Unlike other anime and manga, where jokes and references are often exclusory or require knowledge of Japanese culture and / or the workings and conventions of anime, Cowboy Bebop is accessible – western audiences can connect with the characters readily and more fully understand their motivations and struggles.

Unlike Old English, which tended largely to adopt Late West Saxon scribal conventions in the period immediately before the Norman conquest of England, written Middle English displays a wide variety of scribal ( and presumably dialectal ) forms.

Unlike the American Association who held their conventions in various cities across the country, the National Association held its annual conventions in Washington D. C. with its efforts concentrated on the federal government.

Unlike Western naming conventions, it is considered disrespectful in China to name a child after an older relative and bad form to copy the names of celebrities or famous historical figures.

Unlike some earlier Democratic conventions, it had been well planned and run with few gaffes or errors, as even Republicans conceded.

Unlike the case of the United States, the fact that the constitution of Canada was intended from the outset to encompass unwritten conventions and legal principles is beyond question.

Unlike so many of the power-starved intellectuals in underdeveloped nations of our own day, they commanded both prestige and influence before the Revolution started.

Unlike the heroes and flappers of the lost generation, they disdain the art of `` necking '' and `` petting ''.

Unlike cities and towns, however, they do not have to submit any financial statements to the state Bureau of Audits.

Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry venial sin go to a place called Purgatory where they undergo purification to enter Heaven.

Unlike his predecessors, Berkeley and Locke, Hume rejects the idea that volitions or impulses of the will may be inferred to necessarily connect to the actions they produce by way of some sense of the power of the will.

Unlike a parliament, the assembly's members were not elected, but attended by right when they chose.

Unlike office holders ( magistrates ) who could be impeached and prosecuted for misconduct, the jurors could not be censured, for they, in effect, were the people and no authority could be higher than that.

Unlike traditional adhesives, UV light curing adhesives not only bond materials together but they can also be used to seal and coat products.

Unlike deer, which have branched antlers that they shed annually, bongos and other antelopes have pointed horns that they keep throughout their lifespan.

Unlike lemurids, they have long upper incisors, although they do have the comb-like teeth typical of all strepsirhines.

Unlike structs, arrays are not first-class objects ; they cannot be assigned or compared using single built-in operators.

Unlike the modern historian, most chroniclers tended to take their information as they found it, and made little attempt to separate fact from legend.

Unlike the anime and manga ( some based on the stories in select volumes ), they are more action-adventure oriented and have more of a shōnen demographic, taking the familiar characters of Doraemon and placing them in a variety of exotic and perilous settings.

Unlike Moses, who tried to defend Israel when they sinned with the golden calf, Elijah bitterly complains over the Israelites ' unfaithfulness and says he is the " only one left ".

Unlike a bubble chamber picture, only the sum of all the Feynman diagrams represent any given particle interaction ; particles do not choose a particular diagram each time they interact.

Unlike other New World monkeys, they have the capacity to give birth twice a year.

Unlike the traditional, more humanlike gnomes, they can have a wide variety of physical features and skin colours.

Unlike members of the City Council, members of the City Parliament are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance.

Unlike Tolkienesque elves, they are alien, physically plant-like and often hostile to normal humans ( meat men ).

Unlike other instant messaging software or web applications, on ICQ the only permanent user info is the UIN, although it is possible to search for other users using their associated e-mail address or any other detail they have made public ( by updating it in the public profile ).

Unlike defendants who are found guilty of a crime, they are not institutionalized for a fixed period, but rather held in the institution until they are determined not to be a threat.

Unlike many decorative patterns that present a static flat convention, this artist's pictures are full of atmosphere and climate.

Unlike conventional auctions, bids are non-refundable ; if one player bids 65 for psyche and another wins with a bid of 66, then the character with 66 is " superior " to the character with 65 even though there is only one bid difference.

Unlike the Oriental Natural, the Akoya pearl, and the South Sea and Tahitian cultured pearls, abalone pearls are not primarily judged by their roundness.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

Unlike McCaffrey's black crystal transceivers, Le Guin's ansibles are not mated pairs: it is possible for an ansible's coordinates to be set to any known location of a receiving ansible.

Unlike the typical idea of an arcology-clean, healthy, and safe for the environment, " hives " are portrayed as dirty, diseased, overcrowded and the area around them as highly polluted.

Unlike the Israelite worship assembly, which was only able to look on during Temple worship as the Levitical Priest sang, played, and offered animal sacrifices, in the New Testament, all Christians are commanded to sing praises to God.

Unlike France or Germany, there are no special administrative courts of first instance in the Netherlands, but regular courts have an administrative " chamber " which specializes in administrative appeals.

Unlike modern websites and online services that are typically hosted by third-party companies in commercial data centers, BBS computers ( especially for smaller boards ) were typically operated from the SysOp's home.

Unlike many former Soviet bloc militaries, discipline and morale problems are not common.

Unlike their counterparts in the United Methodist Church, ELCA and ELCIC synod bishops do not appoint pastors to local congregations ( pastors, like their counterparts in the Episcopal Church, are called by local congregations ).

Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.

Unlike bioweapons, these midspectrum agents do not reproduce in their host and are typically characterized by shorter incubation periods.

Unlike the closely related pea, beans are a summer crop that needs warm temperatures to grow.

Unlike ecozones, biomes are not defined by genetic, taxonomic, or historical similarities.

Unlike traditional HTML with its large range of character entity references, in XML there are only five predefined character entity references.

Unlike with geographical maps, where many famous projections are known ( such as the Mercator projection ), the calendar projection is a matter of such triviality that no names for these exist in common circulation.

Unlike cosmogenic isotopes that are produced in the atmosphere, < sup > 41 </ sup > Ca is produced by neutron activation of < sup > 40 </ sup > Ca.

" Unlike utilitarianism, which views pleasure as a moral good, " the basic goods in Mohist consequentialist thinking are ... order, material wealth, and increase in population ".

Unlike the other proposition bets which are handled by the dealers or stickman, the field bet is placed directly by the player.

Unlike the gradient and divergence, curl does not generalize as simply to other dimensions ; some generalizations are possible, but only in three dimensions is the geometrically defined curl of a vector field again a vector field.

Unlike the primary wall, the microfibrils are aligned mostly in the same direction, and with each additional layer the orientation changes slightly.

Unlike most sports, men and women compete and are ranked together.