The setting is also not as convincing as in the original anime. GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX © 2021 GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX
This doesn’t help characters like Vicious, as much of his menace came from his mysterious and unfathomable nature, though Hassell handles this well all things considered.ĬOWBOY BEBOP (L to R) MUSTAFA SHAKIR as JET BLACK in COWBOY BEBOP Cr. Whereas in this series, the Syndicate, Vicious and Julia, are in almost every episode and play a massive part in the overall story. In that, things like the Syndicate and Vicious and Julia were much more mysterious and occurred in the deep background of the story. The original anime was built around standalone episodes, with a few being part of a broader story arc. However, the bad stuff is, well, everything else. In general, the cast do a solid job given what they have to work with.
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Alex Hassell also makes a great Vicious and has one of the hardest tasks in the series in building out a character that was originally very enigmatic. John Cho does a solid rendition of Spike, Mustafa Shakir is an excellent Jet and really feels more of the Bebop’s captain now, and Daniella Pineda is endearingly irritating as Faye, which is as it should be. The respective actors also nail their roles and are decently likable. The CG effects for the space-based parts of the show also look great, and the music by Yoko Kanno is spot on, though that shouldn’t be overly surprising. The Swordfish II, Bebop, and Red Tail look very close to Kimitoshi Yamane’s original designs (though he doesn’t seem to be credited here, which is a bit odd). The good stuff is things like the spaceships looking like they do in the anime. Characters and events occur in a different order but tend to turn out the same way, with some significant exceptions later on. The best way to look at this series in relation to the original anime is that it is more of a remix than a straight adaptation. When it comes to the anime side of things though, there is some good, but sadly, there is a lot more bad going on here. I get that the actors clearly want to do right by the material they’ve been given, but everything else lets that down. NICOLA DOVE/NETFLIX © 2021 NICOLA DOVE/NETFLIXīefore I get onto the anime adaptation aspect, just on its own, this series doesn’t work. SHAKIR as JET BLACK on the set of COWBOY BEPOP Cr.
COWBOY BEPOP (L to R) DANIELLA PINEDA as FAYE VALENTINE, JOHN CHO as SPIKE SPIEGEL and MUSTAFA.
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