I just love how Spike and Jet are blown away by the thought of Ed having a father. It's as if they just assumed she was a science experiment gone wrong.
I think the writter thought its best to end her story that way. She deserves a normal life and bounty hunting isnt best for her welfare as a child of her character, but yes its still sad. Although at the end of that particular episode its said "see you again cowgirl" or somthing like that so i look forward seeing her in the next season if ther will be.
My theory: after some years ed becomes older and more mature after leaving the bebop and became a bounty hunter and called herself the "cowgirl hacker" as a nickname
The Bebop crew is literally a dysfunctional family. Jet is the stubborn dad, Spike is the laid back uncle, and Faye is the aunt that shows up every once in a while and gives bad advice.
There was always something special about Ed in the dub. Normally when they try to dub an energetic kid they always sound annoying. But Ed's voice actress manages to keep the voice consistently fun and playful instead of straight up aggravating.
@@robertflinch2447 well I'd imagine that the spinoff would take place years afterwards with a much more mature version of Ed. She's still childish (having never really grown up in a disciplinary environment) but is also a serious figure. Maybe a mix between faye spike and Jett? She'd get her fighting style, cool headness from spike, the con-lady attitude of faye, and the leadership and knowledge of Jett I mean it writes itself
Those final moments of episode 24 are to me is the saddest in the entire show. The sunset marking the end of the crews time together, Spike and Jet eating quietly with plates set for five, Ed taking one last look before happily running off, all while that song plays. It so somber yet beautiful on so many levels. To Ed it's a lot easier to see people come and go because she's young and free spirited. She might not even see this as a true farewell but an until next time. But to Spike, Jet and the audience we know that we may never see her again and it's heartbreaking. Perfectly showing how when your older, it's a lot harder for people to get close and leave without leaving scars. The start of a new adventure for Ed but the end is near for bebop crew and our time with them.
Excellent breakdown. Perfectly in line with theory that spike considers the whole series a dream. Before, he was in the syndicate. Dreaming throughout the series. He has a close friend, a woman he cares about, a kid and a dog as well as a place to call home and a hotrod ie the typical societal measure of success. But then he must wake up and deal with the reality of Vicious and the syndicate.
Shaggy Rogers No yeah, if she was meant to be a guy but ended up being a girl, then she’s a girl. Her original concept doesn’t change the final product.
19:12 is the line that singlehandedly convinces me that Ed's bizarre antics are at least in part an act, and that this is a rare moment where she is being completely genuine, especially given that it's one of the only times where she speaks in first person.
That scene at 3:47 is fucking hysterical to me, it's like Spike and Jet were convinced she had been hatched out of an egg or something instead of actually having been born lmao Plus "Thanks for taking care of my son! Or... was it my daughter?" had me deceased
Ed is not a tragic character herself. Her arc is, however, heartbreaking. Thematically throughout the series, each main character ventures off at various points to explore their own backstories and thus, their motives. Faye seeks understanding of who she once was in hopes of finding a community, or at least a better version of herself than the chain smoking, gambling con artist she's had to become to survive a world she was thrust into. Jet must close the book on a love lost and accept reality as it is, that both his partner and his former lover either betrayed him or left him behind for a different life. Spike chases the ghosts of a past that haunts him, attempting to rewrite or rectify history and hanging on to the slimmest of hopes that a happy life with Julia could work. Ed's lone solo adventure? An effort to find food for the team and make the people she loves happy. The other three are embroiled in their past, of which Ed isn't burdened by at such a young age. She lives strictly for the present, a child-like trait that ultimately leads her to view a careless, absentee father with optimism and love that isn't deserved. Ed's father does not remember where he left her years ago, questions his memory of his own child's gender and at the first sign of a selfish desire (the meteor landing), he abandons Ed without hesitation once again immediately after being reunited from a 7-year absence. Yet, one understands the desire to seek love from a toxic family member, especially considering Ed has lived her life without a blood relative present. The tragedy of Ed is two-fold, in that we can foresee a future of happy-go-lucky Ed being repeatedly disappointed by her father until she becomes jaded and cold like the rest of the Bebop crew, and that her desire to be loved by her shitty father is what pulls her away from her true family, the Bebop crew themselves. Beauty lies in the optimism and potential of youth, however. Even though the end of session 24 brings me to tears every time as I hope Ed will turn back and race into the arms of the Bebop crew with Ein nipping at her heels, it's an emotional high note feeling like she is setting sail on the adventure of growing up and trailblazing her own story. We just feel hollow at the same time, wishing she was doing so alongside Jet, Faye and Spike too. =( See you, cowgirl, someday, somewhere!
I don't think Ed is bothered by her fathers absence in the least. Nor will she ever be later in life, I think. It isn't her youth that prevents her from being angry at her father, it's her worldview in general. You're projecting values onto a very strange person who definitely 100% does not see the world the way you or I do. Ed is... unique... mentally. As is her father. For Ed, her eccentricity is only charming/annoying and doesn't interfere with her living a full life. For her dad, the 'family madness' seems to be a prison. She tricks everyone into tracking him down (suggesting she could have found him at any time.) Yet her motivation is straightforward and simple. To say hi to him and introduce her friends. That's it. No revenge. Not so much as a dirty look. She has a brief but very joyful reunion with him (suggesting their relationship is positive) and then they part ways. Likely Ed will track him down again to say "Hi" at some point in the future, with no ill will towards him at all. The woman who runs the orphanage obviously thinks he's a terrible father (for good reason) but Ed's dad is just as strange and abnormal as his daughter is. You call his desires selfish. Can a crazy person be selfish? I'm not sure anything the insane do can be attributed to normal emotions and desires. The world they inhabit is not the one we do. The man makes useless maps that must be constantly updated on a daily(?) basis. I doubt anyone is buying them. What would be the point? Yet he pursues it obsessively, dedicating his entire life to it. He obviously loves his daughter but can't seem to focus on her (or anything besides his maps) for very long. Which suggests mental illness rather than willful abusiveness. There's obviously a story behind how such a nutcase had a child to begin with and why he is the way he is, but the mystery is part of Ed's appeal and it definitely wasn't meant to be solved. Mr. Appledairy(?) handing Spike his ass in a fight with hilarious ease adds further to the mystery. It leaves the audience wondering: "Who the hell is this guy? He's a badass. Why is he also such a nut?" We're not meant to know though, only wonder. For all we know that guy isn't even really Ed's dad, just some guy she arbitrarily decided should be. It would still be in-character for her.
