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Cowboy Bebop is a Japanese anime television show aired from 1998 to 1999. It was created by Sunrise and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. The show is about a group of bounty hunters who travel in outer space to catch criminals. It has 26 episodes. The series has received a TV-14 rating in the United States, while six episodes received a TV-MA and three episodes receiving a TV-PG. The series aired in the United States in 2001 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. It was the first anime to be aired on Adult Swim. It was very successful. It was so successful that Cartoon Network decided to put more anime on Adult Swim. There is a movie, a manga, and two video games based on the show. The movie is called Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door. The video games are for Playstation and Playstation 2 were not released in the United States. The series is inspired by American culture. Jazz music is mostly played in the show. The episodes are called "Sessions."
Cowboy Bebop | |
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カウボーイビバップ (Kaubōi Bibappu) | |
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Genre | Neo-noir,[lower-alpha 1] space Western[lower-alpha 2] |
Manga | |
Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star | |
Written by | Cain Kuga |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX |
Original run | September 18, 1997 – June 18, 1998 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shinichirō Watanabe |
Produced by | Masahiko Minami Kazuhiko Ikeguchi |
Written by | Keiko Nobumoto |
Music by | Yoko Kanno |
Studio | Sunrise |
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Original network | TV Tokyo, Wowow |
English network | |
Original run | TV Tokyo Broadcast April 3, 1998 – June 26, 1998 WOWOW Broadcast October 24, 1998 – April 24, 1999 |
Episodes | 26 (12 Episodes and a Special for its TV Tokyo Broadcast) |
Manga | |
Written by | Yutaka Nanten |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Magazine | Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX |
Original run | October 18, 1998 – February 18, 2000 |
Volumes | 3 |
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In 2071, the members of the space ship Bebop travel through outer space trying to catch criminals. Bounty hunters are known as "Cowboys". If they catch the criminals alive then they get a reward. If the criminals die, the cowboys get nothing. The criminals are called bounties. Most episodes are about catching a bounty. Some episodes are about the characters' pasts and lives. At the beginning there are two main heroes, Spike and Jet. Later they would meet with others. They had become the crew of the space ship Bebop. Other members of the Bebop are Faye, computer hacker Ed, and a dog named Ein.
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