Cowboy Bebop # 1

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What's money between friends? But, wait who said they were friends?The lone wolf - the wizened vet - the femme fatale - the smart-mouth kid when Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed get together; it can mean only one thing: carnage is about to ensue. In keeping with the popular but off-beat anime, the manga begins a series of original stories that take the action to a whole new level. Spike, Jet and Faye all end up after the same bounty, Spike goes after a convict who's already in prison, and Faye (the con-artist she is) ends up the victim of a con not once, but twice.

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Not very impressive.......2006-05-15

Cowboy Bebop is apparently something of an anime/manga classic. One of the things to understand about manga is that these books lead double- and triple-lives that you're probably not aware of, as video games and/or animated television shows (anime). Lately, some manga has been introduced to the Japanese market simultaneously with the corresponding video game and animated television series, and many more established manga - like Cowboy Bebop - were enormously popular as anime at the same time they were being published as manga. (Although I think this volume came just after the TV series ended.)

Four bounty hunters hop around a futuristic universe on a ship called the Bebop tracking big-ticket criminals. The action is clean and well-drawn, but the stories are often sillier than I'd like. I had also heard rumblings that my favorite TV show, Firefly, was a transparent rip-off of Cowboy Bebop, but beyond the fact that they travel on a space ship and have a cutesy genius mechanic, I don't see it. Then again, I've only read volume one of this series, and there are many, many more books and videos out there.

3,2,1, lets jam!.......2004-12-03

Great! while there is a lack of action scenes, and the couple don't last long, it's still a good read. The personality of each character is displayed well, which must be hard with these characters.

Overall it's a must get, wether you've seen the bebop or not you can get right into it and begin. see you space cowboy...

A day in the life of a Bounty Hunter.......2004-08-13

I won't write too much, but I thought the Cowboy Bebop books were very nicely drawn and had interesting storylines. Unlike the series, which mainly focuses on Spike's feelings for Julia and Vicious' anger, the books add on to the ordinary but crazy days the bebop crew has trying to track down odd bounties.

I find these books very special - it shows the whole bebop crew together and expands upon their adventures, showing us that they were around together longer than the episodes made it seem. I love the series and I like the whole rivalry between Spike and Vcious as much as the next man, but I thought the series needed more time to show the whole group together like that. The books accomplish this, and I notice that they give you a different feel than most manga books.

I have yet to read the other mangas, but will eventually get them. Because futurisic stuff doesn't interest me as much as fantasy stuff, I gave this book a four, then I thought about it and changed it to a three when I figured "I only have volume one, who am I to give it a good score if I haven't experienced the entire manga collection? Maybe the other books will wow me more?"

Shadow of a Series.......2004-01-10

Perhaps it is from the high expectations roused by the fantastic "Cowboy Bebop" television series that leads this Manga to be somewhat of a disappointment.

Drawn in classic Manga style, there really is little to fault about the artwork. Leaving much to be desired, however, are the speech balloons, which rarely explicitly show who's saying what, leaving the reader to guess the speaker from the context of what's being said. Plotwise, these stories have as much potential as a typical episode of the television series, but fall short of achieving their rich fullness due to ambiguous leaps in action from panel to panel. Even after re-reading a section of the graphic novel, there are places that just don't seem to make sense, and that ring of faulty placement and/or translation from the original Japanese.

The trademark dark humour, on the other hand, is markedly present. Even if the four stories contained herein aren't exactly true-to-life or entirely comprehensible, the fun of reading along isn't entirely diminished.

STOP! This is bad. You wouldn't want to spoil a great anime!.......2003-12-30

They should have included the "manga style" warning on BOTH ends of this book.

Cowboy Bebop is an exceptional and brilliant work. This manga has truly done the anime a disservice especially considering is was produced post-series.

How the characters could be so uncharacteristically portrayed both visually and behaviorally is astounding, unless the artists and writers were asked to recreate them from memory after watching one session.