Just, on the topic of Ed's father "forgetting" their gender, I think he's genuinely confused as to how Edward identifies because they seem to be genderfluid. I don't think that aspect is necessarily toxic.
After her dad forgot her again, it hurt her deep but lovingly so in her nature? may-b she decided to stay in land to may-b wait for him to come around again , not knowing the outcome* but willing & hopes to finally be with him till the end. Or to stay with that nun and not starve because of the good food, but i think it has to do a lot with her pop's. But she left a nice good bye to bebop with the pin wheels. I was deeply sadden when i saw her departure in 2002-03? when it used to air in toonami :P But i think now i understand. I had a deep crush on Jet lol xD I'm sure ed would have loved you as a buddy @CaveLombax
18:43 Even though her Dad was kind of a rubbish person I still think this is one of the cutest moments in the entire show. Even if for a few seconds they were having fun they were still bonding like father and daughter should.
And also can we talk about how much of an absolute UNIT her dad was? He was putting up a fight against Spike without breaking a sweat and he was swinging around a 13 year old girl like it was nothing
I think this part just shows how related they are. The way they played around so chaotically and with no injury, that can only be done if they were father and daughter.
That catch was so perfect, it makes you want to forgive the sudden scale problem where Appledelhi is suddenly normal adult height instead of a giant that towers over Spike.
I think the show heavily implies that the main reason of her behaviour is the fact that she grew up mostly alone. No one taught her how to act like a "normal" person, so she just formed her personality in a way she wanted. She's not worrying about anything, she just enjoys life, like children do. But in real life, children go to school, starts having responsibilities, etc. and grows out from this phase. But in the world of Cowboy Bebop, it's not how it works, at least for Ed, who never had to face these things.
The huge difference is the voice actor’s voice is actually very easy to listen to, adorable, making even the silliest whimsical loud irrational things they say fun and you want more, while the live action voice had me annoyed immediately.
The English dub voice actress for Radical Edward actually released an album called "Avignon." She's an amazing singer. Her voice was literally pleasing to listen to.
the live action actress tried her best with what she was given but what she was given was terrible. It was like they had all the ingredients for Ed, but no one knew how to cook XD
I thought they did an amazing job on live action Ed given how difficult that role would be to cast. I'm astounded they didn't pick a brown actress since they do that for all redheads now and Ed is brown already. It was the least Netflixy thing I've ever seen them do. on the other hand she had shoes on, and her goggles were sized wrong.
@@zhanefulp my bad. I was just saying also, cause I was told most people don't know what she was. Also someone said she was supposed to be a boy but they changed it. And for the record, her voice actress is amazing.
She will always be. Ed is chaos, insanity and genius. She is the spark of imagination, luck incarnate. Nothing can affect Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski the Fourth person, because she is, in each and every sense of the word, free.
A Cowboy Bebop live action Netflix series has been announced recently. It'll suck so badly, and one thing's for sure, they'll never be able to adapt Ed properly.
The world should try to be more like Ed. She cares but doesn’t take things too seriously. My favorite moment of Ed is when she ate that terrifying alien from the fridge because “she was hungry”.
Eds English voice actress did an incredible job. I praise her performance up and down, and wouldn't change it for the world. Its a staple in my nostalgia and present praise. But I had this dream a few days ago, it was like a regular Cowboy Bebop adventure, I was either Spike or Jet, maybe both, it was foggy, and with Faye and Ed on a mission. and Ed was speaking pure Japanese, and everyone could understand her except me, while they themselves were speaking in English. and no one else acknowledged she was speaking Japanese, there weren't subtitles or anything. So I'm struggling to do this mission while concealing my confusion, and having little to no idea of what Ed is saying. After I woke up, I started to wonder what the series would be like if Ed's voice acting were in Japanese while everyone else were in English. I think I might do an edit of just that for an episode.
A bilingual anime might be difficult but doesn't sound too far off. Also, I can't picture anyone that can replicate the same hyperactive, maniac, and goofy voice as hers.
Hmm, Interesting... Anymore interesting dreams you'd like to catalog? I barely can remember some of mine! There has to be some tricks to come back to those good dreams.
Yeah I love the Japanese voice and sub anime in general because of nostalgia (dubs just never sit right with me for whatever reason) but this is the most seamless, least jarring English dub I think I’ve ever heard
17:04 is as subtle character development as it gets: Jet telling Ed to quit whining and Ed immediately clamming up "alright". She really got used to them as a family
amadeus999 "very few" Assassination Classroom One Piece Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Kai My Hero Academia Jo Jo Bizarre Adventure Hunter X Hunter Yu Yu Hakusho One Punch Man Naruto/Shippuden Fairy Tail honestly it's so dumb how people say sub is superior when they can't even understand they're language for shit
i always like how ed served as a nice contrast, a childlike innocence among the cloud of gloom onboard the bebop. she's not bound by her past like the rest of them (or ABSENCE of a past in the case of faye) and when she leaves you can immediately tell that things are going to get much more serious, and much darker. and indeed they do.
She occasionally doesn't. Like when she reunites with 'the father-person', and he headbutts Spike, she says "No, these are Ed's friends, I stay with them, okay?"
