cowboy bebop be a series that should need no introduction to anime fan . however and for anyone unfamiliar with the show and it basically about space bounty hunter set to an old time jazz music soundtrack with plenty of classy old time story and dark moral along the way . if you like action and space and jazz and or comedy and you may like cowboy bebop . if you like old time bounty hunter and private eye and or detective movie and you will probably like cowboy bebop . if you like dark story with twist that really make you feel for the character and you will like cowboy bebop . this be one series you do not have to be an anime fan to appreciate and but you have to be willing to give it a fair chance . a single episode of cowboy bebop pack more punch than a bruce willis movie . if youre not a fan of the show by the end of episode one alone and you probably would not be . the character be as real a any old time bounty hunter or detective movie and and every bit a interesting . the sci fi space twist doesn not take away from the show in the slightest and it add much . a good way of think about the show be lupin the 3rd mixed with outlaw star and with more depth . with episode title like asteroid blue and honky tonk woman and waltz for venus and and jupiter jazz and the space and class and and jazz heavy style be quite apparent from the beginning . this isn not just some theme slap on top of an anime and rather a critical part of the show .