I Get The Hype Now | Cowboy Bebop Episode 1 Reaction!

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]I've never seen Cowboy Bebop. Hi, if you don't know my face, my name's Nick and my literal full-time job is to talk about anime 10 hours a day. However, just cuz it's my job to talk about anime 40 plus hours a week does not mean there isn't some anime that have well slipped through the cracks of my viewership. And the anime that I am the most embarrassed about not having ever seen is Cowboy Bebop. And because I know at some point in my life I'm going to have to sit down and watch these iconic shows I never got around to, I figured I should make this new channel where I watch these iconic anime with you. And thus, up first, I want to watch a show I've been meaning to watch for over a decade in Cowboy Bebop. A show that many of my friends have told me is the greatest anime ever created. Now, I know the names of some of the characters in the show. I know FA Valentine and Spike Spiegel, but that's about it. As for the plot, who the antagonists are, and a bunch of other crucial details, I am completely in the dark. Unless everything I see in this video is going to be the first time I've ever seen it, and I think that's kind of fun. Now, obviously, for the sake of copyright, this is going to have to be a heavily altered video. We can only use certain length clips. You might have to lower the opacity, mirror the image, and a bunch of other things. However, if you're looking for the complete and unedited reaction, you can go ahead and find it in the fourth wall below, where not only will you gain access to the complete unedited reactions, but also you'll gain access to my Naruto reaction series, which is already on episode 63.

[00:01:25]That out of the way, let's dive into episode one of Cowboy Bbop.

[00:01:36]NOT A COW IN SIGHT. NOT EVEN A BOY IN SIGHT. ALL WE'RE GETTING IS THE CIGARETTE MAN WHO'S APPARENTLY NOT even good at smoking cigarettes because half of these are barely smoked. He must BE LITERALLY MADE OF MONEY.

[00:01:56]My god, man. We'll be lucky if we still have clothes on by the time we get to where we're going. This guy's a dream to track.

[00:02:10]Okay, never mind. No need to track him.

[00:02:12]Apparently, an act of jihad happens in the first 60 seconds. Follow the rose petals to the crime scene. Okay, now listen. I've never seen the show, BUT I KNOW THIS SONG QUITE WELL. I feel like you can't exist in any kind of anime circle and not know this song bar for bar.

[00:02:30]kind of knockoff TIE fighter is that looks like an abstract representation of a mosquito.

[00:02:42]It's a showbased in the Sonic universe.

[00:02:44]What's with this ringbased travel economy we're experiencing?

[00:02:52]Hey, Captain Cigarette. If your plan is to sneak an MP5 into a church and then blow yourself up with an IED when things go hairy, why are we practicing Tai Chi right now?

[00:03:06]That's a penis. I I don't know if this is the the prolific Bbop, but it's the B penis in my mind. Yeah, I I couldn't think of anything clever.

[00:03:19]>> Azimov Solinsson. He's our next target.

[00:03:22]6'2, 174 lb. Just wait for a windy day and you should be able to find him. He'll be the guy blowing through THE AIR LIKE A KITE.

[00:03:31]>> You said bell peppers and beef.

[00:03:33]>> His name's Azimoff Sullenson. Are you listening to me?

[00:03:37]>> There's no beef in here.

[00:03:39]>> Listen, brother. Your prison husband just spent all night slaving over a propane stove while you practiced a dying martial art in the other room. The least you could say is thank you. The repair bill for that cruiser you wrecked and the one from that shop you trashed and the medical bill from the cop you injured. Kill the dough.

[00:03:58]>> ALSO, SOMEBODY KEEPS BUYING CIGARETTES IN BULK AND HALF smoking them. I've already chosen my allegiance. I don't care if the next 3 minutes it's revealed that Jet was a reformed serial killer.

[00:04:07]He has my heart for putting up with his expensive twink prison husband. Killed his own guys then took off like the wind. Word is he's hiding out with some sweet thing in Tijana.

