Hey bro. You think you're really smart, but really, you're just a pretentious child. And vaccines can cause multiple different injuries and to deny that is anti science.
@@SpoonNFriends I think at this stage he's baiting everyone so they comment and he gets more engagement. I unsubscribed to his channel last year when he wished death on Trump's mother (yeah, play politics if you want, but that's just evil)
The badge of honor thing is true. I had a young dude work for me and was obsessed with anime but had never had seen Cowboy Bebop. I literally went out and bought him a copy to make sure he watched it. Apparently even his parents, who were like 15 years older than me ended up liking it too
It's one of the funniest things about showing NGE to newer anime fans, so many shows reference and pull ideas from NGE that it makes NGE feel like an amalgamation of stereotypes and tropes if you don't remind yourself that it came first.
There is something about the song "Real Folk Blues" that really twangs on my heartstrings. From the first time I heard it all the way up until today. It has that kind of melancholic anemoia that few musical pieces are able to carry. I was 16 when i first saw Bebop, and that song has stuck with me since. It reminds me of High School, it reminds me of The Jazz Age, it reminds me of comic conventions, it reminds me of the future. Such a bizarre and specific mixture of emotions and memories, and it feels like it becomes more potent with each passing year.
The translated lyrics bc oyy Too many years have passed since my love for you I have nothing left to keep on this love be lamented Still I can feel the wind blowing deep inside Through these wounds you left in my heart that’ll never be healed One eye of mine can see what tomorrow is But the other eye of mine is still lost in the yesterday Oh, I would give it all just to fall asleep In the cradle of your love like before, sound and peacefully My dried up eyes won’t shed no tears, can anyone please cry for me? THE REAL FOLK BLUES Just tell me now, what is real sorrow like and how it feels A life that’s soaked in mud is not that bad If you live it through just once, with no refrain You gotta end it all, no regrets How come your only hope turns into despair? Let yourself again be trapped in these fake, shallow chances Somebody answer me, ‘What is good, what’s bad?’ Nothing more than the coin in your hand having two sides How many more years have to come to make my scattered heart get healed? THE REAL FOLK BLUES Just tell me now, what is real joy like and how it feels You try to reach for things that shine like gold Don’t be tricked by their flitting light THE REAL FOLK BLUES Just tell me now, what is real sorrow like and how it feels A life that’s soaked in mud is not that bad If you live it through just once, with no refrain You gotta end it all, no regrets
These videos inevitability take me down memory lane. I had a best friend who had the desire to spend ridiculous amounts of money on anime VHS and have viewing hang-outs with his friends. This era was golden college days for me.... Beer, White Wolf roleplaying, and watching a shit ton of anime. Good times.
I think I spent an arm and a leg for Sailor Moon R movie and a few other vhs tapes of random series at a comic book store in jr high. (1999 or 2000) It was part of the money I earned from my paper route.
right away this video was on point lol " i don't watch anime but i have seen cowboy bebop" was like one of the first things a teacher back in high school said to me when i said " watching anime was one of my hobby's" spent most of that class just discussing cowboy bebop now that i think about it lol
Cowboy bebop is like that struggling artist who went on to become the icon of their genre and in this case i'm glad the english voice actors put their heat and soul into it
It takes a lot of skill and courage to create something new, that stand out from all the others, while at the same time being so well-made that it sticks with everyone that looks at it.
People made opportunities for Bebop because they saw it and couldn't deny it's perfection. Ever see a piece of art and just know that people need to see it for themselves?
@@broodo1 Have you heard the newer, acoustic rendition? "Real Folk Blues" For these day recorded during the pandemic? *Kills me*. ua-cam.com/video/JUph8T1Ph4s/v-deo.html
This channel never ceases to amaze me with how high the quality of knowledge and research is that is put in these videos. I learned so much I never knew about Bebop!
