I enjoyed Ghost in the Shell and Akira ok, but neither even close to how much I love Cowboy Bebop.
It’s like Firefly (ragtag crew on a spaceship, always poor and scrambling for their next meal, lived in world) but from years before Firefly was made. And with more kung fu. And with the best soundtrack from any TV show ever. And Rian Johnson is a huge fan.
I have to emphasize though that if you do come to your senses and watch one of the greatest TV shows of any genre – Cowboy Bebop – you have to do the original Japanese version with subtitles. There are a lot of folks who claim the dub is just as good, or better, but those are people who saw the dubbed version when they were kids and didn’t know any better. It’s really a different (more kiddy) show with the English dubs.
- Women sense my power and they seek the life essence.