Netflix's Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop' Keeps Posting 1-to-1 Comparisons With The Anime, And Keeps Getting Dunked On

Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation comes out in a week, and the show's official Twitter account has attempted to generate hype by posting 1-to-1 comparison shots between itself and the original anime to demonstrate how faithful it is as an adaptation. The problem is, most people on Twitter seem to think the anime looks leagues better.

It’s time to wake up. pic.twitter.com/iu6NcCCMMQ

— Cowboy Bebop (@bebopnetflix) November 11, 2021

This thing is harder to land than you think it is. pic.twitter.com/oyQkBrfs8h

— Cowboy Bebop (@bebopnetflix) November 9, 2021

He was in love. Once. pic.twitter.com/s7NrxxriW9

— Cowboy Bebop (@bebopnetflix) November 10, 2021

Each 1-to-1 post from the Netflix series has, to put it lightly, had its ass beat in the QRTs. Many viewers have complained that the live-action shots look soulless and glossy compared to the gritty, gorgeous animation of the original.

The visual poetry of the first shot. The second shot looking like it’s from The Room. I dunno guys, I dunno https://t.co/zsXhSyzIyT

— SPIRAL CURSE DEMARCO (@Clarknova1) November 11, 2021

All these clips are just advertisements to watch the original instead https://t.co/GJY8MXMywd

— 🎄wœrm☃️🅴 🔜Ⓜ️🅰️↪️fest (@BasedDrWorm) November 12, 2021

I LOVE american live action adaptations 🤩 https://t.co/mSmow8Tkq9 pic.twitter.com/QERPJybSvr

— ✦ primal sentai urianger (@dyynne) November 10, 2021

I want to like this show, and I'd appreciate it if Netflix stopped giving me reasons not to https://t.co/JduUQF9anC

— Brother Q (FKA Andray Domise) (@andraydomise) November 12, 2021

increasingly convinced this is one of the worst eras for visuals in american cinema. the digital netflix sheen is so sanitized it becomes revolting. an uncanny valley of diet-cinematography. it has all the texture and flavor of stevia mixed into a paper cup of lukewarm water https://t.co/UxEEZzGDbU

— RIP Cinema 🌹🎥 (@rip_cinema) November 11, 2021

recreating an anime shot for shot except with 2010s-2020s Hollywood Lighting Decisions is such a beautifully awful decision https://t.co/YZeK84k4oW

— Horace Goodwill, tonicke purveyor (@eff_hey) November 11, 2021

Love how you completely took the life out of it. Great job https://t.co/m29M5b6J0m

— Padoru Edgeworth (@MoranonGrievh) November 10, 2021

There's still a week until Cowboy Bebop drops on Netflix, but as of now, fears are raised that it will certainly be another case of the dreaded Netflix adaptation problem.