Cowboy Bebop [Anime Series]
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Cowboy Bebop [Anime Series]
Originally broadcast in 1998 with 12 episodes on TV Tokyo, Cowboy Bebop also aired in 2001 as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming with an excellent English-dubbed soundtrack and all 26 episodes. The action-packed and hyper-styled animé is a very human drama in a futuristic setting about crime-fighting adventurers. Set in the 21st century, the Earth is a wasteland and the solar system has been fitted with hyperspace gates -- sort of an expressway for spaceships -- where criminals and gangsters continue to proliferate. Enter the misfit bounty hunters of the rickety ship called Bebop. Spike Siegel is the ultra-cool Bruce Lee-style fighter, who harbors painful memories that he covers up with a cynical wit. Jet Black is a former cop and a decent mechanic, who carries around memories of his own troubled past along with his mechanical arm. Faye Valentine is a femme fatale and compulsive gambler with a massive debt, who yearns to discover her identity prior to her cryogenic freezing. Along with the self-styled computer hacker girl called Ed and the data dog, Ein, the bounty hunters try to earn their keep and get through the day. The visual style is unique in the animé genre, using inspiration from old pulp adventure stories, film noir, and Westerns. Along with the original jazz compositions from The Seatbelts, the soundtrack incorporates
ock & roll and lues references. Style reigns in the world of these futuristic outlaws, but not at the sake of substance. The tragi-comic family of the Bebop crew deals with the realities of loneliness and isolation, as well as shoot-em-up action and bittersweet
omance. Alternately poignant, destructive, and hilarious, Cowboy Bebop has become an exceptional science fiction series. The series would be followed by a feature-length adventure, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2002. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Includes Episodes:
Cowboy Bebop: Wild Horses
In this episode, "Wild Horses," Spike takes his ship, the Swordfish II, to Earth to get fixed by Doohan, the ship's original owner. Jet and Faye are after some Starship Pirates, who release a computer virus with harpoons. Jet shuts down the computer systems on the Bebop and resorts to an archaic radio communication system. Spike battles the Starship Pirates, while Doohan and his assistant overhear the communications on the radio. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Cowboy Bebop: Pierrot La Fou
Titled after the Jean-Luc Godard film, "Pierrot Le Fou" is one of the more visually striking episodes. Spike is badly injured from a killing machine named Pierrot Le Fou. Jet's ISSP friend Bob lets the Bebop crew in on some of Pierrot's past, and Spike gets an invitation to a "party." In a fantastical theme park called Spaceland, Spike battles the bizarre villain. This episode features an homage to Pink Floyd's "On the Run" from Dark Side of the Moon, as well as various influences from Batman. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Cowboy Bebop: Boogie Woogie Feng-Shui
Jet gets a mysterious email from his old friend, Pao, a feng-shui master. This leads him to Pao's gravestone, where he meets Meifa, Pao's daughter, who has developed her father's skill with feng-shui. Meifa and Jet team up against the Blue Snake Mobsters and search for the sun stone, which may give them some answers. Like other Jet-centered episodes, "Boogie Woogie Feng-Shui" is influenced by the detective genre and features voice-over narration. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Cowboy Bebop: Cowboy Funk
In this episode, "Cowboy Funk," the crew is in search of the bounty for a terrorist called the Teddy Bomber, a serial bomber with a stuffed animal shtick. Just as he is about to blow up another building, Spike arrives and beats him up with his signature style. Suddenly, a self-styled outlaw named Cowboy Andy appears and messes everything up for Spike. On the Bebop, Jet and Faye don't believe the story, and Spike develops a growing animosity for Andy. Ed discovers his true identity as Andy Von de Oniyate, a bored rich kid who is heir to a ranch estate and indulges in his longing to be a bounty hunter with silly gimmicks. In a continued effort to find the Teddy Bomber, the Bebop crew goes to a masquerade party, only to meet up with Cowboy Andy once again. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
Cast
n/a | Crew
Junichi Higashi - Art Director
Shinichiro Watanabe - Director
Yoko Kanno - Composer (Music Score)
Yoichi Ogami - Cinematographer
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi - Producer
Masahiko Minami - Producer
Isamu Imakake - Set Designer
Keiko Nobumoto - Screenwriter
Ryota Yamaguchi - Screenwriter
Sadayuki Murai - Screenwriter
Michiko Yokote - Screenwriter
Akihiko Inari - Screenwriter
Dai Sato - Screenwriter
Shinichiro Watanabe - Screenwriter
Kimitoshi Yamane - Mechanical Design
Toshihiro Kawamoto - Character Design
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Cowboy Bebop [Anime Series]
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General Specifications: | | Language Options: | Japanese, English | | Subtitle Options: | English | | Sound Processing: | DD: Generic Dolby Digital (unspecified format)
| | Additional Features: | none specified | | DVD Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard
| | MPAA Rating: | | | DVD Discs Included: | 1 | | DVD Sides: | 1 | | DVD DVD Region Code: | 1 | | Content Length: | 100 min | | | DVD Chapters: | Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
0. Episode 19: Wild Horses
1. Opening [1:31]
2. Avant Title [:27]
3. A-Part [9:13]
4. B-Part [11:18]
5. Ending [1:35]
6. Coming Episode [:31]
0. Episode 20: Pierrot le Fou
1. Opening [1:32]
2. Avant Title [1:40]
3. A-Part [6:14]
4. B-Part [13:02]
5. Ending [1:34]
6. Coming Episode [:31]
0. Episode 21: Boogie Woogie Feng-Shui
1. Opening [1:30]
2. Avant Title [:36]
3. A-Part [8:05]
4. B-Part [12:17]
5. Ending [1:35]
6. Coming Episode [:32]
0. Episode 22: Cowboy Funk
1. Opening [1:31]
2. Avant Title [4:11]
3. A-Part [5:16]
4. B-Part [11:31]
5. Ending [1:35]
6. Coming Episode [:37]
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