Cowboy Bebop

CGI corgi is the answer,they're very trainable I hear,but yeah a Husky is a weird choice

I've heard corgis are kind of willful, stubborn. Trainable, maybe, but maybe not great at acting on cue on a tight TV timeline? And, well, good CGI is expensive. But yeah, it does make me wonder how big of fans the showrunners are.

A miniature husky might work, the point of Ein was a lap dog being the mascot of a group of badass bounty hunters. A full sized husky is one of the most intimidating dogs out there.

... going back to my Andre Braugher suggestion... Brooklyn Nine Nine had a pretty well-trained corgi. Just sayin'.

Would've been fine by me. And a hell of a thing.

Looks like they're going to film the series in New Zealand.

John Cho showing off the haircut he’s going to have for the show but he looks...too old. Spike’s in his early 20’s. I’m sorry.

That being said, the original movie script (when Keanu Reeves was set to be Spike) had Spike in his late 30’s.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jun 19th 2019 at 11:38:00 AM

Nah, I'm gonna disagree with you there. That's pretty good. And I knew guys in their twenties who looked older than that who didn't live as hard as Spike. I have no qualms.

John Cho as Spike Spiegel is pretty amazing casting.

Plus, that was just a selfie. Remember, with a professionaly shot tv show you have makeup and lighting which work in favor of an actor.

Considering Spike himself is a wearied & damaged person, stress can give him more wrinkles.

It's mostly the gray hairs that throw me off, which may be cleaned up when they actually start filming. Exact age aside, Spike was definitely the younger, crazier one paired with Jet. Anime ages are often nonsensical anyway, it's hard to image a guy who's 27-ish with a long history of being an enforcer for the Triads and quit 5 years ago. Spike always struck me as more mid 30's anyway for that reason.

Same, I was actually surprised when I first heard he was supposed to be in his 20s.

Remember when we lost it when we read that Ein would be a husky?

Turns out it was bogus.

Good.

I would have been fine with Husky Ein, but that's nice to hear, too.

, yeah anime have and obsesión with making the cararters younger, the same happens with Yu Yu Hakusho or saint Seiya

Shonen and shojo manga tend to have characters that aren't too much older than their target demographies.

Wasn't Cowboy Bebop always considered seinen though?

even when Is bullshit, like yu Yu Hakusho or saint Seiya.

The manga is considered shojo, for what that's worth.

Hmm...

"The manga series written by Cain Kuga (久雅カイン Kuga Kain) loosely based on the anime series. It is an alternative telling of the story featured in the anime television series, with some changes to character designs, and the character of Ed portrayed as being male. While the original Japanese manga chapters were called "Shoots" without titles, the English version adds movie titles to each chapter (akin to the anime's frequent use of song titles). The serialisation was canceled in mid-1998, leaving some plot points unresolved.[1]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cowboy_Bebop_chapters#Shooting_Star_Bebop

As far as the show is concerned, I've only ever seen people refer to it as a show aimed at an adult audience.

I haven't read Yu Yu Hakusho for a long time but what's exactly BS about it having high school cast?

YYH I guess would be shonen, but the characters body types and personalities aren't what we'd typically expect to be even "slightly" above the shonen age demographic.

Edited by Soble on Aug 18th 2019 at 6:07:53 AM

Elena Satine of Strange Angel has been cast as Julia.

Note: she's also known for being the Asgardian Lorelei in Agents of SHIELD.