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As folks who read our Cowboy Bebop cafe piece (or, you know, those who can do basic math) know, the classic anime series turns 20 years old this year. If you couldn’t make it out to Japan for the Bebop cafe, good news: Bebop is …Read more »
There may be readers of Otaku USA younger than Cowboy Bebop, the 26-episode series that originally aired in 1998. Thankfully, there are multiple essays on this very site about the allure of Bebop, alleviating me of the burden of describing just what was so great about …Read more »
Fans of Cowboy Bebop may want to start planning a trip to Japan next month. Shinichiro Watanabe’s series is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and one of the attractions getting in on the action is a collaboration with the Goodsmile Animate Cafe. The Cowboy Bebop x …Read more »
While it won’t technically fall on Christmas, Toonami has special plans for ringing in the holidays this year. The anime block typically has a marathon around this time, and 2017 is no exception. This year is all about Spike Spiegel and the gang, because the …Read more »
SuperGroupies, the Japanese fashion brand known for its apparel based on anime, is at it again. This time, they’ve announced a suit based on the iconic hero of Cowboy Bebop, Spike Spiegel. This isn’t exactly cosplay: the suit is based less on Spike’s costume from …Read more »
Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe is getting in on the Blade Runner 2049 hype in an exciting way. With the sequel coming to theaters this fall, Watanabe has been put in charge of writing and directing a tie-in anime short called Blade Runner Blackout 2022. …Read more »
Talk about an adaptation of acclaimed anime series Cowboy Bebop is officially out in the open again, and this time Tomorrow Studios, Midnight Radio, and Sunrise are teaming up for a live-action TV series. In addition to the producers that have been announced—including Tomorrow Studios' …Read more »
See you in 2017, space cowboy. That’s when this pretty slick-looking Spike Spiegel figure from Kotobukiya hits the shelves. Spike is, of course, the protagonist of fan-favorite Cowboy Bebop, which was created by Shinichiro Watanabe ( Space Dandy ). The 1:8-scale figure, which goes on …Read more »
Hailed by its director Shinichiro Watanabe as a series that is a genre unto itself, Cowboy Bebop has enthralled millions of fans around the world. Debuting in 1997, the series rocked the world of anime with its impeccable pacing, imaginative and believable world, and well-defined …Read more »
Shinichiro Watanabe (left) and Dai Sato (right). You would be hard-pressed to find an anime fan, casual or serious, who hasn’t come across at least one of the works of Shinichiro Watanabe. Whether it’s his benchmark sci-fi Cowboy Bebop , the hip-hop infused Samurai Champloo …Read more »
As soon as you see Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds skate onto the ice dressed as Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop , you know you're in for a treat. Sure enough, he busted out a performance at the 2016 National Figure Skating Championships appropriately set …Read more »
Talk to a Star Trek fan and chances are almost 100% that they’ve at least seen the original series from 1966 (that was nearly 45 years ago!), even if they only just recently became interested in the property thanks to the 2009 movie. Similarly, newly-made …Read more »
FUNimation had a handful of announcements to make, with plenty of license pickups at this weekend's Otakon convention, from Haruhi Suzumiya to Lucky Star and more. Fans of Shinichiro Watanabe's beloved Cowboy Bebop anime will definitely get a kick out of one announcement in particular, …Read more »
Over the weekend Cartoon Network's Toonami block took us back in time in a few ways. Not only did the Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge film air, but a couple of familiar faces were announced for the block during Toonami's Momocon panel. Dragon Ball Z …Read more »
Cowboy Bebop is like anime's White Album. In the 15 years since the crew of the Bebop—Spike, Faye, Jet, Edward and the highly intelligent Welsh Corgi Ein—blasted onto TV, it's become one of the most well-known anime series of all time. But there's still plenty …Read more »
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