We all know anime. I’m not saying that everyone likes it ( actually I’m not some big fan of it either, I’ve seen just some most popular), but come on, are there people who were born in the 90’s and never heard of Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon or Captain Tsubasa?
When I was younger, anime used to be quite popular in Poland. There were some really good pieces of art like Miyazaki movies ( my all-time favorite Princess Mononoke, love it) or the Death Note series. There were some extra popular series ( but not so good in my opinion) like Naruto or Bleach. There was also one anime that I think most of you never heard of and that’s such a shame. Let me introduce you to Cowboy Bebop.
So, Cowboy Bebop is an sci-fi anime tv series from 1998 that tells you a story of bounty hunters Spike and Jet that travel through the universe. The story is quite interesting because the mentioned show does not have one main story, it’s made from mini stories - every episode shows different actions - but characters are always the same and in the end we have something that can be called some common end, but I will not say more because I do not want to spoiler it. Now you may say „Ok, nice. So how is it actually different from others anime?”. My answer is: this show has some kind of magic in it.
First of all Cowboy Bebop has really great and old school drawing line which can be also seen in other anime made by same creators ( e.g. Samurai Champloo or Black Lagoon. Btw I recommend those two anime to you if you were to give a try to Cowboy Bebop and you thought that it was cool, then you will probably also like those two). It’s hard to say why I think it looks beautiful. It’s really personal stuff but it’s really nice to see drawings like that when we compare it to current CGI animations.
The second reason why I recommend Cowboy Bebop to you is a fact that it’s one of the most loved anime even in a community that does not watch anime. When I was writing this text, CB was ranked 40th at Filmweb. So, If you really do not like Japan and its type of animation, you may still really enjoy Cowboy Bebop.
The third thing I would like to mention is its unique style. The convention of the nonlinear story is not very popular in anime, I would say that it’s rather more popular in cheap tv shows, but watch out - in Cowboy Bebop we do not get other cheap tv series that was supposed to fill your time after work ;)
For me this show has everything a good show should have. Some people probably heard of it, some didn’t. For me, it’s one of the biggest classics and probably the best anime ever. If you don’t get why I named this article like this, you should probably watch the first episode and thank me later.
Questions for today:
- Have you watched Cowboy Bebop? Do you like it as much as I do?
- Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us?
- What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
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2. Yes, there is one show that I love and I don't think it's that popular. It's a live stream show called Critical Role. Critical Role is a show where a bunch of nerdy voice actors get together and play D&D. It is quite time consuming (every episode is approximately 3-4 hours long), but once you start watching it and get to know every player and their characters, it is hard to stop.
3. My favorite animated tv show would probably be Over the Garden Wall. It's about two brothers traveling through the strange forest called the Unknown and trying to find their way home, but it is also so much more than that. I recommend trying it for yourself.
There is a lot of things that not very popular among my friends, but the one I want to share is Warhammer 40000 books. Warhammer 40000 is a grim and dark universe of the far future where the war is eternal. It's a huge universe with hundreds of characters, events and locations. I highly recommend it to those who are into adventure sci-fi to have a look at it. Probably the best start would be the book series called "The Horus Heresy".
My favorite animated show so far is "Avatar: The Last Airbender". I'm sure, you've heard about it even if you didn't watch it. I really like the escalation of the story through the series, how it becomes more grown up, so to say, more serious. The characters are well-written, as well as the plot. Try it, if you haven't done yet, and when you finish it, try also "The Legend of Korra".
I Read a couple of books, beat all the games, watched all the movies, and 3 anime Resident Evil Degeneration,Damnation,Vendetta.
Recently watching the anime Castlevania how did you know I love all the "meat" of it is Gothic,bloody.Just do not think that I'm a maniac))
By the way, if you enjoy Castlevaina, I strongly recommend Devil my Cry. As I said, haven't watched a series of it, only played games, but both are iconic. For a reason.
My favorite series, which I consider as masterpiece is The Wire. This series was once popular in the USA. It tells about drug gangs and a group of policemen trying to work out the way gang leaders work.
When it comes to animated series, Futarama is my favorite.
One of my favorite animations in the past was Rocko's Modern Lafe.
In my opinion, some of the animations are aimed at expressing social problems through the audience, for example, Big Mouth animation on taboo issues in the community, from the perspective of children and the artwork faced by their families, is very interesting and fascinating.
I am not sure if I love something which isn’t popular. The only thing which comes to my mind is Crysis 1. This isn’t truly unpopular game of course, but as I know a lot of people were complaining that is game is good only because of graphics, that plot was silly etc. But I think is extremely enjoyable it has beautiful graphics, awesome gameplay, amazing physics and quite interesting plot which leads player through many very different environments.