[00:04:18]>> Space travel exists and this guy's hanging out at Hong Kong. I thought about that actually kind of makes me happy. That means that we've perfected sleazy culture right here. Like Mars couldn't touch how sleazy we could make Earth.

[00:04:39]>> Hey, you know those safety messages we recorded in a bunch of different languages? YEAH. LET'S JUST PLAY THEM ALL AT THE SAME time so you can't hear anything regardless of what language you speak and it's massively overstimulating.

[00:04:57]Jesus, did he race Anakin Skywalker in this thing? Listen, I'm no aeronautical engineer, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to treat the thing that separates you from the vacuum of space with a little more love and care. was first landing gear.

[00:05:14]IS THAT T1? LAST I CHECKED, T1 IS 2 HOURS south of me, not 200 miles above me. If we're firing any Mexican border city into the atmosphere, can it at least be like Sead Huarez? Also, while we're here, just notice this. I'm all for cultural inclusion. Shout out to Mexico, apparently. What language am I supposed to learn to live in this city?

[00:05:35]I busted my tail to dig that gate. For crime and his sakes, you always say the same thing when you're losing. We all dug that gate together.

[00:05:43]>> I don't THINK ANY OF YOU SHOULD BE digging anything besides your own graves. In fact, I'm not even sure Green Shirt is still with us.

[00:05:54]Godamn, I found my new hyperfixation.

[00:05:59]WHY DID WE STOP DRAWING ANIME WOMEN TO LOOK LIKE WOMEN? BECAUSE VAA VOOM.

[00:06:08]Just realizing now that she's pregnant.

[00:06:11]And I'm just realizing now that that doesn't that doesn't change anything for me. Actually, I'm think I'm going to process that after I'm done with this video.

[00:06:20]>> Give me a beer.

[00:06:21]>> And I will have a bloody Mary. [ __ ] me.

[00:06:23]Get a double.

[00:06:24]>> Is that baby a gun? That or she is a a deeply irresponsible mother. And I do not know which I would prefer at this moment. I'm sure there's one can in the back room.

[00:06:35]>> That's not tomato juice. And if it is, definitely not enough to make a bloody Mary.

[00:06:45]Oh, ANIME STARTED GETTING OVER SEXUALIZED IN THE MID 2000S, BROTHER.

[00:06:49]I'm looking at a Michael Bay Budweiser commercial right now. Couldn't be happier.

[00:06:55]>> I'm going to need a little proof. Let's have a demonstration.

[00:07:04]That is the much better version of what I thought was about to happen. I thought he was just about to gouge out one of his eyes to make a drug deal. That being said, it still does look like he's actively pepper- spraying himself in the eyes. So, I I can't say I understand exactly what this drug is trying to accomplish.

[00:07:28]Awesome. Now he's got blood rage.

[00:07:30]That'll be fantastic for the continuing of this business conversation.

[00:07:41]Is Redeye just bath salt? Is he eating these shots?

[00:07:51]SO HE'S DODGING BULLETS. LISTEN, I'VE HAD PINK eye probably more times than I should have. And I've never once gotten superpowers from it.

[00:08:02]>> This is real mystic and all, but uh do you have anything to eat here, >> brother? You are what appears to be a mystic's tent smoking what appears to be opium. If you want food, go back to your loving husband.

[00:08:15]>> The redeyed coyote will appear in the Zona Norte at the far end of town. That is what I see.

[00:08:21]>> If this guy's correct, we have to we have to hire him, right? Like, if this guy just gave the newly upgraded Pipe Man a 100% ACCURATE PREDICTION, WHY IS he living in what can only be described as a hoarder's yurt? HOW DID THIS GUY NOT BUY BITCOIN AT 30 CENTS because he saw it in the ashes?

[00:08:39]>> On the contrary, catch you later.

[00:08:42]>> Walka guide his spirit.

[00:08:45]>> I really hope Wonka Tanka is like a a real god and not just something the writers made up because it sounded native. But this is an anime from the '9s.