She reminds me of a human version of GIR from Invader Zim, by the way she acts and then the voice actor that's voicing her sounds like Gaz a little bit, like a happy Gaz voice too me
i discovered cowboy bebop because my dad showed it to me saying i reminded him a lot of her, and honestly she’s quickly became one of my favorite characters of all time :)
@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means there’s just something u can’t translate at all into live action, here the quirky personality of Ed is cute and likable because it’s anime, but it’s just cringe af in live action
Faye and Jet would probably marry and have kids who Ed can find along her adventure. Better put the old characters on the shelf before someone broke them if you know what i mean.... except Ed ofc, too much potential.
I didn't start tearing up a bit until I saw Ed's message and her walking away. Everything about this series is legendary. So many elements to it though with the pinwheel as well.
my favorite line from the whole show is "if you see a stranger, follow him" caught me so off guard I wish we got more of Ed's interesting speech patterns.
Some things just dont work well in a live action environment. From what I've seen, the movie did try to recreate Ed's character faithfully, but this way of talking just doesn't work outside of anime which is why I hate live action adaptations of anime.
@@Sancnea it's mostly americans yrying to do live actions of anime... they can't grasp the authenticity of the anime itself, it's all superficial and motivated by what the audience would want instead of being loyal to the anime.
@@adryaunadavis6370 1 in how many? Lmfaooooo are we supposed to forget the blunders you have made us suffer through? Dragon ball evolution would like to chime in
I think we can all agree that after both the disasters known as the Live-Action Cowboy Bebop & Death Note, any anime series that Netflix can get their hands on and turn it into a live-action series/film is guaranteed to become shit. At this point, I don't have a whole lot of faith in the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
For those of you asking about Ed's gender, part of the point of the character is that her "identity" labels are super ambiguous, and consequently, meaningless. They're just that: labels. Think about all the different names she has, especially in Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, each of which comes from a different language. Within the universe of the story, it shows that the advancements of the far future have made seemingly fundamental features of identity totally empty (where you're from, your race, your gender, your family, etc.). For us in the audience, it implies that these things were always meaningless. This contributes to the larger themes of existential angst/depression/ennui in Cowboy Bebop. This sense of being lost, depersonalization, having no home, alienation, isolation etc. Now, contrast this idea of meaningless "identity" with Actual Personality. Despite having no traditional signifiers of "who" she is, Edward obviously stands out as the strongest, most fascinating person in the bunch. Why else would 700K people watch a 20 minute compilation of her? Who you are isn't what categories you fit under. It's what you do, what you love, what you feel. You are how you live.
Edward was turned into a girl to even the gender ratio on the Bebop, which was, with Ed as a boy, three guys and one girl. This original character design appears in session 5, stealing a clearly adult magazine from Annie's bookstore by smuggling it under his shirt.
Nicely said. I generally felt like the whole show had an undertone revolving around this depression of the future. How there are probably hundreds of billions of people, hundreds of habitable planets, and you just can't keep track of all the things happening anymore. The vast size of the universe seems to devour you... So you start to float, and to solely live in the present, because that's all that really matters in the end.
It really seem like a lot of people get "angry" about mentioning Ed is a girl.. but you're right, that is not the point. Edward is EDWARD. I always loved that Ed was just Ed hah.
I watched it subbed first too but then I watched the dubbed and the dub is better imo. I also heard the creator of Cowboy Bebop prefers the dubbed too.
edward such an amazing person she never gets mad or feel any hatred for anything she living free and doing what her heart takes her. my favorite character.
@@bookoo9313 I think they could have done better than they did though. Sure they'd need to dial her back... but they could have. But nope. We got the most obnoxious scene ever. It broke my heart so bad seeing them butcher my child.
Ah, Edward; all the tech savvy of Izzy from Digimon, all the mad ravings of Ed from Ed Edd n Eddy, as well as the sporadic movement... And I loved every minute of it! She's like if Pinkie and Izzy from Total Drama had a kid!
Ed was the child with near endless energy that can bring a nuclear family together or annoy the hell out of you. She was a thrill and one of my favorite side characters in a long list of side characters throughout my 30 years of living. The scene when Ed was leaving was both cool and sad because it was the end of the Bebop crew. But Ed is young and she was use to people coming and going she is free spirited after all and Ein joining her was heartwarming as well. See you around child and I hope you never lose your near endless energy and free spirit.
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I just love how Spike and Jet are blown away by the thought of Ed having a father. It's as if they just assumed she was a science experiment gone wrong.
Yeah like she just "popped" here
I haven’t watched too much of this. I always assumed Ed was an orphan
@@connormclernon26 You fool! Don't be looking at clips from this absolute masterpiece of a show until you've seen the whole thing!
What would you think if you saw some prepubescent girl with prehensile feet?
I love the fact that her dad has no idea if he has a son or a daughter
Ed is the glue that holds the entire group together. I was sad when she and Ein left...
Samual Iam mee too
I think the writter thought its best to end her story that way. She deserves a normal life and bounty hunting isnt best for her welfare as a child of her character, but yes its still sad. Although at the end of that particular episode its said "see you again cowgirl" or somthing like that so i look forward seeing her in the next season if ther will be.
Geralt of Trivia I'm dying of laughter
@@ecjjce7315 you know this show is 20 years old
Boys, can we get some F's in the chat?
"See you cowgirl, someday, somewhere."
The feels..... it hurtssss
ad is a dude mabey watch the show more
@@vnd3rwrldvxbez948 faye literally said to ed "you're a girl!" when ed was first introduced
My theory: after some years ed becomes older and more mature after leaving the bebop and became a bounty hunter and called herself the "cowgirl hacker" as a nickname
@@vnd3rwrldvxbez948 bruh that's literally what is said at the end of the episode where ed leaves. Also they fucking call ed "she" bruh
The Bebop crew is literally a dysfunctional family. Jet is the stubborn dad, Spike is the laid back uncle, and Faye is the aunt that shows up every once in a while and gives bad advice.
