Megalo Box: This Generation's Cowboy Bebop? | Get In The Robot
Megalo Box: This Generation's Cowboy Bebop? | Get In The Robot
Megalo Box was one of the breakout anime from last season created in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the manga Ashita no Joe. With a unique art style, character designs and approach in storytelling, we were reminded of the iconic anime, Cowboy Bebop. But do the similarities stop there?
Currently the dub is airing on Adult Swim, so if you haven’t watched it yet be sure to check it out!
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Credits for This Episode
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Researched by: Dorrie Sacks
Written by: Dorrie Sacks
Hosted by: Dorrie Sacks
Edited by: Phoenix Williams, Nicholas Fung
Executive Producers: Carrie Miller, Fred Seibert, Jeremy Rosen
Producer: Adrian Apolonio
Head Writer: Casey Gonzalez
Graphics and Thumbnail by: Alexandria Batchelor
Project Manager: Jessica Ferrer
Programming Manager: Cade Hiser
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March 11, 2019 @ 5:49 am
Wait. So you said there’s no Anime more iconic than cowboy Bebop. What about dragon ball?
March 11, 2019 @ 5:50 am
How can get a Get In The Robot shirt?
March 11, 2019 @ 5:53 am
Samurai Champloo.
March 11, 2019 @ 5:53 am
I always suspected that Spike was an amalgam of Lupin The 3rd and Yabuki Joe.
March 11, 2019 @ 5:54 am
Dorrie you angel from heaven , happy Valentine’s. .
March 11, 2019 @ 5:55 am
THE LIVE ACTION COWBOW BEBOP IS A CURSE GOD HELP US ALL
March 11, 2019 @ 5:58 am
Oof, Aragaki’s arc was by far my favorite and most emotionally charged of the series
March 11, 2019 @ 6:03 am
Second best anime ever…
March 11, 2019 @ 6:03 am
God all these weebs getting so butt tight over this title.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:03 am
let’s be honest the reason why we like cowboy bebop and samurai champloo it’s because 1 it’s a closed story "begining -mid-end " we can apreciate the beggining getting found of the characters and having to say goodbye , 2 it’s clearly a love letter to many western movies the whole spike gangsta background doesn’t need to be 100% told because we already saw many cases like that making it more iconic. 3 has a sweet layer of soundtrack in Cowboy bebop Jazz/Blues and Rock and Cowboy bebop Rap,and hip-hop. that’s the reason why everybody agrees why the sub matches the show. cause really looks like an american saga.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:03 am
LMAO, this is definitely what’s called a reach
March 11, 2019 @ 6:03 am
This is kinda silly. To say the substance of meglobox is comparable or "similar" to cowboy Bebop is a huge stretch. For christ sake cowboy bebop touched on themes such as existentialism, skepticism, isolation, transcendence, nihilsim and more. Meglobox is a surface level show, which isn’t bad, but that’s just what it is. While I will agree sure the character design has played an influence on meglobox’s main protagonist and overall hand drawn animation asethtic, that’s it though lol not the substance
March 11, 2019 @ 6:06 am
Megalo box is not like cowboy bebop please keep this dumb anime apart from the real masterpiece!
March 11, 2019 @ 6:07 am
why are you even comparing these animes? because the art style is similar? I mean Megalo Box is pretty awesome… but it cant even compare to bebop.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:07 am
Where is a good place to watch cowboy Bebop?
March 11, 2019 @ 6:08 am
Whats her ig
March 11, 2019 @ 6:08 am
Dorrie ive fallen in love with you at first sight.
Be mine.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:09 am
I want to check this show out, it looks dope.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:10 am
Is it me or did it seem like she was about to shed a tear @7:10
March 11, 2019 @ 6:10 am
Downscaling the art and upscaling it to HD is quite a brilliant idea since I am also not a fan of the glossy look of anime nowadays.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:11 am
Stylistically for sure they are similar between the art style, music, editing and overall grittiness but thematically they are very different. Megalo Box is about believing in yourself and others whereas Bebop is almost about believing in nothing (until it doesn’t).
With that said though you do touch on one core strength both share and that’s showing not telling which as you mention other animes are very bad at. Too many series get into long overly wordy explanations of every detail of a character or fight instead of finding ways to creatively get a message across instead as these two series did. So in this way I do agree with you.
overall nice video though, while the crux of the discussion I don’t 100% agree with you do touch on Megalo Box’s major strengths which I fully agree with.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:11 am
Ed is ed ????