[00:09:01]>> Damn, just look at this as a >> Is it just me or is every single goon wearing a little hat? Do you think that's like contractually obligated so they can identify each other or it's just like a a fashion wave sweeping over Tijana?

[00:09:14]>> You got to. If we don't get that bloody eye back, trust me, we'll all be twisting in the wind.

[00:09:19]>> Maybe. So, HUH? ANY OTHER SENSITIVE SECRETS WE WANT TO SHARES WITH EACH OTHER BEFORE WE GET TO CHOPPING UP THESE BODIES? NO. OKAY. But uh if you got nothing, listen, the rash ON THE RASH ON MY PENIS IS STARTING TO CONCERN ME REAL BAD.

[00:09:32]>> You tell me some more.

[00:09:38]>> Hey Jet, I think they would have done that even if you didn't ask.

[00:09:47]Jet, please. A glory hole has truly never filled anybody's stomach in a worthwhile way. But that being said, apparently we're strapped for cash. So, I mean, you got to buy gas somehow.

[00:10:02]Listen, I get hangovers from drinking three beers nowadays. And the only superpower that gives me is something known as anxiety for the coming week.

[00:10:10]This is not a bad tradeoff.

[00:10:16]>> Thank you.

[00:10:18]Excuse me.

[00:10:20]>> H >> local man literally steals candy from a baby.

[00:10:25]>> Your hot dog.

[00:10:28]>> That only confirms my theory that he was at a glory hole. What do you mean you fit a hot dog in your mouth sideways?

[00:10:34]>> I can see that. Just keep it.

[00:10:40]>> Jesus, man. CHEW. I'M SURPRISED HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE CAPTAIN RED EYES IN the bathroom advice about throwing up, CONSIDERING THE FACT HE DOESN'T HAVE A GAG REFLEX.

[00:10:48]>> It looks like it's being around.

[00:10:50]>> Guess you could say we've done some traveling.

[00:10:53]>> I'm actually a traveling performer.

[00:10:57]>> Yeah, I'm sure that cigarette bit's going to do great at this the gas station while having a conversation with a pregnant woman.

[00:11:03]>> Planning to escape to Mars, huh?

[00:11:06]>> Go ahead and run. How far do you think you'll get?

[00:11:09]>> Who are you? I'm just an oldfashioned cowboy.

[00:11:13]>> Oh, he's a suicidal maniac who's about to blow us both the smithetheriness the second he lights this cigarette.

[00:11:18]>> Your boyfriend is sick. He's a small fry. I don't bother with his type.

[00:11:24]>> A wise decision.

[00:11:27]>> God, is this why he never finishes a cigarette?

[00:11:33]>> That's enough. LET HIM GO.

[00:11:35]>> COME ON, SPIKE. Use your special move.

[00:11:37]Self-destruct.

[00:11:43]Maybe spend more time helping Jet in the kitchen because clearly our martial arts training isn't panning out too much.

[00:11:48]Why' you stop me? Huh?

[00:11:51]>> He would have been dead in another minute. I wanted to see him die.

[00:11:55]>> Mother, you're about to have a gun, baby. Maybe like reel in the bloodthirst a little bit.

[00:11:59]>> I'm cashing in my chips on this one.

[00:12:01]It's impossible to catch the guy.

[00:12:03]>> Impossible to catch the guy. He's driving the hovership version of a Honda Civic with his gun pregnant wife. He is incredibly catchable.

[00:12:10]>> Seems Azimov's been pumping up by doing this stuff himself. It's called Bloody Eye.

[00:12:16]>> No kidding. You know they're planning to go to Mars.

[00:12:18]>> Okay, so now we don't need to go CATCH THIS GUY. WE CAN SELL THIS VIAL OF super soldier serum. And Spike never has to go to a glory hole to fill his spacecraft ever again.

[00:12:25]>> Yeah, so to speak.

[00:12:28]>> He nailed you, huh?