Arrested Development in Space lol
And Ein is the one child who everyone hates for no reason
Ed is The Spunky Cousin
and Ed is the "special needs kid"
@@pastadinnertheater8657 Bruh, Ed is a dang prodigy, she's no special needs kid
There was always something special about Ed in the dub. Normally when they try to dub an energetic kid they always sound annoying. But Ed's voice actress manages to keep the voice consistently fun and playful instead of straight up aggravating.
She nails the quirkiness, yet her voice is somehow actually still cute and pleasant.
Couldn't agree more she isn't annoying in the slightest
@@BlackangelKatakuri total opposite of the live action ones
melissa fahn is a treasure
@@KairuHakubi. Can you imagine if she was cast as Chelsea in Ruby Gillman teenage kraken?
I would kill for a spinoff with Ed & Ein.
Ed & Ein + (Jet + Faye kids!)
Mystery Yoghurt I think she'd get really abrasive if it was nothing but Ed. The showrunners knew not to use her too much
Agreeed
@@robertflinch2447 well I'd imagine that the spinoff would take place years afterwards with a much more mature version of Ed. She's still childish (having never really grown up in a disciplinary environment) but is also a serious figure. Maybe a mix between faye spike and Jett? She'd get her fighting style, cool headness from spike, the con-lady attitude of faye, and the leadership and knowledge of Jett I mean it writes itself
Great idea. Ed is the only cute anime character who's actually funny.
Those final moments of episode 24 are to me is the saddest in the entire show. The sunset marking the end of the crews time together, Spike and Jet eating quietly with plates set for five, Ed taking one last look before happily running off, all while that song plays. It so somber yet beautiful on so many levels. To Ed it's a lot easier to see people come and go because she's young and free spirited. She might not even see this as a true farewell but an until next time. But to Spike, Jet and the audience we know that we may never see her again and it's heartbreaking. Perfectly showing how when your older, it's a lot harder for people to get close and leave without leaving scars. The start of a new adventure for Ed but the end is near for bebop crew and our time with them.
If I was crying, could we pretend that it was raining?
I think Ed and the Corgi had the happiest ending of the five
I think so too, which makes me really emotional about the whole series.
Beautiful comment
Excellent breakdown. Perfectly in line with theory that spike considers the whole series a dream. Before, he was in the syndicate. Dreaming throughout the series. He has a close friend, a woman he cares about, a kid and a dog as well as a place to call home and a hotrod ie the typical societal measure of success. But then he must wake up and deal with the reality of Vicious and the syndicate.
"Lesson lesson! If you see a stranger, follow him!"
Sage advice
Last stranger I followed was named Kevin Spacey back in 1996
Did this once ended up having to run away from the stranger but he was fast
XD
"Where are youuu? Are you here, Mr. spooky space creature?"
Im not follow no damn stranger!
Seeing “bye bye” painted on the bebop literally made me tear up a little.
I straight up sobbed. I’ll be honest.
It shows shes a kid aswell, if it were an adult they wouldve said bye but ed had a way of going out and it was a special one
@@VeitCuf fr 😭
@@Thomasfurbee you even have her as a pfp, shows the dedication lol
@@Real_AdamSmasher damn right.
this voice actor is surprisingly addicting lol
So I take it you've watched Digimon Tamers, then?
What about Neptunia?
In Japanese is extremely annoying... I love the character now that I listen to her in english.
Yeah Bebop is better watched in dubs
john thompson Melissa Fahn was also Maribelle from Fire Emblem Awakening.
Ed is so cute. She's always been a favorite of mine. She's just so goofy.
Galactic Potatoes he*
@@stirfrysuicide8913 no siree
Well, Ed WAS gonna be a guy, but ended up as a girl, so Ed is a girl.
^ this
Shaggy Rogers No yeah, if she was meant to be a guy but ended up being a girl, then she’s a girl. Her original concept doesn’t change the final product.
Remember it's because of her we have emojis
omg yes!
Wait seriously
So Edwards a girl?
@@AJxxxxxxxx bruh
WHAT!? Please tell me more! 😃
19:12 is the line that singlehandedly convinces me that Ed's bizarre antics are at least in part an act, and that this is a rare moment where she is being completely genuine, especially given that it's one of the only times where she speaks in first person.
That really hits.
Added she often shows she is alert, listening, helpful, caring or maybe just obsessively curious.
@@joshsmith2629. Is there a role Melissa Fahn hasn't nailed?
@@zciliyafilms5508. What?
@@herzglass. For an abandoned child, she's sure cheerful. Like a pre perrito!
This child means everything to me
Same!!
So, how about that Netflix version, huh?
@@SirBlackReeds Let's....not talk about that show
Insert Brooklyn 99 „if anything would ever happen to them“ meme here
📸🤨
"Thanks for looking after my son... or was it daughter?"
*Nice.*
Well this is definitely Ed's dad!
I mean, can you blame him? All of us thought she was a boy at first.
Father of the year 😅
He doesn't even know his kid's gender.
@@robburitto4193 I mean true, but that’s her dad😂
That scene at 3:47 is fucking hysterical to me, it's like Spike and Jet were convinced she had been hatched out of an egg or something instead of actually having been born lmao
Plus "Thanks for taking care of my son! Or... was it my daughter?" had me deceased
Also the fact that her dad bodies Spike who has up to this point absolutely wrecked any opponent who dares to try and fistfight him
faye faye, smoke smoke faye faye , cough cough faye faye
No joke, I read the same time that part played....
The last part is cough puff faye faye
17:41 I never noticed it before but she gets distracted and Jett has to nudge her to make sure she plays her part haha
(wheezes) her head sounds hollow XD
Their should be a option for Google assistant to have a ed voice
I would use Google assistant much more then
WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THAT TECHNOLOGY?!?!?!
It would have hilarious results. Try imitating a scenario with that or something
Damn,, B ,, I been set up
I didn’t know I wanted that until I saw your post
lesson lesson: if you see a stranger, follow himmm!
that's what she said
Where is that pfp from???
Ay man why you gotta have that pfp though
WHY THAT PFP
Nice shantae pfp
“The whole thing was your fault!”
