Cowboy Bebop: The Movie/Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Dogfight (English Dub)

Previously un--uploaded clip from the Cowboy Bebop movie.

[@Rivecha]

I love how when they show the scenes of the antiques taking off, they include planes that are in our future but in their past. Nice detail and attention to the world.

[@Njin8492]

I love how some of them are falling apart. Lol

[@Pendy555]

I noticed that too. I agree with you. It's so good.

[@LolingStaz]

They also included planes from our present, namely the F18 at 5:33 !

[@peternavin3188]

@@LolingStaz theres also plenty of ww2 and 1 planes like the tbf, the p38 and the swordfish

[@samovarsa2640]

@@peternavin3188 of course... Spike's ship is the Swordfish II, and the three old guys fly a Swordfish themselves! That's a cute little joke.

[@VegetaLF7]

Cool little detail here a lot of people miss out on. The biplane the old guys are flying is a Swordfish Torpedo Bomber. Spike's zipcraft is the Swordfish-II.

[@dustmaker5744]

Amazing 👏 Thanks for this.

[@vgernyc]

2:10 Very cool attention to detail on animators part. The military pilot ejected his last 2 missiles so he didn't collapse the highway and kill civilians.

[@Kerdack]

Holy fuck, he does.

[@maskcollector6949]

Great catch!

[@Leisurelee53]

That might be a hardware feature of the jet after ejection, but still, amazing attention to detail.

[@justdude8115]

nice touch but modern missiles are not armed all the time for safety reasons. So even the destruction of the missile won't cause detonation of the warhead. The warhead is armed only when missile is launched and it reached certain time of flight and acceleration.

[@mahatmagandhiful]

Those appear to be the vehicle's two main propulsion units ("jet engines," or whatever the 2071 Martian equivalent is), not missiles. The missiles are stored internally, as depicted at 1:10. At 1:23, you can see the engines light up in afterburner. 1:45 provides another shot of the engine array - one large unit directly behind the cockpit, another large unit farther back and higher up at the tail, flanked by two smaller units on either side. (Here you also see two doors open up to fire the twin guns as well.) At 2:10, if you go frame by frame (pause, then press the Period key to advance a frame), it looks like the rear engine ejects first, followed by the front engine.

[@lunokhod3937]

Like how the old guys are flying a Swordfish too.

[@crazydave318]

Nice catch.

[@sai-gammarell]

@@crazydave318 what second? I don't see it

[@lunokhod3937]

@@sai-gammarell the plane the three old dudes are flying in is the Fairey Swordfish, a british carrier based bomber from WWII that became famous for being extremely effective despite it's technological obsolecence.

[@sai-gammarell]

@@lunokhod3937 lmao you are right. I thought you were talking about one of the kind of spike's

[@phantasmicyouth]

@@sai-gammarell That's the joke, actually; Spike's is called the Swordfish-II, and is probably a swing at the original WWII fighter.

[@P4ntlessNinja]

You can almost feel the frustration of those military pilots trying to shoot down the spaceship equivalent of a souped up muscle car in their bleeding edge fighters and getting absolutely fucked on in the process. The last guy even loses his cool and starts taking shots that hit buildings in his desperation to try to shoot Spike down.

[@JohnMasterCheif]

hell, I can feel the damn Gees of all the turns.

[@Kxy2x]

Its like Dodge charger vs Lambo lol

[@DobbsyLondon]

Military spec = minimum requirements for lowest price 🤣 (14 year Sapper, ret'd)

[@amuroray9115]

I forgot how skilled Spike is at piloting

[@VegetaLF7]

@@JohnMasterCheif That arch at the top of the climb along the wall was just gorgeous, you could just feel the whole momentum of the dogfight.

[@Exiled249]

It speaks volumes to Spike's piloting skills that he took down all the enemy planes without ever getting behind any of them.

[@glowtail3744]

And also the fact that its a racing plane with weapons sticky taped to it and it will actively kill who is piloting it. I think this speaks words on spike's piloting skills.