I'm surprised anyone, especially Mike, could ignore the music. You didn't even mention the seat belts, who still tour and play bebops ost regularly, reinventing the songs in true jazz fashion, and whooped ass in an online covid concert. They really rocked space lion...If you don't feel space lion your feelers are broken. Have you heard Sax Quartet? There's not many good composers that pulled off that trick. Kano has had successes but bebops ost took on a life, and a career, of its own. As someone raised by a man who loves jazz I've heard a lot of it, and this ost did transcends and exemplifies a genre that most people had next to zero exposure to when they saw they show. By the time Tank! ended for the first time they were officially converted. I can't think of another example of truely modern jazz on this level. It's bold and new while in touch with the roots of the art form and true to the precepts of jazz. The thing is, the anime is the ost, the ost is the anime, that absolute flawless victory is the fuel in the space jet that is bebop. You even experience the anime like a good album. You groove on it, you feel it. Each episode is unique but somehow forming an overall narrative and vibe. You turn them on and nod along, relishing the high points and the lead ups, reveling in how well crafted and masterfully executed these story beats and themes are. You come away with them stuck in your head, not necessarily as a story but as a groove to get lost in, to carry you through your day and become your background music for a while. Bebop is not just a classic anime, it's an ongoing musical phenomenon
Man, these behind the scenes type videos are some of my FAVORITE genres of stuff. I've always loved BP's stuff, but these ones always hit me harder. Finding out the the weird series of steps, the actual backers, because sometimes I forget that media doesn't happen in a vacuum since I'm so far away from it's creation.
The opening and closing songs still remind me of fallng asleep to the show as a kid. I always wanted to stay up for Bebop, even if it was right at the edge of me being awake. The closing song of Bebop & Outlaw star will always be special for me.
This is the reason I follow this channel. Stories of passion literally change the world, change history. Artists who know that this may be their only shot and not caring, just putting their whole heart into their stories all the way. There’s not a feeling more pure then passion, the unyielding passion of the artists who make these stories, the passion of the small or large group of fans who adore it, and the passion of those who take the risk to get these stories out. Hell man, this is the kind of stuff that’ll make you cry. Keep it up. See you later, Space Cowboys. Bang.
When I first saw Cowboy Bebop on Adult Swim in 2003, it became my absolutely favorite anime. Been seeking something, anything that gives me the rush that this anime does. I was truly overwhelmed with its skill to make me feel emotionally invested at a time when I never wanted to feel a thing at all due to a lot of personal trauma that I won't get into here. I've seen a lot of anime and rewatched Cowboy Bebop since and I've been trying to find that special anime to top it. For me, I found that Spy x Family is getting there but it's still moving along in manga and on the air. I'm on pins and needles to see how it all comes together which is incredibly exciting. I hope that it does because I love seeing a medium I love keep evolving. The fact that it's taken 20 years for me to even consider something else near the number one spot is a testament to how incredible Cowboy Bebop really is.
No substitute for cowboy bebop but I'd say Trigun is pretty great and a lot of similar themes but more western. Outlaw star to me is similar in a few ways and great on its own.
Fun fact: Did you know theres an original pencil drawing of Spike in the CN headquarters stairwell? Did you know an intern drew a Calarts doodle with a sharpie over it? Look it up, I'm not making this up. Search something like "spike drawing in cartoon network", it'll be the first result
When a reviewer is so incredibly talented as a wordsmith that you can listen to his videos without watching the visuals but still get the entire picture of the episode in question.. that's this channel.
that was so cool to learn. I consider this and Samurai Champloo both to be my favorite anime, specially after I rewatched them as an adult. I had no idea of any of this.
My gateway was Robotech and Star Blazers. I did even know it was called anime back then, tell I bought the Robotech Art books and read in the back about it. My love for anime really started with the original 2030 Bubblegum Crisis and then Sailor moon. Cowboy Bebop came much later, and I was watching it like crazy on Adult Swim. I just could not get enough or bored with it.
Bebop is one of the few pieces of media (no matter the format) that is flawless. It’s so good that my wife, in all her elegant womanly glory, enjoyed it
I wished I heard someone say "I don't watch anime, but I've seen Cowboy Bebop". Here in Uruguay it's treated like a cult classic or an obscure fine aged wine.
Even my non-anime friends would watch Bebop with me, and enjoy it. Eva on the other hand...well, even people that like anime don't always appreciate how brilliant NGE is.
"I don't watch anime but I've seen Cowboy Beebop and I liked it." That was my brother. He never got into anime with me but he at least didn't bad mouth it. And the fact that it was constantly playing on Adult Swim meant I always had something to watch if nothing else.
I have never seen all of this information on the history that MADE his so popular be put so well. Thanks for a fantastic video essay! Hope I can get my pacing for the longer projects to flow as well as your work...See You Space Cowboy
Okay, you NEED to stop equating "western" with "USA". I am latin american, WE HAD ANIME ON TV SINCE THE EARLY 90S. CowBe aired on Locomotion, and at the time we had 3 NETWORKS airing almost EXCLUSIVELY anime, including one 100% for adults!
