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Cowboy Bebop
See you space cowboy...
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Koichi Yamadera
Spike Spiegel / Ein (voice)
26 eps
Unsho Ishizuka
Jet Black (voice)
26 eps
Megumi Hayashibara
Faye Valentine (voice)
26 eps
Aoi Tada
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (voice)
26 eps
Takeshi Aono
Doohan (voice)
1 eps
Norio Wakamoto
Vicious (voice)
5 eps
Gara Takashima
Julia (voice)
3 eps
Rintaro Nishi
Asimov Solensan (voice) (as Tarô Nishi)
1 eps
Yurika Hino
Katrina Solensan (voice)
1 eps
Takehiro Koyama
Laughing Bull (voice)
4 eps
Katsumi Cho
Bartender (voice)
1 eps
Mari Maruta
Announcer A (voice)
1 eps
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo
Abdul Hakim (voice)
1 eps
Yuzuru Fujimoto
Doctor (voice)
2 eps
Ako Mayama
Pet Shop Owner (voice)
1 eps
Keiji Fujiwara
Tattoed Man (voice)
1 eps
Yoko Ren
Gate Announcer (voice) (as Yoko Ren)
2 eps
Yumi Fukamizu
Child (voice)
1 eps
Dia Suharuto
Gate Announcer (voice)
1 eps
Shinji Ogawa
Gordon (voice)
1 eps
Mari Arita
'Twinkle' Maria Murdock (voice)
1 eps
Jin Hirao
Antonio (voice)
7 eps
Toshihiko Nakajima
Carlos (voice)
8 eps
Chafurin
Harrison (voice)
1 eps
Naoki Makishima
Gangster B (voice)
3 eps
Yutaka Nakano
Bob (voice)
3 eps
Aruno Tahara
Chief Minister (voice)
1 eps
Masaki Aizawa
Case Officer (voice)
1 eps
Tsutomu Tareki
Punch (voice)
9 eps
Takehiro Murozono
Hoodlum B (voice)
3 eps
Kazuaki Ito
Mao Yenrai (voice)
1 eps
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Otto (voice)
2 eps
Wasabi Mizuta
Child 1 (voice)
1 eps
Daisuke Gori
Fatty River (voice)
1 eps
Yumi Touma
Wen (voice)
1 eps
Ryuji Nakagi
Giraffe (voice)
1 eps
Kazuhiro Nakata
Man A (voice)
6 eps
Tomie Kataoka
V.T. (voice)
1 eps
Kei Hayami
Dewey (voice)
1 eps
Ai Uchikawa
In-Fight Announcer (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Cowboy Bebop actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Cowboy Bebop reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E26
The Real Folk Blues (2)
Spike finally finds the woman he’s been searching for, and Faye makes a surprising return to the Bebop. With the syndicate in hot pursuit, Spike seeks to end the reign of Vicious.
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei
- Written by Keiko Nobumoto
S01E25
The Real Folk Blues (1)
Spike and Jet are ambushed by members of the syndicate, and Faye has an unexpected encounter with a woman from Spike’s past.
- Directed by Ikuro Sato
- Written by Keiko Nobumoto
S01E12
Speak Like a Child
When a mysterious package arrives, Faye disappears on a gambling binge, and Spike and Jet embark on a frustrating search for ancient technology!
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei
- Written by Akihiko Inari
S01E09
Jupiter Jazz (2)
Jet continues his mission to reunite his Bebop comrades, and Spike finds himself locked in a brutal dogfight with his old nemesis Vicious.
- Directed by Ikuro Sato
- Written by Keiko Nobumoto
S01E20
Pierrot Le Fou
Spike takes a beating during a chance encounter with an indestructible assassin. While Jet searches for the secret to the madman’s power, Spike goes looking for payback!
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei
- Written by Sadayuki Murai
S01E15
Ballad of Fallen Angels
Spike aims to collect the bounty on a member of the Red Dragon Syndicate, but his mission leads him into a deadly showdown with a face from his past!
- Directed by Tetsuya Watanabe
- Written by Michiko Yokote
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E03
Ein's Summer Vacation
S01E26
The Real Folk Blues (2)
- Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei
- Written by Keiko Nobumoto
S01E25
The Real Folk Blues (1)
- Directed by Ikuro Sato
- Written by Keiko Nobumoto
S01E24
Hard Luck Woman
- Directed by Hirokazu Yamada
- Written by Michiko Yokote
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kazuhiko IkeguchiProducer
- Masahiko MinamiProducer
Writing
- Akihiko InariWriter
- Ryota YamaguchiWriter
- Michiko YokoteWriter
- Sadayuki MuraiWriter
- Dai SatoWriter
- Shinichiro WatanabeWriter
Direction
- Tetsuya WatanabeDirector
- Yoshiyuki TakeiDirector
- Kunihiro MoriDirector
- Hirokazu YamadaDirector
- Ikuro SatoDirector
Cinematography
- Youichi OgamiDirector of Photography
Music
- Yoko KannoOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
1 win
Animation Kobe Television Award
1 win · latest 1998
- WinnerAnimation Kobe Television Award1998
Cowboy Bebop · Cowboy Bebop
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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