Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals; they'll save the world for the right price.

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Maybe next time, Space Cowboy -- this live-action Bebop has a fun enough crew to spend time with, but it disappointingly replaces the soulfulness of the source material with kitsch.

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Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Juan Barquin Autostraddle A failure of an adaptation. Apr 13, 2022 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Nemec's 10-episode series gets its sea legs after a somewhat wobbly start. Dec 2, 2021 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Melanie McFarland Salon.com Somewhere between affection and disappointment sits the willingness to commit, helped along by Kanno's infectious score. The dancing jazz swells alone are enough to persuade diehards to saddle up through its 10-episode mission, such as it is. Nov 22, 2021 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net At once well-acted and beautifully produced, but weighed down by lazy directing and aimless writing. It left me heaving in disbelief. Rated: 1/5 Jul 4, 2024 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Steven Jones Anime News Network If something was cool in the original, you can expect the adaptation to make it feel lamer. If something complex or understated, you can expect the adaptation to flatten its meaning. Rated: D Sep 20, 2023 Full Review Cowboy Bebop: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Zach Pope Zach Pope Reviews A Love letter to the original Anime with a lackluster villain Jul 26, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Okay show for some, I would just prefer if it wasn't called cowboy bebop. Several unique aspects of the anime and characters were not present here which I can't help but miss and am constantly reminded of scene after scene. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review John F This live action series is okay but nothing compared to the anime series I want them to bring the anime series back not a live-action Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Raoul D You can tell no one working on it, understood the bebop setting. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/30/24 Full Review Luz S I liked this as much if not more than the anime. I know the anime fanbase for this and it's one of those fanatical cult-like fanbases, which I've never understood. It's a good anime, but there's so many better animes. These cult-like followings that happen every so often for random things or so weird. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/22/24 Full Review Marco G This show sucks on every level and is an insult to the awsome anime. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/18/24 Full Review zen z It is shame we will not get more of this show due to people who can't just enjoy a good adaptation. Instead they look to stroke thier own nostalgia and ego to find what they consider appropriate critiques of a fun and engaging romp. This shows failure is more a critique of how streaming fails to let new shows come into their own. Years down the road this show will have a cult following and be more appreciated for what it did. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

John Cho Spike Spiegel Mustafa Shakir Jet Black Daniella Pineda Faye Valentine Alex Hassell Vicious Elena Satine Julia Geoff Stults Chalmers
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Cowboy Gospel After getting shortchanged on a bounty, Spike and Jet head to New Tijuana on the trail of another mark, but they're not the only ones. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Venus Pop While chasing a bounty on a one-handed Venusian bomber, Jet and Spike grapple with rising interpersonal tensions, exacerbated by Spike's secret past. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Dog Star Swing Jet needs to buy his daughter a birthday present; to get it, he and Spike track a potential bounty to a brothel, but Spike has his own agenda. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Callisto Soul After eco-terrorists screw up her attempted shakedown, Faye enlists Spike and Jet to help her bring them in for the bounty. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Darkside Tango Jet reunites with his ex-partner to track down a recently released criminal; while he's away, Spike and Faye try to pick up a quick job. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Binary Two-Step When the Bebop needs repairs, Jet sends Spike to chase down a tip on a phantom bounty to cover the cost, leaving Faye to supervise the mechanic. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Galileo Hustle A con woman from Faye's past reappears, offering Faye's real identity in exchange for passage to Santo City in a hurry; Julia considers her options. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Sad Clown A-Go-Go Vicious liberates an assassin and contracts him to kill Spike Spiegel; later, he puts his plan for the Elders into motion. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Blue Crow Waltz Years earlier, Spike and Vicious meet Julia at Ana's club, but romantic entanglements and Vicious' ambitions soon cause trouble for all of them. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 19, 2021 Supernova Symphony Faye and Jet track Spike to Ana's club, only to learn that Vicious has kidnapped Jet's daughter so he can trade Spike's life for hers. Details

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Executive Producer
Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Scott Rosenberg, Tim Coddington, Tetsu Fujimura, Michael Katleman, Matthew F. Weinberg, Christopher Yost, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Makoto Asanuma, Shin Sasaki, Masayuki Ozaki

Network
Netflix

Genre
Sci-Fi, Western

Original Language
English

Release Date
Nov 19, 2021
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