This is my favorite video from you guys in a while. Not only do I love the anime but the "Story You Never Knew" format was great and highly informative. It was fun to hear some familiar voices playing guest roles too!
This is, to me, simply one of the greatest pieces of art to ever exist. Perfect combination of everything involved. Instant classic. Probably one of the best dubs ever done.
It's insane how Bebop aired 25 years ago and after decades of seeing anime and seeing quite a good number of masterpieces, I can't think of a single one that can top it. It could be a bit of nostalgia but even after trying to analise it objectively, I still think I haven`t seen a piece of art that trascends it's own medium like Bebop did for anime with many layers of complexity and with so much style.
I've always been a big fan of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and knew she headed the VA for the show but had no idea just how impactful her being the head was to the vibe of the show. She is such a talented and charming person. I appreciate her work even more. Killer video as usual. hope to someday have the liquid to throw some money y'alls way
I bought all of the bebop soundtrack cds back in the day. They were all amazing. That being said, what made bebop stand out was how it fused the elements that you mentioned. Yes, Noir, western, action and sci fi had all been done, but it had not been done TOGETHER. Bebop was a fusion of multiple genres interwoven with a jazz type sound. It is the same formula watanabe used for samurai champloo. That fusion was something that hadn't been seen before, and we all loved it. I didn't watch evangelion until several years after i saw bebop.
What I hear you saying is: 1. It was just (barely) commercial enough to get greenlit. 2. It was noncommercial enough to be left alone by upper management since they never had that much faith in it to begin with. 3. It was good enough to inspire the lower management types most directly involved with it (the animation studio, Bandai Visual, the dub company, Cartoon Network) to make it the best possible show it could be, and promote it in the best possible, practical way it could get an audience. 4. It was really that good.
Watching this in the middle of like my 25th time watching bebop. Nowhere near a favorite but just a fun ride. It seems every time i watch it i have a new perspective on characters and a different understanding.
Thanks for talking about the history of the luck needed for Cowboy Bebop to become such a hit. I wasn't aware of all the details. Cowboy Bebop may not be my favorite anime, but it sure is one of the most unique anime ever made.
I remember when it first came to adult swim I told my mom I was staying up for this show not realizing it came on @12 and had school the next day boy I'm glad I did I witnessed history still till this day my favorite anime and it wasnt even my first anime
I first watched this when I was in highschool in like '04, and I've watched the series all the way through dozens of times, it's also a show unlike most others where I can choose any random episode and enjoy it, it's mostly episodic nature really is a boon for it. It's one of those shows where all the hype is well deserved, and after about 20 years of watching anime and hundreds of series later I can say bebop is probably my favorite anime.
It’s so fucking good man!! I remember watching ep 5 for the first time in 2001 on the first run , I was 12 at the time. That scene with spike falli while greenbird plays in the back had my jaw on the floor. It was the first time a piece of media brought a tear to my eye and I didn’t even know why lol. That’s art brutha
Wow, amazing video sir. Bebop is defiantly top tier anime. It's animation alone still holds up today. Much like Akira. Rurouni Kenshin and Cowboy Bebop are what helped solidify my love for the genre. I do watch it at least once a year myself. As I've grown as a person. I've also grown to love the Jazz genre of music. Again, with the help of Bebop. The soundtrack is just, AMAZING!!! I have all the OST's on Spotify. One of these days I will get a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. And yes, he will be named Einstein! I am very much a firm believer that this is a much watch for beginners into the fray of anime. It's essential to watch to see that anime is not just some hokey cartoons for geeks. It's a heavy mixture of Eastern and Western cultures. So much deep themes. Now the Netflix version.....haha.
Amazing show, i got the space cowboy pistol "Jericho" and its actually an amazing pistol...fun little fact, Spike has the hand size of a 6ft tall 200lb man 😂
I made a video about Spike Spiegel's origins. I created my channel just a month back, so it would be great if you could watch it and share your feedback. Thanks, and sorry for spamming.
Given this isn't your favorite, you did an absolutely awesome analysis and told the story of Bebop in a way that had me on the edge of my seat. Banger as always my guy 🌵👍
I saw it as an angsty teen during its first or second run on adult swim. Those rainy nights, staying up way too late, the melancholy - it felt like it was made for me. Cowboy Bebop helped in some part to shape who I am today.
The story that needed to be told about the series that needed to be made. Such passion from the creators, VA, distributors to make and share this iconic piece of art. LOVE IT
The only anime i will watch dubbed. My first was Battle of the Planets when I was little. Bebop was one of the first that I could follow when it came out.
