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Though it was canceled after one season, Cowboy
Bebop was praised for its edgy and nuanced writing, cinematic style and eclectic, jazzy score. To many, the experimental series ultimately came to define anime in the modern era. Now, thanks to showrunner André Nemec and executive producer Christopher Yost, the Bebop universe has been given new life. The Netflix adaptation condenses the sprawling 26-episode anime format to 10 one-hour episodes and adds new dimension to the characters, exploring the struggles and motivations of the core space cowboys. The series is set in 2071. The solar system has been colonized by humans after a cataclysmic disaster rendered Earth nearly uninhabitable 50 years earlier. With the majority of Earth’s survivors scattered across the lawless far reaches of outer space, chaos ensues. Criminal organizations like the Syndicate are running rampant, so the understaffed Intra-Solar System Police (ISSP) enlists the services of
bounty hunters (also known as cowboys) to help capture wanted criminals. That’s where our ragtag bunch of bounty hunters comes into play.
Spike Spiegel (John Cho) Meet the broke-boi cowboy who’s fueled by cheap noodles and smartassery. Don’t let his rascally cynicism and aloof demeanor fool you: He can bring down the galaxy’s scummiest criminals as easily as dropping one of his customary wisecracks.
It just seemed so homogenized. The art didn't stand out. The characters seemed to be cookie-cutter determined types out to save the world. Even the name "Fullmetal Alchemist" seems completely avoidable with
magic being the status quo in much of anime. I borrowed a disc anyways and watched it. I begged for the other discs in advance.
Fullmetal Alchemist has superb flow. 24 is the only thing in recent memory that has a comparable flow and that's only because that show
supposedly happens in real time. In FMA, you have multiple reasons to continue each episode but the focus is not lost. It's always centered (unless if very appropriately not centered) on the two Alric Brothers who share perhaps the strongest bond in all of anime. This bond may be broken at any time, mainly because FMA takes place in a very dynamic world.
Ippo went with Kamogawa and Yagi there to gather information for Takamura, though, Kamogawa assumed that he went along to see Miyata. There, Eagle was hosting an autograph session, which Ippo went over and received an autograph. Ippo saw Miyata, who explained the reasoning as to why Eagle was doing autographs, with him also having one. Ippo
then watched Eagle's public spar and was amazed of his boxing. After the sparring session, Ippo learned from Miyata that he has something new and that during his fight in the semi-finals, he would show how he stepped up to the challenge just as Ippo did during the Sawamura match. Walking back to the Kamogawa gym, Ippo mentioned to Kamogawa how Eagle seemed like a hero. After seeing Takamura outside the Kamogawa gym hitting children who asked for an autograph, Ippo deemed Takamura to be pure evil. The day before the event, Ippo went to the Yokohama Arena and attended Takamura and Eagle's weigh-in, along with Aoki and Kimura's weigh-in with Papaya Dachiu and Eleki Battery respectfully. The next day, Ippo went to the Yokohama Arena and met coaches Date and Okita, who's boxer got defeated. Ippo then went to encourage Aoki and Kimura before their matches, telling the two that he was also nervous when he was the semi-final for Takamura's match against Hawk, but he just did what he did as always. Ippo watched Aoki and Kimura's matches, which both ended in a draw, and then Miyata's fourth OPBF title defence match against Medgoen Dachboy, which ended in Miyata's victory.