Details & Synopsis
In the year 2071, humanity has colonized the solar system. Two bounty hunters, Spike Spiegel, a languid ex-syndicate hitman who moves like water and fights like something out of a Bruce Lee film, and Jet Black, a retired cyborg cop with a conscience, drift through space aboard the Bebop chasing criminals for cash they never quite manage to keep. They are joined, eventually, by Faye Valentine, a gambling amnesiac with a past she can't access; Ed, a hacker prodigy who exists somewhere between genius and feral animal; and Ein, a corgi of unusual intelligence.
Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and scored by Yoko Kanno, Cowboy Bebop is 26 sessions of the most confidently realized anime ever made. Jazz, blues, rock, opera, the soundtrack alone is a masterpiece. The animation is cinematic. The writing is lean and ruthless. Every episode is its own genre film. The finale is one of the best ever committed to any medium.
TV Tokyo initially aired it in 1998 and pulled it after 12 episodes for being too adult. WOWOW aired the complete series. Adult Swim launched with it in 2001. The rest is history.
You're gonna carry that weight.
Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and scored by Yoko Kanno, Cowboy Bebop is 26 sessions of the most confidently realized anime ever made. Jazz, blues, rock, opera, the soundtrack alone is a masterpiece. The animation is cinematic. The writing is lean and ruthless. Every episode is its own genre film. The finale is one of the best ever committed to any medium.
TV Tokyo initially aired it in 1998 and pulled it after 12 episodes for being too adult. WOWOW aired the complete series. Adult Swim launched with it in 2001. The rest is history.
You're gonna carry that weight.
Alt Title
カウボーイビバップ
Studio
Sunrise
Network
TV Tokyo / WOWOW
Aired
1998 - 1999
Episodes
26
Genre
Action, Sci-Fi, Neo-Noir, Western
Status
Completed
Guides and reference pages for this series. More coming.