[@mr101aaa]

This is the shit. This is one of the best scenes in the series.

[@AngryJT]

This is one of the best scenes in animation.

[@sterenn726]

Except it's the movie... But yes as of today, it's still very impressive. Even with today modern animation.

[@amuroray9115]

@@sterenn726 animation isn’t a matter of tools but time. Just look at Pinocchio from 1940’s

[@JemZard]

@@amuroray9115 but Western animation is different than Japanese sakuga lol

[@amuroray9115]

@@JemZard ??? All animation follows the same rules dude. lol

[@buchiklop110]

I love how the dogfight has the most tenuous connection possible with the plot, but it would have been wrong for the Cowboy Bebop movie to not have a dogfight otherwise.

[@h.a.9880]

I mean, there have been terrorist attacks by Vincent and it's some random bounty hunter dude with an armed fighter entering what I assume is restricted air space during a great festivity, so it does make sense that Spike would be intercepted.

[@MantaRaydiated]

Look, they got a movie budget to spend. There’s no way they wouldn’t spend it on this!

[@namewarvergeben]

It's easily the best sci-fi dogfight I have seen!

[@Zigeunerweisen20]

I love how everything in the Cowboy Bebop movie seems designed to push Spike to his absolute limits. Vincent does it in a physical capacity. This dogfight is definitely the greatest challenge that we see Spike undertake as a pilot and the greatest showcase of his skill.

[@azurebass24]

Even the second time he's trying to find answers in Morocco street. He's pushed to the limit of his charm and then had to be real with the doctor

[@azurebass24]

ALSO! He's never been made so vulnerable as to talk to a new person about his past or his time in the syndacite as quickly as with Electra. I know that partially it's convenience but regardless it fits nicely with the thought that every other character was pushing spike to his limits in nearly all regards of his life

[@sterenn726]

Well, it's his last real piece of action before facing Vicious. The only time when he might have felt alive before facing vicious one last time (and dying probably, I mean for me he is dead at the serie's end). He even was afraid of dying against Vincent. When did that rrally happen during the serie. He wasn't fighting because he feared death or wanted to live. He just wanted to see Julia one last time, that's what really motivated him (and keep the bebop out of trouble). But in the movie, he confess that he felt afraid. That's very rare for him.

[@amuroray9115]

Agreed

[@themindset4164]

I also love how the music plays into this element of the movie. It's such an intense and demanding song, and really feels like it's straining to keep going, just like spike in this scene.

[@toshi3866]

When the jazz kicks in you know it's gonna be a banger scene

[@hunterramaekers8481]

Always loved how it's a physical challenge to fly the Swordfish. Like it looks like Spike is just barely hanging on inside the cockpit, meanwhile he outflies everyone and does it with style.

[@arob5sf32]

Makes sense (as much as an anime set in space in the future can make sense) given that it's an already unstable racing craft with a massive plasma cannon it wasn't built for strapped to the bottom. It's things like that which really set this series apart.

[@Coinz8]

@@arob5sf32 Not only that, it would do well in atmosphere as well as it does in a weightless vacuum. In space that motorcycle like seating arrangement works perfectly. In atmosphere, im sure its a hell of a strain on the body to be piloting in that position.

[@JohnMasterCheif]

especially when he's not even wearing a flight suit. I can feel the Gees of his turns just watching

[@flyboy6392]

@@Coinz8 Actually, that motorbike position is BETTER for high-G moves, it keeps the body at least somewhat flatter.

[@Turtleproof]

"Hold together, ya piece of junk!" is no way to treat a fair lady.

[@george1234able]

I love how this starts with Spike evading the jets to really set the tone of the dogfight, then the red hot jazz kicks in

[@hergie409]

Spike calling his fighter a “piece of junk” after absolutely thrashing it around the way he did, like bro that thing is incredible for holding together lol

[@jackh7977]

Exactly

[@ethanbradley2089]

I've never heard Spike described as intelligent or grateful.

