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- 25 de Mayo, 2013
one time Gun Nut Pal dragged me to a gun show and we spent a decent chunk of it going "d00d that animu guns"His gun is a very specific real life model, though. All of the characters in Bebop have very specific firearm models that exist irl, that's just another thing that appeals to fans of the anime- it helps to add to that "modern day real life stuff transplanted into a sci-fi future" vibe of the show and is just generally a treat for gun nerds in the audience. A character's choice in firearm can also reflect a surprising amount of that character's personality, past, values, and lifestyle.
It's details like this that were completely unnecessary to put in, but were anyways (and end up making the show even better than it already was), that show just how much of a passion project Cowboy Bebop was for everyone involved in its creation and production. The fact that Netflix can't be assed to do the same is a reflection of how much they genuinely care about the source material.
For any gun nerds in here, here's a comprehensive list of all of the firearms shown in the anime. It's genuinely amazing how many there are.
Edit because I forgot to add this: Cowboy Bebop literally put the Jericho 941 R on the map. The model was virtually unknown outside of Israel and it ended up exploding in popularity among international markets once the anime came out. It's one of the extremely few depictions of the gun in popular media and is easily the most iconic one due to the fact that pretty much every depiction of the 941 in media since exists as a reference to Bebop. "The model isn't iconic" my ass.
biggest highlight was we spotted a dude with Rip Van Winkle's stupid long ginomous gun from Hellsing
but yeah when Japan wants to flex on gun nut shit they can make any USA-jin blush