Netflix will quickly turn into a one-stop store for all issues Cowboy Bebop. The streaming service has introduced its plans to deliver the authentic 1998 anime to its platform forward of the live-action adaptation, which arrives in November. The difference expands the authentic sequence whereas additionally that includes a few of the identical parts, together with the Cowboy Bebop theme tune. So, having each on Netflix will present the good alternative to check and distinction. Right here’s when followers can anticipate to stream the anime.
Netflix will launch the ‘Cowboy Bebop’ anime in late October
Cowboy Bebop premiered in Japan in 1998. Nonetheless, in 2001, it moved to the U.S. on Cartoon Community’s Grownup Swim — the first anime to take action. Cowboy Bebop aired 26 episodes earlier than its cancellation in April 1999, adopted by Cowboy Bebop: The Film in 2001. The movie technically acted as a midquel, going down between episodes 22 and 23.
Cowboy Bebop takes place in the 12 months 2071 and follows a band of bounty hunters in area. Touring the galaxy of their ship, Spike Spiegel (voiced by Koichi Yamadera), Faye Valentine (Megumi Hayashibara), and Jet Black (Taiten Kusunoki) hunt criminals in trade for rewards. Nonetheless, their shenanigans usually get the group into hassle. In the meantime, Spike has an ongoing rivalry with a villain named Vicious, his former companion and a member of the Crimson Dragon Syndicate.
On Oct. 12, Netflix unveiled a release date trailer for the anime. The video featured the well-known Cowboy Bebop tune, “Tank!” by The Seatbelts, in addition to scenes from the sequence. Netflix introduced the launch date as Oct. 21.
In the meantime, there are nonetheless a couple of different locations to search out the anime. Fans can watch all 26 episodes of Cowboy Bebop on Hulu, Funimation, and Crunchyroll.
The live-action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ arrives in November
Fans gained’t have to attend lengthy after watching the authentic sequence to see the live-action adaption. Starring John Cho as Spike, Mustafa Shakir as Jet, and Daniella Pineda as Faye, the adaptation premieres on Nov. 19. As Kotaku reported, the whole forged of the authentic anime is slated to offer the Japanese dub for the live-action model.
Showrunner André Nemec beforehand promised that the live-action sequence would honor the imaginative and prescient of the authentic anime. Chatting with Entertainment Weekly, he defined that the present shall be extra of an “expansion” than a “remake.”
“I promise we will never take the original anime away from the purists. It will always exist out there,” Nemec stated. “But I’m very excited about the stories that we’re telling. I believe we’ve done a really nice job of not violating the canon in any direction but merely offering some extra glimpses into the world that was already created.”