Yet another anime from Japanime,
Cowboy Bebop is part of the
never-ending wave of Eastern hegemony
that has turned our once-glorious West
into nothing but a suburb of Tokyo.
Inundated as we are by the imperial
cultural powers of the Orient, its
heartening to see that this film references
actual elements of our now subordinated
culture, including such things as cowboys
and bebop. In a future city on Mars, a
terrorist is planning to kill everybody, or
pretty much everybody, depending on how
he feels that day. Luckily, a team of bounty
hunters is hot on his trail, and theyre
wearing really cool clothing, including
overcoats and belly-baring T-shirts with
suspenders. Lots of stuff blows up or
gets shot or flies really fast, and the
pictures are pretty as pictures. If that
does it for you, then this will do it for you.
By
James DiGiovanna
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