Anyone remember when Escaflowne (fantasy mech opera) premeired on fox kids? They turned a beautifully written and operetically scored 26 episode romance story with mechs in it into a 17 episode techno robo combat free-for-all

They literally ditched ALL character exposition, (the ENTIRE first episode actually), then ripped out the incredibly moving soundtrack and thew in what sounded like a casio keyboard techno preset into mechs fighting.. alot.. with the same footage duplicated 7 times per episode, to make up for all the plot they ripped out... and don't even get me started on the voice-acting...

Bebop will at least not suffer in the dubbing department (in case anyone noticed, it would appear it is actually *MADE* for english and dubbed japanese, or mroe doubtfully, totally re-animated)... don't believe me... just watch it on a dvd and flip back and forth... their mouths actually sync to the *ENGLISH* dialogue, not the japanese.... go figure