The WILD History Behind Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop is an anime classic. But why? Cowboy Bebop dropped during a storm of insane coincidence that grew the fanbase Bebop hastoday.

Keywords: cowboy bebop, Spike Siegel, cowboy bebop anime, cowboy bebop history, Cowboy Bebop Development, Spike Siegel Anime, cowboy bebop explained, cowboy bebop story explained, cowboy bebop season 1, cowboy bebop analysis, spike cowboy bebop, cowboy bebop best of, cowboy bebop ost, cowboy bebop spike spiegel, cowboy bebop spike, cowboy bebop dubbed, tank cowboy bebop, Bonsai Pop, bonsaipop, anime, anime analysis, anime explained

use Code BPOP for 10% or more off!

Bonsai Popcast Links:

Keep up with the Bonsai Pop Team!

Follow Us On Twitter!

About Bonsai Pop:
The brainchild of Mike, and Tyler. Bonsai Pop is our anime passion project, and it's 100% anime, 100% of the time! We make videos for ourselves and our patrons with the overarching goal to be completely financially independent of YouTube so we can make what we want and what you want!

Send us STUFF!

Michael Pixley or Bonsai Pop
PO Box 9
North Hatfield MA, 01066

The Wild History Behind Cowboy Bebop

Bonsai Pop

#anime #cowboybebop #classicanime
00:00 Introduction
03:14 The beginning
07:00 Bebop and America
13:24 Neon Genesis Evangelion

[tntradernox]

The badge of honor thing is true. I had a young dude work for me and was obsessed with anime but had never had seen Cowboy Bebop. I literally went out and bought him a copy to make sure he watched it. Apparently even his parents, who were like 15 years older than me ended up liking it too

[fuelhemi]

I’m a simple man, I see Cowboy bebop. At this time and age I get the feeling of truly understanding the adult characters.

[QBG]

Funny how you described Asuka and Rei as "breaks from stereotypes" in the 90s, and 20 years later they've become stereotypes in and of themselves.

[KnaveMurdok]

There is something about the song "Real Folk Blues" that really twangs on my heartstrings. From the first time I heard it all the way up until today. It has that kind of melancholic anemoia that few musical pieces are able to carry. I was 16 when i first saw Bebop, and that song has stuck with me since. It reminds me of High School, it reminds me of The Jazz Age, it reminds me of comic conventions, it reminds me of the future. Such a bizarre and specific mixture of emotions and memories, and it feels like it becomes more potent with each passing year.

[ladybardic]

These videos inevitability take me down memory lane. I had a best friend who had the desire to spend ridiculous amounts of money on anime VHS and have viewing hang-outs with his friends. This era was golden college days for me.... Beer, White Wolf roleplaying, and watching a shit ton of anime. Good times.

[jdgx]

right away this video was on point lol " i don't watch anime but i have seen cowboy bebop" was like one of the first things a teacher back in high school said to me when i said " watching anime was one of my hobby's" spent most of that class just discussing cowboy bebop now that i think about it lol

[ssjseth]

You finally did it! Your starting 2023 with a BANG!

[itsNyroc]

Cowboy bebop will always go down as a legendary Anime with a soundtrack like this

[metatron]

People made opportunities for Bebop because they saw it and couldn't deny it's perfection.
Ever see a piece of art and just know that people need to see it for themselves?

[rumplstiltztinkerstein]

It takes a lot of skill and courage to create something new, that stand out from all the others, while at the same time being so well-made that it sticks with everyone that looks at it.

[onixtalks]

Oh boy, I'm very excited to watch this. Bebop is so freaking good. Oh snap, the guest creators doing voice over is a great touch.

[dmaineiac]

29 years old and just watched this for the first time. Grew up watching anime my whole life and this is hands down the greatest.

[Uprighpath]

Man, these behind the scenes type videos are some of my FAVORITE genres of stuff. I've always loved BP's stuff, but these ones always hit me harder.

Finding out the the weird series of steps, the actual backers, because sometimes I forget that media doesn't happen in a vacuum since I'm so far away from it's creation.

[dark_antihero]

Cowboy bebop is like that struggling artist who went on to become the icon of their genre and in this case i'm glad the english voice actors put their heat and soul into it

[ghostsaibu]

The editing on this video reached a new level of engaging, I love the additional voices that were used!!

[reekocarson]

This channel never ceases to amaze me with how high the quality of knowledge and research is that is put in these videos. I learned so much I never knew about Bebop!

[WhatAboutZoidberg]

The opening and closing songs still remind me of fallng asleep to the show as a kid. I always wanted to stay up for Bebop, even if it was right at the edge of me being awake. The closing song of Bebop & Outlaw star will always be special for me.

[colehammill]

This is the reason I follow this channel. Stories of passion literally change the world, change history. Artists who know that this may be their only shot and not caring, just putting their whole heart into their stories all the way.

There’s not a feeling more pure then passion, the unyielding passion of the artists who make these stories, the passion of the small or large group of fans who adore it, and the passion of those who take the risk to get these stories out.

Hell man, this is the kind of stuff that’ll make you cry. Keep it up. See you later, Space Cowboys.

Bang.

[mileswilliams]

I'm surprised anyone, especially Mike, could ignore the music. You didn't even mention the seat belts, who still tour and play bebops ost regularly, reinventing the songs in true jazz fashion, and whooped ass in an online covid concert. They really rocked space lion...If you don't feel space lion your feelers are broken. Have you heard Sax Quartet? There's not many good composers that pulled off that trick.

Kano has had successes but bebops ost took on a life, and a career, of its own. As someone raised by a man who loves jazz I've heard a lot of it, and this ost did transcends and exemplifies a genre that most people had next to zero exposure to when they saw they show. By the time Tank! ended for the first time they were officially converted. I can't think of another example of truely modern jazz on this level. It's bold and new while in touch with the roots of the art form and true to the precepts of jazz.

The thing is, the anime is the ost, the ost is the anime, that absolute flawless victory is the fuel in the space jet that is bebop. You even experience the anime like a good album. You groove on it, you feel it. Each episode is unique but somehow forming an overall narrative and vibe. You turn them on and nod along, relishing the high points and the lead ups, reveling in how well crafted and masterfully executed these story beats and themes are. You come away with them stuck in your head, not necessarily as a story but as a groove to get lost in, to carry you through your day and become your background music for a while.

Bebop is not just a classic anime, it's an ongoing musical phenomenon

[Rmanguy]

I've always been a big fan of Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and knew she headed the VA for the show but had no idea just how impactful her being the head was to the vibe of the show. She is such a talented and charming person. I appreciate her work even more. Killer video as usual. hope to someday have the liquid to throw some money y'alls way