|
The Anime Trixster God; Cowboy Bebop |
|
|
|
|
Friday, 23 September 2005 |
Cowboy bebop is undoubtedly the best to anime to come forth
in the
past years, I first saw this anime the first 4 episodes at
least at the
last Katsucon. It was and still is the ONLY new good anime I
saw at K2000,
But that's another story. This anime is flashy, sharp and
fast paced. The
styles are very reminiscent of Gunsmith Cats or Riding Bean.
The accents
in this anime are on the Gear and the Fighting. All shots of
the
spaceships are slow and detailed and all of the fighting
shots are smooth
and direct.
Spike and Jet
are Bounty Hunters, Rather self explanatory
situation, They hunt down Bounties and then they should get
paid. However
whether it be fate or ill luck, Spike seems to always loose
the money he
may "get" the man. He just never ropes in the
cash. What makes this movie
that much more amusing for me is the way spike goes about
his hunt. Almost
lazy ambivalent feel to it, He kind of shares intensity with
Fist Of The
North Star but with the dedication of Saber Marionettes.
Spike slow struts
into fight after fight in these episodes, Never slipping of
failing to
land a punch invariably he does take a punch or too but it
seems like he
means for that to happen. Sitting in an Indians hut in the
episode "Bloody
Eye" smoking a peace pipe he seems more like a Coyote
Trickster God than
an anime character. Spike has another problem with getting
something,
Women just as with the Booty everything always seems to be
going well for
Spike and then all of a sudden, Poof his romantic hopefuls
disappear. That
aside spike is a really cool cat. His fighting style it self
seems of be a
lil' shadowboxing and a dash of drunken master style. In
Stray Dog Strut
you see him go against a potential enemy that goes toe to
toe with spike,
after throwing a few punches spike nonchalantly says,
"Pretty Good". This
reminds me of a Kung Fu Western. The best fighting I have
seen in Cowboy
Bebop would be in "Bloody Eye" he fights his
bounty a freaking crazed drug
addict caused Asimov, Spike fights with all the style and
ease of a baby
falling down. It looks like he just stumbles through his
punches finding
the hits when he needs to and just relaxing when he doesn't
need to hit.
Realistic fighting that does not stop. His styles are tru
and the combat
is fast.
Fighting in
this is Awesome, Character developments are awesome
and as if that wasn't enough there is one more aspect of
this movie. That
makes it shine like no other. The music in this anime is
fantastic. We saw
music begin to play a big part of anime in Eva and then in Lain and Bebop
keeps it up. The tracks are awesome and the music never
overpowers the
scenes it just adds to them. With high energy and emotion
this is just an
awesome movie.
Buy this
movie from Another Universe today. I always say I can see
a good thing coming and as far as currant anime goes this is
one of the
best check it out. It wins on all levels. Really check this
one out if you
enjoy the loner style of fighting and inside humour in an
anime. Easily
will become one of your favorites if you enjoyed Gunsmith
Cats, Riding
Bean, Tank Police, Dirty Pair, City Hunter or Crying
Freeman. I know that
is a broad statement but this anime fuffills all the
requirements for a
perfect Action Anime
|
|
Last Updated ( Friday, 23 September 2005 )
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
Page 1 of 0 ( 0 comments )
|
|
|
|
|