Cowboy Bebop - Session 4

Cowboy Bebop - Session 4

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Movie Review: Steady progression to a fantastic climax
Summary: 5 Stars

Cowboy Bebop's basic structure allows each episode to be a full-fledged story all its own, with the main characters-- Spike, Jett, Faye, and Edward-- serving to connect them all. While there is a consistency to the entire series outside of the characters-- mainly concerning each character's exploration of his/her identity-- this is a more episodic anime series than something such as Evangelion, and yet far less formulaic than Dragon Ball Z and its brethren. I cannot stress how incredibly good the writing is here-- each episode is a self-contained story full of integrity: sometimes dramatic, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always effective each time without sacrificing any of the show's core values.

Each DVD disc in this series is a bargain-- five episodes per disc for Volumes One and Two, and four episodes per disc thereafter. Extras are limited, but the video quality is outstanding, and both Japanese/English tracks are provided, with English subtitles. The English voice acting is very impressive-- dialogue is still intelligent following the translation, lip synching is dead-on, and the voice actors are almost as endearing as the characters they portray.

Volume Four is mostly about Faye, and this isn't a bad thing at all-- the more we learn about Faye, the more we like her, and in this volume's first episode we learn some crucial details of Faye's past in the entertaining and informative episode, "My Funny Valentine". Many consider this disc one of the series' best because of its third episode, "Mushroom Samba"-- a hilarious episode starring Ed which brings this series closer to the complete madness of typical anime humor than it ever gets without quite reaching it. While Jett's solo encounter with a demon from his past in the second episode is informative and engrossing, it's not one of the highlights of this disc. No, the main draw here is actually the last episode of Volume Four-- "Speak Like a Child", which is also one of the best episodes in this twenty-six episode series. "Speak Like a Child" begins with some clever humor and proceeds in this manner, ending with one of the most surprisingly powerful moments in the series.