What coincidence that this video is the first to come up on my feed just right after I unboxed and display my Cowboy Bebop figures. It is one of my all time favorite anime that I grew up watching as a 90s kid and still watch it like once a year. A true classic and a masterpiece that will live on in the ages to come.
I love cowboy bebop. Rewatched it last year in both sub and dub and bought it physically on Blu-ray. Remember watching on adult swim as a kid and liked it then but appreciated it more as an adult. Also it was nice surprise that Grant was in this video! Brings me back to the old bonsai pop days. 😊
Goddammit, I've seen this show through three times and I swore I was done. Now I kinda wanna watch it again in hopes that maybe THIS TIME it'll click for me. You are too powerful.
In high school on multiple days my brother and I wouldn't go to sleep until like 1 or 2 am. It was easy as our parents didn't get home from work until right after the AS Toonami block ended. Even my mom fell in love with Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.
This was my era 6:53 This being my 3rd or 4th video of yours i have seen and having appreciated each, with that reference alone you may have made me a subscriber
This is so interesting and it explains why it’s kinda forgotten in Japan except for anime historians, but so popular over here. It’s like Evangelion of the west. It’s definitely one of my favorites, and it’s so cool that it was playing for years. I honestly just think that Cowboy Bebop is just good television, anime or not. Also it’s not a seinen.
My city had anime stores in the 90s. You could buy the anime, but you could also rent it. There was a martial arts supply store that along with selling martial arts gear, rented martial arts movies and anime. There was also a network television station (local, not Sci fi) that showed anime late night on Sundays.
BANG 👉
Hey bro. You think you're really smart, but really, you're just a pretentious child. And vaccines can cause multiple different injuries and to deny that is anti science.
you're gonna carry that weight ;-;
@@SpoonNFriends I think at this stage he's baiting everyone so they comment and he gets more engagement. I unsubscribed to his channel last year when he wished death on Trump's mother (yeah, play politics if you want, but that's just evil)
The only Iconic end until Code Geass ending, said "hold my beer".
@@Z-Twinturbo Looks like you beat me to it.
I’m a simple man, I see Cowboy bebop. At this time and age I get the feeling of truly understanding the adult characters.
Preach!
Cowboy Bebop is one of very few Animes that is really for adults. Other shows have sex and violents, Cowboy Bebop has style!
@@stadtbekanntertunichtgut hence cowboy = bebop unibomer manifesto o boy it gets wield
@@based_prophet what lol
It's something so surreal, especially when you its late at night and toonami comes on and you suddenly see what it means to be alive
The badge of honor thing is true. I had a young dude work for me and was obsessed with anime but had never had seen Cowboy Bebop. I literally went out and bought him a copy to make sure he watched it. Apparently even his parents, who were like 15 years older than me ended up liking it too
Funny how you described Asuka and Rei as "breaks from stereotypes" in the 90s, and 20 years later they've become stereotypes in and of themselves.
It's one of the funniest things about showing NGE to newer anime fans, so many shows reference and pull ideas from NGE that it makes NGE feel like an amalgamation of stereotypes and tropes if you don't remind yourself that it came first.
There is something about the song "Real Folk Blues" that really twangs on my heartstrings. From the first time I heard it all the way up until today. It has that kind of melancholic anemoia that few musical pieces are able to carry. I was 16 when i first saw Bebop, and that song has stuck with me since. It reminds me of High School, it reminds me of The Jazz Age, it reminds me of comic conventions, it reminds me of the future. Such a bizarre and specific mixture of emotions and memories, and it feels like it becomes more potent with each passing year.
Yoko Kanno is a musical genius, it's that simple
Well said friend, well said
The translated lyrics bc oyy
Too many years have passed since my love for you
I have nothing left to keep on this love be lamented
Still I can feel the wind blowing deep inside
Through these wounds you left in my heart that’ll never be healed
One eye of mine can see what tomorrow is
But the other eye of mine is still lost in the yesterday
Oh, I would give it all just to fall asleep
In the cradle of your love like before, sound and peacefully
My dried up eyes won’t shed no tears, can anyone please cry for me?
THE REAL FOLK BLUES
Just tell me now, what is real sorrow like and how it feels
A life that’s soaked in mud is not that bad
If you live it through just once, with no refrain
You gotta end it all, no regrets
How come your only hope turns into despair?
Let yourself again be trapped in these fake, shallow chances
Somebody answer me, ‘What is good, what’s bad?’
