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ENTRY #0066 • DALNET ARCHIVE
⚡ CLASSIC SPECIFICATION ERA: 2001

Cowboy Bebop

86%
ARCHIVIST: Bixy
LOGGED: 2001-10-01
📊 Production Parameter Matrix Scale 1.0 – 10.0
S [STR] Story & Narrative Direction 9 / 10
A [AGI] Animation & Cel Craftsmanship 8 / 10
S [INT] Character Dynamics & Cast 9 / 10
A [SYN] Voice Acting & Soundtrack 8 / 10
Consensus: Aged Like Wine 🍷
CLASSIFICATION A+ TIER
[+] Strengths & Highlights
I liked the action in that anime. And i liked the fact it wasn't always funny episodes or sad ones.<BR> And then the music is excellent(it has been made by Yoko Kanno who did Escaflowne music).
[-] Vulnerabilities & Flaws
Hmm the thing that sucked in Cowboy Bebop well I tried to find but nothing sucked in Cowboy Bebop!
Cowboy Bebop Remastered Poster Cowboy Bebop 2001 Capture
⤢ Fullscreen • Hover 2001
Aged Like Wine 🍷
Modern Consensus: Modern retrospective consensus confirms the original 2001 score, cementing Bebop as a flawless cross-genre masterpiece.

📖 Overview

See you Space Cowboy...

🎬 Storyline & Narrative

Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... at this club open to all comers to play, night after night,
At a club named "Minston's Play House" in Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each other. Young jazz men with a new sense are gathering. At last they created a new genre itself. They are sick and tired of the conventional fixed style jazz. They're eager to play jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spaceship "BEBOP", will play freely without fear of risky things. they must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles. The The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... "COWBOY BEBOP"
^_^
If you didn't understand it well it's a bounty hunter story:)

👥 Characters & Dynamics

The hero of that anime is for sure Spike Spiegel a bounty hunter. He's pretty good on martials arts. He never talks about his past. His friend Jet Black who owns the Bebop is a good bounty hunter too who is an ex cop. Then comes the sexy Faye Valentine she's also a bounty hunter but she has a lot of trouble money. And to finish how to forget talking about Ed, a lazy girl who only thinks about eating or hacking and who spends most of the time playing with Ein the dog of the Bebop.

🎨 Animation & Visual Direction

The quality of the anime is good,it has been done by the one who did Escaflowne(but no worry there's no stingy nose in Cowboy Bebop). There are mechas too for those who likes engines.

🎵 Voice Acting & Soundtrack

Well i've seen it in french and subbed.Both version are good,but the japanese one kicks ass. Maybe because of the nice voice of Megumi Hayashibara who is dubbing Faye Valentine.

🔴 What We Disliked: Hmm the thing that sucked in Cowboy Bebop well I tried to find but nothing sucked in Cowboy Bebop!
💬 Early-2000s Fandom Pulse Community Rating: ★ 4.5/5 (2 historical responses)
• Community Praise: CowBoy Bebop is and will always be the best anime and i would rate it 10/10 cause it just is the best animation,voices,graphics,and story line
• Contentious Points: Hmm the thing that sucked in Cowboy Bebop well I tried to find but nothing sucked in Cowboy Bebop!
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Added by Bixy on 2001-10-01
Last modified: 2001-10-01 | Score: 86%
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Modern Retrospective Consensus (2026)

Verdict: Aged Like Wine 🍷
Consensus Note: Modern retrospective consensus confirms the original 2001 score, cementing Bebop as a flawless cross-genre masterpiece.

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Overview

See you Space Cowboy...

Storyline

Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... at this club open to all comers to play, night after night,
At a club named "Minston's Play House" in Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each other. Young jazz men with a new sense are gathering. At last they created a new genre itself. They are sick and tired of the conventional fixed style jazz. They're eager to play jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spaceship "BEBOP", will play freely without fear of risky things. they must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles. The The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... "COWBOY BEBOP"
^_^
If you didn't understand it well it's a bounty hunter story:)

Characters

The hero of that anime is for sure Spike Spiegel a bounty hunter. He's pretty good on martials arts. He never talks about his past. His friend Jet Black who owns the Bebop is a good bounty hunter too who is an ex cop. Then comes the sexy Faye Valentine she's also a bounty hunter but she has a lot of trouble money. And to finish how to forget talking about Ed, a lazy girl who only thinks about eating or hacking and who spends most of the time playing with Ein the dog of the Bebop.

Animation

The quality of the anime is good,it has been done by the one who did Escaflowne(but no worry there's no stingy nose in Cowboy Bebop). There are mechas too for those who likes engines.

Voice & Audio

Well i've seen it in french and subbed.Both version are good,but the japanese one kicks ass. Maybe because of the nice voice of Megumi Hayashibara who is dubbing Faye Valentine.

Likes: I liked the action in that anime. And i liked the fact it wasn't always funny episodes or sad ones.<BR> And then the music is excellent(it has been made by Yoko Kanno who did Escaflowne music).

Dislikes: Hmm the thing that sucked in Cowboy Bebop well I tried to find but nothing sucked in Cowboy Bebop!