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Postby TriLink » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:42 pm

I just finished up Cowboy Bebop, and I'm happy to say it lived up to the hype. I especially enjoyed the episodes with the year old sandwich and the mushrooms. Good shit...

Next on the list is Noir.
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Postby BrikHaus » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:44 pm

TriLink12 wrote:I especially enjoyed the episodes with the year old sandwich and the mushrooms.

Year old sandwich? You mean the one with the Ganymede Rock Lobster?

Yeah, "Mushroom Samba" is my second favorite episode, with "Ballad of the Fallen Angels" as number one.

But you really need to track it down in English some day.
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Postby TriLink » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:46 pm

LOL, I meant to post that in the "What anime are you watching now" thread.

Whoops :oops:

But since I'm here...

BrikHaus wrote:Year old sandwich? You mean the one with the Ganymede Rock Lobster?

Yeah Yeah, that one, that one!

But you really need to track it down in English some day.

One of these days I'll get a Season Pass on my Tivo for it.
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Postby Trigger's Elysium » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:55 pm

My favorite episode was also Ballad of Fallen Angels (one of my favorite anime episodes in general really), with Toys in the Attic, Pierrot le Fou and The Real Folk Blues Part II trailing close behind.
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Postby Mr. Tines » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:00 pm

FOCUS, people.

Strictly, by this thread's rules I could nuke the last several posts. Let's not have to go there, mmkay?
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Postby TriLink » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:04 pm

Mr. Tines wrote:FOCUS, people.

Strictly, by this thread's rules I could nuke the last several posts. Let's not have to go there, mmkay?

Understood, but in my defense, I DID try to delete my initial post in order to move it. Brik had already posted though, so it wouldn't let me.

EDIT: Hey look, I started a thread without even trying!
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Postby BrikHaus » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:06 pm

Mr Tines, just think of it as us recommending episodes of a particular anime.
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Postby Ornette » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:52 pm

TriLink12 wrote:Understood, but in my defense, I DID try to delete my initial post in order to move it. Brik had already posted though, so it wouldn't let me.

A mod can delete it if you wanted to repost in the intended thread (in the future).

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Postby MaggotMaster » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:21 am

I've never watched Cowboy Bepop.

Is it worth it?
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Postby Hexon.Arq » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:42 am

MaggotMaster wrote:I've never watched Cowboy Bepop.

Is it worth it?

I don't know what you're into, but...


Yes.

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Postby BobBQ » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:17 pm

Favorite episode? Ballad of Fallen Angels, both for Spike's gun fu and for his downright sensible handling of the hostage situation.

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Postby DatDude » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:40 pm

MaggotMaster wrote:I've never watched Cowboy Bepop.

Is it worth it?


yes its one of the best animes period

best eps are The Real Folk Blues and Ballad of the Fallen Angels
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Postby chee » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:29 pm

Hexon.Arq wrote:
MaggotMaster wrote:I've never watched Cowboy Bepop.

Is it worth it?

I don't know what you're into, but...


Yes.

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Postby Ornette » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:32 pm

I can't imagine how anyone who likes Bebop doesn't hold the last 2 episodes (Real Folk Blues) as amongst the best.

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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:50 pm

The obvious ones that have been mentioned (Ballad, Real Folk Blues, Pierrot) and, to add one that hasn't:

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Postby chee » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:53 pm

You all forgot "Cowboy Funk" (for the humor) and "Brain Scratch" (for the ideas)

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Postby BrikHaus » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:35 pm

Brain Scratch was my least favorite episode. But the worst episode of Bebop is better than the best episode of anything else.
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Postby Sachi » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:46 pm

my favorite epsiode was that one where there was the disease monter thing in the ship.

the last 2 episodes were good, but they were like totally different from any other episode.
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Postby BrikHaus » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:24 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:the last 2 episodes were good, but they were like totally different from any other episode.

They were similar in tone to any other episode that dealt with the characters' pasts.
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Postby Sailor Star Dust » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:37 pm

@ Ornette: Me thinks it's because of SPIKE DIES. *shrugs*

Anyway, I've only seen the 1st Episode in Japanese so far (have the 1st volume of the DVD), and some episodes in English on Adult Swim, including that Old Food one. Which was pretty amusing, considering at first I thought it was some "ZOMG Serious" subject with that episode.

What I like about the show: It's Kaji in Space. Seriously. 8)

The first episode is a great way to start it, I think. The one thing I'm lost about is was that woman pregnant, or did she simply stuff all those pills into her dress? I thought it was the former, but...
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