List of Cowboy Bebop episodes
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The Japanese anime television series Cowboy Bebop consists of 26 episodes, referred to as "sessions". Most episodes are named after a musical concept of some sort, usually either a broad genre (e . "Gateway Shuffle") or a specific song (e . "Honky Tonk Women" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"). The show's first run, from April 3 until June 26, 1998, on TV Tokyo, included only episodes 2, 3, 7 to 15, 18 and a special. Later that year, the series was shown in its entirety from October 23, 1998, to April 24, 1999, on the satellite network Wowow. In the United States, the series was aired repeatedly in late 2001 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. In its original run on Adult Swim, episodes 6, 8, and 22 were initially skipped due to their violent and destructive themes in wake of the September 11 attacks. By the third run of the series, all these episodes had premiered for the first time. The show takes place in 2071 and follows a group of bounty hunters who hunt criminals on their ship, the Bebop. The main characters include Spike Spiegel, a laid-back former member of the Red Dragon Syndicate (a criminal organization) and hotshot ace pilot; Jet Black, a retired cop and the owner of the Bebop; Faye Valentine, a gambling-addicted amnesiac who always finds herself in financial debts; Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (nicknamed "Ed"), an eccentric computer hacking prodigy from Earth; and Ein, a "data dog" as the group's pet. A film was released in Japan in September 2001, titled Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (known in Japan as Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door). The film takes place between episodes 22 and 23.
Infobox
No. of episodes
26
Original network
TXN (TV Tokyo), Wowow
Original release
TV Tokyo broadcast April 3, 1998 – June 26, 1998 Wowow broadcast October 23, 1998 (1998-10-23) – April 24, 1999 (1999-04-24)
Tables
· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
"Asteroid Blues"
Transliteration: "Asuteroido・Burūsu" (Japanese: アステロイド・ブルース)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
October 23, 1998 (1998-10-23)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 3, 2001
Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter, and his partner Jet Black head to the Tijuana asteroid colony on their ship, the Bebop, to track down a bounty-head named Asimov Solensan. Asimov, also known as "The Red-Eyed Coyote", is wanted for killing members of his own crime syndicate and stealing a cache of a dangerous combat drug known as Bloody-Eye. On the c
Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter, and his partner Jet Black head to the Tijuana asteroid colony on their ship, the Bebop, to track down a bounty-head named Asimov Solensan. Asimov, also known as "The Red-Eyed Coyote", is wanted for killing members of his own crime syndicate and stealing a cache of a dangerous combat drug known as Bloody-Eye. On the c
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Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter, and his partner Jet Black head to the Tijuana asteroid colony on their ship, the Bebop, to track down a bounty-head named Asimov Solensan. Asimov, also known as "The Red-Eyed Coyote", is wanted for killing members of his own crime syndicate and stealing a cache of a dangerous combat drug known as Bloody-Eye. On the c
2
2
No.
2
Title
"Stray Dog Strut"
Transliteration: "Norainu no Sutoratto" (Japanese: 野良犬のストラット)
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
April 3, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
October 30, 1998 (1998-10-30)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 3, 2001
A bounty takes Spike and Jet to Mars, where their target, Abdul Hakim, is wanted for stealing a valuable lab animal. To avoid capture, Hakim has had plastic surgery to change his appearance. At a bar, Hakim's briefcase containing the animal is stolen. Spike discovers the thief attempting to sell the animal at a pet store and, assuming him to be Hak
A bounty takes Spike and Jet to Mars, where their target, Abdul Hakim, is wanted for stealing a valuable lab animal. To avoid capture, Hakim has had plastic surgery to change his appearance. At a bar, Hakim's briefcase containing the animal is stolen. Spike discovers the thief attempting to sell the animal at a pet store and, assuming him to be Hak
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A bounty takes Spike and Jet to Mars, where their target, Abdul Hakim, is wanted for stealing a valuable lab animal. To avoid capture, Hakim has had plastic surgery to change his appearance. At a bar, Hakim's briefcase containing the animal is stolen. Spike discovers the thief attempting to sell the animal at a pet store and, assuming him to be Hak
3
3
No.
