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Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop
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Title card for the anime series
カウボーイビバップ
(Kaubōi Bibappu)
Genre Neo-noir, space Western
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, 1997June 18, 1998
Volumes 2 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe
Produced by Masahiko Minami
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi
Written by Keiko Nobumoto
Music by Yoko Kanno
Studio Sunrise
Licensed by
Original network TV Tokyo (1998)
WOWOW (1998–1999)
English network
Original run April 3, 1998April 24, 1999
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by Yutaka Nanten
Published by Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX
Original run October 18, 1998February 18, 2000
Volumes 3 (List of volumes)
Anime film
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Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ Kaubōi Bibappu?) is a 1998 anime television series animated by Sunrise featuring a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno. The twenty-six episodes ("sessions") of the series are set in the year 2071, and follow the lives of a bounty hunter crew traveling on the Bebop (their spaceship). Cowboy Bebop explores philosophical concepts including existentialism, existential ennui, and loneliness.

The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3 until June 26, 1998, broadcasting only twelve episodes and a special due to its controversial adult-themed content. The entire twenty-six episodes of the series were later broadcast on WOWOW from October 24 until April 24, 1999. The anime was adapted into two manga series which were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka Fantasy DX. A film was later released to theaters worldwide.

The anime series was dubbed in the English language by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions, and was licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and is now licensed by Funimation. In Britain, it was licensed by Beez Entertainment and is now licensed by Anime Limited. Madman Entertainment has licensed it for releases in Australia and New Zealand. In 2001, Cowboy Bebop became the first anime title to be broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States.


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