Nothing more than the coin in your hand having two sides
How many more years have to come to make my scattered heart get healed?
THE REAL FOLK BLUES
Just tell me now, what is real joy like and how it feels
You try to reach for things that shine like gold
Don’t be tricked by their flitting light
THE REAL FOLK BLUES
Just tell me now, what is real sorrow like and how it feels
A life that’s soaked in mud is not that bad
If you live it through just once, with no refrain
You gotta end it all, no regrets
These videos inevitability take me down memory lane. I had a best friend who had the desire to spend ridiculous amounts of money on anime VHS and have viewing hang-outs with his friends. This era was golden college days for me.... Beer, White Wolf roleplaying, and watching a shit ton of anime. Good times.
I think I spent an arm and a leg for Sailor Moon R movie and a few other vhs tapes of random series at a comic book store in jr high. (1999 or 2000) It was part of the money I earned from my paper route.
Who are you? You have lived my life.
@@FournierSimon Just your average GenX age weeb and fantasy nerd. :) Being female made me a bit of an oddity, but not too much.
We out here, this channel is a nostalgia blast
right away this video was on point lol " i don't watch anime but i have seen cowboy bebop" was like one of the first things a teacher back in high school said to me when i said " watching anime was one of my hobby's" spent most of that class just discussing cowboy bebop now that i think about it lol
You finally did it! Your starting 2023 with a BANG!
Feel that's a cowboy bebop reference 🤣
Cute
Cowboy bebop is like that struggling artist who went on to become the icon of their genre and in this case i'm glad the english voice actors put their heat and soul into it
It takes a lot of skill and courage to create something new, that stand out from all the others, while at the same time being so well-made that it sticks with everyone that looks at it.
People made opportunities for Bebop because they saw it and couldn't deny it's perfection.
Ever see a piece of art and just know that people need to see it for themselves?
Cowboy bebop will always go down as a legendary Anime with a soundtrack like this
All thanks to Yoko Kanno
@@broodo1 Have you heard the newer, acoustic rendition? "Real Folk Blues" For these day recorded during the pandemic? *Kills me*.
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This channel never ceases to amaze me with how high the quality of knowledge and research is that is put in these videos. I learned so much I never knew about Bebop!
I'm surprised anyone, especially Mike, could ignore the music. You didn't even mention the seat belts, who still tour and play bebops ost regularly, reinventing the songs in true jazz fashion, and whooped ass in an online covid concert. They really rocked space lion...If you don't feel space lion your feelers are broken. Have you heard Sax Quartet? There's not many good composers that pulled off that trick.
Kano has had successes but bebops ost took on a life, and a career, of its own. As someone raised by a man who loves jazz I've heard a lot of it, and this ost did transcends and exemplifies a genre that most people had next to zero exposure to when they saw they show. By the time Tank! ended for the first time they were officially converted. I can't think of another example of truely modern jazz on this level. It's bold and new while in touch with the roots of the art form and true to the precepts of jazz.
The thing is, the anime is the ost, the ost is the anime, that absolute flawless victory is the fuel in the space jet that is bebop. You even experience the anime like a good album. You groove on it, you feel it. Each episode is unique but somehow forming an overall narrative and vibe. You turn them on and nod along, relishing the high points and the lead ups, reveling in how well crafted and masterfully executed these story beats and themes are. You come away with them stuck in your head, not necessarily as a story but as a groove to get lost in, to carry you through your day and become your background music for a while.
Bebop is not just a classic anime, it's an ongoing musical phenomenon
Preach! I was shocked that more time wasn't spent on the music.
29 years old and just watched this for the first time. Grew up watching anime my whole life and this is hands down the greatest.
Oh boy, I'm very excited to watch this. Bebop is so freaking good. Oh snap, the guest creators doing voice over is a great touch.
Facts, it's such a unique thing that I want to see more of on this channel.
I finished watching Bebop last year, and that ending fuckin changed me, good grief
Every question put forth in the 1st three minutes can be answered with......the duo of Shinichiro Watanabe & Yoko Kanno
Man, these behind the scenes type videos are some of my FAVORITE genres of stuff. I've always loved BP's stuff, but these ones always hit me harder.
Finding out the the weird series of steps, the actual backers, because sometimes I forget that media doesn't happen in a vacuum since I'm so far away from it's creation.
The opening and closing songs still remind me of fallng asleep to the show as a kid. I always wanted to stay up for Bebop, even if it was right at the edge of me being awake. The closing song of Bebop & Outlaw star will always be special for me.
