I came to the conclusion that Netflix doesn’t understand marketing. The hit shows they had seem to be lucky finds and they think they can reproduce that by dumping money into a show and telling no one about it. Like fanboys will just watch whatever Daddy Netflix gives them.
Cowboy Bebop is a perfect example. They market it to die hard anime fans and no one else. Those fans hate it and it gets cancelled. The show wasn’t that bad and people like my dad would have loved it, had he ever heard about it.
Yup. I don’t think it was a perfect retelling but the episodes with Spike, Jet, and Faye just being bounty hunters were so damn enjoyable. I’m really bummed we didn’t get more of that.
I really like cowboy bebop the live action and anime and was crushed when they canceled it. But no one out side of anime circles hear about. Everyone I have told to watch it has loved it. They need to be more selective again and market those select shows and slowly build a catalog of good shows. Instead they where worried they where going to lose people when other companies started their own streaming services and just green lit everything and then canceled 99% of them before people could even find them.
i friggen loved it. So fucked that the loud anime crowd lost their shit that a live action show apparently didn’t perfectly replicate in every single detail their beloved child.
Finally someone like me! I really enjoyed that it wasn’t a complete recreation of the anime, which would be impossible to recapture the perfect madness that was the original. Instead they kinda riffed on the madness of the original in their own way which I think really plays to the jazz tone of the show.
I fucking hate weeb fans for reasons like this they really are the worst, fans in general ruin good things. I also liked the live action GITS but that also took flak from other directions.
My dad actually really liked the cowboy bebop live action show, I think he said he even watched some of the anime after, which is pretty crazy as I don’t think he’s ever watched anime intentionally on his own before.
which is pretty crazy as I don’t think he’s ever watched anime intentionally on his own before.
I mean, Cowboy Bebop is sometimes referred to as “the anime for people who say they don’t like anime” for a reason. It’s many people’s first foray into the world of anime, and it’s what helps them ditch the “eh it’s all just cartoons for kids” mentality.
Actually anime kinda did for me! silly cat from skekz was my introduction to jazz just recently. I had no idea I liked this kind of music but it was in a video named something like music from flcl dreams.
Same here! It really expanded my view of music. Not just Jazz but all kinds of instrumental music. I never shutdown a song because it’s “country”, “reggae”, “rap” whatever. I always give it a try and it’s 100% because of the soundtrack for this show.
Also if you haven’t heard the new stuff they made for the reboot, it’s pretty solid!
I came to the conclusion that Netflix doesn’t understand marketing. The hit shows they had seem to be lucky finds and they think they can reproduce that by dumping money into a show and telling no one about it. Like fanboys will just watch whatever Daddy Netflix gives them.
Cowboy Bebop is a perfect example. They market it to die hard anime fans and no one else. Those fans hate it and it gets cancelled. The show wasn’t that bad and people like my dad would have loved it, had he ever heard about it.
Hard agree on the live action Cowboy Bebop. It was pretty good, all in all.
Honestly they nailed Jet so hard, it was fantastic. Just his whole vibe captured perfectly.
The original stuff was pretty good. It faltered hardest when it tried to recreate shots one for one from the anime.
Well, it faltered the hardest with Ed in the final scene. Not a good lasting impression.
Yup. I don’t think it was a perfect retelling but the episodes with Spike, Jet, and Faye just being bounty hunters were so damn enjoyable. I’m really bummed we didn’t get more of that.
I really like cowboy bebop the live action and anime and was crushed when they canceled it. But no one out side of anime circles hear about. Everyone I have told to watch it has loved it. They need to be more selective again and market those select shows and slowly build a catalog of good shows. Instead they where worried they where going to lose people when other companies started their own streaming services and just green lit everything and then canceled 99% of them before people could even find them.
i friggen loved it. So fucked that the loud anime crowd lost their shit that a live action show apparently didn’t perfectly replicate in every single detail their beloved child.
Perfect became the murderer of really great.
Seriously im still so angry it got canned.
Finally someone like me! I really enjoyed that it wasn’t a complete recreation of the anime, which would be impossible to recapture the perfect madness that was the original. Instead they kinda riffed on the madness of the original in their own way which I think really plays to the jazz tone of the show.
I fucking hate weeb fans for reasons like this they really are the worst, fans in general ruin good things. I also liked the live action GITS but that also took flak from other directions.
I too am still salty
My dad actually really liked the cowboy bebop live action show, I think he said he even watched some of the anime after, which is pretty crazy as I don’t think he’s ever watched anime intentionally on his own before.
I mean, Cowboy Bebop is sometimes referred to as “the anime for people who say they don’t like anime” for a reason. It’s many people’s first foray into the world of anime, and it’s what helps them ditch the “eh it’s all just cartoons for kids” mentality.
I wish it were also a gateway drug for Jazz.
Actually anime kinda did for me! silly cat from skekz was my introduction to jazz just recently. I had no idea I liked this kind of music but it was in a video named something like music from flcl dreams.
Same here! It really expanded my view of music. Not just Jazz but all kinds of instrumental music. I never shutdown a song because it’s “country”, “reggae”, “rap” whatever. I always give it a try and it’s 100% because of the soundtrack for this show.
Also if you haven’t heard the new stuff they made for the reboot, it’s pretty solid!