I'm disappointed in VGChartz. Cowboy Bebop has only been mentioned 5 or 6 times in the first 50 posts.
It's a masterpiece from every angle. Masterful characterization, awesome universe for a setting, the perfect soundtrack for the content. It got every emotion out of you. It was funny as hell, but got your blood pumping with beautiful fight scenes, but could cause you to tear up, and all within the same episode. The set up of a bunch of vignette-styled episodes with a slowly progressing overarching plot worked perfectly. The final few episodes, full of foreshadowing and powerful emotions, serve as a perfect climax for the series, and the ending provides the all the catharsis you could ever need.
It really is underappreciated depsite being loved a ton. It deserves more than just the adoration of anime fans. It deserves the attention of the intelligencia as well. Certain scenes are up there with anything from the canon of cinema.
