Coyote Ragtime Show

Let's start off by saying that the first episode of this show was absolutely brilliant. It had everything: an engaging setting, intriguing plot, intelligent (if slightly gluttonous) protagonist, spunky sidekick, and killer robot maids. The animation was wonderfully done, and the story's pace was smooth and quick. By the time the first episode ended, I was SALIVATING for more.

... and then, I watched the second episode. Everything fell apart after that.

The worst mistake the show made, in my opinion, was switching protagonists from the space detective Angelica to the space pirate/bandit/whatever Mister. If they had stuck with the former, then the show would have stayed ... in the wonderful sort of cat-and-mouse chase that the first episode pulled off so well. It would have been like a Lupin III, but in space. Instead, we get a show whose main cast (Mister and his band of merry cayote-outlaws) spending the entire series trying WAY too hard to be the Cowboy Bebop gang. After the brilliant first episode, the cast stops being smart, the plotlines veer off to somewhere between "irritatingly cliche" and "boring as hell," and the villains just get plain irksome.

If you have the money to spare, I suppose this set is worth it just to watch the great first episode, as well as seeing the Twelve Sisters in action. It's quite unfortunate, since it showed so much promise in the beginning.

Fun Drinking Game: Down a shot whenever Mister or one of his gang puts on a stupid, goofy grin. Take two when they do it simultaneously.

I like anime for covering story types we just don't see in live action or much in western animation. However, this one covered some things so well I might as well have been reading TV Tropes.

Our lead is a criminal with a heart of gold who always succeeds at the big action, but also has time to raise his dead buddy's daughter. He's assisted by Glasses Guy, Skilled Pilot, Dead Buddy's Daughter, and Old Rival. Their ultimate goal is to get the treasure left behind by Dead Buddy, but they keep getting stopped by Crazy Woman and her twelve gothloli robot daughters named after the ... months of the year. He's also pursued by Government Inspector who keeps letting him get away and her sidekick, Dumb Blonde.

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.