| Up to personal taste, but IMO right up there with LOGH, Evangelion and the original Macross as some of the best stuff ever made. Let's remember that some of the rankings here at MAL reflect the taste of people over the last 3 or 4 years. Most of this stuff will be easily forgotten. It's the series that stand the test of time that can be called true 'classics'. |
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PianoBlack said: It's really disappointing and sad that numerous people can't appreciate that this is one of the best anime series ever, if not the best (I believe it is #1). This show LITERALLY has it all: the plot, the characters, the animation quality (some of the best quality even TO THIS DAY), the music (Yoko Kanno), the director (Watanabe), and much more that I'm not mentioning. And to everyone mentioning Champloo and Bebop together just because Watanabe directed them both, just please stop. Bebop is on a completely different level. It's about taste... I would say Bebop lack plot, was bored at some moments. The animation was indeed great for that time, and characters are pretty damn good. I wouldn't put it in my top 10. But my opinion doesn't matter to anyone just as somebody else's opinion doesn't matter to me :) |
drinkbeer said: It is a good anime, wait until you finish to say it is overrated.this anime lacks a plot. i have watched till episode 9 and i am feeling so bored. the first few episodes was ok, the animation was great for a 90s anime, the characters are ok. i think this anime would be ok if its a 12 episode series. 26 episode is way too long. how am i going to carry on watching an episodic anime for 26 episodes? at the end of the day, what is the overarching objective of this anime? to pursue the bounty of the day for 26 straight episodes? -_-!!! i started watching this anime with high expectations due to the good praises and good ratings of it, but i am very disappointed. this anime is highly overrated. And never go into an anime, with preconceptions like it's rated high so it must be good, it will ruin some good anime for you. |
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| The best anime ever? In my opinion - YES (Though i think FMA Brotherhood shares the spot haha) |
| its in the top for sure |
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| Each person has difference preferences. Some may agree with you and some may not. But im sure everyone loved cowboy bebop. |
Boredom got me here. Boredom will get me out of here. Damn, I really am bored. |
| I for one did not like cowboy bebop. And I utterly hated spike. If they weren't such shity bounty hunters I might have liked this show. |
| I absolutely loved this anime and Spike was only a part of the reason why. I can't understand why this show bored my friends out of their minds. It's a masterpiece. |
| "it feels weird, like a really weird movie" |
| Everything I love about movies and music all rolled into one show, anime regardless. It's a spaghetti western, film noir, hong kong action, science fiction, bruce lee martial arts, jazz music, blues music, rock. What's not to love? It's an anime made for a major film buff like myself |
| A thread from 2006 still active for 8 years lol. Anywho, Cowboy Bebop is pretty good but I never thought it was mindblowing, I know the plot/story was but I was bored out of my mind for the first 4 episodes, I remember falling asleep on one of them. After that it got better and I gave it a 9 (I rate out of enjoyment). |
| My favorite anime. I watched its episodes sporadically many times and watched the series the whole way through like thrice and I'm on the fourth rewatch now. |
| Numbuh 3, you've got to get off the couch, you cannot sit in that tree house, girl you like Rainbow Monkeys so grab your little shit and then swing! Hand tracks be tracking me to different doorways. In a maze, and I don't know what to do. Guaranteed though, Ima find the emeralds. |
TornRamos said: A thread from 2006 still active for 8 years lol. Anywho, Cowboy Bebop is pretty good but I never thought it was mindblowing, I know the plot/story was but I was bored out of my mind for the first 4 episodes, I remember falling asleep on one of them. After that it got better and I gave it a 9 (I rate out of enjoyment). Now it has been active for 14 years lol Anyway its definitely one of the best anime ever at least. |
| Nah Bebop is a chore to watch honestly with nothing of importance as far as Im concerned Id try to rewatch it after all these years now as an adult but considering Watanabe doesnt make things I consider good even after Bebop I see no point suffering just to remember why Bebop is lame |
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urgrud said: much wow Deknijff said: Bebop is better than Shakugan no Shana.Nah Bebop is a chore to watch honestly with nothing of importance as far as Im concerned Id try to rewatch it after all these years now as an adult but considering Watanabe doesnt make things I consider good even after Bebop I see no point suffering just to remember why Bebop is lame my eyes have been much opened  |
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Deknijff said: Truer words have never been spoken. I agree with you 100%. Nah Bebop is a chore to watch honestly with nothing of importance as far as Im concerned Id try to rewatch it after all these years now as an adult but considering Watanabe doesnt make things I consider good even after Bebop I see no point suffering just to remember why Bebop is lame I just finished watching it for the first time and I felt like I “made” myself watch it just because people rave about it all the time. Honestly, the show didn’t appeal to me anyway and most of the episodes were kind of boring with a few exceptions. Ed was the best part of the show imo. Haha |
