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Ballad of Fallen Angels

  • Episode aired Sep 23, 2001
  • TV-MA
  • 25m
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9.2/10
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Norio Wakamoto and Kôichi Yamadera in Ballad of Fallen Angels (1998)
AnimationActionAdventure

While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.While searching for Mao Yenrai, an executive of the Red Dragon Syndicate, Spike ends up confronting Vicious, his old enemy.

  • Directors
    • Tetsuya Watanabe
    • Shin'ichirô Watanabe
  • Writers
    • Marc Handler
    • Keiko Nobumoto
    • Hajime Yatate
  • Stars
    • Kôichi Yamadera
    • Unshô Ishizuka
    • Megumi Hayashibara
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.2/10
    4.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Tetsuya Watanabe
      • Shin'ichirô Watanabe
    • Writers
      • Marc Handler
      • Keiko Nobumoto
      • Hajime Yatate
    • Stars
      • Kôichi Yamadera
      • Unshô Ishizuka
      • Megumi Hayashibara
    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Kôichi Yamadera in Ballad of Fallen Angels (1998)
    Norio Wakamoto and Kôichi Yamadera in Ballad of Fallen Angels (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Megumi Hayashibara in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Megumi Hayashibara in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Megumi Hayashibara in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Unshô Ishizuka in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Unshô Ishizuka and Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Megumi Hayashibara in Cowboy Bebop (1998)
    Kôichi Yamadera in Cowboy Bebop (1998)

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    Kôichi Yamadera
    Kôichi Yamadera
    • Spike Spiegel
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Unshô Ishizuka
    Unshô Ishizuka
    • Jet Black
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Megumi Hayashibara
    Megumi Hayashibara
    • Faye Valentine
    • (voice)
    Norio Wakamoto
    Norio Wakamoto
    • Vicious
    • (voice)
    Kazuaki Ito
    • Mao Yenrai
    • (voice)
    Miyuki Ichijô
    • Annie
    • (voice)
    Hidetoshi Nakamura
    • Carlos
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Toshihiko Nakajima
    • Violinist
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Isshin Chiba
    • Attendant
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Shinpachi Tsuji
    • Bodyguard 1
    • (voice)
    Kazuhiro Nakata
    • Bodyguard 2
    • (Japanese version)
    • (voice)
    Wasabi Mizuta
    • Child 1
    • (voice)
    Kaoru Morota
    • Child 2
    • (voice)
    Steve Blum
    Steve Blum
    • Spike Spiegel
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as David Lucas)
    Beau Billingslea
    Beau Billingslea
    • Jet Black
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as John Billingslea)
    Wendee Lee
    Wendee Lee
    • Faye Valentine
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Selma Boiler
      Richard Cansino
      Richard Cansino
      • White Tiger Representative
      • (English version)
      • (voice)
      • (as Richard Hayworth)
      • Directors
        • Tetsuya Watanabe
        • Shin'ichirô Watanabe
      • Writers
        • Marc Handler
        • Keiko Nobumoto
        • Hajime Yatate
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      • Trivia
        "Rain," the song which plays as Spike enters the cathedral in episode 5 ("Ballad of Fallen Angels") was originally recorded with Steve Conte as the vocalist, but ultimately, a demo version sung by Mai Yamane was chosen for the scene. The Steve Conte version appears on the series' first soundtrack album, while the Mai Yamane version was included as a bonus track on the soundtrack of the film "Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
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        Featured in Cinematic Excrement: Superman IV (2013)
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        Tank!
        Opening theme

        Music by Yôko Kanno

        Performed by The Seatbelts

      User reviews9

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      Featured review
      10/10
      Kicking into overdrive
      This is the first masterpiece of an episode in a series with several.

      In this episode we first meet the main antagonist and Spike's ex-partner in crime, Vicious, and we glimpse some of Spike's dark past. It's the first episode to address this main running storyline: the conflict between Spike and Vicious which will be a dominant presence throughout the series, always looming and occasionally sweeping in as it does here.

      Intensely creepy, with a fantastic action sequence at its climax, and not to mention a very funny scene at the end involving Spike and Faye. Damn near perfect in every respect.
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      • Jun 18, 2006

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      • Release date
        • September 23, 2001 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
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      • Language
        • Japanese
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      • Runtime
        25 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Stereo
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.33 : 1

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