- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 19, 2021
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It all adds up to an enjoyable feeling of anything-goes delirium. At a time when popular sci-fi has gone gritty and self-consciously “dark”, the caffeinated fever dream of Cowboy Bebop feels like a loving distillation of the original and a breath of fresh air.
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The pilot of Cowboy Bebop, which is based on a beloved anime series, is acceptable. ... But as Cowboy Bebop figures itself out, it proves to be an excellent vehicle for star John Cho’s charisma and range. ... The last few episodes are sensational, blending action and character development with a lyrical noir sensibility and the moody tension of an idiosyncratic thriller.
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If you’re able to watch it with eyes unencumbered by comparisons, it’s a hoot.
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As a live-action adaptation of a hugely popular series, it's often jauntier and funnier than the root stock, the violence even more outlandish and cartoonish. Hardcore fans of the animé series may be disappointed by the liberties taken but a much wider audience — the one that never __watched animé — probably won't be. Flat-out entertaining.
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The live-action “Bebop” is at its best in episodes three through eight where the bounty-of-the-week stories build camaraderie among the Bebop crew and their adopted Corgi, Ein.
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It’s a hangout show as much as it is a thriller, a space opera, and so on. And it’s good at nearly all these things. Every time it seems as if none of these elements should make sense together, especially in live action, Cowboy Bebop goes sprinting off a cliff, refusing to look down at the void, and just keeps moving forward.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 102 out of 253
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Mixed: 16 out of 253
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Negative: 135 out of 253
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Nov 20, 2021
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Nov 19, 2021Where to even begin with this mess, they took the greatest anime of all time and turned it into a dumb millennial cosplay. 0/10
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Nov 19, 2021I didn't think live-action anime got any worse than Ghost in the Shell or Death Note, but this tops them all for badness