Just looking through this section of the forum for the first time, and noticed there's no thread about CB.

Possibly the coolest anime ever made, and it defined neo anime itself.

If you haven't watched it - then watch it.

Dear lord, are you really trying to say that nobody has seen Cowboy Bebop?

Its good, one of my favorites.

It would be the greatest anime ever if all the episodes were like, Ballad of Fallen Angels, Jupiter Jazz, and the Last two, I don't remember the names.

Also has one of the greatest soundtracks ever.

What is neo anime?

I seem to be all alone here, but I never understood the hype behind this anime. I never found it to be that interesting, and I didnt even consider the main character (I forget his name) cool. I didnt even finish it, which is kind of rare for me. The story wasnt interesting or gripping, and it didnt seem like he had much of a goal that he wanted to accomplish.

Maybe if I were to see it now (instead of earlier in my anime watching days, when I thought that I only liked fighting animes with strong japanese culture influences) I would have enjoyed it more, but it wouldnt rate at the top of my list.

I think when it is compared to Trigun (and loses), I kind of feel bad for Trigun. Trigun was so much better, had a cool storyline and an awesome main character. Vash was one of the most interesting and funny main characters. This anime was very tastefully done, moreso than CB.

It's actually extremely similar to Trigun in many ways.

They both have almost no storyline untill the last 3 episodes, other than various spoilers and character development.

Although CB trumps it on art and music by far.

Cowboy Bebop may have had music of higher taste, but Trigun's music was incredible imo. I thought it was flawless.

I found Trigun to be a lot better, I dont know, just my opinion. I dont know why, but I felt as though Trigun followed a light storyline as I was watching it. Vash was searching for something important, we just didnt know until more was revealed.

Trigun had fantastic music.

Cowboy Bebop had music by Yoko Kanno.

That's the difference.



Anyway, if you hadn't seen the last episodes of Trigun you would think it was terrible, and plotless, identical to Cowboy Bebop.

Go rewatch it and then see what you think

Just looked it up and the Trigun soundtrack was written by Tsuneo Imahori who's actually the guitarist from the seatbelts xD

So my opinion of Cowboy Bebop being "terrible and plotless" is partially true

Trigun struck me as interesting and funny, as Cowboy Bebop struck me as boring and uneventful. There was nothing to keep my interest, and thats why I stopped watching it. If it was really good, I wouldnt have stopped watching it. It just didnt have the magic that a good anime has imo. To each his own, I didnt like Elfen Lied and you did. Im sure there are different animes that I like that you cant stand, we each have different tastes when it comes to anime.

Well we both like Trigun.

And Cowboy Bebop is as close to Trigun as you can get really.

Well, I am convinced. I have to re-watch it. I tried watching the anime too early in my anime days, when I would have never watched Full Metal Panic! (because of the tiniest bit of mecha), and I wouldnt have watched Death Note (it doesnt have fighting) either.

I just got done watching the first 2 episodes, and it definitely seems like I will enjoy this more than I did the first time I tried to watch it.

Cool

Im already past where I left off. I burned the cd in May of 2006 (looked at the created time on the DVD just now), and burned 14 thru 26. I left off at episode 14, and am already up to 16. I am definitely enjoying it a lot more than I did the first time. And you are right about the sondtrack, simply outstanding. Im a music fan, and it is definitely fresh and new. And they dont repeat the same thing over and over again.

I still like Trigun a little better. Though I didnt get to the end of Bebop. Give me a few more days, it will be finished then. I go back to school next week, so this is my resting week.

Episode 16 (just started 2 minutes ago) is starting off well, I am definitely interested in the anime now. Thanks for convincing me to reconsider my opinion of this show. I wasnt as well versed with anime and didnt know what I was missing.