“I call that unjust resentment”
“Edward is hungry!”
bark
That pretty much sums up the whole show
Ed is not a tragic character herself. Her arc is, however, heartbreaking. Thematically throughout the series, each main character ventures off at various points to explore their own backstories and thus, their motives. Faye seeks understanding of who she once was in hopes of finding a community, or at least a better version of herself than the chain smoking, gambling con artist she's had to become to survive a world she was thrust into. Jet must close the book on a love lost and accept reality as it is, that both his partner and his former lover either betrayed him or left him behind for a different life. Spike chases the ghosts of a past that haunts him, attempting to rewrite or rectify history and hanging on to the slimmest of hopes that a happy life with Julia could work. Ed's lone solo adventure? An effort to find food for the team and make the people she loves happy. The other three are embroiled in their past, of which Ed isn't burdened by at such a young age. She lives strictly for the present, a child-like trait that ultimately leads her to view a careless, absentee father with optimism and love that isn't deserved. Ed's father does not remember where he left her years ago, questions his memory of his own child's gender and at the first sign of a selfish desire (the meteor landing), he abandons Ed without hesitation once again immediately after being reunited from a 7-year absence. Yet, one understands the desire to seek love from a toxic family member, especially considering Ed has lived her life without a blood relative present. The tragedy of Ed is two-fold, in that we can foresee a future of happy-go-lucky Ed being repeatedly disappointed by her father until she becomes jaded and cold like the rest of the Bebop crew, and that her desire to be loved by her shitty father is what pulls her away from her true family, the Bebop crew themselves. Beauty lies in the optimism and potential of youth, however. Even though the end of session 24 brings me to tears every time as I hope Ed will turn back and race into the arms of the Bebop crew with Ein nipping at her heels, it's an emotional high note feeling like she is setting sail on the adventure of growing up and trailblazing her own story. We just feel hollow at the same time, wishing she was doing so alongside Jet, Faye and Spike too. =( See you, cowgirl, someday, somewhere!
Fantastically written analysis! I feel the same way for her and hope she's better off somewhere.
I don't think Ed is bothered by her fathers absence in the least. Nor will she ever be later in life, I think. It isn't her youth that prevents her from being angry at her father, it's her worldview in general. You're projecting values onto a very strange person who definitely 100% does not see the world the way you or I do. Ed is... unique... mentally. As is her father. For Ed, her eccentricity is only charming/annoying and doesn't interfere with her living a full life. For her dad, the 'family madness' seems to be a prison.
She tricks everyone into tracking him down (suggesting she could have found him at any time.) Yet her motivation is straightforward and simple. To say hi to him and introduce her friends. That's it. No revenge. Not so much as a dirty look. She has a brief but very joyful reunion with him (suggesting their relationship is positive) and then they part ways. Likely Ed will track him down again to say "Hi" at some point in the future, with no ill will towards him at all.
The woman who runs the orphanage obviously thinks he's a terrible father (for good reason) but Ed's dad is just as strange and abnormal as his daughter is.
You call his desires selfish. Can a crazy person be selfish? I'm not sure anything the insane do can be attributed to normal emotions and desires. The world they inhabit is not the one we do. The man makes useless maps that must be constantly updated on a daily(?) basis. I doubt anyone is buying them. What would be the point? Yet he pursues it obsessively, dedicating his entire life to it. He obviously loves his daughter but can't seem to focus on her (or anything besides his maps) for very long. Which suggests mental illness rather than willful abusiveness.
There's obviously a story behind how such a nutcase had a child to begin with and why he is the way he is, but the mystery is part of Ed's appeal and it definitely wasn't meant to be solved. Mr. Appledairy(?) handing Spike his ass in a fight with hilarious ease adds further to the mystery. It leaves the audience wondering: "Who the hell is this guy? He's a badass. Why is he also such a nut?" We're not meant to know though, only wonder. For all we know that guy isn't even really Ed's dad, just some guy she arbitrarily decided should be. It would still be in-character for her.
I'm not crying , you are
Just, on the topic of Ed's father "forgetting" their gender, I think he's genuinely confused as to how Edward identifies because they seem to be genderfluid. I don't think that aspect is necessarily toxic.
@@GurdevSeepersaud I mean the maker of the anime has said that Ed's gender has no meaning and that she might have no gender at all
I just wanna adopt Ed. She's so damn funny and her English Voice actress was absolutely incredible. Why did it she stay with the Bebop? Sigh.
She seems like a handful
***** perhaps, but I'm a very placid person, so I think I could hack it.
After her dad forgot her again, it hurt her deep but lovingly so in her nature? may-b she decided to stay in land to may-b wait for him to come around again , not knowing the outcome* but willing & hopes to finally be with him till the end. Or to stay with that nun and not starve because of the good food, but i think it has to do a lot with her pop's. But she left a nice good bye to bebop with the pin wheels. I was deeply sadden when i saw her departure in 2002-03? when it used to air in toonami :P But i think now i understand. I had a deep crush on Jet lol xD I'm sure ed would have loved you as a buddy @CaveLombax
I think she left with Ein to make her own way in life. Get into all sorts of trouble and mischief
I think it would have been a bit weird if they were still on the Bebop after Spike died..
“Not coming for Ed, oo lala” never fails to make me laugh
Imagine if it went different though, ed was just never in the show, that wouldve been so weird
That line makes me laugh till today 😂
I just finished the series today.
I did not know Ed and Ein straight up left before the last 2 episodes.
I am heart wrenched
Makes it hard to go back and re-watch it, too much feels.
@@OnimeDoobs same. I have binged watch this series multiple times but i always stop at the episode 23 lol
They couldn't destroy her innocence
you knew shit was gonna get real when the comic relief left
Two years later and people still don’t tell you until it’s too late
18:43 Even though her Dad was kind of a rubbish person I still think this is one of the cutest moments in the entire show. Even if for a few seconds they were having fun they were still bonding like father and daughter should.
