Cowboy Bebop Back on Toonami

Deliri...uhmmm writes: "Cowboy Bebop, which was not shown last week on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, is back this week. Apparently it was just a temporary reaction to the events of 9.11. Here is the The Adult Swim website" Does anyone have any word on the return of Mobile Suit Gundam? Anyway, Cowboy Bebop is simply one of the best shows ever made and I'm glad that Cartoon Network isn't dropping it. I hope they show more Anime, and maybe someday we could even get a dedicated Toonami channel.

Comments

the soundtrack

[donglekey]

I'll just note here that if you like cowboy bebop but don't have the soundtrack go and get it now! There are a little over 50 very cool songs that are very easy to come by mp3 style. The only one that I can't find is the song that plays during the 'tongpu' assasin experiment part. It wasn't on the soundtrack because that episode (like many others) were cut from airing because of violence, but many episodes that were cut still had songs that made it onto the soundtrack.

Mobile Suit Gundam - October

[DarkZero]

According to Jerry Chu, Bandai's marketing guy, Mobile Suit Gundam should return to Toonami in October, and probably early October. However, Cartoon Network and Bandai frequently have different ideas about when Bandai's series will be airing on Cartoon Network.

Of course they had to skip one...

[Jackolantern]

I was watching last night and was surprised to see that while they showed session #5 "ballad of fallen angels", one of the more violent episodes IMHO, they did not show session #6 "sympathy for the devil". They just skipped it entirely and showed #7 instead. On some level I can understand this because #6 is kind of intense, but it was on at 12:30 at night and you just showed people getting cut up with swords not a half hour before. Other then that thought I have been pleased with the lack of editing that they have been able to get by with so far. Also I think that I would rather them just not show an episode then cut it so heavily that they mess up the story.

-Jack

Gripes (Warning, potential spoilers)

[FleaPlus]

I watched Cowboy Bebop last night (Sunday). It seems that despite Cartoon Network's assurances to the contrary, a number of things were censored. The first one I noticed was the faux-nude magazine photos in Episode 5 (Ballad of Fallen Angels), which had swimsuits painted over the original images. Also, the scene at the opera in which it shows Mao Yenrai's slit throat was noticeably doctored up so as to show no blood around Mao's throat.

While those two censorings were marginally understandable, it also seems that they cut out Episode 6 (Sympathy for the Devil) completely and went straight to Episode 7 (Heavy Metal D). I'm not certain why they decided to cut that episode out, but I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the episode has (what looks like) a little boy being shot in the forehead.

I can't wait to see what they do with the next episode, Waltz for Venus, with it having a hijacking in the very beginning and all...

Looking for more anime on TV?

[Chuu]

For those who still don't realize it, toonami is not the only source of anime on US tv. PBS has showings every once in a while, and the International Channel is currently showing Irresponsible Captain Tylor subbed. Just take a glace through your TV guide every once in a while. You might be surprised what you find.

Synopsis of Ep 5, and what happened to 6...

[DragonPup]

First off, I'd like to point tout I submitted this story 3 days ago, and it was rejected minutes later

Anyways, episode 5, 'Ballad of Fallen Angels'. One of the best episode, and marks the first appearence of Vicious. And with a name like that, it's sure to be bloody. Most of the gore seemed intact, although it seemed, but not positive(90% positive) that some blood spraying was digitally removed from the Church battle. And the blood on Mao's neck when Faye first runs into him and Vicious at the opera. And they put 'swimsuits' on the girls in the porno mag. Overall, rather good and I applaud CN for actually showing the series with so few edits and stuff(not 1 second of footage was left out.).

Episode 6, 'Sympathy For The Devil'. Never aired. Why? Your guess is as good as mine why CN skipped it, even though it mentions the Gate accident 50 years ago, which gives some insight on why the Earth is the way it is.

Episode 7, 'Heavy Metal Queen'. yes, VT *is* a woman, reguardless of what the voice actor and the artwork would leave you to believe at first. Nothing noticable was edited, and it is interesting to see what becomes of Woody Allen(or at least people that look like him) in the future(notice the name of the place Faye ran into him unknowingly was?)

Next Episode, number 8, 'Waltz For Venus'. Expect it to meet the fate of episode 6. According to CN's schedule, it won't appear. Why? Cause it starts off with middle eastern looking terrorists trying to hijack a space plane.

Well, enough rambling for me,
-Henry

Comment from the Toonami Folks

[da3dAlus]

I went to the Anime Weekend Atlanta 7 this past Saturday, mainly to see what the folks from Cartoon Network had to say at 2pm. Anyway, it turned out to just be some of the editors and planners for the actual Toonami segments (like with Tom and the Absolution) but they knew enough of what was going on with the schedule. They said that the reason they pulled CB for the week was because someone called and complained about the re-airing of the show on the Thursday following the events of 9-11. If you recall, one of the the episodes had the terrorists that were going around blowing stuff up...just one of those little coincidences and a knee-jerk reaction by someone looking to make life better for everyone becuase they think it best.
Sorry, got to rambling there, but that is the reasoning, straigh from CN.