RE: Netflix's Cowboy Bebop releases photos
08-24-2021, 10:49 AM (This post was last modified: 08-24-2021, 10:51 AM by GethN7.)
08-24-2021, 10:49 AM (This post was last modified: 08-24-2021, 10:51 AM by GethN7.)
My expectations are still rock bottom that Netflix won't mess this up, but they have a much easier job than Super Robot Wars T here, yet SRW T managed to integrate practically everything despite the massive changes being in a mecha game crossover that imposed a lot of limitations.
Just some highlights of how much they managed to do Cowboy Bebop justice in an SRW crossover with Cowboy Bebop: (all VAs mentioned are the Japanese ones)
1. Spike is playable in the Swordfish II, with Faye and Jet as support in some of his attacks. Jet's VA passed away, but managed to at least do Jet's lines before doing so.
2. Ein and Ed both get to show up and both prove integral to resolving key parts of the Expelled From Paradise and Martian Successor Nadesico plots using their hacker skills.
3. Spike and Captain Harlock get to team up (which is doubly awesome since Koichi Yamadera even voiced Harlock at one point, though the Harlock ingame is voiced by the now late Makio Inoue)
4. The fact bounty hunters are needed to supplement law enforcement is woven into the plot, with Cowboys like Spike being frequently hired before joining permanently later since many of the jobs they are on get weaved into the crossover. They even weave in that Bounty Hunter TV show at one point for a vital lead.
5. The game covers all of the Bebop plot save the final battle with Spike and Vicious. Spike is confirmed to have survived if you play the expansion pack, set three months later, as the main game ends as Spike plans to settle things for good.
6. Faye's past gets integrated in one of the DLC.
There is a lot more, but basically, SRW T made it work and did it justice, I just hope Netflix at least makes an effort to do the same.
Just some highlights of how much they managed to do Cowboy Bebop justice in an SRW crossover with Cowboy Bebop: (all VAs mentioned are the Japanese ones)
1. Spike is playable in the Swordfish II, with Faye and Jet as support in some of his attacks. Jet's VA passed away, but managed to at least do Jet's lines before doing so.
2. Ein and Ed both get to show up and both prove integral to resolving key parts of the Expelled From Paradise and Martian Successor Nadesico plots using their hacker skills.
3. Spike and Captain Harlock get to team up (which is doubly awesome since Koichi Yamadera even voiced Harlock at one point, though the Harlock ingame is voiced by the now late Makio Inoue)
4. The fact bounty hunters are needed to supplement law enforcement is woven into the plot, with Cowboys like Spike being frequently hired before joining permanently later since many of the jobs they are on get weaved into the crossover. They even weave in that Bounty Hunter TV show at one point for a vital lead.
5. The game covers all of the Bebop plot save the final battle with Spike and Vicious. Spike is confirmed to have survived if you play the expansion pack, set three months later, as the main game ends as Spike plans to settle things for good.
6. Faye's past gets integrated in one of the DLC.
There is a lot more, but basically, SRW T made it work and did it justice, I just hope Netflix at least makes an effort to do the same.