And also can we talk about how much of an absolute UNIT her dad was? He was putting up a fight against Spike without breaking a sweat and he was swinging around a 13 year old girl like it was nothing
I think this part just shows how related they are. The way they played around so chaotically and with no injury, that can only be done if they were father and daughter.
@@minorcomet282 i mean if Ed's father would figth vs Vicious instead of Spike. All bebop familly will eat snake with eggs for dinner
That catch was so perfect, it makes you want to forgive the sudden scale problem where Appledelhi is suddenly normal adult height instead of a giant that towers over Spike.
Thank you! She's an all time favourite character!
Really? I couldn't tell. +Radical Ed
Radical Ed i love radical ed
Radical Edward is childish
Elyssa Garcia gtf
I think the show heavily implies that the main reason of her behaviour is the fact that she grew up mostly alone. No one taught her how to act like a "normal" person, so she just formed her personality in a way she wanted. She's not worrying about anything, she just enjoys life, like children do. But in real life, children go to school, starts having responsibilities, etc. and grows out from this phase. But in the world of Cowboy Bebop, it's not how it works, at least for Ed, who never had to face these things.
Oh my god! Ed and Ein are like the anime version of Rocket and Groot.
Kenon Hinokami
Who’s who tho?
SwoodMan 127 Ein is Groot. Ed is Rocket
Kenon Hinokami i love rocket and groot so i freaking screamed when i heard you say that
No.just.no
I thought Ein is Rocket and Ed is Groot
When you realize that the VA of Edward is also Gaz from Invader Zim and questions how she’s able to pull off both characters so perfectly! :D
Wait what??? Really???
@@Juliooo00 YUP!’
@@ugh._.isabella835 that's insane seriously, she pulls them both off so fuckin well
I was wondering why she sounded familiar.
There should be a video with Ed’s voice dubbing over Gaz, or vice versa
Who’s here to recover after seeing Ed in the live action? 😭😭
Yes.
Yup. They did my girl dirty.
You caught me off guard
HONESTLY 💀
honestly the actor was really good she only looked wierd cus well its real life not animated the costume is ok but the movement is on point
The huge difference is the voice actor’s voice is actually very easy to listen to, adorable, making even the silliest whimsical loud irrational things they say fun and you want more, while the live action voice had me annoyed immediately.
The English dub voice actress for Radical Edward actually released an album called "Avignon." She's an amazing singer. Her voice was literally pleasing to listen to.
the live action actress tried her best with what she was given but what she was given was terrible. It was like they had all the ingredients for Ed, but no one knew how to cook XD
I thought they did an amazing job on live action Ed given how difficult that role would be to cast. I'm astounded they didn't pick a brown actress since they do that for all redheads now and Ed is brown already. It was the least Netflixy thing I've ever seen them do.
on the other hand she had shoes on, and her goggles were sized wrong.
Ed is actually a girl. Her real name is Francoise Appledelhi.
#MINDBLOWN
The creater or someone like that even said she is a girl. The best.....ever.
@@trickniggajoe4041 I was talking about her real name.
@@zhanefulp my bad. I was just saying also, cause I was told most people don't know what she was. Also someone said she was supposed to be a boy but they changed it. And for the record, her voice actress is amazing.
@@trickniggajoe4041 Yep, Melissa Fahn is one of the all time greats.
Oh ed i hope she's okay wherever she is
She will always be. Ed is chaos, insanity and genius. She is the spark of imagination, luck incarnate. Nothing can affect Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski the Fourth person, because she is, in each and every sense of the word, free.
+João Lucas Fraga This is exactly why I made the compilation. Her spirit, man. Spontaneity. Your words are perfect.
I wish I could be best friends with a girl like ed.
she probably died a few minutes later and her rotting corpse were eaten by wild dogs.
Mao Sama
But, she probably died happy
ed is my spirit animal.
For me its Faye!
More of a spike
Ein is my spirit animal
Ed too ^^
Same
I wasn't expecting Ed's voice to fit all that well in the dub, but this quickly changed my mind! Melissa Fahn did great!
Cowboy Bebop is the only anime I prefer the English dub on.
@@JohnSmith-mk1rj and yu Yu Hakusho 😂
17:19 - 17:49 is my favorite Ed moment from the show. Every time I hear her say 'Papa!,' I always die laughing.
A Cowboy Bebop live action Netflix series has been announced recently. It'll suck so badly, and one thing's for sure, they'll never be able to adapt Ed properly.
It doesn’t seem like they’ll even include Ed
Oh no...why!? Don’t do this to me!
MZX Omega pretty sure that flopped
Keanue reeves said he was going to play as spike since he is a fan of the show
@@DominatorElite4 They already cast John Cho as Spike.
The world should try to be more like Ed. She cares but doesn’t take things too seriously.
My favorite moment of Ed is when she ate that terrifying alien from the fridge because “she was hungry”.
Eds English voice actress did an incredible job. I praise her performance up and down, and wouldn't change it for the world. Its a staple in my nostalgia and present praise.
But I had this dream a few days ago, it was like a regular Cowboy Bebop adventure, I was either Spike or Jet, maybe both, it was foggy, and with Faye and Ed on a mission. and Ed was speaking pure Japanese, and everyone could understand her except me, while they themselves were speaking in English. and no one else acknowledged she was speaking Japanese, there weren't subtitles or anything. So I'm struggling to do this mission while concealing my confusion, and having little to no idea of what Ed is saying.
After I woke up, I started to wonder what the series would be like if Ed's voice acting were in Japanese while everyone else were in English. I think I might do an edit of just that for an episode.
A bilingual anime might be difficult but doesn't sound too far off. Also, I can't picture anyone that can replicate the same hyperactive, maniac, and goofy voice as hers.
Hmm, Interesting... Anymore interesting dreams you'd like to catalog? I barely can remember some of mine! There has to be some tricks to come back to those good dreams.
