Nearly twenty years ago the Earth was devastated in a catastrophic accident that left the solar system politically unstable. The wealthy moved to other planets the poor stayed on a desolate Earth and crime in its myriad forms spread everywhere. In the wake of this the professional bounty hunter became a staple in the interplanetary terrain snatching elusive criminals for wads of cash. However such a lucrative trade calls many into its folds thus the field became over crowded much to the chagrin of hapless Spike Spiegel and Jet Black high class bounty hunters with low class luck. When a child genius computer hacker and a femme fatale amnesiac join the team things begin to look up for them. But how good can things get when you live in the shadow of a mafia past. Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star is an alternate telling of the famous television show that contains all the same intrigue adventure action and gritty noir ambiance of it s screen counterpart.
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The Cowboy Bebop franchise is an undisputed mega-hit in Japan, boasting a popular television show and a blockbuster film. An alternate series to the original manga, Shooting Star is a space noir set at the end of the 21st century. The Bebop is a ship with an unusual crew of renegade space cowboys (or more accurately, interplanetary bounty hunters). This what-if story introduces Kai Lucas, who hires the Bebop's crew to track down his doppelganger. The crew, led by the reckless Spike Spiegel and Jet Black, a former member of the Inter Solar Systems Police, gradually grows to include its trademark ragtag assortment of eccentrics, like conniving con dame Faye Valentine, hacker Edward IV and Ein the hyper-intelligent dog. Through a convergence of fate and technology gone awry, Spike becomes one of space's Most Wanted, and the tables are turned: hunter becomes hunted as the crew get caught in space-mafia intrigue with Scorpion, the teenage leader of the Dragon Head family. Kai's decoy wreaks havoc, and mistaken identity, bait-and-switches and double-crosses ensue. It's one wild goose chase after another for the perpetually impoverished group. This volume is the second manga spin-off from the original anime series and is the same Cowboy Bebop in spirit but with a different story line; many characters are familiar, though they have modified origins and subtle personality differences (e.g., Spike's trademark unruly hairdo has been tamed). But it still continues the potent postmodern mix of sci-fi, wit, action and film noir that made the original series so outrageously popular.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Kuga just doesn't understand,
By "disposableassassin" (AZ, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Book 1 (Paperback)
The good thing is Cain Kuga provides great art for this series. The bad thing is Kuga, as the writer, never grasped the personality or appeal of each character. The subtlety of the anime and the balance of the various personalities aboard the Bobop is lost. The most infuriating is Spike has taken on a whole new personality of stupidity. Instead of a cleverness hidden behind his nonchalant attitude, he has become Bebop's grunt, driven by hunger and little else. There's a reason the manga is being canceled after issue 2.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Same Characters, Different Stories,
By Christopher D. Dauwalder (Palmdale, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Book 1 (Paperback)
This manga is the first of a two part series by Cain Kuga. Cain Kuga was approached to do a manga version of Cowboy Bebop. This was before bebop even became a phenomenon. The stories in the manga offer a different take on how Spike, Jet, Faye, Ein, and Ed get together. The bounty hunters get involved with a mysterious syndicate with a 13 year old commander named Scorpion. The character's personalities are more or less the same. Spike is a little more irritable than in the series. He protests hugely when the new members come aboard, even more so than he did in the cartoon. Edward is still a little off. Faye doesn't show up until the end but no notible difference was seen in her either. The manga is well-written and on par for the bebop personalities. It reads very fast and there is alot of action. Although it is good, it isn't great. Nothing really stands out. It just offers a different story for the origin of the crew, and a different villian. Of course, bebop fans just have to check it out, out of principle.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A new take on a great series,
By Tess "booktag2" (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews If you don't want the stories to change, consider picking up the Cowboy Bebop series by Hajime Yadate and Yutaka Nanten, ISBN#1931514917, simply called Cowboy Bebop Book 1 etc. These are more like continuing adventures that take place in between what would have been a TV episode.
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