When you load up Serenade of Recollection in the PS2, one of the first things that pops up is “Tank!”, Bebop’s beloved opening theme. The friend who first showed me this game (and from whom I’ve been borrowing it for close to a year now) thought I’d get a kick over the game’s spin on the anime’s iconic opening animation. Instead of replaying the intro from the anime, the makers of the game actually recreated “Tank!” shot-for-shot using their cel-shaded character models in real time.

(Anime version is on top.)

Well, almost shot-for shot…

Here’s our first glimpse of Spike in the anime intro:

And here’s the game’s version:

You guessed it, all traces of smoking have been scrubbed from the game’s version of “Tank!”.

Indeed, at no point during the game is any character depicted smoking, making it the most smokeless depiction of CBBB since… Fanboy Bebop, I guess.

More Useless Trivia:
“Tank!” is the only part of the game where we get to see the 3D model they made of Jet’s Hammerhead.