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Cowboy Bebop has got some of the most slick and well-choreographed gunfight scenes I have ever seen, equal to the ones in Ghost in The Shell. (I haven't seen Najica yet but the shootouts in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex gives Bebop a good run for its money!)
Despite not following the well known 'John Woo' style (twin guns, slow motion detail), they are still fast and furious. Not just that, the attention to detail is incredible. From the slide recoiling to the spent casing ejecting, everything is captured in minute detail.
Make sure you have the rewind/pause/screencap button ready cause you're gonna need it to savor it all.
Firearms in the late 21st century don't differ much from today. If you were expecting lasers blasters ala Star Wars, wrong place guys.
However they differ from other anime series guns in their variety. Here, the mechanical designer really show that he had done his homework.
Satoshi Toba, Setting Producer for the series had this to say, "The guns were chosen by the director, in discussion with Mr. Imakake and Mr. Yamane. They talked about how they didn't want common guns, because that wouldn't be very interesting, and so they decided on these guns". Cowboy Bebop Anime Guide 2
Ranging from pistols, machine-pistols, sub-machine guns, assaults rifles and shotguns including a derringer (session 6 Sympathy for the Devil), a revolver (seen in session 16 Black Dog Serenade), a sniper rifle (same session) and even a multiple grenade launcher (session 14 Bohemian Rhapsody), the attention to detail in the weapons is simply amazing.
Take note however that I am not attempting to include every single weapon depicted on Cowboy Bebop. What you see here are merely what I consider to be notable enough to merit description. In this way I hope to showcase the remarkable versatility of the Cowboy Bebop creators and the universe they have created.
Ed: Regardless of what you see in the guns section, Cowboy Bebop's world is not all violence and killing. What I am depicting is merely 'tools' of the trade used by all sides. As in all cowboy stories, life in the frontier isn't all fun and games.
There will be times when more firm measures are required. Spike, Faye and Jet realize this but they only kill when necessary. The savagery seen is but a small part in this spectacular tv series. My recommendations: watch it! you will not regret it!
What I cannot show you is the humor and deep insight of the crew and their companions. For this you will have to look at other sites who have done a far better job than I have.
Well, enough already. On to the guns!
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