| Its a really good anime, but not the best out there ^^ |
| It's definitely one of the best directed shows I've seen, but it also is pretty inconsistent sometimes. And for what people told me, I was expecting a mind blowing ending, but it was just alright. |
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| This thread was created closer to the time Cowboy Bebop was released than it is today. Does Cowboy Bebop destroy everything pre-2006? Maybe. It certainly held up as a benchmark, where even popular Youtubers were talking about it five years ago. Post-2006? TTGL and Code Geass came out a year after, even Death Note was still airing at the inception of this post. |
| I just rewatched episode 3 because I found it was written by the head writer of an anime I'm watching and honestly, maybe it's a mistake to judge on one episode, but certain elements really don't hold up that well today. The art style is very "of the time" and a little off putting to me now and the animation style is very early digital feeling. Also, maybe this is just a symptom of this being an early episode, but it seems like there is a lot of holding onto shots for an overly long time and recycling those same shots over and over, maybe at the time this was seen as artistic but at this point it just seems lazy. I'm not hating on the show though, I did enjoy revisiting the episode, and it's still a good show, but it's maybe not as good as people in the west thought it was a the time. RedVelvet930 said: Deknijff said: Truer words have never been spoken. I agree with you 100%. Nah Bebop is a chore to watch honestly with nothing of importance as far as Im concerned Id try to rewatch it after all these years now as an adult but considering Watanabe doesnt make things I consider good even after Bebop I see no point suffering just to remember why Bebop is lame I just finished watching it for the first time and I felt like I “made” myself watch it just because people rave about it all the time. Honestly, the show didn’t appeal to me anyway and most of the episodes were kind of boring with a few exceptions. Ed was the best part of the show imo. Haha You have to remember that you are watching this many years after the waves it caused, for many people this was their first taste of "anime for adults" and it also wasn't like any animation in the west at the time, so to many people it seemed revolutionary even if in the grand scheme of things it's just a typical anime for the time. Also interesting that a thread from when the site seems to literally sitll have been just the founder and his buddies is somehow still active, lol. |
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SasugaDays said: This thread was created closer to the time Cowboy Bebop was released than it is today. Does Cowboy Bebop destroy everything pre-2006? Maybe. It certainly held up as a benchmark, where even popular Youtubers were talking about it five years ago. Post-2006? TTGL and Code Geass came out a year after, even Death Note was still airing at the inception of this post. TTGL is a joke though compared to Bebop, Geass and Death Note It was good but nowadays there's a lot better I really liked its style though, I think in that aspect it has most modern anime beat. Most modern anime wouldn't dare to be episodic either which is a shame. For almost 26 unique episodes it had almost no flops and I don't think it's a chore to watch like others have said. I do think it's overhyped but it's one of the most important anime history wise so I can't complain. It paved the way. Mod Edit: Merged back-to-back posts. |
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| No, it is not even close to the top. Aside from its audiovisual components, I don't find anything praiseworthy. |
| "Life is too bitter, so coffee, at least should be sweet..." - Hikigaya Hachiman (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatte Iru) |
| One of the worst anime i have watched for sure |
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| Easily one of the best if not the best. An episodic masterpiece is all I can say. |
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| Nope. It's definitely quite revolutionary and iconic but to me, it's not the pinnacle of anime. |
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| reviving oldest unlocked thread bebop is priddy based |
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| Not "best" but one of best in my opinion |
| best anime ever is not even an anime now |
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| I guess someone has said this, but I will repeat it : Champloo is better. |
"The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. But because the Slave is in that despairing situation, having nothing, it can kill the Emperor !" |
| Very influential I would say myself, but the best? That is very subjective. |
| good but far from the greatest |
| Samurai Champloo and Black Lagoon btfo'd it. |
| Go ahead, reply. I'm not going to read it. |
| Difficult to say, but it's definitely in my top 5. No other anime can display such a combination of drama and comedy, characters who feel like real-life people but also goofy and surreal at the same time, and make all these opposite qualities work together in such a natural way. |
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