![]() Julia has her own aspirations and dreams, and while Vicious' ill-treatment of her does hinder this somewhat, she does try to actively alter the cards she's been dealt. While her affair with Spike Spiegel (John Cho) and her relationship with Vicious still play a significant part in the story, like it did in the anime, she's not just defined by the men in her life, she's given a lot more to work with. In the live-action, Julia is given a chance to step into the spotlight and have her own story shared alongside the Bebop crew. ![]() Read more 'Cowboy Bebop' Voice Cast Reflect on the Anime's 20-Year LegacyĪnd then there's Julia, who in the anime is very much a background figure, a ghost from Spike's past who was given very little to do other than be a damsel in distress. What's different in the Netflix adaptation is that Faye doesn't flaunt her sexiness to quite the same extremes as the anime, where many scenes highlight certain aspects of her anatomy from every possible angle.īy not making Faye be objectified to the same degree, the live-action gives viewers a chance to see past her outer beauty and focus instead on what makes her character so great-from her sassiness to her skills as a bounty hunter. In the anime Faye is a self-assured rebel who gets what she wants and knows how to look good whilst doing it, and Pineda's take on the character is much the same in that respect, despite one critic calling her iteration a "plucky space-age girlboss." While the live-action mostly remains faithful to the original, some changes have been made-particularly to its female leads: Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) and Julia (Elena Satine). ![]() It's like the characters have been taken from the original and dropped into the real world, that's how similar most are to their anime counterpart.ĭaniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, John Cho as Spike Spiegel and Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black in "Cowboy Bebop" Nicola Dove/Netflix 3. Not only that, but a great deal of attention was also paid to the casting of many of the side characters, from the bounties themselves to Punch and Judy in the "Big Shot" bounty hunters programme. Jet even cooks up the same bean sprout-based meals in the kitchen as he did in the original. The Bebop ship is designed to look identical to the anime, from the living room's yellow sofas to Jet Black's bonsai-tree filled quarters. The bar where Asimov Solensan and his other half Katerina visit in New Tijuana in the anime's first episode? It's the exact same in the live-action. Put the anime and the live-action side-by-side and you'll see that the sets in the latter are an identical replication of the first. One aspect of the live-action that has to be commended is the sheer attention to detail that showrunner André Nemec and his team have paid to the way the show looks and feels. If you want to watch the anime then it's right there for you to enjoy, just like it has been for the past 20 years.Īt least Netflix's take on Cowboy Bebop actually feels like a worthy homage to the original (unlike Death Note) it's clear the creators have a true love for it and were keen to keep the spirit of its predecessor while also adding new things to the table. It was always going to be a difficult task to recreate the magic of Watanabe's 90s anime, especially given how influential it became to not only the medium but also the sci-fi genre as a whole.Ĭowboy Bebop is one of the most beloved anime of all time, like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, so, really, if it's judged purely by how good the anime is then it was never going to win. ![]() Honestly, this is likely to also be the case for anime fans when they sit down to watch Cowboy Bebop on Friday, November 19. The behemoth that is Shinichirō Watanabe's original anime has cast too much of a shadow over the live-action, and critics are judging the show predominantly on how it compares to the original. The anime is the anime, the live-action is the live-action 4 Moments From the 'Cowboy Bebop' Anime We Need to See in the Live-Actionġ.Netflix's New 'Cowboy Bebop' Trailer Questions Spike's Identity.The Shows, Films Coming to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and More in November 2021.
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