The editing on this video reached a new level of engaging, I love the additional voices that were used!!
Yoko Kanno should get her own episode
This is the reason I follow this channel. Stories of passion literally change the world, change history. Artists who know that this may be their only shot and not caring, just putting their whole heart into their stories all the way.
There’s not a feeling more pure then passion, the unyielding passion of the artists who make these stories, the passion of the small or large group of fans who adore it, and the passion of those who take the risk to get these stories out.
Hell man, this is the kind of stuff that’ll make you cry. Keep it up. See you later, Space Cowboys.
Bang.
When I first saw Cowboy Bebop on Adult Swim in 2003, it became my absolutely favorite anime. Been seeking something, anything that gives me the rush that this anime does. I was truly overwhelmed with its skill to make me feel emotionally invested at a time when I never wanted to feel a thing at all due to a lot of personal trauma that I won't get into here. I've seen a lot of anime and rewatched Cowboy Bebop since and I've been trying to find that special anime to top it. For me, I found that Spy x Family is getting there but it's still moving along in manga and on the air. I'm on pins and needles to see how it all comes together which is incredibly exciting. I hope that it does because I love seeing a medium I love keep evolving. The fact that it's taken 20 years for me to even consider something else near the number one spot is a testament to how incredible Cowboy Bebop really is.
I recommend Trigun cause it's kinda like Cowboy bebop but more western and more theological and philosophical in regards to its themes
Ik im months late but five samurai champloo a try it’s from the same creator the main character is even voiced by Steve Blum the same VA for Spike
No substitute for cowboy bebop but I'd say Trigun is pretty great and a lot of similar themes but more western. Outlaw star to me is similar in a few ways and great on its own.
Fun fact: Did you know theres an original pencil drawing of Spike in the CN headquarters stairwell? Did you know an intern drew a Calarts doodle with a sharpie over it? Look it up, I'm not making this up. Search something like "spike drawing in cartoon network", it'll be the first result
When a reviewer is so incredibly talented as a wordsmith that you can listen to his videos without watching the visuals but still get the entire picture of the episode in question.. that's this channel.
Cowboy Bebop only has one problem: it ends, there's nothing quite like it.
Coincidentally, my wife and I were talking about our mutual love for this anime yesterday.
that was so cool to learn. I consider this and Samurai Champloo both to be my favorite anime, specially after I rewatched them as an adult. I had no idea of any of this.
My gateway was Robotech and Star Blazers. I did even know it was called anime back then, tell I bought the Robotech Art books and read in the back about it. My love for anime really started with the original 2030 Bubblegum Crisis and then Sailor moon. Cowboy Bebop came much later, and I was watching it like crazy on Adult Swim. I just could not get enough or bored with it.
Bebop is one of my favourite series in tv history. This was awesome as always
OH THE NOSTALGIA!!! I’ve watched this anime raw in part. Those were the days.
Bebop is one of the few pieces of media (no matter the format) that is flawless.
It’s so good that my wife, in all her elegant womanly glory, enjoyed it
I wished I heard someone say "I don't watch anime, but I've seen Cowboy Bebop". Here in Uruguay it's treated like a cult classic or an obscure fine aged wine.
Even my non-anime friends would watch Bebop with me, and enjoy it. Eva on the other hand...well, even people that like anime don't always appreciate how brilliant NGE is.
NGE is my favorite anime/manga, ahead of One Piece, Berserk, and Vagabond
Love Cowboy Bebop one of my favorites from my childhood and teenage years
love the behind the scenes videos, it's hard to find something people haven't talked about with cowboy bebop 1000 times
I think that's the wrong photo of Jonathan Clements at 5.33. That Jonathan Clements' writes books on finance.
"I don't watch anime but I've seen Cowboy Beebop and I liked it." That was my brother. He never got into anime with me but he at least didn't bad mouth it. And the fact that it was constantly playing on Adult Swim meant I always had something to watch if nothing else.
I have never seen all of this information on the history that MADE his so popular be put so well. Thanks for a fantastic video essay! Hope I can get my pacing for the longer projects to flow as well as your work...See You Space Cowboy
Okay, you NEED to stop equating "western" with "USA". I am latin american, WE HAD ANIME ON TV SINCE THE EARLY 90S. CowBe aired on Locomotion, and at the time we had 3 NETWORKS airing almost EXCLUSIVELY anime, including one 100% for adults!
I hope this channel go big in 2023
This is my favorite video from you guys in a while. Not only do I love the anime but the "Story You Never Knew" format was great and highly informative. It was fun to hear some familiar voices playing guest roles too!
