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[timepiececlock]

I don't know what it is about today; I'm getting nostalgic for old fandoms. So I just rewatched a clip with the most gorgeous use of original score I've ever seen in tv anime about four times. (00:45 second mark)* And yes, that's Cowboy Bebop. It's been ages since I watched it, but I almost want to go back and rewatch the whole show. I miss the music for that thing, and I miss the characters too.

*Mind you, clip this has almost none of the original emotional resonance when taken out of episode 5 context, but it's still teh pretty. And features a little bit my ship.

**So, so conflicted about the very idea of Keanu Reeves. Still. A failure of Spike's character in a live-action CB movie might actually have the power to disappoint me more than the live-action ATLA movie, which at least will have epic awesome of the Slumdog Millionaire kid and thus guaranteed some level of entertainment.


ETA: On a separate note, counting Spike Spiegel, how many anime guys are there on shows I fangirl who have lost/augmented an eye? Cause I'm counting three, with Hatori Sohma and Roy Mustang. But I feel like I'm forgetting someone. I think it's all the same eye, too, though I'm not sure about Spike's.

ETA Again: This song is everywhere.

Comments

[mswyrr]

The visual artistry of that anime is breathtaking. Wow. When you combine it with the character arcs and the MUSIC (holy moly, the MUSIC!), it's mindblowingly good art.

My favorite song is Walk in the Rain, though. (Am I right / or am I wrong? / And is it here / that I belong?) Something about the organ music + guitar + rough male vocals tugs at me real hard. With Call Me, Call Me coming in second, and Butterfly stealing into third.

...damn, I love Yoko Kano's music.

[mswyrr]

ETA Again: This song is everywhere.

((jaw drop)) I can see why. That song is PERFECT for CB.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I kinda wish the videos I linked were edited by a better vidder, because, well--there's few anime series out there so perfectly waiting to be vidded to that song as Cowboy Bebop. There's tons of anime with gun violence and money, but few...few of them have the right spirit for it.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

A bit of youtube browsing led me to this trailer vid of AWESOME.