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The first "review" I would like to make involves Cowboy Beebop.

I give Cowboy Beebop, an anime that occasionally plays on Adult Swim, twelve thumbs up. Lol, but honestly, it is a spectacular show. It chronicles a relatively short time in the lives of 4 bounty hunters, or "cowboys" as they're called in the show, and one super-smart welsh corgi. The show starts off with only Jet, the owner of the starship "Beebop" and official, unofficial, leader of the group, and Spike, who owns a ship as well, which docks in the Beebop, named the Swordfish II.

Later on, the two semi-successful bounty hunters pick up a welsh corgi named Ein, who is called a "data-dog" and is intelligent, and often the source of a quick chuckle, as nobody on the Beebop ever quite seem to notice the almost human aspects of the dog. He plays almost a similar role as the famous, infamous, "black cat" in the anime Trigun (and no, this isnt a blog about anime, it just so happens, that i find several to be quite worth my time).

The two males of the group also pick up Faye Valentine, a compulsive gambler and occasional bounty hunter, who has a case of amnesia, seemingly from her cryogenic freezing, and "Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV", the adopted name of a young girl who happens to be one of the best hackers on planet earth. Edward's hacking alias is "Radical Edward" but her real name is Françoise Appledelhi. Ed is the main source of information the the quazy quartet, due to her hacking skills, though focus is not her strong point. Ein is her best friend on the Beebop, and the feeling is returned by the little dog.

Cowboy Beebop is based in our solar system in the year 2071 AD, though if we are to have all those planets and moons terraformed and occupied by then, we had better get a move on ^_^. Most travel between celestial bodies is done by travelling through hyperspace via the Astral Gates.

The Astral Gates are inherently flawed, and were the cause of the cracking of the moon, a tragedy that led most people to flee earth, and the rest to burrow underground. They're also tollways, to add insult to injury, lol.

The episodes are called "sessions" in reference to the jazz theme that weaves its way through the series. I personally feel that the score for the series, in the form of jazz sessions, makes the series feel more connected, more real, because although I'm not a rabid jazz fan, there is a great deal of feeling set deep into jazz, as well as into the show.

Hmm, looking up at what i've written so far, it seems that i could go on and on and on and (someone stop me here!) on, so i think i'll cut this review short and just say, emphatically: "WATCH IT!"

I can guarantee a good time and a quality show, though i wont stake my reputation (what reputation you ask? :-P) on ALL of the episodes, every show has at least one or two eppys that dont blow your mind, though none come to mind when thinking of this show.

Tommy Lightyear to the rescue!

p.s. moved from "howdy"