{"id":3144,"date":"2010-07-08T18:40:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T22:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2010-07-08T18:44:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T22:44:26","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-cowboy-bebop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-cowboy-bebop\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Cowboy Bebop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cowboy<\/a>Cowboy Bebop:<\/a> an anime set in the future, with a sort of sci-fi\/western thing going on, set to jazz music.<\/p>\n

What more could you want?<\/em><\/p>\n

How about beautiful animation that completely fits with the tone of the story? Or characters that seem “real” instead of just cardboard-cut outs of your standard character archetypes that are so common in lots of shows and movies? Or a truly fascinating story that explores the backgrounds of the main characters, as well as dipping into some truly deep and thoughtful territory?<\/p>\n

Maybe the fact that this is set in the future has scared you off, or perhaps you just don’t like sci-fi. Well, don’t let that stop you from enjoying this anime – you could just as easily set this story in the old west and it would (largely) hold up just as well.<\/p>\n

Oh sure, there’s a few downsides – the “fan service” we tend to get from Faye Valentine can kind of seem out of place at times, and a couple of stories don’t hold up as well as the others, but honestly these are very minor quibbles.<\/p>\n

All-in-all, Cowboy Bebop<\/em> is an immensely enjoyable show, which I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone, whether they be a fan of anime or not.<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/em> If you enjoy Cowboy Bebop<\/em>, you’ll probably also enjoy its spiritual sibling, Samurai Champloo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith’s review of the anime series “Cowboy Bebop” – an incredibly entertaining series!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,187,249,100,124],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-cowboy-bebop","tag-anime-reviews","tag-opinion","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-OI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3147,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-samurai-champloo\/","url_meta":{"origin":3144,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Samurai Champloo","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the anime series \"Samurai Champloo\" - 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