[@jasonmyers8278]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@JoshRiolu]

"Piece of junk (affectionate)"

[@RadTrashed]

I can't even begin to imagine how they planned this scene out or even animated it. If it were animated today this would be cg. Someone sat down and drew this frame by frame. Blows my mind.

[@DrMcMoist]

Isn't the first time Shinichiro Watanabe directed fantastic dogfight action, either.

[@KasbashPlays]

@@DrMcMoistMacross Plus turned to be a fantastic learning experience for both Watanabe and Kawamori, clearly.

[@frontrowattheshitshow8849]

If this were animated today I feel like it would also be poorly planned lol (Live action Cowboy Bebop)

[@mattjaynes4167]

A detail I never noticed is the difference between how the Swordfish and the military jets execute the turnaround manuever above the tower, and how minutes before the autocannon slugs trailed behind the swordfish just before going under the highway. The swordfish is an antiquated and tricked-out racing jet, while the fighters are modern state of the art craft. What the latter has going for it is absolute speed and the skill of its pilot. Spike has to be full ahead to turn around at the top, while the braking system of the fighters allows them to do a quick 180 - the thought and animation that went into this scene shows what Spike's working with and how he utilizes the Swordfish to outmanuever modern craft with skill and familiarity.

[@Cedar_Wolf]

Right around 3:35?

[@itsukarine]

cant believe those dudes missed such an easy opportunity for a low speed deflection shot. mustve underestimated him and sent the rookies out

[@dblaster163]

“Spike, I know you can do it boy, I didn’t give you the swordfish for nothing you kno.”

[@mookiestewart3776]

This entire scene is just a giant flex of the bebop animation and music crew . “Look what we can do if you give us a solid budget and time”……and it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen …. Outstanding !!

[@OrificeHorus]

In case anyone is curious: The track for this scene is called "What Planet Is This?!"

[@damocles3334]

sweet I was wondering what it was called

[@noelinsua7261]

Most people won't realize but it's amazing how well the martian atmosphere is represented, specially when the sky turns black when the camera points to the sun above, you can even see some stars. This can also happen on earth if you fly really high where the atmosphere is as thin as in mars. Of course within the Alva City "dome" (its not really enclosed) the atmosphere is earth-like so the sky is blue. Nice details.

[@marcusmeins1839]

terraforming

[@chrisalejado1396]

Recently, NASA released a photo of what the sun would look like on the horizon on Mars, wow... Cowboy Bebop is really ahead of its time

[@amuroray9115]

@@chrisalejado1396 NASA has released photos like that for the past couple of decades.

[@guillermomorata]

You can even see Spike's trail being some residual dust while the military jet trailing him turns just at the point of most tension making a sonic boom when he turns! 3:29

[@mookiestewart3776]

@@amuroray9115 I don’t think we’ve had cameras on mats the past couple decades lol

[@MrCervantesent]

Love how Spike has to improvise with the use of his surroundings to take on multiple ships at once. Some animation sequences of these dogfights look real.

[@cristianjofre1607]

Some of today anime studios should take notes from this 2001 movie, this right here is a masterclass of animation.

[@mookiestewart3776]

It’s so fucking good man…..like….god daaaammmnnn 🥵🥵🥵

[@amuroray9115]

It’s a movie…..tv shows don’t have the budget or time to look this good.

[@Leisurelee53]

Something I like, the military craft aren't completely outclassed. The swordfish II is not some Gundam level super jet. It's a high performance racer. It makes sense that they could keep up, and the pilots are not incompetent, just not as good as our hero. That's how you make tension; high stakes, level playing fields.

[@carlost.9233]

This is a masterpiece of aviation and cinematic art. If you can suspend belief that these “fighter jet” designs are sensible, the actual fighting sequence is phenomenal, and much of it seems to draw on modern day dogfighting clips. Nice touch with the outdated aircraft too. Nearly made me shed a tear when they started falling apart midair… …nearly… it’s only anime.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

a MANLY tear, dammit!