Yeah I love the Japanese voice and sub anime in general because of nostalgia (dubs just never sit right with me for whatever reason) but this is the most seamless, least jarring English dub I think I’ve ever heard
The English dub along with Dragonball Z are my favorites.
Question,
How did you know she was speaking japanese if it was in your dream and you cant understand Japanese?
That sounds like an interesting thing
Ed is just sooooooooooooooo adorable!!
17:04 is as subtle character development as it gets: Jet telling Ed to quit whining and Ed immediately clamming up "alright". She really got used to them as a family
😁 Jets the biggest complainer on the ship, always complaining about women because his ex wife cucked him. 😁
9:10 "HeheheheheeheeheehahahaOOHwoofwoofwoof!!"
- Edward
One of the best dubs alongside Champloo
One of the very few where the English dubs were just as good as the subbed version.
amadeus999 "very few"
Assassination Classroom
One Piece
Pokemon
Dragon Ball Z Kai
My Hero Academia
Jo Jo Bizarre Adventure
Hunter X Hunter
Yu Yu Hakusho
One Punch Man
Naruto/Shippuden
Fairy Tail
honestly it's so dumb how people say sub is superior when they can't even understand they're language for shit
Carl Bloke Not sure if your grammar mistake was ironic or...
Carl Bloke I disagree with Jojo. The dub isn't that great.
CheshireCrab Was wondering the same.
"Satellite from days of old...lead me to your access code!!!"
Maureen Seel I find myself saying this randomly aloud these days lmao
i always tear up when i see that end to Edward
She is just adorable being her happy self
i always like how ed served as a nice contrast, a childlike innocence among the cloud of gloom onboard the bebop. she's not bound by her past like the rest of them (or ABSENCE of a past in the case of faye) and when she leaves you can immediately tell that things are going to get much more serious, and much darker. and indeed they do.
19:11 She didn't speak in 3rd person
She occasionally doesn't. Like when she reunites with 'the father-person', and he headbutts Spike, she says "No, these are Ed's friends, I stay with them, okay?"
It’s hard to create a character that’s chaotic good, but props to them.
I love all the characters from Cowboy Bebop, but Radical Edward holds a very large place in my heart. Her personality says it all.
I agree :)
It's missing that time when she kills Spike with cringe in that alley.
I've never watched cowboy bebop but I can tell that this is going to be my favorite character when I do watch it
... have you seen it yet?
kenji you’ll never guess what I never watched it
@@pocketabyss3990 You really should, it's very short and will have you coming back to vids like this for many years to come
You watched it yet?
@@Maruyuooo nah but i still want to
Ed and Ein, one of the most awesome anime duos ever.
I'd die for them.
She reminds me of a human version of GIR from Invader Zim, by the way she acts and then the voice actor that's voicing her sounds like Gaz a little bit, like a happy Gaz voice too me
that’s because she IS Gaz from invader zim!!!
@@ugh._.isabella835 bruh, that just blew my mind. I knew that voice sounded familiar.
They should have emojis of Ed
Edmojis.
Aaah lief 😁
We do, they're called emojis lol
i discovered cowboy bebop because my dad showed it to me saying i reminded him a lot of her, and honestly she’s quickly became one of my favorite characters of all time :)
Ha
I go back here after the Netflix adaptation version to cleanse my mind
Same
@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means there’s just something u can’t translate at all into live action, here the quirky personality of Ed is cute and likable because it’s anime, but it’s just cringe af in live action
You and me both.
4:17, "Thanks for taking care of my son! Or was it my daughter?"
ITS A TRAP!!!!
Jordan Hirst traps ain't that bad in my book
Thicc Albert ...yes...and?
Thicc Albert ...I agree...but...I also have nothing to say
GHOST 3594 what are traps?
GHOST 3594 me too
17:20 jet would make a fucking brilliant actor, he doesnt need bounty hunting to make money with acting skills like that, holy shit
Ed and Ein are the cutest members of the Beebop and give me life.
They should make a spin off bebop anime called cowgirl bebop portraying ed as an adult continuing the bounty hunting and running into Faye and jet.
100% yes
Yes!
Faye and Jet would probably marry and have kids who Ed can find along her adventure. Better put the old characters on the shelf before someone broke them if you know what i mean.... except Ed ofc, too much potential.
dont forget spike ahaha... oh
Just as long as Ed remains as goofy and crazy as always.
Everyone talks about the ending...the true tears were shed when Ed and Ein left the ship 😭😭
I didn't start tearing up a bit until I saw Ed's message and her walking away. Everything about this series is legendary. So many elements to it though with the pinwheel as well.
SPIKE SPIEGAL
WHAT? YES YOU ARE
COWBOY BOUNTY HUNTER
BAD MAN BIG REWARD
SPIKE
SPIKEEEEE
- my nightmares
Needed to watch this after seeing the live action....
Same, some cute to wash out the curse
my favorite line from the whole show is "if you see a stranger, follow him" caught me so off guard I wish we got more of Ed's interesting speech patterns.
Easily the most likable charter in the entirety of anime
Ed is such a fun and endearing character. Precious neurodivergent child.
6:58 Me with the only bag of chips in the crew
She needs to have a play date with Tiny Tina
gokartbuyer yes just yes please this needs to happen! 😁
I wouldn't be surprised if Tiny Tina was based on Ed.
4everAmerican tiny tina, the great great granddaughter of Ed :D
Do you want to destroy a galaxy? Cuz that's how you destroy a galaxy.
I thought tinas voice actress was eds eng dub actress, how ironic
Radical Edward is greatest character in all universes
Ed is the definition of crackhead energy
Truly, she is the epitome of silliness
Let’s be honest we saw how Netflix butchered our favorite hacker so we came here to cope
Some things just dont work well in a live action environment. From what I've seen, the movie did try to recreate Ed's character faithfully, but this way of talking just doesn't work outside of anime which is why I hate live action adaptations of anime.