I know this is harsh, but its just a reflection of my profound dissappointment.

Book Description

Cowboy Bebop has quickly become one of the most popular anime series of all time. With the series currently running on Cartoon Network, now is the perfect time to learn the details about Spike, Faye, Jet, and Ed (and let's not forget Ein!) that you might have missed in the fast paced action. Featuring character bios, technical guides, behind-the-scenes photos, and story details, this is a guide that no fan should be without! Volume 1 covers the episodes- "Asteroid Blues," "Stray Dog Strut," "Honky Tonk Women," "Gateway Shuffle," and Ballad of Fallen Angels."

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A little miffed.......2003-08-20

I love Cowboy Bebop, and I'm very happy to have the book, but I would have been far more pleased if the poster contained inside hadn't been ripped in half. Shippers? Please be a little more careful when you box the merchandise, huh?

Not impressed, if this was half the price, then its worth it.......2003-06-22

I'm a huge Cowboy Bebop fan, I own the series on DVD and preordered the movie a long time ago. I bought this book thinking that it would be full of cool facts and info that you wouldn't pick up from the actual DVD, but it's really just a synopsis of each episodes with a bunch of pictures from each episode. There are a few pages of extras, but they are mostly some rough sketches and short bios, nothing really worth the price of this book.

If this was half the price, it might be worth it, but even then I would only suggest this for the absolute collector that must have every Cowboy Bebop related piece of merchandise out there, regardless of quality. For the casual fan, or even the more fanatic, it's simply not worth the money.

Great source for information..........2003-04-29

The 'cowboy Bebeop Anime Guide 1' -the first out of six volumes- starts off with a few character bios, then gives summaries and information on the first six episodes of the series. The last few chapters deal with the setting of Cowboy Bebop universe, with a chapter explaining about bounty hunters along with files on the items used by the characters and lots of sketches on everything from the types of spacesuits used to the character of Vicious.
The information is interesting, but most of it can be found if you have the DVDs. This book would make a good gift for Cowboy Bebop fans who have everything else or for people who need the information at their fingertips, like fan fiction writers. Lots of color pictures right from the anime help fill out the work but it still feels kind of weak.

Insider's Guide to a Space Cowboy's Life..........2002-09-10

When I snatched (actually purchased) this book, I was instantly drawn in. I mean drawn in. The images are clear and crisp, and I enjoyed reading the play-by-play mode of the episode summaries. While the book doesn't contain my favorite session, I absolutely loved viewing the screencaps of Spike's life courtesy of Session 5: Ballad of Fallen Angels. In the back is an art file filled with black & white drawings of the characters. Interesting and filled with information for any die-hard Bebop fan, the Cowboy Bebop Anime Guide is a definitive must.

Good but there is a light........2002-07-12

This is a good book that i enjoyed reading over and over again but you can get the same books at barnesandnoble for 1 dollar cheaper and if you bye two there is no shipping fee.

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Cowboy Bebop #1
Yutaka Nanten
Manufacturer: Tokyopop
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Binding: Comic

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Black & white comic book published by Tokyopop. Transalated Japanese manga based on the hit animated series Cowboy Bebop. Bound in a right-to-left Japanese Manga format.

Cowboy Bebop Film Manga Volume 1 (Cowboy Bebop)

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Cowboy Bebop Film Manga Volume 1 (Cowboy Bebop)
Shinichiro Watanabe
Manufacturer: Bandai Entertainment
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Spike has a past he can't forget. Together with his partner Jet Black, he travels on board the ship Bebop chasing bounties and making a meager living. Desperate for a decent meal, Spike gets more than he bargained for when he goes after Asimov, a bounty who has his hands on a dangerous intoxicant called Red Eye. Later, Spike and Jet get embroiled in a hilarious pursuit for a missing data dog. They don't know what a data dog is, but they find out the hard way as they take on the notorious dog-napper Abdul Hakkim! From one of DBD's newest publishers!

