What is, objectively, the best Cowboy Bebop episode?
What is, objectively, the best Cowboy Bebop episode?
Luke Powell
Hudson Cooper
Ballad of fallen angels
Bentley Wilson
Cliché one but Pierrot Le Fou.
Jaxson Butler
Toys in the attic.
Leo Morales
Speak like a child.
Josiah Phillips
Please state the best episode, and specify why, along with your answer, to receive full credit.
Matthew Martin
The one about the TV cult. The sentiment is outdated, but I like how the episode criticizes itself.
Joshua Wilson
>Toys in the attic
Because despite seeming a useless episode, I found it extremely original and disruptive in a positive way. I could read a personal metaphor about life and buried memories - not that the episode is in any case deep or should be taken seriously. Anyone can interpret it as they want.
I like how they tried to combine comedy with horror.
Also I'm a fan of the Alien movies and I liked that the alien/monster thing was a reference to the franchise.
My answer was this episode but I have to admit that I didn't think too much about it since there are objectively multiple 10/10 episodes.
I could rewatch that episode every day just to see Spike and Jet risking their lives to go in an underground museum to get a goddamn Bet player.
Dylan Nelson
I watched Cowboy Bebop and was infinitely disappointed
Lucas Gray
The one where they chase that slimy thing around
Owen Turner
the only wrong answer in this thread.
Alexander Torres
based
Isaiah Long
The real folk blues part 2. It's iconic and finishes the story to an episodic anime beautifully. It's not the best if you liked the comedy more than anything, but the stakes are high because of episode one and still leaves a strong emotional impact despite the viewer knowing what's going to happen before it does.
Jason Carter
why?
Andrew Phillips
Black Dog Serenade
Landon Brown
I had a friend that this happened to. I think it was because they watched it out of obligation from it being a well received classic instead of actually wanting to watch it.
Juan Diaz
SPIKE DIES!
Jonathan Fisher
Toys in the Attic!
Jack Brooks
Absolutely this, one of the best anime episodes ever made
James Turner
>expect an amazing grand space adventure with a great villain and character development
>get episodic slice-of-life in space
it's very comfy and well-made in terms of animation and art, but it's as deep as a puddle
also the main villain sucks and you can't change my mind on that
Luis Harris
FPBP
Elijah Murphy
Pierrot Le Fou
Ryder Morales
That's a rough question and changes for me depending on my mood.
Jupiter Jazz or Waltz for Venus.
The former for the plot between the sister and brother and the later for the symbolism and imagery.
"That is not a star son, that is a tear of a fallen warrior who cannot find his way to the Great Spirit."
Paraphrasing , but it is a great line.
Julian White
I watched it for the first time years and years ago and loved it. I tried to rewatch it for the first time a couple of years ago and couldn't get into it. I still look back on it fondly but I just couldn't make myself watch it again.
Mason Moore
I don't know about 'best' but Ballad of Fallen Angels is a classic.
Aiden James
Mushroom Samba
a cute and funny low-stakes romp. The series needed a few more fun episodes to balance out the heavy ones.
Nolan Davis
I unironically believe the last ~10 minutes of The Real Folk Blues pt. 2 (the shootout at the Red Dragon headquarters, the final confrontation with Vicious, and then "bang") are the greatest 10 minutes in the history of anime
Angel Collins
Hard Luck Woman. The slayer of all with soft hearts.
Carson Rogers
Mushroom Samba, because Ed is a cute
Angel Price
The best two
Easton Green
this
also jupiter jazz > real folk blues
Austin Mitchell
Literally the first one
Oliver White
It always seems to be a tie between toys in the attic and mushroom samba for a lot of people in the polls .
Oliver Baker
Pierrot Le Fou is one of the most haunting episodes of any anime I've ever seen. The atmosphere when it was showing the torture the poor guy went through is something i'll never forget. Plus the callback(?) to spikes eye was a perfect way to end the fight.
Cooper Cox
Cowboy Funk
John Russell
Truly, he was, a cowboy bebop.