Cowboy Bebop

Creator(s): Hajime Yatate | Release: 1997-1998

Cowboy Bebop is a neo-noir Space Western anime created by Hajime Yatate which is a pseudonym for the collective of Shinichiro Watanabe, Keiko Nobumoto, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Kimitoshi Yamane, and Yoko Kanno.

Cowboy Bebop consists of:

• 2 Seasons (26 episodes)

• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie which is set between E22 and E23

It is well known for its jazzy soundtrack by Yoko Kanno who formed a blues and jazz band called The Seatbelts to perform the music:

• “Tank! (Opening Theme)”

• “The Real Folk Blues (Ending Theme)”

Easter Egg(s)

• Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Space Dandy all share the same currency known as Woolongs.

• In E11 of Cowboy Bebop, a fridge is ejected out into space. This same fridge appears in E08 of Space Dandy.