Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese neo-noir space Western anime series that originally aired from 1998 to 1999. The series follows the adventures of the bounty-hunting crew aboard the spaceship Bebop as they navigate the solar system in the year 2071. Renowned for its genre-blending narrative, complex characters, and jazz-influenced soundtrack, Cowboy Bebop has garnered critical acclaim and a dedicated global fanbase.
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Cowboy Bebop
- Created by
- Hajime Yatate
- First Film
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
- Latest Film
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
- First TV Show
- Cowboy Bebop
- Latest TV Show
- Cowboy Bebop
- First Episode Air Date
- April 3, 1998
- Cast
- Koichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Aoi Tada, Steve Blum, Beau Billingslea, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn
- TV Show(s)
- Cowboy Bebop, Cowboy Bebop
- Movie(s)
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
- Character(s)
- Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Ein (Cowboy Bebop), Vicious (Cowboy Bebop), Julia (Cowboy Bebop)
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