Coyote Ragtime Show

When I was looking for a series to watch, I came across Coyote Ragtime Show. All of the promotional material showed something that hearkened back to classic sci-fi action adventure series such as Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Outlaw Star, and a lot of people who had seen it seemed to be making the same comparisons. With all that going for it, this series definitely drew in my interest.

Our story starts in the future, there are space outlaws called Coyotes who commit crimes but share a strong bond of friendship that a true Coyote wouldn’t betray. One of the most infamous Coyotes is Mister, who goes ... by many different aliases. Detective Angelica Burns has spent the last four years trying to track him down. She finally received an anonymous tip that Mister was at a prison and the desert planet of Sandvil. A loyal but clumsy assistant named Chelsea meets her on the planet to help her.

Right as Angelica and Chelsea arrives at the prison Mister is located at, Mister breaks out only 10 days from released with the help of his old partners Bishop and Katana. As he is escaping, an elite squad of android assassins show up sent by Madame Marciano to take out Mister. As Mister escapes, he seeks out Franca, the daughter of his best friend Pirate King “Blue” Bruce, as they seek out the treasure Blue left for Franca to inherit on a planet called Graceland, which is in a civil war and faces immanent destruction from the Milky Way Federation in a week.

Soon, the group of Coyote’s are chased by the Twelve Sisters who want to take out Mister and capture Franca along with Detective Angelica and her assistant, as she wants to take Mister into custody, as the time is running out to get the treasure.

With those comparisons and a plot like that, this series is setting some fairly high standards for itself, but is it anywhere as good as those series? Unfortunately, the series never reaches the heights of the influences that it’s taking from. But that’s not to say this series is bad by any stretch, and there is a lot to enjoy here.

The series comes with a large colorful cast of characters with varied and interesting designs, and while not all of them get a fleshed out backstory, they all get enough of a time in the spotlight, all being memorable in their own ways and it’s really easy to tell them all apart. And sure, there is a lull somewhere in the middle, but I imagine the series as a whole would be worse off if it tried to keep the action amped up to 11 the whole time.

Aesthetically, the series goes for a very rustic lived in world for it’s sci-fi settin, which helps this series to stand out from other stuff coming out around the same time. And I kinda wish more series used a rustic sci-fi setting, just in general. It feels like a highly underused setting.

While there isn’t too much to say about this series, it does stand on it’s own and a good time. Coyote Ragtime Show might not come close to being a classic like the shows that it’s been compared to, but much like those series, it’s not going for high class or arthouse, simply trying to be a fun space adventure, and with those intentions, it does succeed, and is worth watching for those looking to find something like the classics, even if itself is not a classic. Also, it’s OP is pretty catchy.

the first episode was original fast and action packed. all the other episodes were boring.
reason 1 every episode didn't have action. Reason 2 the plot changed a bit and reason 3 the black preacher guy was the best character and he wasn't introduced until halfway thru. it took me 11 years to finish this show cause new anime keep coming out but its ok.
this show could have been sooooooo much better. the animation is better than some shows out now tbh.
i miss funimation already. if only miniseries got more clout in mainstream fandom.
i first saw this on a booklet in the yuyu hakusho dvd's back ... in 2008

Coyote ragtime show is a show that's flown under most people's radars and for good reason. It's just boring and plain bad.

CRS follows the exploits of a criminal mastermind named Mister + crew and a girl named Franca whom holds the treasure to her dead pirate father while being pursued by a detective and police officer.

Other characters include:

Angelica: an attractive investigator who is pursuing mister and seems to have had a past affair with Mister more then likely or is in love with him, shes always eating.

Chelsea: a police detective who is the dumb blonde stereotype

Madame marciano: the leader of ... the criminal guild who controls 12 robot assassins named after 12 months.

And others that aren't really notable.

The audio is good and the voice acting for the dub is average. There seems to be some issues with the lip syncing at times on the dub.

The animation seems to be slightly choppy at times but its VERY detailed and it's gorgeous to behold. I simply couldn't look away at all the fine details. It's very heavy cel shaded and reminds me of Black Lagoon. I really appreciate all the effort the artists did to make each character unique and stand out.

But..sadly the insanely good animation is wasted on a boring plot and lazy writing.

There's just nothing interesting here. It's your typical space pirate type fare we've seen in Outlaw Star or Trigun but done poorly.

The action scenes are well done but they're just boring to watch.

I watched all 12 episodes but i'll be honest after the 2nd episode I was just bored and zoned out. I just didn't care at all anymore about Mister or the characters. The first episode was actually entertaining but the rest? B O R I N G


It just isn't a good anime despite the beautiful character designs and animations. There is nothing of interest here to recommend. Nothing at all special about it. Mister is your average space pirate but he's not a handsome and young swashbuckler, he's an old and sleazy guy.

I mean he has DILF energy sure but he isn't the kind of guy most people would swoon over like Vash or Harlock. He's supposed to be this cool and legendary figure but he just comes off as boring or average.

The characters just aren't interesting. Theres comedic moments but not enough to really keep the audience entertained or even care about the plot.

Want space pirate anime? Go watch Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop or Trigun. And if you've seen those then re-watch them.

I cannot recommend Coyote ragtime show and it is going to be given a score of 3 purely because it's just..bad. its not even fine or entertaining. Just boring.

It's such a shame because like I said, the character designs are really unique and the art is beautiful, like seriously some of the best I've witnessed in an anime. but it's all wasted on such a boring and lousy story and poor character development.