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What Was Cowboy Bebop Really About?

I think it was back in one of the first articles discussing the start of this Netflix project (or maybe it was about the One Piece project), but I made a similar point; a live-action adaptation of a popular anime will always have too much baggage for anything but a sterling effort to succeed. There are simply too many bases for the production to cover for it to work due to expectations of it and inevitable comparisons to the existing anime.

In general, the anime fandom is very "hung up" on the way any production tracks with its source material. All one need do is look at the comments section her or on any social media platform regarding any anime based on a pre-existing game or manga or light novel. These remarks can normally be ignored/explained away to some extent due to medium differences. But that becomes harder - still justifiable - with two entries in the visual category.

Add on top of that the already existing predisposition many have against these live-action remakes in the first place, this project would have had to hit every right note to be accepted. I continue to feel like a lot of folks generally seem to think this all is a simple process that keeps getting screwed up, but it's really a very complex and difficult process that they're helping to screw up.

The purpose of a live-action adaption for that still remains a mystery.

enurtsol wrote:

It doesn't really matter. There's still people watching it - even if anime fans aren't. They don't care about the critiques

Jupiter's Legacy was the #1 most viewed showed on Netflix the week it came out. It still got canceled thanks to scathing critical reviews and an overinflated budget. I'm hoping the same happens here admittedly, simply because I don't think it's a very good show and the money is better spent elsewhere. So it being watched isn't always a guarantee of renewal, especially when the reactions are this bad.