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Interview with Creators of Cowboy Bebop
I stumbled accross an interview with the creators of Cowboy Bebop running in the latest issue of
Ex. Tons of nifty bits including some spoilers (they are obscured, so if you, like me, haven't seen the 2 DVDs that haven't yet been released in the US, don't worry) as well as the revelation that the script is written for the Bebop movie. Tons of great Fay fan service for CowboyNeal too.
Ah.. I dont get the faye obsession. It is quite obvious to see that HANDS DOWN, Ed is the coolest character in Bebop.
-Laxitive
No, they get excited over our live action movies and pop-stars like we get excited over the cartoons. Frankly, I think we get the better end of the trade. The highest grossing movie in Japan was Titanic, and they can keep it thankyou (followed closely by Mononoke Hime, which is beautiful). Most US cartoons are pretty weak, last time I checked. I can't think of any US cartoons other than Batman Beyond that are currently in production that I like (powerpuff girls aint bad, but its no prize).
If you're willing to pay a premium for imports, all of Yoko Kanno's CDs are available through CD Japan.
If you have a hard time finding what you're looking for, go to Tenkuu no Kanno Yoko for her complete discography with catalog numbers.
For anyone else reading this who isn't familiar with the amazing Yoko Kanno, you probably are and simply don't know it. She has composed the soundtracks for many recent hit anime series, including Macross Plus, Escaflowne, Brain Powerd, Turn A Gundam, and Cowboy Bebop, as well as a slew of one-shots for other shows like Please Save My Earth, X/1999, and the Lodoss War TV series.
Simply put, she is a genius. I can't even begin to describe how diverse and magnificent her work is without lapsing into lame hyperbole. She does it all: choral, orchestral, Celtic/new age, jazz, funk, techno, rock, ska, pop, and several other styles we don't even have names for. Many, many people buy her CDs "sight unseen" because she is just that good.
For samples in RealAudio format, go here.
The only music from escaflowne that was blatently changed was the intro and ending. However, fox has been given permission to re-arrange kanno's other songs as they see fit, but not remove anything entirely.
Im just going to buy the DVDs with the origional japanese track and all the yummy extras and be done with it. This bickering about esca edits on TV bother me. If you dont like it, buy the dvds and dont watch the show.
Esca on tv brings more fans over to anime and therefor more cash into the anime industry, securing the continued creation of such mastery. (or something equally cliche)
All-in-all, quality big name anime titles on amercian tv is a Good Thing, it can only help the fans.
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Actually my favorite character is Jet. The scene from Mushroom Samba where Jet is sitting in his Bonsai room saying "Now I understand everything" makes me laugh every time I think of it.
Faye is just eye candy most of the time. When she has a characterization episode it doesn't really affect the rest of the show.
Ed is just way too out there for me.
Jon
All opinions expressed herein are my own, and not those of my employers, who are appalled.
...I don't know about you but I refuse to support a monopolistic organization that wants to
/. story about sony's VP comments about napster.
a.) ban peer to peer file sharing (there are lobbying congress to do this as wee speak and extend the dmca because they think its too liberal!)
b.) throw innocent 16 year old kids in jail for corporate profits
c.)...call all open source programmers thieves that steal from American bussiness by copying copyrights.
Oh and I forgot to ask you one more thing? Where did the mpaa get the $200 million to lobby for the dmca act? Its not hard to guess where.
BAN DVD! wake up people! Corporations only get corrupt if we give them power. I would not be supprised if 2 years from now sony and Time-warner will have literally firewalled every isp in existence for ftp and all other ports except 80 where www belongs(at least I think its 80.). Look at past
With the recent court ruling and the new extensions to the dmca, ISPs are going to be %100 liable for what a user does! THis new extension plus many more (just look at what they plan to do with software in the new act)are going to be added to the dmca act this fall or next winter folks as congress loves campaign contributions. SCARY AS HELL!
Microsoft is not our real enemy its hollywood.
BAN DVD BAN DVD! who is with me ?
"Fan Service" is slang for gratuitous T & A drawn into a series to titillate the fanboys in the audience.
Jon
All opinions expressed herein are my own, and not those of my employers, who are appalled.
I've got the first 3 dvd's here, and 4 and 5 are up for order. I have to say it's fantastic: The art is beautiful, the sound is incredible, and the score (produced by Yoko Kanno, who did the original vision of escaflowne theme, among others) is awesome. At times it's incredibly funny, at others, I almost cried. If you haven't seen it yet (Rob) go now. If you want to read more, there's some great reviews on www.animeondvd.com. Stefan.
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An entire article about Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop, and not even a mention to the master of music Yoko Kanno. Oh, well. I'll just continue to hope the the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks come out here.
What the hell was Fox thinking? Escaflowne without Kanno is like a computer without a monitor.
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I don't know about your area, but around here there is a strong correlation between the Nerds and Anime watching. Slashdot is News For Nerds.
You can turn off the Anime category in your preferences you know. Personally I'd like to see a poll like:
Anime
1. Love it
2. Ambivalient
3. Hate it
4. Huh?
Just to get an idea of the demographics on Slashdot.
I read the internet for the articles.
Anime articles have as much of a place on slashdot as Sci-Fi movie articles. A lot of my friends like anime and I would have not known about this interview without the kind folks at slashdot.
Listen don't read the damn aritcle if you don't like the subject matter.
I think that including articles about subjects that do not strictly meet computer interests is a helpful and interesting diversion. I don't get into Star Trek even when the whole TNG thing was in full swing. I do like Star Wars however. I am not into the physics/hard science articles but a lot of folks are. The idea that anime should not be included is in my opinion silly.
If some people are embarrased by stereotypes of anime fans fine, don't read the article but whining all over the boards about it is silly.
ACK
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my suggestion? delete bitchNWhine;
but i guess that's just cuz it interests me...
You mean, embarass Linux geeks just like your desktop themes!?
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<Insert topic here> shouldn't be on slashdot, I don't like <topic>, nor do I have any interest in <topic>. I am a nerd, and <topic> doesn't matter to me at all. I shouldn't have to log in to slashdot to filter out <topic> because after all I am a nerd and since <topic> doesn't matter to me, it is just filler. I mean you would think that this was Rob's site or something.
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Yeah, yeah, disable anime in your user preferences... personally I don't mind a little anime news on /. Anime news seems to be less 'filler' than the latest linux IPO... However, it seems that Anime is a troll magnet, causing hundreds of "dirty old japanese men" posts, so maybe CmdrTaco should drop it. I don't see why anyone makes such a big deal of it. Hell, if you really want to know what these dirty japanese guys are up to, read up on this
Shine on, you crazy diamond.