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Cowboy Bebop: Dog Star Swing (2021)

28 Sunday Nov 2021

Posted by John Samuel in reviews, Television Reviews

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Anime to Live Action, Cowboy Bebop, Dirty Pair, Live Action

Episode 2 Stray Dog Strut of the original Cowboy Bebop anime was defined by the insane, Warner Brothers inspired[1], chase sequence featuring Ein, Spike, Hakim, and a bunch of clueless researchers[2].

So.

How do you replicate, in live action, a sequence that could really only work with the anime visual conventions to support it?

Fortunately, the creators of Dog Star Swing knew better than to try. Instead they set out to better establish what sort of show this iteration is going to be. They succeeded with a strong episode that leans harder on drama than on comedy[3].

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Cowboy Bebop: Venus Pop (2021)

21 Sunday Nov 2021

Posted by John Samuel in reviews, Television Reviews

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Anime to Live Action, Cowboy Bebop, Dirty Pair, Live Action

So, the second episode of the live action Cowboy Bebop draws inspiration from episode 22 Cowboy Funk, but reimagines it substantially into more of a character piece for the relationship between Jet and Spike.

Faye doesn’t appear in this episode.

What’s interesting here is what the episode is saying about the live action adaptation. Where Cowboy Gospel is there to reassure fans that, yes, this is Cowboy Bebop[1], Venus Pop is meant to establish this as its own show[2].

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Dirty Pair OAV Series (1987)

28 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Dirty Pair, El Hazard, Gunsmith Cats, Record of Lodoss War

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

Following on from my earlier review of the Dirty Pair TV series, how did the later, flashier[1], OAV series stack up to my expectations?

And what were those expectations since, again, I don’t think I’d seen all of them before the Nozomi remastered release? Continue reading →

The Dirty Pair OAV Episode Title Polls

28 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Dirty Pair

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

As has been my wont with these Dirty Pair reviews, I’m going to put up a couple of polls for the best episode titles.

Not the best episodes, the best titles (which means you can cheerfully vote even if you’ve never seen the show).

Once there’s a certain level of voting on all 8 polls, I’ll construct a runoff poll.

So, on with the voting: Continue reading →

Dirty Pair (1987): No Need to Listen to the Bad Guys. We are Space Truckers!

27 Saturday Jan 2018

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Dirty Pair

Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series

The Dirty Pair OAVs end with a pleasant enough episode in No Need to Listen to the Bad Guys. We are Space Truckers! but it isn’t anything spectacular.

A couple of drunk drivers, spacers, whatever, are on a trip whilst complaining about all the quitters leaving the space trucking industry. Shortly afterwards they find out why as they actually notice the incoming missiles on the radar before they hit. I’m surprised they were paying enough attention to notice to be honest. Continue reading →

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