Truth time: I’m not the world’s biggest anime fan, though that might be just because I haven’t been exposed to a lot of it. I love what Miyazaki I’ve seen and dug Battle of the Planets/Gatchaman when I was a kid, but I don’t seek out anime on a regular basis.A big exception to that was back in 2000 or so, when I discovered a TV show called Cowboy Bebop. The opening credits had me hooked right from the start with the great song “Tank!” and its stylish visuals. The great design and fun characters kept me interested, engaged, and entertained for all 26 episodes.Back in those days of yore, when I heard that not only was there a movie version, but that I would be able to see it on the big screen at The Drexel, my favorite theatre in Columbus, OH, I was so excited! …That excitement faded a bit after about the first 45 minutes of the movie. The show’s great opening credits song was not in the film, the zippy action and fun had largely been replaced with monotonous pondering and a bit of nastiness… I was confused and a little disappointed, honestly. And I haven’t seen it since.So when I got the opportunity to revisit Cowboy Bebop: The Movie on the big screen, a decade later, courtesy of the “Setting The Scene: Art Directors Guild Film Society Series 2013” at The Aero and ComicBook.com, I was interested not because I was a huge fan of the movie, but because I really wanted to see if my love of the show and expectations set by it had unfairly diminished the movie in my eyes way back when.
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