cowboy bebop (1998 – 1999) is one of the best anime of all time, meaning it’s hard to pick the best episodes. Created by Shinichiro Watanabe of Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy and the popular The Animatrix, the show is a great amalgamation of western, noir, and sci-fi genres. Its vision of a future in which humanity has advanced technologically but reverted to the social norms of the past has inspired many futuristic TV shows and movies of the genre. This.
The series doesn’t waste a single second of its 26 episodes, telling a story complete with rich characters and complex themes. While there are many excellent cartoons like Cowboy Bebop, it is truly unique in style and storytelling, with many highlights in many of the adventures of the Bebop crew. The best of the best episodes tell stories that are tight, engaging, evoke strong emotional reactions, and tie into the main theme of the series of struggling people trying their best. to get over a ruined life.
10 Blues asteroids
Kicking off the classic series with a bang are Asteroid Blues bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black making a meager living chasing criminals, the most recent wanted drug traffickers in the Red Eye. When they collide on the asteroid Tijuana, it’s the perfect introduction to the fast-paced action that will fuel the rest of the movie.
This episode features one of the best villain couples in the anime Asimov and Katerina Solensan, drug dealers who plan to retire after one last job is threatened by a deteriorating relationship. and Asimov’s Red Eye addiction. Not only is it a gripping and tragic story in itself, but it’s also a clever harbinger of Spike’s own eventual failure to move on from his past. Overall, Asteroid Blues sets the perfect tone for both the story and the show’s atmosphere.
9 Lost Dogs
Despite Jet and Spike’s disdain for “dogs, children, and women with attitudes,” they end up bounty hunting with all three throughout the show. The first to board the Bebop was Ein, a “data dog” who escaped from the lab. Spike gets into trouble with the lab’s scientists and a fearsome bounty hunter as all sides hunt for the four-legged genius.
Ein, one of the best dogs in the anime, became an iconic character outside of the show and an important member of the Bebop team on it. This episode is the perfect introduction to both Ein’s wits and his other role as comic relief. Corgis himself is lovable and goofy to look at, and watching Ein happily escape his frantic, desperate pursuers across the planet is particularly enjoyable.
8 ballads of fallen angels
While Cowboy Bebop’s format is largely episodic, it does feature a major villain. Vicious of the Red Dragon Syndicate is Spike’s former partner in the art of assassination. Not only does he live up to his name, with all the skill and power of Spike but with absolutely no kindness or humour, his pursuit of power and revenge on those who have provoked his wrath. he.
Not only is Vicious one of the best villains in anime, but his introduction is also one of the most visually impressive and hardest to tell on the show. He and Spike fight in a cathedral, destroying this beautiful place, while Vicious tries to convince Spike that the two of them are still one. Spike’s quiet assertion that he was a new man was what first caused Vicious to lose his temper and scream at him. Their battle ended in a draw, but it adds heavy suspense to their final confrontation and introduces the first hints of Spike’s backstory.
7 Ganymede Elegy
In “The Fallen Angels Ballad”, when Spike’s demons catch up with them, Jet is annoyed that Spike never said anything about it. Spike points out that Jet never said anything about his background either. Five episodes later, viewers find out what weighs on the mind of one of the best Cowboy Bebop characters.
Jet’s past losses aren’t as dramatic as Spike’s, but the revelation about how he lost his ex Alisa is still intriguing and sad. Jet is the type to take care of everyone else, and while that saves the Bebop group in most cases, it leaves Alisa feeling suffocated and left with no choice in life. own life. Jet lets her go to her new lover, but is left without closing the door. It’s a bittersweet ending that matches the show’s tone.
My 6 Funny Valentine’s Day
Like her reluctant teammates, the unfortunate Faye Valentine with amnesia hides deep pain and trust issues beneath her skepticism. Cowboy Bebop may be one of the best anime of the future, but the healthcare system is clearly no longer affordable. Crushed by the burden of debt, Faye lies, tricks and cheats in an attempt to pay off the debt.
However, she came to those evils honestly; She once cared for and trusted a man named Whitney, who then used that trust to fake his death and put her in more debt. However, when reunited with Whitney, she holds a bit of malice towards him and even Whitney’s true feelings towards her are ambiguous. The episode’s message is summed up in Faye’s conversation with Spike at the end: her past may remain a mystery, but she can still move forward into the future.