Omfg, I didn't even realise it but your absolutely spot on!
@@Sancnea it's mostly americans yrying to do live actions of anime... they can't grasp the authenticity of the anime itself, it's all superficial and motivated by what the audience would want instead of being loyal to the anime.
@@randommthrfkr6568One Piece live action remake: "Are you sure about that?"
@@adryaunadavis6370 1 in how many? Lmfaooooo are we supposed to forget the blunders you have made us suffer through? Dragon ball evolution would like to chime in
After live action Bebop’s version of Ed, I need this to cleanse my soul. 🤧
She played it well, but Ed can’t transfer well into live action.
She should have been an A.I.
I think we can all agree that after both the disasters known as the Live-Action Cowboy Bebop & Death Note, any anime series that Netflix can get their hands on and turn it into a live-action series/film is guaranteed to become shit. At this point, I don't have a whole lot of faith in the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
For those of you asking about Ed's gender, part of the point of the character is that her "identity" labels are super ambiguous, and consequently, meaningless. They're just that: labels. Think about all the different names she has, especially in Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, each of which comes from a different language. Within the universe of the story, it shows that the advancements of the far future have made seemingly fundamental features of identity totally empty (where you're from, your race, your gender, your family, etc.). For us in the audience, it implies that these things were always meaningless. This contributes to the larger themes of existential angst/depression/ennui in Cowboy Bebop. This sense of being lost, depersonalization, having no home, alienation, isolation etc.
Now, contrast this idea of meaningless "identity" with Actual Personality. Despite having no traditional signifiers of "who" she is, Edward obviously stands out as the strongest, most fascinating person in the bunch. Why else would 700K people watch a 20 minute compilation of her?
Who you are isn't what categories you fit under. It's what you do, what you love, what you feel. You are how you live.
Thank you
Edward was turned into a girl to even the gender ratio on the Bebop, which was, with Ed as a boy, three guys and one girl. This original character design appears in session 5, stealing a clearly adult magazine from Annie's bookstore by smuggling it under his shirt.
Nicely said. I generally felt like the whole show had an undertone revolving around this depression of the future. How there are probably hundreds of billions of people, hundreds of habitable planets, and you just can't keep track of all the things happening anymore. The vast size of the universe seems to devour you... So you start to float, and to solely live in the present, because that's all that really matters in the end.
It really seem like a lot of people get "angry" about mentioning Ed is a girl.. but you're right, that is not the point. Edward is EDWARD. I always loved that Ed was just Ed hah.
👍👍👏👏
How can someone not like Ed, she literally oozes charisma.
Had to come and watch this to cleanse myself from what Netflix done to ed
Same, even tho it was just like a min. Literally that first spike Spiegel 🤢🤮
I watched all of Cowboy Bebop subbed, so this was a little wierd for me at first! She makes little sense in Japanese too! :D
+Angle Grinder haha yeah I'm definitely exposing a bias here. I just love Melissa Fahn's interpretation of Edward.
I watched it subbed first too but then I watched the dubbed and the dub is better imo. I also heard the creator of Cowboy Bebop prefers the dubbed too.
Bebop has awesome dubbing crew. or maybe theyr also fans of the show is why they dubbed it so well.
She is so so adorable and optimistic, it’s too much that it can make her a curious and mischievous person as well. Her voice is also so cute🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
7:04 when you login to canvas and your grade changes from an A to an F
And then the house collapses... for whatever reason...
edward such an amazing person she never gets mad or feel any hatred for anything she living free and doing what her heart takes her. my favorite character.
The most cute hacker in the galaxy 😂😂 Radical Edward
17:20 The most adorable moment I've ever seen.
They did Ed dirty in the Netflix show.
I mean how would anyone do this ed? I think anime in real live action don’t work and this is one of em
@@bookoo9313 I think they could have done better than they did though. Sure they'd need to dial her back... but they could have. But nope. We got the most obnoxious scene ever. It broke my heart so bad seeing them butcher my child.
@@itsbrittanybtch i agree they made the most cringe thing i have ever seen
Ah, Edward; all the tech savvy of Izzy from Digimon, all the mad ravings of Ed from Ed Edd n Eddy, as well as the sporadic movement... And I loved every minute of it! She's like if Pinkie and Izzy from Total Drama had a kid!
8:18 I will forever laugh at this scene.
I love how she constantly flops between feral child and hacking genius
@@cabnbeeschurgr Damn. You responded to a 6 year old comment but 😭
@@sune6708 I did, this is my wholesome comfort video. I watch it when I'm feeling down.
@@cabnbeeschurgr I hope you feel better man. Enjoy the rest of your week 🫡
12:26 Don't chu piss her off, Faye-Faye!!!!!! Cat hissin'.
4:11 Dad: thanks for taking care of my son or daughter
Me: damn 😭
Radical Edward is definitely a cute character especially with Ein. Melissa Fahn did an amazing job voicing the little cutie pie.😍💕
17:40 lmao at Ed completely spacing out and Jet having to poke her
She's so pure
i love this girl, shes so fun and cute, and melissa fahn can make me love ANY character she plays
Her power... is maximum!
Lord Champa ......prove it
@@neonsquid8841 how do her feet not get destroyed walking barefooted in some of those terrains
If only we all could feel as happy as Ed does!
Her voice is so adorable
You captured all of my favorite Ed moments.
this is why she's my favorite character on Bebop
same
God I needed this after seeing the atrocity from the live action show!
Ed was the child with near endless energy that can bring a nuclear family together or annoy the hell out of you. She was a thrill and one of my favorite side characters in a long list of side characters throughout my 30 years of living. The scene when Ed was leaving was both cool and sad because it was the end of the Bebop crew. But Ed is young and she was use to people coming and going she is free spirited after all and Ein joining her was heartwarming as well.
See you around child and I hope you never lose your near endless energy and free spirit.
"High socks are cooooo-oooool gonna wear em out siiiiide!!! ^__^"