manga usually goes into more detail [if i recall].
it's less money cost for still frame [one movement of a hand or something on t.v., can be 10 or more scetches....and i would take the ladder].
soooo....in the books they can talk about the characters past [or whatever] and get into it more, for less cost.
I LOVE this show. Episode 5(Ballad of Fallen Angels) was creepy, though. But I found out some stuff about Spike and Vicious' past together. Now I see why Spike hates him so much. Vicious slept with Julia! They used to be best friends, too. They let a woman destroy their relationship. Too bad she's dead. Yay 💃 !
oh, i heard about that awhile ago. they producers/creators were talking about creating a series of what happened/how everything lead up to the bebop. so basically the "new" series of cowboy bebop, would actually be "old". it would include a lot of the flashbacks that you see spike have in the regular series [the red dragon, julia and how spike met her, etc., etc.]. i actually really hope they do it, b/c i think it would be very interesting.