[00:12:29]>> The redeyed coyote will appear in the zone of Norte at the far end of town. It was a 100% accurate prediction and you had the audacity to ask him for food.

[00:12:42]Initially, I was going to be like, "That's the worst disguise I've ever seen in the history of disguises." And then I saw this place that's called the Old Tea House was built literally last year. And now I'm just My emotions are kind of all over the place.

[00:12:55]>> I got tomato juice.

[00:12:57]>> How much?

[00:12:58]>> 30 million Woolongs for 50 packs. 15 million Woolongs.

[00:13:03]>> I'm in a hurry. I've got other customers.

[00:13:06]>> What if YOU AGREED TO THAT trade proposal? Was Spike going to be like, >> "Oh, I still got to shoot you."

[00:13:12]>> Do you know how much you're worth?

[00:13:15]>> What? 2.5 million Woolongs. That's your bounty. I said you were a small fry.

[00:13:20]>> Maybe the reason that we're out of money is because Spike keeps spending it all on one time use disguises. Like that sombrero is just I'm assuming this sombrero is not a reoccurring bit. Glad to. I have to pay you back, don't I?

[00:13:35]>> Hey, Spike. I'm not I'm not going to lie to you. That was that was sick as hell.

[00:13:39]But uh why didn't you shoot him in the knees before he goes all cyber psycho when he squirts that tomato juice in his eyes?

[00:13:45]>> You trust your eyes too much, Azimoff.

[00:13:47]You're not a chameleon, you know.

[00:13:49]>> First off, I'd like to redact my previous point about Spike's martial art training not paying off. This boy got moves. But also Spike, his eyes have been allowing him to dodge bullets all day. I'd trust him, too.

[00:14:05]What is that? MAX TECH WHO COMES OUT FIRING LIKE THAT. THERE'S A GUN pregnant lady down here.

[00:14:17]The baby WAS A DRUG BABY, NOT A GUN BABY. THIS IS WHY WE DO GENDER REVEAL PARTIES.

[00:14:29]All these guys aren't wearing hats.

[00:14:31]There goes my theory.

[00:14:35]>> How you doing, kid?

[00:14:36]>> We own three ships and we're worried about money. Sell one of them.

[00:14:44]>> Stop it, please. That stuff is going to kill you.

[00:14:47]>> No.

[00:14:49]>> Hey, sorry. little new to the uh injectable into the eye drug game here, but um how exactly is being faster going to make you a better pilot?

[00:15:06]So, does So, does she get the bounty or is is it I mean, Spike is the one who drove her to it. I I'm I'm sure we'll figure it out.

[00:15:24]So, so does Spike get the bounty or or is that just this? Do you chalk this one up to the police?

[00:15:31]>> Hey, Spike, get it while it's hot, buddy.

[00:15:34]Huh?

[00:15:36]So, I guess this gripping story about the lengths that desperate people will go to for a better life hasn't changed the dynamic on this ship at all.

[00:15:43]>> It's ready. What is it? special bell peppers and beef.

[00:15:50]>> Hey Chad, I get that you're trying to be nice here because he just saw something deeply traumatizing, but uh that cigarette's already well beyond where he likes them to be smoked to.

[00:16:01][ __ ] the the end. That's That's just how you That's how you end the first episode. I thought I thought that girl was going to be A LIKE A MAINSTAY IN THE CAST. SURE, a voice actor wasn't like mainstay in the cast level, but like I I I thought she was going to see a better life or some Okay. Wow. That's I I've never reacted to something that I haven't seen before. And I I have I have no words for that. That was that was spectacular. Kind of makes me never having seen this anime even more perplexing because if I had watched this first episode at literally any time in my life, I would have been like, "Oh, yeah. No, let's see what episode two is about. And fortunately for you guys, I'm absolutely going to be getting into episode two here. So, if you guys are excited to see this entire series, let me know in the comments below. And if there's any other shows you possibly want me to check out, tell me while you're down there. But until the next one, I guess I'll I'll see you, Space Cowboy.