Why I Love Anime: Cowboy Bebop

Still on hiatus around these parts, as my non-work time is still considerably stretched for some reason. I've been spending a good amount of time catching up on modern anime via that Crunchyroll thing (not an advertisement, don't worry!). I've missed some good stuff lately.

But y'know, it's made me think about the stuff that got me into anime. Which I've covered a few times in the past. Today I want to focus on something a little more mainstream: Cowboy Bebop.

Why I Love Anime: Digimon

I thought very long and very hard about which anime I wanted to cover this week. And for a good part of the day, I figured it was going to be about something very near and dear to my heart: Pokemon. (Guess who just found out they're giving away Mythics this year oh god what this is a great time to be alive.)

Yet, as much as I love Pokemon, and as much as I will always say only wonderful things about the show (go see my April Fools' from last year!), I realize that it was really Digimon that affected me more - at least in terms of the anime.

Why is that? Well, it's kind of a long story, so settle in.

Why I Love Anime: Voices of a Distant Star

Maybe this is a weekly thing I will do. Sound good to you? Sounds good to me. Okay.

I feel like this is another one of those under-appreciated things. It's also not in my usual genre, despite seeming to be exactly in my genre.

Anyways, enough of this, let's get right to the nitty gritty, shall we?

Why I Love Anime: Suzuka - A Race For Love??

Yeah, so shitty title is shitty. It's a thing I'm not used to doing, but maybe this little segment will make for some interesting reading around these parts.

Today marks the first Why I Love Anime segment. Or WILA if you're into acronyms (I'm not judging here). And today, I wanted to start with one of the weirdest possible choices for why I enjoy anime so much: Because it consists of two genres I actually hate.

So what got me thinking about this segment, and why this show in particular? Well, that's an interesting story...

Status Update

Hi there, Internet.

It's been awhile.

What happened? It's been almost three months exactly since the last time I put anything here. I despise making posts like these, but I feel obligated to let you know what's going on, where things are going, and what's happened.

The short answer is: Shit happened. The long answer is longer.

Shimoneta Episode 05 - For Whom The Dirty Terrorism Benefits?

Once upon a time, there was a young man who had just discovered the wonders of anime. Of course, he had no idea what anime was - all he knew was that Sailor Moon looked kind of awesome, and it reminded him vaguely of some other cartoons his older brother watched many moons before.

But then, one day, he was introduced to the wonders that were Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. And from there, he discovered Gundam Wing, and it was basically downhill from there, you see. After this point, he would watch nearly anything and everything he could, because anime was great and fantastic and The Best Thing Evar.

It could do no wrong, you see.

I like to think that young man is rolling around in his grave at this point, because I can't see how any part of that young man may have survived the hell I've put him through. The hell I'm going to put him through.

F**k you Shimoneta. F**k you something fierce. I haven't even started watching this episode yet, and I already know I want it to die in a fire.

Such are the depths of my hatred for this show. Let us commence with the hell-raising. The pitchforks and torches are to your left.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 18 - Aim for the Prima! Usagi's Ballet

Hello there, Internet. This is where I might say something incredibly snobbish like 'didn't see you there' or 'sorry I was just in the middle of', but I never liked those sorts of things. I mean, it's fun once in awhile if you're, oh, Colbert, but most people are not, in fact, Colbert, therefore the delivery is kind of lackluster. It's not quite there.

Why am I going on about this? I dunno. Why are you reading a blog about bad anime? Why am I writing a blog about bad anime? Some answers don't have questions.

Don't think about that last one too hard. I'm not.

TO THE SHOW!