do you ever find yourself watch a tv show and thinking and i wish that have be do differently . do you ever find that a show which have great character tend to be a spine and a cover and several hundred page short of a good story . not cowboy bebop . something like this be hard to come by in any medium while book and film and live action and comic and nothing i have see have mix such cool and well write character with rich character development and an intricate and complete story . harry potter be the only thing i can really think of and but even that let me down a bit in the final book ( ron remember that parseltongue . not likely and jk . ) . this show also have a vast variety of episode style . some episode be childish and make you double up laugh while some be bleakly dark and adult and only the character tell you it must be the same show . and this be the subtle way in which the story develop the character represent by put them in completely different situation each time and you learn more about the way they feel and react to thing . the character emotion feel so real you sometimes forget it animate . it difficult to pinpoint a real demographic for bebop because each episode be so different . while i would say it an plus 11 in some episode and others can be plus 15. but it not a kid show and and it not for mindless teenager either . it a show you need to have a bit of empathy to really understand . the dialogue be witty and fresh and none of the love . that why youre weak . i will kill you with one blow . bull you usually get in an anime series and it a million time more realistic than that . i personally prefer the english dub and the show seem ( imo ) more american than japanese so i think the american version work well and but both be good . in most thing i find the finale can be slightly disappointing and it leave you think well and ok and but . part 1 of a two parter be usually absolutely brilliant and building up and up and up to something and only to nosedive in part 2 because of some deus ex machina or untied plot or just not reach the level you think it would ( think hero or doctor who while even battlestar galactica let me down a little ) . cowboy bebop and however and do not disappoint . the story finish perfectly . it could not have be well . if you like anime and you have to watch this right now . i can not believe it be 6 year before i finally get around to try it out . if you do not like anime and you have to watch this right up until episode 5 and just so you can honestly say you do not like anime . if you value well write character plus brilliant plot plus intelligence plus style and want a can of whoop as throw in and you should definitely give this a whirl .