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Cowboy Bebop Film's American Premiere Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-thing-of-beauty dept.

From the Big Apple Anime Site "The Big Apple Anime Fest 2002 (BAAF 2002) is proud to announce that the festival will premiere the theatrical English dub version of "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" on August 30th, 8:00pm at Loews State Theater (Virgin Megastore) in New York City's Times Square. At the premiere, Cowboy Bebop director, Shinichiro Watanabe, score composer, Yoko Kanno and character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto will be on hand to meet their legions of fans." That's a show worth seeing.

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  1. Re:what's the big fuss? by CynicTheHedgehog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anime are cartoon dramas. In America you have a strict dichotomy between adult content (NYPD Blue, General Hospital) and child content (Spongebob Squarepants). In Japan, everyone watches anime--each show has elements that appeal to all age groups. Thay are cartoons and feature cartoon violence and expressions, which kids can relate to, on top of which is stacked teen angst and sexual innuendo (to capture the adolescent market), and if you're really lucky, you'll occasionally get a show with some kind of unrequieted love that appeals to a more mature audience.

    To really enjoy it you have to allow yourself to indulge in slapstick humor and sexual comedy. Sure, we like to imagine that we are a cultured, civilized poeople who don't appreciate that sort of thing, but if you take the stick out of your ass and allow yourself to be entertained it's usually worth it.

  2. Re:what's the big fuss? by Yunzil · · Score: 5, Interesting
    what is the big fuss about this series?

    I am not a huge anime fan. In fact, I think most of it is crap (Sturgeon's Law?), but having said that, I really like Cowboy Bebop. Why? Well...
    • The characters are distinct and have real personalities. Each one has a sad past that you gradually learn about through the series. By the end, I actually felt bad for Faye.
    • The premise is a little different as the series isn't about 1) mecha, 2) big-eyed teenage girls or 3) tentacle pr0n.
    • There are only 26 episodes, so it doesn't go on forever like some series I could mention *cough*DBZ*cough*.
    • While there is an underlying plot to the series, each episode is more-or-less self-contained; so if you miss an episode, you're not completely lost.
    • I don't speak Japanese and I don't really want to watch subtitles, so it's fortunate that the English dubbing really is quite good.
    • The music is very good. 'Waltz for Zizi', for example, is a very pretty song.
    • It is very artistic. The very first scene in the first episode and the very last scene of the last episode (to take two at random :)) are well done. There are some episodes as a whole that were very well done. 'Pierrot Le Fou' comes to mind. And finally...
    • It had Ein. :)
    I could go on, but these are the biggest reasons I can think of right now.