Cowboy Bebop

**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."

## Story

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.

## Characters

- **Spike Spiegel** is the main character. He is a master in shooting and martial arts, and is also a good pilot. He is voiced by Koichi Yamadera in the Japanese version and Steven Blum in the English version.
- **Jet Black** is a former detective and is the owner of the _Bebop_. He is voiced by Unsho Ishizuka in the Japanese version and Beau Billingslea in the English version.
- **Faye Valentine** is a novice fighter with a gambling addiction. She joins the crew of the _Bebop_ uninvited. She is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara in the Japanese version and Wendee Lee in the English version.
- **Edward** is a female character who likes to hack into computers, and walk on her hands. She is voiced by Aoi Tada in the Japanese version and Melissa Fahn in the English version. Her full name is Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV.
- **Ein** is a pet dog. He is very smart because scientists did experiments on him. Ein cannot speak, but he seems to understand what people say. He also knows how to play the board game Go.
- **Vicious** is a villain voiced by Norio Wakamoto in the Japanese version and Skip Stellrecht in the English.
- **Julia** is Spike's love interest. She is voiced by Gara Takashima in the Japanese version and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in the English version.
- **Punch** and **Judy**. Punch is voiced by Tsutomu Taruki in the Japanese version and Paul St. Peter in the English version. Judy is voiced by Miki Nagasawa in the  Japanese version and Lia Sargent in the English version. The name _Punch and Judy_ comes from the popular British puppet show.

## Episode List

|Episode|Title|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| class=wikitable||||||
|Episode 1|Asteroid Blues|||||
|Episode 2|Stray Dog Strut|||||
|Episode 3|Honky Tonk Woman|||||
|Episode 4|Gateway Shuffle|||||
|Episode 5|Ballad of Fallen Angels|||||
|Episode 6|Sympathy for the Devil|||||
|Episode 7|Heavy Metal Queen|||||
|Episode 8|Waltz for Venus|||||
|Episode 9|Jamming with Edward|||||
|Episode 10|Ganymede Elegy|||||
|Episode 11|Toys in the Attic|||||
|Episode 12|Jupiter Jazz, Part One|||||
|Episode 13|Jupiter Jazz, Part Two|}|width=25||{| class=wikitable|
|Episode 14|Bohemian Rhapsody|||||
|Episode 15|My Funny Valentine|||||
|Episode 16|Black Dog Serenade|||||
|Episode 17|Mushroom Samba|||||
|Episode 18|Speak Like a Child|||||
|Episode 19|Wild Horses|||||
|Episode 20|Pierrot Le Fou|||||
|Episode 21|Boogie Woogie Feng Shui|||||
|Episode 22|Cowboy Funk|||||
|Episode 23|Brain Scratch|||||
|Episode 24|Hard Luck Woman|||||
|Episode 25|The Real Folk Blues, Part One|||||
|Episode 26|The Real Folk Blues, Part Two|}||||

## Other websites

- Mirror of _Cowboy Bebop_ official site
- Animax Japan's official website for _Cowboy Bebop_
- Animax East Asia's official website for _Cowboy Bebop_
- Animax South Asia's official website for _Cowboy Bebop_
- Adult Swim - _Cowboy Bebop_
- _Cowboy Bebop_ Screenshots Archive
- _Cowboy Bebop_ reviewed at Anime Academy

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Cowboy Bebop
- **image**: Cowboy Bebop intertitle.jpg
- **caption**: Title card of the anime television series
- **ja kanji**: カウボーイビバップ
- **ja romaji**: Kaubōi Bibappu
- **genre**: Neo-noir, space Western


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **title**: Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star
- **author**: Cain Kuga
- **publisher**: Kadokawa Shoten
- **demographic**: _Shōjo manga, Shōjo_
- **magazine**: Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX
- **first**: September 18, 1997
- **last**: June 18, 1998
- **volumes**: 2
- **volume list**: List of Cowboy Bebop chapters#Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Shinichirō Watanabe
- **producer**: Masahiko Minami
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
- **writer**: Keiko Nobumoto
- **music**: Yoko Kanno
- **studio**: Sunrise (company), Sunrise
- **network**: TV Tokyo, Wowow
- **first**: **TV Tokyo Broadcast**
April 3, 1998 – June 26, 1998
 **WOWOW Broadcast**
October 24, 1998
- **last**: April 24, 1999
- **episodes**: 26 (12 Episodes and a Special for its TV Tokyo Broadcast)
- **episode list**: List of Cowboy Bebop episodes


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Yutaka Nanten
- **publisher**: Kadokawa Shoten
- **demographic**: _Shōjo_
- **magazine**: Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX
- **first**: October 18, 1998
- **last**: February 18, 2000
- **volumes**: 3
- **volume list**: List of Cowboy Bebop chapters#Cowboy_Bebop


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Anime film
- **content**: * _Cowboy Bebop: The Movie_ (2001)


## Infobox (animanga/footer)