I never really watched anime until Cowboy Bebop came on adult swim. I was like "whoa, is this what I've been missing out on?" The answer is no, it is a a unicorn. One of one. Basically nothing I've watched since has been even remotely as engaging for me. I've had a couple OK ones (Berserk) and guilty pleasures (Baki), but overall the medium as a whole just doesn't seem targeted toward me. And that's fine, I'm not litmus test for the universe. I enjoy other stuff.
Plenty of good anime on par with Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Champloo leaps immediately to mind. Anything by Satoshi Kon also very good - Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Paprika...
There's a bunch of crap, sure. But that's true in every medium. People just like to pick on anime.
I never really watched anime until Cowboy Bebop came on adult swim. I was like "whoa, is this what I've been missing out on?" The answer is no, it is a a unicorn. One of one. Basically nothing I've watched since has been even remotely as engaging for me. I've had a couple OK ones (Berserk) and guilty pleasures (Baki), but overall the medium as a whole just doesn't seem targeted toward me. And that's fine, I'm not litmus test for the universe. I enjoy other stuff.
Shonen is mostly a garbage genre for teenage boys.
I really adore more pensive slice of life stuff like Wandering Son and Yuru Camp.
Plenty of good anime on par with Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Champloo leaps immediately to mind. Anything by Satoshi Kon also very good - Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Paprika...
There's a bunch of crap, sure. But that's true in every medium. People just like to pick on anime.
Champloo was fine. I made it through the whole run, which is more than I can say for most series.