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Cowboy Bebop's Watanabe Working on Two New Anime
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Column by Scott Green
In interviews with Spanish anime sites Deculture.es and koi-nya.net at Granada's Ficzone, anime director Shinichiro Watanabe revealed that he's attached to plans for two upcoming anime series from Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door's BONES and Kids on the Slope's MAPPA.
The former, slated for 2013, is described as a space travel comedy, while the latter project will have a more serious tone.
A full (Spanish language) interview can be read here - in his interviews, he commented that his planned Studio 4C series fell through, also that he watch 500 movies a year in his youth.
If you're behind on you're Watanabe watching, his long awaited return to anime, Kids on the Slope is legally streaming online.
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...but I loved Cowboy Bebop. ^_^
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Oct. 13, 2012, 6:04 p.m. CST
90% of Hollywood films are forgettable nonsense that insult the viewer's intelligence
by beamish13
8% are decent wastes of time, and maybe 2% are worth watching more than once.
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Is quite possibly the greatest half hour of anime (or possibly even television)I have ever seen.
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You missed the obvious "interesting man" joke :-D
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Are pure genuis and the only 2 animes I can watch. The rest is either too kiddy or too weird (Unless anyone can suggest anything good)
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Oct. 13, 2012, 8:28 p.m. CST
if CHAMPLOO and BEBOP are the only two anime series you can stomach
by beamish13
you either A) have seen very, very few or B) have terrible taste check out HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES, BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM, SERIAL EXPERIMENTS: LAIN, EVANGELION, FLCL, GURREN LAGAAN, etc.
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Oct. 13, 2012, 8:31 p.m. CST
Sorry commander, that would be CB#5 Ballad of Fallen Angels...
by Billyeveryteen
But Pierot Le Fue is pretty fucking close.
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just the first 5 minutes alone, with Spike drinking and playing pool, sets a magnificent mood. The rest is pure ass-kicking. Amazing.
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Oct. 14, 2012, 12:54 a.m. CST
Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and the GREATNESS that is MACROSS PLUS!!!
by Johnno
Kid's on the Slope was very nice as well! His 2 Animatrix shorts were also awesome along with the intriguing one he did for Genius Party! Everything this man has done that I've seen is awesome! Will Yoko Kanno be back again as well? Can't wait to see what's next!
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Oct. 14, 2012, 1 a.m. CST
Love the movie, but seriously hoping for some new epic beyond classic intro theme's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Balkin Flabgurter
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Oct. 14, 2012, 1:02 a.m. CST
TANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Balkin Flabgurter
-Seatbelts
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i think i read somewhere saying most japanese feel the english dub is superior to the original japanese track. i always bring up cb whenever some douche states all dubs are horrible.
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...Lupin the 3rd, the tv series and movies, and Outlaw Star, a great action with humor sci-fi series.
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...of Cowboy Bebop, and I'm usually the one who goes with the native language for respective works. Great series whichever way it comes to you though.
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Oct. 14, 2012, 11:49 a.m. CST
Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud.
by Bibliographer
That said, there's a a lot damn fine anime out there. But Bebop was uniquely excellent ... beats watching football.
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Oct. 14, 2012, 1:09 p.m. CST
Those who thing Champloo and Bebop are the best anime ever...
by Ricardo
... have not seen a little thing caled Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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Oct. 14, 2012, 4:21 p.m. CST
RE: Cowboy Bebop is nothing but a rip off of Firefly.
by Mission Code Z
Irony noted.
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He makes it prominent in all his work.
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Firefly premiered in 2002, CB premiered in 1998. I love me some Firefly, but it would be pretty hard for CB to be a "ripoff" without a TARDIS handy.
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Oct. 15, 2012, 8 a.m. CST
Cowboy Bebop (1998)is nothing but a rip off of Firefly(2002).???????
by Mikala24
Interesting. (for the record, I am a fan of both, but more so a fan of Firefly)
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Oct. 15, 2012, 8:57 a.m. CST
I Love Cowboy Bebop & Samurai Champloo so anything this guy does I'm always going to give a shot.
by Wcwlkr
Those shows are monuments in my eyes when it comes to anime. I love anime period but those just seem to rise above all else.
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Get a clue - Cowboy Bebop predates Firefly by 6 years.
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tell me: which came first?
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bebop, champloo, and even ghost in the shell are all brilliant, but they don't hold a candle to evangelion.
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I hope he get's to release the Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray Box Set here in USA / CDN. Comes out December 21st in Japan. www.amazon.com.jp. $505 CDN.
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This has been on the front page since mid-October. And it is the most RECENT animation news. This site is dead.
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Ergo Proxy, Karas: the prophecy and Karas: the revelation, Ghost In The Shell, Ghost in the shell: stand alone complex;etc. Black Lagoon and Hellsing Ultimate.
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Bebop was out before Firefly. Check your dates fella.
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