January 11, 2004
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
At lunch a couple of weeks ago Michael Reed asked me if I'd seen "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie". I responded that I used to watch the series when I lived in Tokyo, and enjoyed it, but I hadn't yet seen the movie. I watched it last night courtesy of Netflix and thoroughly enjoyed it: good story, great animation, lots of attention to detail (Faye Valentine carries a Glock 30 - an old favorite of mine - in one scene), and a fantastic musical soundtrack by Yoko Kanno, performed by the Seatbelts.
As usual, I watched this anime subtitled with the original voice talent: voice acting is an A-rated entertainment profession in Japan; Faye Valentine is not right to my ears without Megumi Hayashibara as her voice. However, Sony Pictures did a superb job with the English-dubbed version, so those without similar tastes will find no fault with the English voice talent either. I believe the English voice talents are the same as employed for the nightly Cartoon Channel Adult Swim airings of the dubbed version of the original series, which I also recommend.
There are also used copies of this feature available for about $14 from Amazon Marketplace.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at January 11, 2004 11:11 AM | TrackBackHi Michael,
I'd not heard of "Roughnecks" until now, but after some checking on Netflix and RoughneckChronicles.com, I've added all 6 available Netflix rentals to my queue, in what I gather is the recommended order of campaigns: "Pluto, Hydora, Tophet, Tesca, Zephyr, Klendathu, Homefront"... though the Tophet Campaign seems to be missing on Netflix. Thanks again for the recommendation!
Posted by: Russell Whitaker on January 11, 2004 3:51 PM