This is, to me, simply one of the greatest pieces of art to ever exist.
Perfect combination of everything involved.
Instant classic.
Probably one of the best dubs ever done.
I genuinely felt like bebop was the best and my fav anime for about 20 years and it's still a one of a kind
It's insane how Bebop aired 25 years ago and after decades of seeing anime and seeing quite a good number of masterpieces, I can't think of a single one that can top it. It could be a bit of nostalgia but even after trying to analise it objectively, I still think I haven`t seen a piece of art that trascends it's own medium like Bebop did for anime with many layers of complexity and with so much style.
I may not be a fan but I can't argue with the show's success and popularity and impact on everyone.
I've always been a big fan of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and knew she headed the VA for the show but had no idea just how impactful her being the head was to the vibe of the show. She is such a talented and charming person. I appreciate her work even more. Killer video as usual. hope to someday have the liquid to throw some money y'alls way
I bought all of the bebop soundtrack cds back in the day. They were all amazing.
That being said, what made bebop stand out was how it fused the elements that you mentioned. Yes, Noir, western, action and sci fi had all been done, but it had not been done TOGETHER. Bebop was a fusion of multiple genres interwoven with a jazz type sound. It is the same formula watanabe used for samurai champloo. That fusion was something that hadn't been seen before, and we all loved it.
I didn't watch evangelion until several years after i saw bebop.
bebop you don't stop, the original bpop bebop vid is in their playlists if you're interested
Bebop will forever be one of my favorite animes, actually just re-watched it recently. Great vid, love your stuff
That concluding paragraph was really well done. Very well-written.
What I hear you saying is:
1. It was just (barely) commercial enough to get greenlit.
2. It was noncommercial enough to be left alone by upper management since they never had that much faith in it to begin with.
3. It was good enough to inspire the lower management types most directly involved with it (the animation studio, Bandai Visual, the dub company, Cartoon Network) to make it the best possible show it could be, and promote it in the best possible, practical way it could get an audience.
4. It was really that good.
Watching this in the middle of like my 25th time watching bebop. Nowhere near a favorite but just a fun ride. It seems every time i watch it i have a new perspective on characters and a different understanding.
There are so many little things that give you clues in the show that take years to notice . I fucking love it
I seen Bebop first time like 15 years ago. I have changed as a person and that,s why that show hits in a different way every time i rewatch it.
What a joy to also learn Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Steve Blum are married. Spike and Julia are a couple irl now too!
That is the most metal thing ever
Your patreon pitch has gotten pick up artist smooth lol. I barely realized I was being wooed until more than half way through
Missed you guys! Let’s start off 2023 right because 2022 ended rough
Thanks for talking about the history of the luck needed for Cowboy Bebop to become such a hit. I wasn't aware of all the details. Cowboy Bebop may not be my favorite anime, but it sure is one of the most unique anime ever made.
I remember when it first came to adult swim I told my mom I was staying up for this show not realizing it came on @12 and had school the next day boy I'm glad I did I witnessed history still till this day my favorite anime and it wasnt even my first anime
I first watched this when I was in highschool in like '04, and I've watched the series all the way through dozens of times, it's also a show unlike most others where I can choose any random episode and enjoy it, it's mostly episodic nature really is a boon for it. It's one of those shows where all the hype is well deserved, and after about 20 years of watching anime and hundreds of series later I can say bebop is probably my favorite anime.
It’s so fucking good man!! I remember watching ep 5 for the first time in 2001 on the first run , I was 12 at the time. That scene with spike falli while greenbird plays in the back had my jaw on the floor. It was the first time a piece of media brought a tear to my eye and I didn’t even know why lol. That’s art brutha
What an incredible video. This is one of the most thought-out, well-produced and engaging UA-cam essays I've seen in some time. Instant sub.
Wow, amazing video sir. Bebop is defiantly top tier anime. It's animation alone still holds up today. Much like Akira. Rurouni Kenshin and Cowboy Bebop are what helped solidify my love for the genre. I do watch it at least once a year myself. As I've grown as a person. I've also grown to love the Jazz genre of music. Again, with the help of Bebop. The soundtrack is just, AMAZING!!! I have all the OST's on Spotify. One of these days I will get a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. And yes, he will be named Einstein! I am very much a firm believer that this is a much watch for beginners into the fray of anime. It's essential to watch to see that anime is not just some hokey cartoons for geeks. It's a heavy mixture of Eastern and Western cultures. So much deep themes. Now the Netflix version.....haha.
