#Download entire cowboy bebop series full
#Download entire cowboy bebop series series

Obviously, this take on the show is going to be incredibly stylized, though it hopefully calms down at times as this style and pace could get old very quickly. The trailer is pretty damn crazy, with the вЂњcomic book barsвЂќ used not just to split up the screen but quickly transition locations, provide our heroes weapons, and allow them to chat with each other even when theyвЂ™re not nearby. We even get a bit of a peek at SpikeвЂ™s rival, Vicious (Alex Hassell). Of course, as in the anime, the team screws up the assassination and ends up back on their ship with no payday. Spike Spiegel, played by John Cho, plays it cool with Jet Black, played by Mustafa Shakir, shooting things up and Faye Valentine, played by Daniella Pineda, trying to keep things in control.

#Download entire cowboy bebop series full

This is our first look at the full cast in action, and they all get to have a little bit of fun.

#Download entire cowboy bebop series series

It is not part of the show at all, with all of it shot entirely for this short, yet it gives us a good idea of what the series will look like and be about. It just needs to lean into that uniqueness more, and going by that cliffhanger, that seems to be the idea.NetflixвЂ™s вЂњLost SessionвЂќ is a pretty cool teaser to give us our first look at Cowboy Bebop. It's not going to be the anime, and never will be, but that doesn't mean it can't be a more effective project in its own right. The first season of Netflix's Cowboy Bebop proves that the team is willing to make decisions that make it dramatically different from the original anime, and the series needs to keep doing that for Season 2. It's not like this new series is absent of emotionally striking moments (such as Faye's watching that VHS of her younger self, Spike's virtual world loop with Julia, or Jet attending his daughter's show), but they're such a different kind of sadness, a different kind of emotion, that going back to the tone of the anime for a scene or two really throws it all off. The end of the premiere episode directly lifts from the original's 'Asteroid Blues' opening, and while it changes some things, it also fails to capture the same heartbreaking spirit the original has because it's a much different Spike and Katerina.

It's a heightened opening that's somehow even more cartoonish than the original, but works far better than the ending. It takes Spike's casual fight in a convenience store (from the movie) and shifts it to a casino heist in the middle of space. The best example of this is the premiere episode actually. It becomes such a completely different experience that when it tries to do the same thing as the anime, it often falls flat on its face. The series oddly feels bogged down when it decides to directly adapt something from the anime beat for beat because it's established its own tone and style so well.

It's a shame that the binging model of the streamer means every episode needs to tie into each other too, but the second season should choose to have more of these individual stories that let the characters shine in random situations. The episodic adventures that highlight the strengths of these new characterizations are too few and far in-between, and when the series is firing on all cylinders, there's a palpable energy and breezy dynamic between John Cho, Daniella Pineda, and Mustafa Shakir. The second season should lean into this far more. It's a much less gritty representation of the future, and the bounty hunter 'cowboy' career is far more glamorous and seemingly 'fun' than a career Spike, Jet, and Faye were forced into because of so little options. The main characters here have wildly different characterizations than before that fit the new tone for this new kind of world. Oddly enough, this is actually the Netflix series' biggest strength. Much of the complaints from fans of the original anime can be boiled down to the fact that this live-action version often doesn't 'feel' like the same Cowboy Bebop from before. Netflix's Cowboy Bebop could do well with a clean slate for the second season, and should use this opportunity to iron out some of the more noticeable wrinkles. There were many spinning plates to balance with this debut season, many hurdles to overcome, and a high bar to meet for fans of the original anime, but that's all out of the way now. A second season has yet to be officially announced as of this writing, but the fans of this new Cowboy Bebop have definitely made Netflix aware that they want to see a second season.