Manga Is From Mars: 'Cowboy Bebop'

'Cowboy Bebop: The Movie' isn't the best movie you're going to see this year but the animation is terrific, the attention to detail is fascinating . . . and the use of complex cinematic camera angles and moving perspectives defy the two dimensions from which this work of pop art was born. The music is pretty damn unusual and very funky and for this cineaste there are also brief pauses for moments of intense natural beauty, such as a dawn sunburst over a futuristic city skyline.'