Amazing show, i got the space cowboy pistol "Jericho" and its actually an amazing pistol...fun little fact, Spike has the hand size of a 6ft tall 200lb man 😂
I made a video about Spike Spiegel's origins. I created my channel just a month back, so it would be great if you could watch it and share your feedback. Thanks, and sorry for spamming.
Everyone give dude a like so his videos get seen more. He did good work lets help him out.
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Dude had to snipe at ant-vaxers. I’m not claiming the group, but where did that come from?
Good job on adding additional nuance to Cowboy Bebop's historical context and cultural influence! 👏🏾
How does this channel not have at least as many subs as MB?
This channel rocks.
Given this isn't your favorite, you did an absolutely awesome analysis and told the story of Bebop in a way that had me on the edge of my seat. Banger as always my guy 🌵👍
one of the smoothest and most compelling patreon plugs ive ever heard, well done fr.
I saw it as an angsty teen during its first or second run on adult swim. Those rainy nights, staying up way too late, the melancholy - it felt like it was made for me. Cowboy Bebop helped in some part to shape who I am today.
Me and you both.
@@stoicbartenderlots and lots of us brutha . We all carry that weight!
Yeah! Been waiting for this one since Samurai Champloo! Get it fellas
Slick piece of work that nailed everything about the show. Nice to reminisce about this show.
3 2 1 let's jam
The story that needed to be told about the series that needed to be made. Such passion from the creators, VA, distributors to make and share this iconic piece of art. LOVE IT
The only anime i will watch dubbed. My first was Battle of the Planets when I was little. Bebop was one of the first that I could follow when it came out.
I love the wild arms music in the background - that took me back
Pick my poison? Time for a Gundam marathon then.
Bepop demanded respect, it took itself seriously, it waltzed in with a cig in its mouth saying notice me.
What coincidence that this video is the first to come up on my feed just right after I unboxed and display my Cowboy Bebop figures. It is one of my all time favorite anime that I grew up watching as a 90s kid and still watch it like once a year. A true classic and a masterpiece that will live on in the ages to come.
at the 1:55 you mention an anime that I really loved, Trigun, I had completely forgotten about it, Thank you!
I’ve never been so early, so I’ve never given appreciation to videos like this, but this was a great video to start my day! You’re killin’ it!!
I loved Cowboy Bebop! See you Space Cowboy! :D
Very well written and said, loved that spoken word poetry thing you did there at the end
I love cowboy bebop. Rewatched it last year in both sub and dub and bought it physically on Blu-ray. Remember watching on adult swim as a kid and liked it then but appreciated it more as an adult. Also it was nice surprise that Grant was in this video! Brings me back to the old bonsai pop days. 😊
I met Blum, nice guy,he quoted Megas XLR
Babe wake up new Bonsai pop just dropped
I just finished it last night. It's cool that it came to America the year I was born.
Goddammit, I've seen this show through three times and I swore I was done. Now I kinda wanna watch it again in hopes that maybe THIS TIME it'll click for me. You are too powerful.
In high school on multiple days my brother and I wouldn't go to sleep until like 1 or 2 am. It was easy as our parents didn't get home from work until right after the AS Toonami block ended.
Even my mom fell in love with Cowboy Bebop and Trigun.
And then Netflix fucked it all up.
This was my era 6:53
This being my 3rd or 4th video of yours i have seen and having appreciated each, with that reference alone you may have made me a subscriber
Woohoo, here we go starting another year with a BANG!
Im still recommending it to the new crop who continue to tell me about shows like naruto or demon slayer.
Cowboy Bebop is above all other Animes in its own class!
For some reason that first scene with the rose is bone chilling with the music and the setting
great video!
This is so interesting and it explains why it’s kinda forgotten in Japan except for anime historians, but so popular over here. It’s like Evangelion of the west. It’s definitely one of my favorites, and it’s so cool that it was playing for years. I honestly just think that Cowboy Bebop is just good television, anime or not. Also it’s not a seinen.
Between the music and voice actors, Bebop isn't just a mood, but most of them, and all chill.
Ahh that Patreon slip in was smoooth as butter 🧈
Cowboy Bebop: An anime for adults with class, style and culture.
My city had anime stores in the 90s. You could buy the anime, but you could also rent it. There was a martial arts supply store that along with selling martial arts gear, rented martial arts movies and anime. There was also a network television station (local, not Sci fi) that showed anime late night on Sundays.