Cowboy Bebop
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While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.
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Title: Ballad of Fallen Angels (23 Sep 2001)
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Cast
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| Kôichi Yamadera | ... | Spike Spiegel (voice) | |
| Unshô Ishizuka | ... | Jet Black (voice) | |
| Megumi Hayashibara | ... | Faye Valentine (voice) | |
| Norio Wakamoto | ... | Vicious (voice) | |
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Kazuaki Ito | ... | Mao Yenrai (voice) |
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Miyuki Ichijô | ... | Annie (voice) |
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Hidetoshi Nakamura | ... | Carlos (voice) |
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Toshihiko Nakajima | ... | Violinist (voice) |
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Isshin Chiba | ... | Attendant (voice) |
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Shinpachi Tsuji | ... | Bodyguard 1 (voice) |
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Kazuhiro Nakata | ... | Bodyguard 2 (voice) |
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Wasabi Mizuta | ... | Child 1 (voice) |
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Kaoru Morota | ... | Child 2 (voice) |
| Steve Blum | ... | Spike Spiegel (voice) (as David Lucas) | |
| Beau Billingslea | ... | Jet Black (voice) (as John Billingslea) | |
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While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.
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JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
23 September 2001 (USA) See more »Edit
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JPY 20,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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(26 episodes)Sound Mix:
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1.33 : 1
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Ballad of Fallen Angels is one of the very best Cowboy Bebop episodes ever, and could be one of the most gorgeous pieces of television of all freaking time if I'm being perfectly honest. Spike's past has come crawling back to haunt him and it's like it will never go away. Spike must confront his friend-turned-enemy: Vicious; and this could mean life or death for our beloved 'space cowboy'.
'Ballad' has strikingly gorgeous animation to it and cinematography that evokes not only the best animes out there, but also the finest film-noirs as well. Spike's history with Vicious is never explicitly stated, though the flashes of their backstory we do get leaves us thinking that there's a whole lot more to what's going on than what is on screen. Spike is a happy-go-lucky kind of fella who's seen some rough sh!t throughout his life, and I think this episode shows both those sides to his character (even if they're over-shadowed by the admittedly awesome gun-fights in this episode).
Cowboy Bebop is still great stuff twenty years on; and I love re-watching it again and again!