An ALC injury and COVID-19 have temporarily put the brakes on the production of Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation. In the meantime, folks behind the series have been reminding us it’ll exist someday by slowly revealing details. A few weeks ago we heard from producer …Read more »
Netflix is hard at work on live-action adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece—or as much work as they can do during a pandemic, anyway. Producer Marty Adelstein recently had an interview with SyFy Wire in which he let us in on how both shows …Read more »
Not everything that comes out of the pandemic is bad. Some of the creativity on display as far as performances are concerned, for instance, is really awesome. One of the latest groups to take advantage of the idea of performing at home is SEATBELTS, who …Read more »
There’s no telling when Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop will actually hit the streaming service, but there’s already talk of a second season. That’s the word from Jeff Pinkner, a writer and executive producer for the show. In an interview about the show for Observer, Pinkner …Read more »
Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats recently shared a nearly 24-minute music video for UNLOCKED, and this one mixes in some live-action footage with a bunch animation. That sounds like the basic recipe for a fun music video… except, that is, when some aspects of the …Read more »
Just in case it slipped your mind, Netflix’s live-action TV series adaptation of the Cowboy Bebop anime is still in the works. Four of the main roles were revealed back in April—including John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, and …Read more »
Listen up: there appears to be a new anime from Cowboy Bebop writer Dai Sato on the way. The details are scant, but here’s what we know. The anime is called LISTENERS, and aside from Mr. Sato, it also involves Taichi Hashimoto and Jin. The former produced anime …Read more »
Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series is a very real thing that’s happening, and four key cast members are here to cement that notion a little further. According to a report on Variety, the production has John Cho (Star Trek, Harold & Kumar) playing Spike Spiegel along with Mustafa Shakir …Read more »
Carole & Tuesday is an upcoming anime by studio BONES and supervising director Shinichiro Watanabe, known for Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and other acclaimed works. The series is now set to premiere in Japan on April 10, and the official website is here with a …Read more »
If you were wondering where that previously-announced live-action Cowboy Bebop TV series would end up, we now have the answer. Netflix announced the TV series as a co-production with Tomorrow Studios, with Netflix handling the physical production. The series currently has a 10-episode run planned, …Read more »
There have been a handful of interesting anime-inspired shoes on display lately, and the latest takes the iconic opening of Cowboy Bebop and immortalizes it forever. Manufactured by Vulcanized and emblazoned with the awesome design of the Swordfish II and the Bebop logo on the …Read more »
Fans of ultra-cool anime Cowboy Bebop have been 3 2 1 jamming for two decades now, and to mark the occasion, merchandise Movic is bringing out a range of Bebop items. The most eye-catching is a plush stuffed animal based Bebop’s genius dog Ein, which …Read more »
Legendary veteran voice actor Unsho Ishizuka has sadly passed away due to esophageal cancer. Agency Aoni Production announced that the actor passed on August 13, and information about his public memorial service will be revealed at a later date. Ishizuka was known for many notable …Read more »
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Cowboy Bebop TV anime, so there’s plenty of room for celebration. Funimation Films is getting in on the action next month with screenings of the anime film, Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, which originally opened in …Read more »
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 »
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