There are always some works that I feel like seeing each other too late, and Cowboy Bebop is here.
However, after careful consideration, it is actually just right to be able to see this animation at the current node of life.
People who indulge in the past have no time to take care of the future, and how should we face our broken past? Is it to use the busyness and distraction of the present to relieve the loneliness, like Spike, and finally repair the old dreams and find comfort from them; or like Jet, to make a light throw and wait for the ripples to return to calm; or like Faye, try to find in the memories Home?
ED is a very special existence. She is the only person who is not bothered by the past. The connection with her father also enables her to say "ByeBye", and then start the next journey with Ein. Arranged a good home for ED, this is Watanabe Shinichiro's tenderness.
The sea of stars is a shrinking lamp of existence and an amplifier of loneliness. This makes every character on the Bebop indispensable as soon as they appear, the contrast between the reunion of the first twenty-three episodes and the separation of the last three episodes makes the whole animation complete emotional sublimation in the final stage, and when the loneliness When the sentiment overflows, Spike's completion of the old dream makes the sad liquid surface covered with a layer of consummation.
Beyond the story, the stylized soundtrack blends well with the imagery.
The massive homage to classic films exposes Shinichiro Watanabe's cinephile attributes. The text and character configuration have a distinct temperament of golden age western films and road films. The storyboard and action design are the flavor of Hong Kong films in the 1970s and 1980s, and cyberpunk elements are everywhere.
The music is rich to the extreme, with jazz, blues, metal, electronic, folk, and classical appearing in turn.
The entire animation, a summary of popular culture in the second half of the twentieth century, is the ultimate romance at the end of the century.
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