Cowboy Bebop VS Samurai Champloo (Which is the better show?)

Originally posted by Whiteclipse
I agree, tie - besides spike and mugen are practically the same character, both are almost unbeatable in their resepective shows, both have about the same attitude, a 'tragic' past(kind of- if you call stealing your best friends girlfriend or being a pirate tragic) and both of them are voiced by the same person(english version)Steven Blum does them both i think? (correct me if im wrong) As far as main characters go - total tie, as far as story/style goes - Bebop by a long shot - and when it comes to battles - im gonna have to go with SC-----but this is all just my opinion

You're right about Blum.

And, both shows are just so great. What one show lacks, the other one contains.

The beginning eps of bebop were kind of stupid lol Sur ethey were OK but people make it sound Godly when the same plot could be seen in a sat morning cartoon with Bugs Bunny. The over all story when they actually use it in the episodes were great. Bebop is Gold lol but is overated(people say it is 11/10, it should be 9.5/10 =O )

Sam only had better artwork and flowed more fluently because it is new lol and it is the same freaking guy that made it. I bet if Sam came out before Bebop, Sam would be viewed better. The story sounded so crappy at the start lol to find some *** that smells with sunflowers but then moving through the whole thing the meanings and everything else twist and connect which was great, even the dead characters llike the blind woman was good =O
Humor in Sam was better too lol

they are both amazing animes but i like sc a little more

i'm glad they gave Mugen and Spike the same voice in english, considering the creator made them similar so they'd be reflections of his own personality

eh SC is better in my opinion, yeah Bebop was out first and yeah it's considered legendary but if SC was released around the same time it would have the same status right not plus Mugen is waaay more badass than Spike now i dare someone to try and argue with that lol

I loved Samurai Champloo. And Cowboy bebop. It just your preferrence. Samurai ending touched me the most. How they both found peace within their hearts and finally cound true companions. Even thought they all split up.

I hated how Spike died. >_< Even though i loved it at the same time.

I love both, but Cowboy Bebop without a doubt in my mind.

I feel that bebop is better on account of the fact it deals with more complex ideas than champloo, one great example is existentialism (a philosophy that the universe is pointless and that everything is relative to the beholder; this is shown when the satellite developes consciousness, when spike talks about how life feels dream like, its basically what brain scratch is entirely about, ect.) I also like spike more than mugen because he's more emotionally connectable, spike is a very deep character in many ways, mugen is a cardboard cutout. while mugen is certainly similar too spike I never felt close too him. Finally there's the ending for bebop, its tragic, violent, exciting, and for me felt dreamlike (as do many of the spike scenes) which is important when you think about spikes character and what he represents. Either way they're both awesome and in my opinion the 2 animes you should watch before you die.

Imo, I think they're both not very good, but I guess Samurai Champloo because it's kind of funny.

I just don't like either because they're both really boring to me.

I didn't think cowboy bebop was so great it seemed to me that the plot of it was just finding out more about the characters which led them to do anything with each episode without having a flow to it where each episode had something to do with the next besides the addition of new information and characters

Originally posted by NemeBro
I love both, but Cowboy Bebop without a doubt in my mind.