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Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop

See you space cowboy...

19988.51 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.

Created by Shinichiro Watanabe
Written by Shinichiro Watanabe, Keiko Nobumoto
Produced by Masahiko Minami, Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
NetworksTV TokyoWOWOW Prime

Top Cast

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Spike Spiegel / Ein (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Jet Black (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Faye Valentine (voice)

Aoi Tada

Aoi Tada

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (voice)

Themes & Keywords

philosophybounty hunterjazzanti herobluesfuturespacespace westerndark pastcrime syndicateneo-noiranimespaceshipambiguitywesternspace kowboypsychological drama

About Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop is a animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, western series that first aired in 1998 exploring themes of philosophy, bounty hunter, jazz, anti hero, blues, future. Created by Shinichiro Watanabe, it stars Koichi Yamadera, Unsho Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara. In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.

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