[@HeilRay]

The best dog fights in all of anime. Hell the best dog fight in all of animation

[@Tigershark_3082]

I recommend watching Area 88 before you make that call. The dogfights in the second OVA are second-to-none

[@valer119]

@@Tigershark_3082 Person of culture.

[@Shamshiro]

Macross Plus would also like to prove you wrong lol

[@HeilRay]

@@Shamshiro That missile spam anime?

[@ShimodaNexus]

​@@HeilRay Maybe see Macross Plus, the original, or Do You Remember Love before pigeonholing an entire series.

[@tjy5338]

"Hey, Taxi!" got me dyin 🤣

[@hb2057]

This is bar none one of the best if not the best chase scene in anime history… Every element breathtaking in its build up with a slice of genre blending and timescaping… …all neatly concluded with the smirk-inducing reality that a piece of junk starship did all that… Right before Spike fires his blaster in between those two tankers, time stops and for a flash of a moment you cant help but realize, this is anime 😌…

[@hergie409]

Fayes little flip roll at @2:42 was totally unnecessary and awesome

[@dhan07404]

The song ending perfectly in time with the explosion is just magnificent

[@thesalvadorianwarrior798]

My favorite scene. The style, the music, that dog fight. Perfect.

[@user-vr4xy8qm1z]

This is one of the greatest dogfight I ever seen. I'm watching it for the fifth time now and it's still great

[@mookiestewart3776]

It’s the animation mixed with the god tier soundtrack…..so good man

[@cybershroom9240]

It was insane to see this in the theater for the 2024 rerelease, swear they edit the music to actually be louder than the home release

[@adolfemmanuelesparas3922]

Big Clap to the OST of this masterpiece.. such a good bringer of atmosphere!

[@andrewryan2814]

I'm betting "What Planet is This?" is one of the songs The Seatbelts wrote before the animation was done. The director was known for designing scenes around some of the music.

[@ethanbradley2089]

As far as I know that's pretty much how the series was done. I couldn't imagine trying to write a scene to this.

[@Albert4084]

23 years pass,still the best dogfight in animation

[@ItsJustVirgil]

When you need to land fast, every open space starts lookin like a runway.

[@crazydave318]

Fun fact if you didn’t know, every so miles on the interstate is supposed to have like a mile or so of straight road just in case for emergency landings. Thank Eisenhower for that.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Just ask Captain Sullenberger

[@tssteelx]

The fact someone has salvaged antique aircraft from earth, loaded it into a space craft and brought it to mars is staggering.

[@TheNorthHawk]

Kudos to that last pilot that kept up with Spike the whole time.

[@CoolKid-qk7tl]

I love how the army fighters are supermanuverable, visually stunning

[@FluxDreamsOA]

"It's too early to start the party fellas"

[@RainMaker0602]

Even when I play the OST whenever I'm driving, I say that line at the same time it was said in the film.

[@JeremyBX]

Only in Cowboy Bebop will the play a perfectly tuned jazz song over such an intense escape.

[@thespacesbetweenstudio3346]

Spike takes out all the enemy fighters but never fires directly at them like Hollywood plots would require. He uses the environment to outfly them and let them crash. Smooth

[@jerrell1169]

I honestly think that’s more common in Hollywood. It’s sort of a trope to have chasing fighters get tunnel vision and crash into obstacles.

[@blackhawks696969]

My GOD the music

[@mookiestewart3776]

Thts bebop baby!!

[@krios7299]

Steve Blum's acting is just awesome.

[@logandarklighter]

All that gorgeous dogfight sci fi action - and NOT ONE SINGLE FRAME of it has even the slightest HINT of computer graphics! This is quite possibly the last hurrah of traditional acetate cel painted anime action! So beautiful!!

[@KasbashPlays]

The bit at 3:55 is mostly CGI, except for the Swordfish's animation. The smoke at 4:13 as well. The suspension bridge towards the end is CGI as well. This is not to discount the phenomenal art direction on the film but it's a little disingenuous to claim that "not one single frame" has CGI in it.

