Reggie the Junk Dealer
Doohan
Miles
Starship Pirates
Space Shuttle
Miles' Trailer
The Starship Pirates' Space Truck
The bio terrorist behind the tanker explosion that killed 72 in Alba City.
With his long, unkempt hair and his black clothing, he has a menacing appearance. While he has no compunction about killing people, he doesn't take pleasure in it either. There seems to be no reason given for this.
A former Special Forces soldier and nanomachine weapon test subject, he was sent to the battlefield carrying a counter-nanomachine vaccine. However, when he saw the indiscriminate carnage unleashed on the battlefield by the butterflies, he lost his memories and everything except for his life.
His ultimate goal is to release a nanomachine virus on Halloween night in Alba City. However, why he wants to do this is ultimately unknown.
What is he trying to gain by standing atop the corpses of countless people?
A woman who appears before Spike multiple times as he purses a 300-million Woolong bounty, Electra has the hurried eyes of someone whose back is against the wall.
She was ordered by the military to hunt down and kill Vincent, her former lover. There's no doubt that her plan was to use her position in an attempt to save Vincent, however.
However, Vincent didn't hesitate for a second to pull the trigger. This caused her to view of Vincent, who had one supported her, to change.
Thus, she decides to take down Vincent, even if it kills her. Perhaps this was in order to fulfill her duty as a soldier. And so, the fated moment approaches...
A “space cowboy,” in this context, is a bounty hunter, although it’s also been used as a band name and as Jamiroquai’s mascot. There’s also one instance that will make you double take.
Specifically, that would be the movie “Space Cowboys” from the year 2000, a major blockbuster starring and directed by Clint Eastwood, an Oscar-winner and former Mayor of Carmel-by-the-sea, California.
And it’s not just the title that feels “Bebop-esque.” The story of old astronauts trying to intercept an old Soviet satellite conjures images of Doohan and many of the characters would be right at home in the world of Bebop. The spy satellite housing nuclear missiles is also reminiscent of “NPU” in Session 9.
By the way, this episode was broadcast in March of 1999 and Session 9 aired in March of 1998. Perhaps Clint-senpai is a Bebop fan?
"Wild Horses" and the movie "Space Cowboys" are both about the great exploits of the space shuttle.
The idea of an abandoned satellite actually being a military satellite was also used in Session 9.
Doohan would be right at home with the mischievous space-bound elders from "Space Cowboys."
This episode has several “hidden” themes, one of which is the idea of “obsolescence.” The other is “baseball.” That’s right. Baseball.
First and foremost, let’s take a look at the three space pirates who appear in this episode: George, Herman, and Ruth. Their names combined, George Herman Ruth, forms the real name of famous New York Yankees player Babe Ruth. As an aside, the nickname “Babe” means “baby.”It also seems like the Blue Sox, who Miles is a fan of, were inspired by the Hanshin Tigers in Japan.
Miles mentions players named Randy, Blanket, and Hills. “Randy” refers to Randy Bass, “Blanket” refers to Masayuki Kakefu, and “Hills” refers to Akinobu Okada. All three played clean-up on the Hanshin Tigers’ 1985 championship team. The player “Eightwood” who Miles mentions seems to be a reference to Hiroshi Yagi, another player on the Tigers.
The radio that Miles listens to has quite the nostalgic design, as is the act of listening to baseball on the radio itself. No doubt it’s a monaural AM one too. By the way, what kind of image does baseball conjure for you? Recently in Japan, ratings for matches between the Tigers and the Giants are down by 10%. It seems like people are beginning to lose interest in the sport.
Meanwhile, in America’s Major League Baseball, you’ll see everyone in the arena standing and singing along when “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” begins to play during the seventh inning stretch. The final line in the song “old ball game,” as opposed to the “new ball game” of football, evokes good connotations. Perhaps it’s a feeling that is missing under a manmade dome.
Overall, the idea of “good old” that’s evoked by baseball ties in rather nicely to the premise of this Session, doesn’t it?
While Miles, a baseball fan, seems like a side character, he's actually ties this story together.
When the Blue Sox lose, Miles smashes his radio without thinking. With these scene, you understand his hot-blooded temperament.
Listening to the baseball game on the job is what connects Spike and Doohan.
The space pirates who definitely aren't Babe Ruth. Their names are George, Herman, and Ruth.
Doohan's collection of junk from the past century is a window into his personality.
Although his appearance was cool, Miles shouting "I don't want to die!" doesn't feel very befitting of a Hanshin fan.