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Cowboy Bebop Nos. 1-3
Yutaka Nanten
Manufacturer: Tokyopop
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Binding: Paperback

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Graphic SF Reader
A Brief Review
Good- but with flaws
How do you ruin Cowboy Bebop? This is a big example!
Kuga just doesn't understand

Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Book 1
Cain Kuga
Manufacturer: TokyoPop
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-04

Over-ethical bounty hunting can be hard work.

In a diaspora situation the police have little of coping with the crime situation over such a large area, so bounty hunters are quite popular. The ones that aren't too fussy about dead or alive tend to make more money, which leaves the Bebop crew struggling.

Supergenius crimelord doubles, computer brained dogs and annoying alien girls don't really help.

A Brief Review.......2004-12-28

Okay,so there's been a lot of griping about the "Shooting Star" manga series,when the truth is it's not such a bad series.Of course anyone who is interested in getting into the Bebop franchise, shouldn't go to "Shooting Star" first.In fact this is probably the last Bebop thing you should explore.

With all the said,I think the only flaw with the series are some of the personality changes,but they are slight,and I'll let it go, since this just a "What if?" alternate reality/universe-type situation.The characters designs are also quite different,but I think it fits the whole alternate-universe feel of the manga series.

So if you've watched the series,the movie, read other manga series then check this series out.You may be in for a pleasant surprise(or not)

Good- but with flaws.......2004-07-09

It was a refreshing twist to the Bebop universe. Spike's style was made a little, um, too pushy. He cared too much for his ship. Ed is still Ed, but has a more animeish (is that a word?)look to her (him? not sure about it this time around.)Jet hasn't changed with the new artist, but Faye has turned into a snobby brat. The art is hectic in the fight scenes, but is okay as is. Is worth a look for hardcore Bebop fans, but not for newcomers. See you space cowboy.

How do you ruin Cowboy Bebop? This is a big example!.......2004-05-27

This series is a retelling of Cowboy Bebop supposedly, except for some reason Cain Kuga destroyed the characterization of everyone. Spike is now much lazier than the original, and lacks the laid back yet serious stature he has in the anime, Ed is now a whiny little brat, and Faye is nothing but a brainless (...) The artwork is ugly to look at... no, the character designs are okay, but the action is drawn so odd that it is impossible to tell what is going on. And the stories themselves are very lacking, they do not have the Bebop feeling that the anime does, and devoid of any characterization. Listen to this review: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY LIKE I DID! I've goofed up so none of you will make the same mistake like me!

Kuga just doesn't understand.......2003-08-15

The good thing is Cain Kuga provides great art for this series. The bad thing is Kuga, as the writer, never grasped the personality or appeal of each character. The subtlety of the anime and the balance of the various personalities aboard the Bobop is lost. The most infuriating is Spike has taken on a whole new personality of stupidity. Instead of a cleverness hidden behind his nonchalant attitude, he has become Bebop's grunt, driven by hunger and little else. There's a reason the manga is being canceled after issue 2.

Set of 3 Graphic Novels. Cowboy Bebop: Volumes 1-3 By Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate

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Set of 3 Graphic Novels. Cowboy Bebop: Volumes 1-3 By Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate
Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate
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Set of 3 Graphic Novels. Cowboy Bebop: Volumes 1-3 By Yutaka Nanten and Hajime Yatate.

3-book Set By Yutaka Nanten; Cowboy Bebop Vol. 1,2,3

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3-book Set By Yutaka Nanten; Cowboy Bebop Vol. 1,2,3
Yutaka Nanten
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3-book set

Cowboy Bebop Vol. 1 (Kauboui Bibappu) (in Japanese)

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I love Bebop but um....
This should actually be 3.5 stars...
The third and last Cowboy Bebop manga
The best book out of the 3

Cowboy Bebop Vol. 1 (Kauboui Bibappu) (in Japanese)
Nanten
Manufacturer: Kadokawa Shoten
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The hippest bounty hunters in the galaxy are back! Spike Spiegel, Jet Black and Faye Valentine are on the hunt for new targets. Inspired by the hit anime series, Cowboy Bebop blends science fiction, spaghetti westerns, film noir, and jazz music into a new genre that's all about style. As each volume features four stand-alone adventures, this is the perfect time to find out what all the excitement is about.