[@laurakramer4888]

I think the better way to say it here is where there's CGI it's polished. I feel like a lot of modern anime - and animation in general - either don't understand how or don't get the time to mask the parts cgi is needed for (intense direction changes, keeping a large rapidly moving object consistent, etc) to mesh with the traditional cel animation or digitally painted stuff. It's a real treat to see a place where it was used sparingly as it should be and used remarkably well

[@tannerbarnes7392]

It is still mind blowing to me that the animations for the spacecrafts this dogfight were done by hand. Absolutely incredible.

[@NaturalStateDepths]

Spike could rival Anakin Skywalker with his piloting skills.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

There was a lot of spinning...

[@NaturalStateDepths]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Now that's pod racing....

[@thegrandpaman7338]

Ah, a man of culture

[@SgtChip]

Spike's VA, Steve Blum already belongs in a jet fighter, having voiced Captain Bartlett of Ace Combat 5. I knew that voice sounded familiar!

[@mookiestewart3776]

He’s in everything lol it’s crazy

[@The_Lag_Monster]

What a smooth way to end the dogfight!

[@Njin8492]

"Did you say anything?" *lenny face* I love this lol

[@Parkerevans89]

I've seen this movie countless times since it came out and I still to this day am amazed at how great this scene and the entire series is. Bebop will always be the greatest of all time in my eyes. Please ffs I hope Netflix doesn't screw up the live action 😳

[@_vakas]

haha

[@Parkerevans89]

Well this aged well...😔

[@deuce5546]

@@Parkerevans89 pain

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Well this didn’t age well

[@Toron90]

It’s ok. You just knew it was going to happen… like the rest of us lmao

[@JAMurida1]

The transition to Spike’s roaring Swordfish at around 2:50 is simply beautiful and never gets old. Countless things to say about this 7 and half minutes of animation mastercraft that others have pointed out. Still a piece I revisit time to time.

[@FromMyBrain]

Dear god do I love when a work of fiction elevates a vehicle into a character, can practically hear Sowrdfish II screaming you havent changed my damn fuel filter in years! But it doesnt give up till the first moment it safely can and Still gets its pilot on the ground safely. All while leaving the military saying what in the holy hell was that thing that has fighter performance while having a damn artiller cannon strapped to it.

[@nagosnell]

3:40 Damn, he takes a dogfight to space and back.

[@Steel-101]

I’m REALLY digging the music 🎵 man. Thank God I was born in the 90s lol 😆

[@intrepidoutlaw706]

Man really got 3 air to air kills with his swordfish and called it a "piece of junk"

[@mookiestewart3776]

He’s just that good man ;)

[@MaximilianoAedo]

Unforgivable that Netflix doesn't have the movie to complement the original anime.

[@scottpickering2382]

Happy to have saw this part on the big screen.

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Need all the planes they got. Leaves Red Tail and Hammer Head parked on the ground.

[@notkiwibird]

This is the first time I've ever heard "What planet is this?" in context, and man... its good

[@mookiestewart3776]

You hadn’t watched the movie before?? Bruh it’s so damn good!!

[@notkiwibird]

@@mookiestewart3776 I’ve heard! I watched the show a year ago, but moved on to evangelion before I even knew there was a movie so I never got around to it. The music is fire so I have to at least for that

[@notkiwibird]

@@mookiestewart3776 my friend and I watched it a week or so ago. So good, it feels just like a longer episode and I love that

[@aceplace3357]

God this music man

[@Uejji]

This sequence has always reminded me of Macross Plus. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the same people were involved.

[@queenofthesalt5199]

Everyone here sleeping on What Planet Is This, I play this shit on the drums and it’s the most fun I have whenever I do.

[@JakeYolk]

U got the instrumental version?

[@madeinmeme9688]

"Those things can fly?" You can hear the pain in Jet's voice😂

[@albanmarinot94]

Just a timeless classic movie ^^:)

[@ZharelAnger]

Cowboy Beebop; nuff said.

[@aderose]

Saw this in theaters in Jan. REALLY makes this scene have much more impact when on the big screen and with the volume cranked up!

