I believe my
first exposure to anime was Voltron, back in 1984. Although I
somewhat enjoyed it as a kid, I eventually formed the opinion that
most anime was mecha-based, a genre involving giant robots piloted by
humans. I could never see this as realistically happening in the
future—it just doesn't seem likely that the military will ever
design colossal robots to fight with super-sized laser-swords. I also
saw Akira, a popular anime movie which many consider as one of the
greats, but it didn't appeal to me, either. I swore off anime and it
was until the very early 2000's that I would give it another chance,
at the urging of a fellow gamer. He insisted that anime was much more
than mecha and a lot of it very different from Akira. I hesitated at
his recommendation, an anime series with a ridiculous-sounding title,
but I gave it another chance. I'm glad I did, because I can honestly
say that his recommendation is what drew me back into anime--a
stylized genre of animation where science-fiction flourishes. What
was the anime that started it all for me? It was a series known as
Cowboy Bebop.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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