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This is how they should have done bebop's adaptation. Just have a great cast and follow the original story, no more no less. First thing that really stands out is the cast, atleast judging by first episodes, they did great job with casting. Starting from Luffy who brings a great energy to the mix and really sells Luffy to me, to Zoro who is even a bigger bad ass in this then in the anime, and Nami who is so smooth and a great fighter. Even helmeppo and axe hand morgan do a great job and don't look silly at all. And Buggy is nightmare fuel, but it'll just be so much funnier when he uses his absurd devil fruit powers.

Other then that, the world is nicely done, with a mix of cgi and real world sets and places, the cgi is decent and makes the cartoony antics come to life, gum gum attacks don't look ridiculous. The choreography is above average for sure and fight scenes look solid.

And best of all it follows the story beats nicely, and is faithful the joy of fans of the story.

PS I also enjoy it's little self-awareness moments and tong-and-cheque nods to anime tropes.

This show is a really well executed dark revival/remake of a classic childrens' cartoon. I really wasn't expecting this. This has drama, mystery, well know characters as well as new one, a great cast and overall good writting. It makes the silly/dopy cartoon into something else that adults can enjoy. I love the creative liberties the writters took in fleshing out wednesday, I never though that could be an interesting story, as the original character was drab and boring. Jenna Ortega really breathed life into our protagonist. This really show really reminds of Chilling Adventures of Sbrina, and that's not a bad thing at all, it was on it's own, a pretty good revival. I would say both of those shows make a up a new exciting genre of TV. Check it out, well worth it.