Rewatching Cowboy Bebop on blu-ray vs the old Adult Swim broadcasts

The broadcast rips with all those Cartoon Network promos and weird cuts had a charm but the blu-ray really shows off the animation details I never noticed. Has anyone else felt like the old way of watching actually adds something even if the quality was worse?

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emmar755d ago

The Adult Swim broadcasts with all those weird Toonami bumpers were honestly a vibe. I remember catching episodes at 1am back in 2003 and the grainy picture and random commercial breaks kinda added to the whole lonely space cowboy feel. Ngl, the blu-ray looks gorgeous but it's almost too clean sometimes, like it lost some of that late night cable energy. Also the English dub audio mix was way punchier on those old broadcasts, the guns had more bass or something.

fiona_lewis373d ago

You know what, @emmar75, I used to think people were crazy for saying the old broadcasts had better sound... but you're totally right about the guns having more bass. Always figured the cleaner blu-ray was the way to go but now I'm second guessing that whole vibe.