[@KillerOrca]

Those grognards in their ancient crates goin' to save everyone just does it for me. And the spread of aircraft too!

[@RainMaker0602]

4:06. I can feel myself upshifting while on the road in this part.

[@ggggg77273]

I just remembered that the world of this show is set in 2077. The old guys at 4:43 all look in their 70s-80s. They're all Gen Z.

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

I just realized, the Swordfish’s plasma gun makes the same sound as the X-Wing’s blaster cannons

[@SmartJapanHacksCulture]

Love all the flying sequences from Cowboy Bebop. They're so well animated.

[@Spudtron98]

You can tell that this is the same animation team that did Macross Plus.

[@mookiestewart3776]

I don’t think it was the same full team but watanabe and a few other people did work on that show so it fits

[@zetoboogaloo8802]

Love this fight. I would seriously love to get my hands on some cowboy bebop models honestly.

[@emsgavloco2355]

those fighter designs are phenomenal

[@ozpin8329]

I first saw this almost twenty years ago when it played at an indie theatre in my city. I hadn't even seen the full series yet, just a handful of episodes from Adult Swim. My jaw hit the floor and stayed there the entire time seeing how beautiful the animation was in this scene, especially the sequence at 3:22.

[@daaooa8260]

Ahh my kind of Action and jazz love this anime still

[@JohnSmith-li6mn]

Think my new favorite part about this scene is the ending.

[@thatnewjoint]

I like how even though it's a dog fight, Spike uses his surroundings and let the enemy essentially take themselves out. They couldn't maneuver out of thr way of debris, or flew into objects.

[@user-ps4ei5ow8l]

The jet planes sequence were ah great scene in the movie and Edward ah big profile in this show,torpedos and ah Star Wars type of thing,magnificent🏅🏅🏅

[@kevp9601]

Best KZbin Video In The Universe

[@nl1724]

They dont make em like this no more😒

[@Mediumcool2000]

Can you imagine those 3 pilots coming back to base, having to admit they got taken out by a guy in vintage aircraft, where as they had and lost the latest billion dollar fighter jets

[@Kspice9000]

Top Gun could take some notes.

[@doodleboi7034]

Why is no one talking about the animation? It's the greatest piece of work i ever seen !

[@98liquid]

Still love the OST used here in this chase scenes. Up to this day. I still have the song/music in my Playlist.

[@RapnuzeI]

Absolutely love this dogfight. Wish Faye and/or Electra had fought in it, too.

[@richardavelino7383]

The adoption of MIRV ballistic missiles make the most sense is space combat. I like it. Plus it looks cool

[@kelleyj5154]

What a way to catch a taxi! "Had to go through all that!" LoL 😂

[@marcusmeins1839]

XD!

[@sayemahmed688]

Can't get enough of cowboy bebop

[@kevp9601]

Thank You, +Zeltzamer, For That Awesome Anime "CowBoy BeBop" KZbin Video of Yours! Because I Happen To Like Anime DogFight Scenes The Most Too, Friend. :-D

[@paul-emilejaffre9624]

Dang I gotta show this to my dad

[@ThatHippyDuck]

why is this movie so underrated?? i mean everyone i ask whether theyve seen it, they don't even know it exists. and the ones that do haven't even seen it or just thought it was "okay".

[@Cyborgrobotarmswag]

Easily my favorite part of the series

[@firedragonosis]

WHAT PLANET IS THIS?!

[@marche800]

This is best animated sequence in the franchise. It's looney.

[@spacetrainbaby3737]

Very cool

[@Pendy555]

My favorite scene in the whole movie.

[@wizardwhohasmorempthanhp]

They should make another Cowboy Bebop movie

[@EpicChemicalKid]

Literally screamed when I heard Seatbelts kick in

[@arunyadavalli7397]

What a banger

[@Coinz8]

Im watching this while painting my swordfish 2 model

[@Sb129]

perfection

[@scooterdescooter4018]

i hope me and my two best friends one day become the 3 old men in this show.