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TV R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Cowboy Bebop
カウボーイビバップ · 1998
Bounty hunters drift through space, chasing ghosts.
StatusFinished Airing
Episodes26
SeasonSpring 1998
StudioSunrise
SourceOriginal
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Spike Spiegel and his ragtag crew, an ex-cop, a con artist, a hyper-intelligent kid, and a very opinionated dog, bounty hunt across a scattered, lived-in solar system aboard their ship, the Bebop. Every episode delivers its own noir-flavored, genre-hopping adventure, jazz heist one week, western shootout the next, but underneath the stylish episodic fun runs a quieter story about Spike's violent past finally catching up to him. It is effortlessly cool without ever feeling shallow, blending pulpy genre thrills with real melancholy about people who cannot outrun who they used to be.
⚠ Background — may contain spoilers
Cowboy Bebop was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by Sunrise, airing in Japan in 1998 and 1999, with music by Yoko Kanno that became almost as celebrated as the show itself. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential anime ever made, credited with helping introduce a generation of Western audiences to anime through its later Adult Swim broadcast, and it remains a staple reference point for genre-blending, jazz-scored storytelling decades later. Its blend of episodic style with a slow-burn character arc for Spike is still cited as a masterclass in balancing tone and structure.
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1462nd Key Animation1
ADR Director10
Animation Director10
Art Director1
Assistant Animation Director1
Assistant Producer1
Background Art6
Character Design1
Chief Animation Director1
Color Design1
Color Setting1
Dialogue Editing1
Digital Paint1
Director1
Director of Photography1
Editing1
Episode Director6
In-Between Animation3
Inserted Song Performance8
Key Animation52
Layout1
Mechanical Design1
Original Creator1
Script7
Series Composition1
Sound Director1
Sound Effects1
Special Effects1
Storyboard11
Theme Song Arrangement1
Theme Song Composition1
Theme Song Lyrics2
Theme Song Performance2
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