March 11, 2019 @ 6:12 am
lol i just came to comment, not even watch. The video title warrants this statement: ARE YOU WATCHING THESE SHOWS OR IS IT ON AS BACKGROUND NOISE !? These shows have one thing in common, the main character vaguely look familiar. BOTH shows are very much different from one another, this is a VERY desperate attempt at video views with click bait titles. FOORRRR SHAME.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:14 am
It you think that cowboy bebop has on story arc you get an f
March 11, 2019 @ 6:16 am
Cant be This Generation’s Cowboy Bebop cause its bad. Simply.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:16 am
Also while I would agree that Cowboy Bebop is more varied narratively and perhaps has overall more thematic depth, some of y’all sound like you need to watch Megalo Box again. it’s a lot deeper than you guys are giving it credit for.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:17 am
Show was so good but at the ending there were too many loose ends.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:17 am
Wow what a REACH
March 11, 2019 @ 6:18 am
Not even close…
March 11, 2019 @ 6:20 am
So character design is the same thing as Cowboy Bebop… That’s about it.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:21 am
I got Bebop vibes from watching Megalo Box, but it feels very different. Everyone should watch it.
Not dead yet.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:21 am
Joe tabuki well you’ve given this a lot of thought also you should’ve maybe mentioned that joe was in prison at one point at the beginning of the vid it kinda makes you feel a sort of uniqueness to the character that not a lot of anime protagonists have yknow his assholish charms also did you say nishi or rikishi because first you showed a Mendoza fight and then when you said the name rikishi or nishi you showed a video of nishi fighting if you said nishi then your lack of information is laughable but I can’t tell if you did anyways rikishi is his rival not nishi just saying all though nishi might be joe TABUKIs rival he most definitely was not Joe Yabuki s
March 11, 2019 @ 6:22 am
Meglo box is best
March 11, 2019 @ 6:23 am
its a really big stretch to compare this with bebob
March 11, 2019 @ 6:25 am
Cowboy Bebop!!!!!
March 11, 2019 @ 6:27 am
6:25 looks like leorio
March 11, 2019 @ 6:29 am
Will Never replace spike
March 11, 2019 @ 6:29 am
noooo dont compare lol
March 11, 2019 @ 6:30 am
its a no from me dawg
March 11, 2019 @ 6:30 am
There is no "this generation Bebop" what a fuck is this notion anyway? The Cowboy Bebop is for all generations and irreplaceable in history of anime! No anime is going to push the boundaries like Bebop did. That is why it is uselless to compare bebop to anything from nowadays! but i might watch this anime… if it is as good as you say…
March 11, 2019 @ 6:31 am
Let’s not get it twisted this is Spike 3.0 Mugen from Samurai Champloo was the second one
March 11, 2019 @ 6:32 am
People never want to let go of childhood memories. Megalobox had the EXACT SAME feel as Champloo and Beebop. A really good anime.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:34 am
she prolly watches fairy tail too
March 11, 2019 @ 6:40 am
i see all the comments disagreeing with the video… why are there so many likes
March 11, 2019 @ 6:40 am
im 55 seconds in.
jazz music. blues. stoic anti heros. in space. bounty hunting. cryptic backrounds.
no i dont need to see more.
a show about underground robot arm boxing does not compare to spikes smoothness, fayes sexyness, eds cunning, eins cuteness, and jets toughness
March 11, 2019 @ 6:41 am
I’m mad I even clicked on this and gave them another view on this. I paused it at 0:01. I just came here to say no.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:46 am
5:48 it’s pretencious but it’s true , like watching boku no hero does it really NEEDED MYDORYA DO scream "i think his power is my licking blood he paralizes us, and depending of the blood typethe duration is bigger" …
March 11, 2019 @ 6:47 am
i just finished the show and i agree while a completely different story the mssege is the same. Find out if your really alive
March 11, 2019 @ 6:48 am
No.
March 11, 2019 @ 6:48 am
Doo let me get this straight a man who is an underground boxer with robot arms is this generation of Cowboy Bebop who is a ( Bounty Hunter in space) ?????????