General Anime/Manga/Otaku Thread

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I just watched the first episode of Cowboy Bebop and I really like it. I'm glad that it's not hundreds of episodes long, I'll probably finish the series.

You absolutely need to. It's fantastic.

Can I ask why people find this show so great? I seem to be the only person to not be interested in it. All people keep telling me is that it's the best cartoon anime out there, but when I watched it, I got bored really fast. Maybe it's like Evangelion and Naruto, which I never got into but everyone else has. To each thier own, I guess

Well, in my case the first episode I saw was Toys in Attic when I had insomnia one night. This episode is one of the weirdest in the series and featured Ed a lot, who I absolutely adored since she was so quirky.

I don't really like earlier episodes of the series that much but I started to be interested in all the characters and wanted to see their lives fleshed out as the series went on.

I've never had any desire to watch Evangelion and shows like Naruto that are 90% filler I refuse to watch. I do think that Bebop might be a tad over hyped, but it is one that a good chunk of people do seem to get into easily.

My personal favorite anime of all time is The Big O, which is seems like a lot of people remember but never really got attached to it. I'm really big into shows that let their characters have distinct personalities. Plus the story really grabbed me until that stupid confusing ending.