Sulphur on 22/9/2018 at 16:53
I don't make much of a distinction between the two - they're anime to me, and I lump them in the same recommendation bracket. Having said that, there's definitely a lot of crap in the show space because there seems to be an order of magnitude more of it, but then, y'know - 90% of everything is crap.
So. Outside of Bebop, there's still Paranoia Agent, Mushishi, Natsume's Book of Friends, Ghost in the Shell: SAC's increasingly philosophical takes on transhumanism and J. D. Salinger, and a bunch more shows. I'd recommend Samurai Champloo too, but it's far lumpier than Bebop and retreads a lot of the same ground. It still has one of the funniest episodes of television I've ever seen, featuring an escalating game of baseball in Edo-period Japan.
rachel on 22/9/2018 at 17:53
Hero Chess Fight
[video=youtube_share;AeeoEpmyb2Y]https://youtu.be/AeeoEpmyb2Y[/video]
A different breed from my earlier post but similar in the way they build up the scene then resolve it swiftly. It's all about anticipation.
"Bitch, you don't have a future."
[video=youtube_share;UTzpScvZiWo]https://youtu.be/UTzpScvZiWo[/video]
Brutal. OTT but Tarentino-style, which is a plus.
catbarf on 26/9/2018 at 13:20
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Dearie me. Please watch it with the original Japanese VO; I've not heard the dub, but in my experience it's almost never the ideal way to watch a show. ((
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RINHjxsPOEg) Except this. This is still fucking amazing.)
Cowboy Bebop is the only show I've seen where I liked the dub more than the original voice acting. Steve Blum as Spike and Beau Billingslea as Jet bring a lot to their respective roles.
rachel on 26/9/2018 at 14:37
For me, my one exception is Porco Rosso. Not only is the French dub excellent with Jean Reno as Porco, but the Mediterranean setting makes it a perfect fit.