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I love Bebop but um...........2005-05-11

I love Cowboy Bebop and I've enjoyed reading the manga so far (a must for any Bebop fan as I really think that it captures the spirit of the show) but um...when I got my copy of volume three part of the first chapter was reprinted twice and I missed out on half of the Ed story. Did this happen to anyone else?

This should actually be 3.5 stars..........2004-02-26

I enjoyed this book but I still have a few complaints...
There were only 2 stories within, but they were both kinda long so I guess that's OK. But my real complaint is that if this is the '3rd and last' book of Cowboy Bebop, then why doesnt it have a proper ending? That kinda annoys me...oh well.
Now on to the good points. Although the second story 'Fight for your RIght' didnt interest me that much, the first, 'What's your number', was so beautiful it touched me in a way I never felt again until reading book 4 of Chobits when Manager Ueda tells his story about his persocom.
This sweet little story is about Ed being reunited with 'Tomato', (and you thought that was just her COMPUTER'S name, huh?) and all the trouble they go through to outsmart a government conspiracy to block the earth from the net using a virus that they created themselves 3 years ago.
I just wish that happened in the anime...

The third and last Cowboy Bebop manga.......2003-08-24

Cowboy Bebop has been no doubt one of the biggest anime titles ever, and it still is. And the graphic novels by Tokyopop, are no exception. Despite the fact that some people are a little disappointed in these Bebop novels, I actually think all three of them are pretty awesome. They added some traditional anime humor in these novels, including extreme adult content. Basically something you don't normally see in the original anime series. But anyway, on with the review on Volume 3 !

This is the third and the last of the Bebop manga (I already know about Cain Kuga's two volumed "Shooting Stars") by Yutaka Nanten. I love reading this one the most for some odd reason, but sadly it includes 2 stories. I was really expecting four or five chapters like on the first two volumes. Instead there are only two long chapters. But at least both chapters proved to be impressive, nonetheless. The art on each page is beautifully drawn (even if they don't look too identical to their anime counterparts) and the storylines on each chapter are pretty amazing. Normally I would tell you guys about the stories, but when it comes to reviewing books, I can't spoil any surprises, so you're on your own.

So in the end, Volume 3 is a good book to pick up and read over and over again, but it would've been nice if they had more chapters in it. That way it would last longer. But it was a good thing that each chapter is long. Anyway, starting your collection on the Cowboy Bebop graphic novels is not hard. Three volumes on the first novels by Yutaka Nanten and two volumes on Cain Kuga's "Shooting Stars". If you want a manga that would keep you entertained for hours, look no further than the Cowboy Bebop graphic novels.

The best book out of the 3.......2003-07-19

I got this book with the other two (on the same day) and read them in order. This is the third and last book out of the series (not including Shooting Star) and my favorite one. Instead of several short stories, this consists of 2 really long ones. You get a feel for the story more because they're longer. The first story is What's Your Number and the main character's Ed! She has a big bounty on her head by the Earth's government for being part of a terrorist hacking group, and the crew of the Bebop don't know where she is! This one was fun to read because you learn more about Ed's past and meet an old 'friend' of hers (who happens to have a crush on her!) The real jem of this book is the second story, Fight For Your Right. It starts when a man hires a trucker to take him to Venus. He tells the trucker to go in the middle of nowhere, but it happens to be a secret hyperspace gate! The man forgets something on the ship and thinks that the trucker stole it. Later, Spike hires the same trucker to take him to Mars to turn in a bounty. Spike finds the thing that the man lost in the trucker's ship, and is confronted with him in the secret hyperspace gate. The man fires at him, but he's still on the trucker's ship with no weapons! I loved this story from start to finish. It reminded me of an episode of Bebop, and made me with they thought of it sooner so it could have been! There was plenty of action and suspense to please any Bebop fan. If you're going to get one Cowboy Bebop book, get this one. It's rated 13+ for violence, language, and brief nudity. See you space cowboy...

