 15 seconds or so. that's the best part. WTF
theblackmanOyeah 1 year ago
The Shoe Look Kick is classic.
DemonKingMMA 1 year ago
How to kick someone in the face:
1. get them interested
2. bend down
3. wait for them to bend down
4. HIGH KICK
noethowen 1 year ago
Damn I love the series and the movie. I just hope that the live action one comes even close to being half as good as the original series. If not than it's a definate epic fail by Fox and they should be banned from ever laying their hands on the rights to other great animes or anime in general.
After all, if Siskel and Ebert criticized them for not criticizing them enough in the Godzilla movie, how the hell do they expect to actually make something decen with anime?
GojyotheFeared 1 year ago
@GojyotheFeared So help me God if Fox fucks up Spike like Stephanie Meyer fucked up vampires.
anti4kids2000 11 months ago
@anti4kids2000
I know the feeling. I have all the mangas, the complete series and the animated movie and loved every single one of them!
But given that Fox was also behind the DBZ fuck up, I don't really hold out that much high hope for Cowboy Bebop...
Such a shame to because it truely is what I consider to be the Godfather of Anime. Or I guess if you prefer, the Sopranos.
GojyotheFeared 11 months ago
@GojyotheFeared
The Sopranos is not the equivalent of Cowboy Bebop.
RepublicAgent 6 months ago
@RepublicAgent
In many respects though, it is. You'be got a mafia drug dealing type theme playing out through a good portion of the show, much of it being told around or involving Spike, and internal conflicts that play out through the last few episodes.
Just giving people a bit of a more modern comparison for those that haven't even heard of the Godfather today or haven't gotten around to watching it if they have.
GojyotheFeared 6 months ago
@RepublicAgent
No. You're right. Spike would own Tony Soprano.
southerncajuncharm 4 months ago
One person takes too long to take a shit.
TeamXeroXchange 1 year ago 3
2:50 I didn't know Che Guevara was a thief? o.O
massivecrown 1 year ago
happy to make it 102 likes
Smitamas101 1 year ago
Man Cowboy Bebop was one of the greatest animes I've ever seen...
SmexyAsianGirls 1 year ago
Shinji Ikarki is the shop keeper
nAtespOOny 1 year ago
I am going to KILL this old lady if you DON'T PUT DOWN YOUR GUNS!!!1!!!1!!!!
BobSagetFanboi 1 year ago
lol. The Grandma was like "Sonofabitch!"
lilmurfer 1 year ago
love the crappy musac in the background!
Lazzars 1 year ago
LOL Spike when he's pissed
Jet: This information is somtimes required for enemys and allys.
Spike: ARRRGHH DONT PULL THAT ART OF WAR CRAP ON ME.
Robber: DROP EM!
Spike: AND YOU! YOU TAKE TOO LONG TO TAKE A SHIT.
Stiglitz51 1 year ago 2
This, Cowboy Bebop, is what got me into anime. It's so funny gut it also has it's serious moments. I don't see how anyone couldn't have liked this show or movie.
dieselboy094 1 year ago 4
I HATE anime.. but I LOVE Cowboy Bebop.. Great shit.
Jdhslightlystoopid1 1 year ago
It always depends. Cowboy Bebop is one of the greats, and well, there's none that can top it.
Vashthestampdee 1 year ago
stew mix is on isle five. I DONT WANT NO STEW MIX *gun fire's*.
Diiliveurlife 1 year ago
@Diiliveurlife If you're going to repeat lines from the video we've all just watched, at least get them right.
harpdevil 1 year ago
I really like the way anime, and the way anime movies looked in the late 90's early 2000's. There is a certain tone to them.
Which is why I like this scene.
Ankh117 1 year ago 3
i love you spike!
deedlet 1 year ago
-"Just a humble bounty-hunter maam"
DocFrogger 1 year ago 4
The thing about Japanese made movies based on an anime is that they don't really have any connection with the original story line, just the characters. If you've seen other movies (like Conan or Naruto) you'll see this. It's like the characters in another demention. So the question is not where or when it happens in the series 'cuz in the series it doesn't excist.
winterfresh56 1 year ago 2
-"Stew mix is on aisle five. We have the..."
