In 2001, the series became the first anime title to be broadcast on Adult Swim.

Its most prominent themes are existential ennui, loneliness, and the inability to escape one's past.Ĭowboy Bebop was dubbed into English by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions, and was originally licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment (and is now licensed by Funimation) and in Britain by Beez Entertainment (now by Anime Limited) Madman Entertainment owns the license in Australia and New Zealand. Although it incorporates a wide variety of genres, the series draws most heavily from science fiction, western, and noir films. The series, which ran for twenty-six episodes (in six “sessions” of four to five episodes each), is set in the year 2071, and follows the lives of a traveling bounty-hunting crew aboard a spaceship, the Bebop. Cowboy Bebop ( Japanese: カウボーイビバップ, Hepburn: Kaubōi Bibappu) is a Japanese neo-noir science fiction anime television series created and animated by Sunrise, led by a production team of director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno, who are collectively billed as Hajime Yatate.

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