Cowboy Bebop: The Lost Session

I have watched none of the list of previous Bebop shows before just now finishing the ten episodes of season one. There is a lot I liked about binging this show. I found it clever, compelling, witty. I got into the characters and thought the acting was very good. It's a masup of so many things it's hard to believe how well it was written, edited and came out amazing. From James Bond to westerns to The Mod Squad to Star Wars there was a very creative nostalyand then add crime noir, Gangsters, Mike Hammer, 1920s flappers, jazz, it was all slick, fun and fairly unpredictable.

I'm very picky about TV and actually watch very little of it. But a kept cruising past this Netflix show because I don't like anime. I'm very glad I watched a trailer and gave episode one a go. I hope a second season is in production.

A very fun show have pretty good action and visuals The atmosphere is very pleasant and faithful to the anime The cast is not well picked in my opinion and here is why John sho as spike is good even if the anime character was not asian, he brings a good comedy touch though Spike was actually more naughty and dark with a deep melancholy Daniela pineda doesn't look or move like Faye but she does an incredible job besides she's gorgeous as hell.

Jet is a perfect cast.

Vicious is not a crazy mad man they got it so wrong he is very calm and composed.

Dunno if me and the other reviewer were watching the same short, but as a lifelong Cowboy Bebop fan I thought it was fantastic.

I mean sure, John Cho looks a little too old to play Spike Spiegel, but he nails the spirit completely. I get that the producers want to portray the Bebop crew as seasoned, worn down bounty hunters, and why not? It works, and this doesn't have to be the beginning of their tale like the anime, why can't they be careworn and slightly haggard? Life ain't easy, and takes its toll, so the threadbare styling works. Imagine Star Wars if everything was sparkly and new, it wouldn't be half as effective!

The whole thing premiers in a couple of hours, and I'm cranked up to eleven with anticipation.

If it's as good as this little taster, with the music, the humour, and the chop-sockey ultraviolence, who cares if Spike ain't a twentysomething!

And who doesn't want to see the Bebop, Swordfish, Hammerhead, and The Red tail for real...?!

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I really enjoyed this series. Brought back a lot of memories of the anime - stayed true to its themes, plots and characters but at the same time brought it to life. Well done to all the actors and directors.

I was a huge fan of the anime when it came out, Bebop and Trigun we're my only dives into the genre before I had to do the adult thing.

I hadn't watched the series well over 15 years, and watching this live action brought back a lot of the same feelings and moods. Funny thing after watching all the episodes I went back through the anime, and I didn't realize how much was changed, I remembered wrong.

But this is to say while certain events may have been altered from the series, its a testament too the live action how well they captured the essence.

The actors portraying Faye and Jet came off in the series exactly as I had remembered their characters to be like. John puts out an admirable effort in playing Spike, but doesn't quite hit all the notes. I don't think it's his lack of range he clearly studied the character of Spike, I think there's just a certain style/energy in the anime format that's impossible to translate into live action.

That said I went in expecting something between meh and disappointment, history has shown adaptions are very rarely good. Either as its own thing or as a true adaption, I think this Bebop did quite well in that respect. Watched on its own its a fantastically stylish break from the usual, and as an adaption it hits the major notes, and the team behind it clearly get's the source material.

8/10 all day. Rarely does a series end and I'm ready to rewatch so soon.