5 Pierrot Le Fou
This episode is etched in the minds of many anime fans as one of the scariest episodes in non-horror anime. The lab experiment is unstable and the assassin Mad Pierrot escapes and embarks on a murder frenzy. None of the usual Cowboy Bebop humor is involved: it’s utter horror throughout.
Mad Pierrot is a lot more terrifying than Spike’s usual opponents, which makes this episode stand out as a master of horror. He is indestructible, doesn’t care about others and enjoys their pain. He’s more of a force of nature than a human: Spike didn’t even hunt him down, he just ran into terrible luck when he ran into him, and even with all his might, he was. also only beat him by pure luck. In the end, there was no relief to see Pierrot defeated: the hysterical screams and thrashing in pain before being crushed to death were as terrifying as his murders.
4 Funk cowboys
Cowboy Bebop is one of the best anime for crime and theft movie fans. Cowboy Andy doesn’t seem to be getting a memo about what kind of show he’ll be in. Trying his best to turn this futuristic sci-fi thriller into a classic western-style adventure, Andy is always causing trouble for Spike as they scramble for prize money.
“Cowboy Funk” ranks as one of the show’s funniest episodes. The only thing more interesting than Andy’s dedication to his cowboy personality is that Spike grows increasingly angrier at it with each interaction. The icing on the cake is that Jet and Faye push him to the edge by pointing out the obvious to everyone but poor Spike: that Andy’s most annoying traits are the ones he shares with Spike, just dial to eleven.
3 Brain Burst
“Cowboy Funk” is also the last bit of humor that viewers have before the episode returns to prepare for the show’s finale. The Bebop team investigates a disturbingly rapidly spreading suicide cult. The deeper they dig, the more they risk being subdued.
In addition to being an early depiction of the manipulative powers of TV and the Internet, “Brain Scratch” is coldly realistic in its depiction of cults, even with the use of actual brainwashing technology. . Its leader, Dr. Londes, hits out at people’s discontent with poverty and the constant danger they have to live with. He promises that the solution is to give up their physical bodies and ascend to a higher plane of existence, and hundreds of people fall victim to his plan before the crew finishes him off.
2 Lucky Women
Faye’s quest to find his place in the world and move forward without Faye’s memories coincides with a quest to escape from the past that Spike remembers so well. While there are plenty of reasons why Faye and Spike’s relationship isn’t romantic in Cowboy Bebop, this episode makes it clear how close they’ve become as friends. In keeping with the show’s tragic finale, this comes at a time when they have to be apart forever.
Faye eventually regains her memories and attempts to return to her old home, only to find desolate ruins. With nothing and nowhere to go, she lays down alone in her childhood bed. Meanwhile, Ed is also dealing with her own abandonment issue, after being dumped again by her father shortly after he raised her hopes of a real relationship. She and Ein leave Bebop, taking with them the film’s last bit of optimism.
1 The Real Folk Blues (Parts 1 and 2)
Even with all the unique villains Spike has to face, the show never makes viewers forget that Vicious is lurking in the distance and constantly teases Julia, the mysterious woman who holds the heart. by Spike. Featuring some of Steve Blum’s best anime voice acting as Spike, this second season brings both back and is what the entire show has been building on. It’s the beautiful and heartbreaking culmination of Spike’s character arc.
Spike found true happiness in accompanying the Bebop crew despite their misfortunes, but eventually, the past caught up with him in the form of Vicious and the Red Dragon Syndicate he had been trying to leave behind. after. After Julia is killed in their escape attempt, Spike fights and kills Vicious to avenge her and protect any of his new friends from suffering the same fate. However, it cost him his life, affecting the theme of the film that there is no simple solution to life’s tragedies and all one can do is the best possible in impossible situations. The flashing star representing Spike’s life at the end of the final credits is one of the most poignant images in Cowboy Bebop.
There’s a reason Cowboy Bebop is considered one of the best anime ever made. Cowboy Bebop’s The best episodes have created many anime fans with their intelligence, humor and incredible action sequences.