3
Title
"Honky Tonk Women"
Transliteration: "Honkī・Tonku・Wimen" (Japanese: ホンキィ・トンク・ウィメン)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Ryōta Yamaguchi
& Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Kazuki Akane
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
April 10, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 10, 2001
The crew of the Bebop head to a space station casino to try and make some money. Spike is told not to bring too much attention to himself by winning too much but attention comes anyway when he accidentally mixes two poker chips; one with a microchip hidden inside meant for an illegal sale. Faye Valentine, a wanted fugitive drowning in debt, gets ca
The crew of the Bebop head to a space station casino to try and make some money. Spike is told not to bring too much attention to himself by winning too much but attention comes anyway when he accidentally mixes two poker chips; one with a microchip hidden inside meant for an illegal sale. Faye Valentine, a wanted fugitive drowning in debt, gets ca
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The crew of the Bebop head to a space station casino to try and make some money. Spike is told not to bring too much attention to himself by winning too much but attention comes anyway when he accidentally mixes two poker chips; one with a microchip hidden inside meant for an illegal sale. Faye Valentine, a wanted fugitive drowning in debt, gets ca
4
4
No.
4
Title
"Gateway Shuffle"
Transliteration: "Geitowei・Shaffuru" (Japanese: ゲイトウェイ・シャッフル)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Sadayuki Murai
Storyboarded by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
November 13, 1998 (1998-11-13)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 10, 2001
After gambling away all the money she obtained, Faye finds a mysterious suitcase aboard a derelict spaceship. Meanwhile, Spike and Jet bump into Twinkle Maria Murdoch, leader of the Space Warriors, a group of eco-terrorists armed with a biological weapon called "Monkey Business", a virus that can transform humans into apes. Faced with the threat by
After gambling away all the money she obtained, Faye finds a mysterious suitcase aboard a derelict spaceship. Meanwhile, Spike and Jet bump into Twinkle Maria Murdoch, leader of the Space Warriors, a group of eco-terrorists armed with a biological weapon called "Monkey Business", a virus that can transform humans into apes. Faced with the threat by
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After gambling away all the money she obtained, Faye finds a mysterious suitcase aboard a derelict spaceship. Meanwhile, Spike and Jet bump into Twinkle Maria Murdoch, leader of the Space Warriors, a group of eco-terrorists armed with a biological weapon called "Monkey Business", a virus that can transform humans into apes. Faced with the threat by
5
5
No.
5
Title
"Ballad of Fallen Angels"
Transliteration: "Datenshi-tachi no Baraddo" (Japanese: 堕天使たちのバラッド)
Directed by
Tetsuya Watanabe
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
November 20, 1998 (1998-11-20)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 24, 2001
Rivals of two Martian crime syndicates form a truce that is interrupted when a man named Vicious comes in with henchmen to kill them all. Spike has past ties to one of the aforementioned crime syndicates, the Red Dragon, but refuses to explain further to a frustrated Jet (who likewise has his own past, regarding his prosthetic arm, that he refuses
Rivals of two Martian crime syndicates form a truce that is interrupted when a man named Vicious comes in with henchmen to kill them all. Spike has past ties to one of the aforementioned crime syndicates, the Red Dragon, but refuses to explain further to a frustrated Jet (who likewise has his own past, regarding his prosthetic arm, that he refuses
No.
Rivals of two Martian crime syndicates form a truce that is interrupted when a man named Vicious comes in with henchmen to kill them all. Spike has past ties to one of the aforementioned crime syndicates, the Red Dragon, but refuses to explain further to a frustrated Jet (who likewise has his own past, regarding his prosthetic arm, that he refuses
6
6
No.
6
Title
"Sympathy for the Devil"
Transliteration: "Akuma o Awaremu Uta" (Japanese: 悪魔を憐れむ歌)
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
November 27, 1998 (1998-11-27)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
December 17, 2001
With the food situation scarce (thanks to a hungry Faye), Jet and Spike are eager to nab another bounty, named Giraffe. There's a chase, with Jet offering some distraction for Spike to pursue Giraffe to a hotel but Spike fails to save his bounty who gets shot and falls out a window. Before dying, