If you want to watch an anime but you're slightly worried about retaining your cool and not going completely nerdy then Cowboy Bebop should be the one for you. You might've heard Keanu Reeves mention its name over the years as he's struggled to get the anime made into a flick and onto Hollywood screens. It's a shame those efforts have proved fruitless - clearly Mr. Reeves knows a good property when he see's one. This is another show about a bounty hunter, one called Spike Spiegel and his motley crew of associates as they go about trying to earn money and, possibly, do some good while they're at it. However, while Outlaw Star feels more like sort of film Guy Ritchie might make if he fancied stretching his skills and doing space opera western (try and wrap your head around that), then Cowboy Bebop would be Quentin Taratino's stab at the spaceship bounty hunter culture. With its amazing jazz soundtrack and old school, noir-esque vibe Cowboy Bebop is an anime experience you won't forget any time soon. In fact, if this does ever make it to Hollywood the person playing Spike Spiegel might be in for career-defining role if they can pull it off. Sorry Keanu.