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Cowboy Bebop, Vol. 1

Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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The quest to understand humankind's place in the universe is an old one, perhaps as old as the human species itself. That quest is tinged with science, but also with magic, for, writes the paleontologist Loren Eiseley (1907-1977), a human being "is both pragmatist and mystic. He has been so since the beginning, and it may well be that the quality of his inquiring and perceptive intellect will cause him to remain so till the end."

In this lively, literate set of essays, originally delivered in 1959 as a lecture series at the University of Cincinnati, Eiseley traces the history of science, giving special attention to the 18th and 19th centuries, which witnessed the rise of a kind of scientific inquiry that crossed narrow disciplines. Building on the ideas of Newton and Laplace, for instance, the Scottish scientist James Hutton developed the foundations of historical geology; Hutton's doctoral work had not been in physics but physiology, and his dissertation concerned the circulation of the blood, from which he evidently hit on the idea of considering the earth as a living organism. Eiseley moves on to discuss trends in evolutionary thought, putting in good words for such neglected figures as Jean Lamarck, a "much maligned thinker [who] glimpsed ecological change and adjustment before Darwin." Eiseley's explorations end with an admonition that our scientific understanding may well have outpaced our moral evolution, leading to the danger that "we have created an unbearable last idol for our worship"--namely, ourselves. His wise words remain compelling reading today. --Gregory McNamee

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Loren Eiseley examines what we as a species have become in the late twentieth century. His illuminating and accessible discussion is a characteristically skillful and compelling synthesis of hard scientific theory, factual evidence, personal anecdotes, haunting reflection, and poetic prose.

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An Understanding Heart.......2007-08-01

Loren Eiseley is an imaginative writer and developes a reader's interest in his strange life. Eiseley explains his fascination with nature, which began as soon as he could crawl, and this interest was not really supported by anything in his environment. HIs parent's relationship is presented as the boy experienced it, and one feels sympathy for his father, whom Eiseley suggests stayed with his insane wife because of his son. HIs tangled relationship with his mother receives attention at the beginning and end of the book, when she died. It is as if Eisiley himself hasn't digested her impact upon him, which he minimalized as much as he could. For whatever reasons, he became a writer who had to explain interesting things, who thought interesting things, and, yet, was very lonely. It was a lonely life, beautiful though.

A profound meditation on our evolving understanding of the natural world and human nature itself .......2006-11-15

This work is a profound retelling of Mankind's changed understanding not only of the natural world, but of the nature of human nature. Eiseley in his poetic and contemplative prose traces Modern Science's transformation of the picture of Nature Mankind long held. This relates not simply to extending the time- frame of cosmic and terrestial happening, but to rereading the very nature of human nature. But Eiseley does not simply describe the movement from a static world- view of permanent unchangeable species to an evolutionary one of emerging Life, he makes a penentrating critique or certain aspects of Scientific Culture upon human life and Nature itself. And while doing he insists on our holding open an understanding of the Nature which may yet emerge, and the mystery which remains within and perhaps beyond the Universe despite all our progress in understanding.
This is a profound poetic meditation on Nature and Human Nature, and one which however strongly based in fact leaves us with a feeling of question and wonder at what we are and will become.

Roger Welsch should not be listed with this book.......1999-06-10

roger welsch has nothing to do with this book! it is not entertainment nor humor! what's going on?

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THE FIRMAMENT OF TIME
Loren Eiseley
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
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The Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
Manufacturer: New York: Atheneum, 1960
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The Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
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The Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
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Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
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The Firmament of Time
Loren Eiseley
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The Firmament of Time

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FIRMAMENT OF TIME
Loren Eiseley
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