It is hard for me to answer which anime is my favourite, because there is a lot of them which I find outstanding. For example Owari no Seraph, modern anime from 2015 about post-apocalyptic word ruled by vampires.
No I have never watched Cowboy Bebop.
Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us?
I think Eragon (and whole connected book series) written by Christopher Paolini is some kind of underestimated masterpiece. I've read all of them, and I highly recommend each of them.
What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
I think my favorite one is Rick and Morty.
I have a game that I often play on weekends with friends, but this game is not a little-known-Munchkin. I like the fact that each game is not similar to the previous one, although I would like to change the game series already.
To my regret, I have not watched TV for more than 4 years. Even when I find myself in a place where there is a TV, most likely I will not notice it. But when I was younger, I liked the Jetix channel.
For me, a masterpiece is a survival horror video game called “Deadly Premonition”. “Set in the fictional, rural American town of Greenvale, Washington, the story follows FBI Special Agent Francis York Morgan as he investigates the murder of an eighteen-year-old woman, which bears similarities to a series of murders across the country.”. The game shares strong similarities with Twin Peaks and is really weird but I love it.
My favourite animated show is probably Rick and Morty. I'm sure that everybody heard about it this show.
2. I don’t think that I know anything unpopular that can be called masterpiece. Maybe some may not know Dune book series. I think the world created there is amazing
3. South park and Rick and Morty at the same place.
I love movies, series, which happen hundreds of years before us, I love vikings and a game of throne, I fell in love with these series, I love such a course of action, castles, sword fights. As for the animated series, the only one I watched were the pokemons and I remember them very well. :)
I saw a great Finnish movie at Warsaw International Film Festival a few weeks ago-"Heavy Trip", comedy about Finnish metal band (Symphonic post apocalyptic reindeer-grinding-Christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandian metal) from small village who wants to play a concert on Norwegian metal festival. A "stupid" kind of movie but the film even won an Audience Award. Not very popular because it's really hard to find this movie but I recommend it.
Rick and Morty is a great animated series. And I enjoyed Great Teacher Onizuka.
It is quite difficult for me to answer the second question. I've been thinking some time and still I did't remember any masterpiece which was not popular. I think the reason why I chose to read a book or play a game is just because everybody was talking about. But I just recalled this game Space Rages (1,2) which I was admiring while I was in the school. Still I know no one who played it. It was cool thou.
Right now I don'h have a show which I'm exited about, but I do like to watch American dad or Family guy.
I’m in love with The Phantom of The Opera film, the one from year 2004. This film is perfect for me, and I would love to go to the opera when The Phantom of The Opera is played.
I think I don’t have any. I don’t really like TV shows neither, I prefer good films.
2. I'm afraid not - rather all series which I loved were popular
3. Rick & Morty !!!!!! Animated tv series for adults - I really recommend it
As for great things that are not very popular, I personally think that Captain Claw is an underrated masterpiece. It's a rather old platforming game that isn't very well known, but I think it's quite well made. The story isn't anything special, but is enjoyable to follow, and the soundtrack is quite enjoyable as well. However, by far the best part about the game is the difficult platforming. The game takes quite a bit of skill to complete.
As for my favorite tv show, it would propably be Steins;Gate. It's an anime in which time travel is central to the plot, and what I love about it is that it manages to establish time travel rules that actually make sense and are at least somewhat grounded in reality, and then it sticks to them without any major plot holes. The characters and story in general are great as well. I can safely recommend it to any anime fan, and it is also a fairly good introductory anime for people who haven't had much experience with anime before.
Ohh, I have a lot of masterpieces for example: Doctor Who is one of them. This is time traveling old series and this is excellent. The second is of course Braking Bad with very good actors and story. Every frame from this series is awesome. The last series is Utopia this is old series and unfortunately they make just 2 seasons. Like Braking Bad or little beater every frame or scene is like some art. Every next episode we don’t know anything but this is very good series. If you don’t watch it, you should.
1. I have never watched this so none from my side.
Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you
totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us?
2. Yea, there are a lot of them: from games nostalgia comes to Diablo 2, but also I consider masterpieces like Nier Automata, the world ends with you, dark souls series and lot of other series. When it comes to manga/anime (prefer manga) there are few which are popular but in a good way and are special for me due to a unique story, characters and their appearance. Those are: Berserk, JoJo's bizarre adventure (all parts), Neon genesis evangelion, mononoke (not princess!!!!!!!) and a feeeeew more.
Also music is very important for me and I found japanese bands favourite, for example Dir en Grey is best for me (on the 12th of October they gave a great show in Poland!)
What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
btw. Cowboy Beeboop is very popular :D
3. as above.
It is one of the best of it’s kind.