-"I'm not looking for stew mix!"
DocFrogger 1 year ago
Love that granny. "Son of a bitch!"
doxide 1 year ago
this movie is just great+g+
spike + jet fighting is like "awweessuuummmmeee" :D
R4Akai 1 year ago
Spike. is. hot.
SuperDuperTurtle 1 year ago
This scene is just cool
pacaboy44 1 year ago
I've been looking for this scene for a long time.
Ravenwraithstudios 1 year ago
best anime movie opening ever
dustin13736 1 year ago
"You take too long to take a shit!"
5ilver42 2 years ago 14
IT'S NOTHIN' TO LAUGH ABOUT
HeatLegs 2 years ago 7
2:56 there like who the hell are you
dashonjb09 2 years ago
Pure win
APandaliciousPanda 2 years ago
Man! It's like I'm watching an animated movie by Quentin Tarantino! AWESOME!!!
ThePS2God 2 years ago 72
yeah i agree both bebop and champloo are seriously something that quentin tarantino would think of wattanbe is very similar to his style. that shit cracks me up and you know what makes it a stew part.
stacetheface47 2 years ago 2
@ThePS2God what?! thats an insult not a compliment. Tarantino is one of the worst directors ever
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 BLASPHEMER!!!
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God the creators of Cowboy Bebop are far superior to that bland idiot. His movies bore the void out of me
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 Tarantino isn't bland. Maybe you should pay more attention to his movies and maybe you'll learn something about filmmaking.
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God um, If i want to learn something about film making, I will study under Ridley Scott , or Edgar Wright, Spielberg, Cameron, Alex Proyas, Len Wiseman, Mel Brooks, Kubrick, Coppola, John McTiernan, and countless indie film makers and others who are vastly superior.
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 Those also count, though some of them have at least one bad film (James Cameron having the most overrated film known to man called Avatar). Tarantino had no bad film in his filmography, because he knows a good story when he sees it, he films at a slow pace mainly to increase suspense, and his films have a great payoff. Some of these directors and Sergio Leone, one of the greatest western film directors of all time were his inspiration, and he used it to his advantage.
ThePS2God 11 months ago
I enjoyed Avatar, but it was not my favorite film of all time. The only film that tara has ever done that was good was reservoir dogs
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 Dude! Did you not see Pulp Fiction or any of the Kill Bill movies!?
ThePS2God 11 months ago
I've seen both, and I was bored watching them. Just because a film has swears, action, and noise does not making it exciting or entertaining. If anything I was laughing at those films, not with them
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 So what the hell do you look for? The acting in both of those was superb. Are you looking for drama or something?
ThePS2God 11 months ago
I look for everything. I like all kinds of films, I just do not like tarantino and I think that the guys who did Bebop are better then he is.
i have films ranging from Action, Adventure, Drama, mystery, porn lol, noir, animated, comedy, etc etc.
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 To each his own I suppose.
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God
I wouldn't say that about avatar.
Despite it being a complete rewrite of Dances WIth Wolves, it's still a pretty spectacular film.
Ok, I will admit that the ending was a bit cheesey bordering Ace Ventural Call of the Wild ending. But hey. the animation is epic, the flow is pretty smooth and the action is great.
Plus it gave us something that I never saw before. Stephen Lang without facial hair.
GojyotheFeared 11 months ago
@GojyotheFeared It was more than that. The story was lousy and the acting was very cheesy. We've heard this story, not just from Dances with Wolves, but from movies like Pocahontas and FernGully (didn't like that one either, btw). Doug Walker (aka Nostalgia Critic) stated that even the story was old when those movies did it, and I could clearly see that. Also, I really need to point out, graphics don't make a movie either. Story (except for certain comedies) and good characters make a movie.
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God
Well, I guess it's left to individual interpritations. I, however, enjoyed the movie. Not just because of the story, animation and characters, but because it leaves open the oppertunity to imagine the what ifs.
