There are two differences worth noting here. Their fight begins very similarly, with Pierrot crying out “Let’s party!” It also ends in almost the exact same way, with Pierrot getting stabbed in the leg and crying out for his mother. Spike runs into Pierrot again at an amusement park, though this time the park is named Earth Land rather than Space Land. Episode 8 - “Sad Clown A-Go-Go”Įpisode 8 is another one that owes a deep debt to the anime, in this case the episode “Pierrot Le Fou.” A number of moments in this episode serve as direct callbacks to the anime, including a shot that shows Pierrot’s shadow receding after Spike is injured in the explosion. This episode shows Faye watching a video message her younger self recorded, and that message is almost line-for-line identical to the one seen in the anime episode “Speak Like a Child.” Even the haunting piano refrain is the same. And where the anime has Abdul resort to plastic surgery to change his face, the live-action series instead makes use of a hologram disguise.Įpisode 7 features one of the most heart-wrenching and important callbacks to the anime as we learn about Faye Valentine’s tragic past. The live-action version differs by showing us more of Abdul’s background and motivations. Episode 3 - “Dog Star Swing”Įpisode 3 shares a lot in common with the anime episode “Stray Dog Strut,” as we see Spike and Jet face off with Abdul Hakim and encounter Ein the Corgi for the first time.īoth versions even show a similar martial arts fight between Spike and Abdul. We even later learn one of them is Vicious’ father, a major diversion from the anime. But where the elders are three identical-looking old men in the anime, here they’re shown to be a more diverse group of mask-wearing gangsters.

We also get our first glimpse of the Red Dragon Syndicate elders in this episode. Just like in the anime, there’s a scene where the Teddy Bomber becomes very angry when no one seems to be paying him any attention. The second chapter of the live-action series reaches deep into the anime, pulling in the off-kilter terrorist known as the Teddy Bomber from the episode “Cowboy Funk.”

Though in this case it’s a casino robbery. This episode also includes a fun nod to Cowboy Bebop: the Movie, adapting the scene where Spike nonchalantly interrupts a convenience store robbery. Don’t forget, Faye hadn’t made her debut yet in the anime.įinally, both versions have a scene where Spike and Jet are eating bell peppers and beef (minus the beef). The main difference is that Katerina shoots Asimov in the anime, while Faye fatally wounds him in the live-action series.

We even see a dead Katerina with vials of Bloody Eye spilling out into space. Asimov and Katerina meet a similarly tragic end in both versions when their ship is shot down by the ISSP.

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