2. Danganronpa game series. It is a visual novel about trapped students where the one who can leave from the trapped place after killing someone. Each game after first one subverting player’s expectation. So they rarely feel repetitive.
3. Steins;Gate, Avatar: The Legend of Aang.
Talking about some kind of masterpiece, I think, "How to Make It in America" by HBO is great series but not so popular in a wide audience. I love TV shows and movies about New York, but this one is different from them. This series is not about the elite of Manhattan, but about two guys who create their own brand of clothing. Of course, not without the help of friends, friends of friends, charm and perseverance. Besides all this, they enjoy life in New York and don’t lose time in vain. Despite the fact that the duration of one series - 25 minutes. The show seems very intense. So stretch the fun, it's worth it.
Most loved ones : Rick and Morty, South Park and Paradise PD. Dark humor and strong language with elaborate dialogues make them excellent.
I guess I can't feel the magic ;-)
I’ve some kind of masterpiece for me but it’s popular. It’s game The Wither 3: Wild hunt. For me it’s best game ever, CD Projekt RED (developers of Witcher) make great job: cool graphics, interesting quests, huge word, characters with interesting history etc.
My favorite animated TV show is Simpsons. I like it because creators of this serial had interesting sense of humor. Serial started in 1989 but still interesting, creators still have new ideas and they still not “dried up”.
Have you watched Cowboy Bebop? Do you like it as much as I do?
No I didn't.
Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us?
I am afraid that I don't love anything that was not seen as popular by some. Maybe Battle Brothers, a PC game with wonderful art, music and atmosphere of low, dark fantasy? But it was still some kind of a hit game, so I guess it is kind of popular.
What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
Rick & Morty. Nothing better to have some laugh with friends and something to talk about. In general I don't watch tv shows at all.
- No, I have not watched Cowboy Bebop, but I think it is time to change it. I do not like anime but I will give it a try. I like the idea that every episode tells a small story so you do not have to wait 300 episodes to see the culmination of the plot.
2. Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us? What’s your favourite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
- I love Bojack the Horsman. I love the idea that the main character is a loser who hates himself and does nothing with it, he tries to do something but always ends up in the place where he started. Also, I believe that everybody can find a character with whom he/she can identify.
I love everything in this show: music, style art, the fact that intro changes during the progress of the show and of course the voice acting. I recommend this show to everyone.
There are few movies that I could call a masterpiece. However, when it comes to sci-fi genre, it has to be "Moon". It's an awesome sci-fi drama starring Sam Rockwell. I think I watched it 3 times already. I just really like the whole idea behind it.
I can't recall any animated show that I watched and that would be worth mentioning. Overall I rather prefer to watch movies than TV series.
It's very hard to answer second question because if something is not popular for me, can be something trendy for you. Something like anime, you can tell me about very popular movie and I will probably don't know about that.
I like crime novels. I love Jo Nesbo books with Harry Hole as main character. The best series for me. It's probably not little known book writer but if you never heard about it I would like to recommend it :)
Hmmmm, my favorite cartoon? I don't remember every one of my favorites animated shows but 'Reksio' is one of the best. Good times.
What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?
No, i haven't. I once tried, but I gave up after first episode. Why? Dunno, but I generally don't like science fiction.
"Do you have some kind of masterpiece (a game, a book or a tv series, whatever) that you totally love and it’s not that popular? If yes, could you share it with us?"
I'm huge fan of Trudi Canavan's and Peter V. Brett's literature, also I'm in love in manhua - Magician, The Breaker and Tower of a God are my favorite korean comics. But, the biggest masterpiece for me is Pokemon.
"What’s your favorite animated tv show (it doesn’t have to be anime)?"
Hmm... Pokemon, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Disenchantment and Avatar.
Unfortunately,
I'm not big fan of anime. I hate japanese sense of humour and character creation. But still I have some titles, which I really respect.
As you can see, I just love expanded, unique universes and lore.
I never watched cowboy bebop, but I heard. I know many cool TV series that aren't popular - e.g. Line of duty. I love this series and I am happy that they are ordered another 2 seasons
It's hard to give me my favorite show ... when it comes to animated TV series, I love BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty, not animated - mm hard to say - narcos example
I have plenty of tv series or books to share -> As far as books series are concerned, Percy Jackson is my favourite. Good plot, a lot of action and plot twist, for a tenager it could be a perfect books to read in their spare time. I used to watch a lot of Netflix back in the days -> I think "lucifer" is my favourite tv series.
About animated tv series, I think I would go with Rick and Morty. It's fun for sure and not nessecerly for childrens ;)
I have a lot of animated movies and TV shows that I really like, so I can't mark just one or two. But I remember another anime, that has the same style as Cowboy Bebop, that called Samurai Champloo. Maybe creators of these shows are the same.