GojyotheFeared 11 months ago
@ThePS2God I agree the acting, writing, story were quite terrible. especially in comparison to cameron's excellent T2 and Aliens.
mikepyro713 11 months ago
@mikepyro713 ...and those are two superior films! You've got a good taste.
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God the abyss was very solid as well, though not an action film. have you seen it?
mikepyro713 11 months ago
@Colton5 I know a bad movie when I see it, and as a movie buff, Tarantino is nowhere near that category, because I've seen what he can come up with, from start to finish. If you like movies with fast pacing, fine by me, but don't state your opinions as facts saying that films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill are some of the most boring films ever made, because it's similar to saying the Dollars trilogy by Leone is the most boring film trilogy ever (god have mercy on you if you say that).
ThePS2God 11 months ago
@ThePS2God Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill sucked and ive never even heard ogf Dollars Trilogy and it's probably gay too. And with Cameron, I'm talking abouty T1, T2, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies; those are his good films. And Tarantino is all about mindless action like Michael Bay but instead of explosions he goes for gore and swears. If you want to watch a good film, watch Bladerunner; but it probably has to much talking for you
Colton5 11 months ago
@Colton5 You never heard of The Good the Bad and The Ugly? greatest western ever made?
as much as I love bebop, I really do, GBU is even cooler.and tarantino is not about mindelss action considering pulp fiction, ingkorious basterds, resevoir dogs, all had barely any action at all. And kil bill and IB are the only that have gore. and blade runner has less talking in it thenmost tarantino films, even though it is a brilliant film.
if you wanna bash something makesure you get the shit right.
mikepyro713 11 months ago
@ThePS2God
Know you made this comment a year ago, but it helps that Cowboy Bebop's creator drew inspiration from Quentin Tarantino for no only the series but also Spike's design as well.
Magicforever1000 8 months ago
@ThePS2God I know....remember the guy that came out? Just like in Pulp Fiction.....
101division44 7 months ago
@ThePS2God i'd say more like john woo lol
purseus 6 months ago
@purseus Seriously, more fans of CB need to check out John Woo's Hong Kong catalog; it inspired so much of the action and style of Bebop. I remember around the same time I was watching CB I watched The Killer and Hard Boiled for the first time. Man, that was a good year.
NewMonkey77 6 months ago
Was this movie done before he die in the show or did not really die at all? Just wonder!!! Thank u
scoobydoojr188 2 years ago
Yes he died at the end of the TV show but this was like one big bounty they had at the same time as the tv show.
islanumblar 2 years ago
Well some argue this takes place after he dies and that this is him looking back. There's all these references to heaven' door and so forth.
habboi 2 years ago 2
actually no one knows if he died or not even wattanbe said "I've never officially said that he died. At this point, I can tell you that I'm not sure if he's alive or dead."
Badaxe4 1 year ago
@Badaxe4 Yea but if you look at the story as a whole and his character it would make sense if he died. It would honestly be really corny if he lived.
cbass5511 1 year ago
watanabe will decide after the live action movie
if he'll make a second series
NYhope07 1 year ago
Where have you read that or found out about it?
22hka 1 year ago
@NYhope07 If they make a live action movie, I will not be watching any second series. Even though I HIGHLY doubt he will make another.
cbass5511 1 year ago
@cbass
I see where your coming from but you never know
NYhope07 1 year ago
@scoobydoojr188 You forgot the "takes place before the end of the series" option.
cbass5511 1 year ago
sick
burt0na55ass1n 2 years ago 4
1:44 Completely bad ass!
MySeoulWithin 2 years ago 4
thank you for posting this, I really wanted this opening scene but everyone put up 10 minutes of it. This opening is amazing thank you once more.
CommandAndCommentary 2 years ago 8
spike is so damn mellow and awesome.
"hey spike. you there? theres three of them. i'll go round back."
"alllright..."
ThirdDegre 3 years ago 11
"You! You take too long to take a shit!"
Haha, I love this scene. Thanks for posting it.
pyro9050 3 years ago 59