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Cowboy Bebop 

Kaubôi bibappu (original title)
TV-MA | | Animation, Action, Adventure | TV Series (1998–1999)
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26 episodes
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The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

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Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Series cast summary:
Kôichi Yamadera ...  Spike Spiegel 26 episodes, 1998-1999
Unshô Ishizuka ...  Jet Black 26 episodes, 1998-1999
Steve Blum ...  Spike Spiegel 26 episodes, 1998-1999
Beau Billingslea ...  Jet Black 26 episodes, 1998-1999
Kevin Seymour Kevin Seymour ...  Additional Voices / ... 26 episodes, 1998-1999
Wendee Lee ...  Faye Valentine 25 episodes, 1998-1999
Megumi Hayashibara ...  Faye Valentine 24 episodes, 1998-1999
Isshin Chiba Isshin Chiba ...  Man 2 / ... 17 episodes, 1998-1999
Melissa Fahn ...  Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV 16 episodes, 1998-1999
Aoi Tada Aoi Tada ...  Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV 16 episodes, 1998-1999
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Storyline

Spike Spiegel is a bounty hunter in the far future with an easy going attitude and some deadly skill at martial arts. Together with his partners, Jet Black, and later Faye Valentine as well, they go from job to job across the galaxy looking for the high priced fugitives to bag. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

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anime | jazz | future noir | gun fu | space western | See All (151) »

Taglines:

See You Space Cowboy... (ending tagline) See more »

Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Certificate:

TV-MA | See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Release Date:

2 September 2001 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Cowboy Bebop See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Sunrise See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby (Dolby TrueHD 5.1) (Blu-ray version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

A poster of Bruce Lee can be seen in front of the doctor's office in "The Real Folk Blues". Spike practices Jeet Kun Do, the same martial arts style Bruce Lee pioneered. See more »

Goofs

Spike's hair changes from green to black repeatedly throughout the show. See more »

Quotes

Ed: Ed loves Piyokos.
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Crazy Credits

Most of the episodes end with an intertitle that reads "SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY..." However, certain episodes end with different text: Session #03: EASY COME, EASY GO... Session #11: THE END Session #12: TO BE CONTINUED Session #13: DO YOU HAVE A COMRADE? Session #15: SLEEPING BEAST... Session #17: LIFE IS BUT A DREAM... Session #22: SEE YOU SPACE SAMURAI... Session #24: SEE YOU COWGIRL,SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE! Session #25: TO BE CONTINUED Session #26: YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT. See more »

Alternate Versions

After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, for two cycles, episode #22, "Cowboy Funk" was not aired on Cartoon Network, due to its plotline (a bomber blowing up skyscrapers) and the associated images of skyscrapers collapsing. The episode has since been aired on Cartoon Network. Also unaired, due to 9-11, was Episode #8 "Waltz for Venus," which opened with a spaceliner being hijacked. Also, for different reasons #6 "Sympathy for the Devil" (for scenes of a child being killed) was cut. All three episodes have since been aired on Cartoon Network. The original Japanese broadcast only aired half of the episodes in the show's run: the other half were deemed too violent for broadcast. It was aired later, uncut, on the cable WowWow network. See more »

Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Anime Series (2013) See more »

Soundtracks

Tank!
by Seatbelts (eps 1-25)
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Probably the best anime ever.
13 June 2004 | by Xander77 – See all my reviews

Cowboy Bebop is the best anime ever. I'm 21, don't tend to be fanboyish, and have seen plenty of others. And it's the best anime ever.

What other anime features a mix of the best choreographed/energetic/ kick-ass fighting scenes - hand-to-hand, hong-kong gun fights and air-space battle?

An unbelievable mix of comic, tragic, violent and fairy tale style episodes...

An incredible sound track - Yoko Kanno is a genius that can do memorable and emotional jazz, blues, classical, fantasy-style, j-pop and even heavy metal. I wouldn't even consider buying the soundtrack to any other anime.

It quite literally oozes "cool" - characters (Spike is probably the coolest - not awsomest, but stylishly coolest) music, action and narrative.

Hell, it's the only show that has both a "cute animal" character and a "cute annoying kid" character that I don't wish a horrible death upon. And if that doesn't convince you, then nothing will.
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