Cowboy Bebop
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| - | ==Characters== | + | Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ, Kaubōi Bibappu?) is a Japanese animated television series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto. It consists of 26 episodes (called "sessions") produced by Sunrise, and follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071. |
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| - | ;[[Faye Valentine]] | + | |
| - | ;[[Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV]] | + | |
| - | ;[[Ein]] | + | |
| - | this anime is about a crew crossing the galaxi in their old space ship "the bebop" to arrest bandits and bad guys to get some money for it like bounty hunters. This anime is full of action, good dialogues and a funny undertone to it all. | + | Cowboy Bebop was a commercial success both in Japan and worldwide, notably in the United States. After its commercial success, Sony Pictures released the Cowboy Bebop movie, Knockin' on Heaven's Door to theaters worldwide and followed up with an international DVD release. Two Cowboy Bebop manga series were adapted based on the anime, as well as two video games, one each for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles. |
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| + | Cowboy Bebop has been strongly influenced by American music, especially the jazz movements of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and the early rock era of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Many of its action sequences, from space battles to hand-to-hand martial arts combat, are set and timed to music. Episodes are called Sessions (perhaps in reference to musicians playing a "jam session" or "recording session"), and titles are often borrowed from album or song names (such as Sympathy for the Devil or My Funny Valentine), or make use of a genre name ("Mushroom Samba") indicating the episode's musical theme. | ||
| ==Openings/Endings== | ==Openings/Endings== | ||
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Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ, Kaubōi Bibappu?) is a Japanese animated television series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto. It consists of 26 episodes (called "sessions") produced by Sunrise, and follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071.
Cowboy Bebop was a commercial success both in Japan and worldwide, notably in the United States. After its commercial success, Sony Pictures released the Cowboy Bebop movie, Knockin' on Heaven's Door to theaters worldwide and followed up with an international DVD release. Two Cowboy Bebop manga series were adapted based on the anime, as well as two video games, one each for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles.
Cowboy Bebop has been strongly influenced by American music, especially the jazz movements of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and the early rock era of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Many of its action sequences, from space battles to hand-to-hand martial arts combat, are set and timed to music. Episodes are called Sessions (perhaps in reference to musicians playing a "jam session" or "recording session"), and titles are often borrowed from album or song names (such as Sympathy for the Devil or My Funny Valentine), or make use of a genre name ("Mushroom Samba") indicating the episode's musical theme.
Openings/Endings
- Opening: Tank
- Ending 1: The Real Folk Blues [1] (lyrics) from Anime Lyrics's Search Engine
- Ending 2: Space Lion
- Ending 3: Blue [2] (lyrics) from Anime Lyrics's Search Engine
