Firefly & Cowboy Bebop
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i always liked cowboy bebop better than some other anime (gundam, trigun, etc) i also like the idea that spike and mal are very much alike. they are both good guys in a world where they have to be bad. Spike has a better sense of fun maybe...
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I've heard a lot of people say Firefly is similar to Outlaw Star but apart from the whole 'girl in a box' thing, I don't see it.
Outlaw Star: Magic + Technology world where Gene Starwind, a mechanic and his child sidekick (who I think is Jim Hawkins?) rescue a young girl who can pilot the greatest starship ever built. They use it to find the Galactic Leyline. There's also a woman who's part cat and an assassin sent to kill Gene. It's very action based with huge spaceship sword fights.
How is this anything like Firefly? I really don't see it.
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I'll agree that "Ballad of Fallen Angels" is the best of the serious episodes. Although I do prefer the lighter Faye or Edward heavy episodes - "Bohemian Rhapsody" being my favorite and I've been known to repeatedly watch the preview for "Heavy Metal Queen" (better in Japanese).
Influence for Firefly? About the same as the influence of Kurosawa films, Star Blazers, Zatoichi, etc. on Star Wars.
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Remember LONE STARR and SABRE RIDERS? 
And for those of you who liked COWBOY BEEBOP, check out the 2-season SAMURAI CHAMPLOO mini-series from the same creator. It's a feudal Japan samurai setting (with Hip Hop, of course), and it rocketh highly mighty. Nothing to do with Firefly, though.
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Originally posted by chronicthehedgehog:
I've heard a lot of people say Firefly is similar to Outlaw Star but apart from the whole 'girl in a box' thing, I don't see it.
Outlaw Star: Magic + Technology world where Gene Starwind, a mechanic and his child sidekick (who I think is Jim Hawkins?) rescue a young girl who can pilot the greatest starship ever built. They use it to find the Galactic Leyline. There's also a woman who's part cat and an assassin sent to kill Gene. It's very action based with huge spaceship sword fights.
How is this anything like Firefly? I really don't see it.
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It is somewhat like Firefly in the sense of the interactions between the crew. Gene is somewhat like Mal (albeit even more selfish and childish) and Melfina is kind of a River-type character (i.e., not knowing what their purpose is, having evil baddies after her). The crew also has that quality of constant broke-itis, much like the crew of Serenity.
At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.
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