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Cowboy Bebop (Anime) | Full Length Watch Along | 1x08 | Waltz For Venus | Fanning Out
🕑 Added 2022-01-21 16:01:02 +0000 UTCWATCH HERE: https://app.box.com/shared/static/nnf20eh6fe9x7fua75ghfv9p3mqia3ur.mp4
The Bebop crew investigate a bounty on the planet Venus, where strange plants await them... Kyle and Taymour watch on!
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David Blau
I saw this during its original airing on Adult Swim. It's hard to believe that the love scene would have been controversial on its first airing, but a lot has happened in the last 20 years. While homosexuality was not prohibited in Japan at the time, it was still somewhat taboo; same-sex marriage is still not permitted to this day, although some city districts offer a "separate but equal" partnership status. Against this backdrop, I think it speaks volumes that the animators added the scene entirely without social commentary, picking up the torch from Sailor Moon which had concluded only the year before.
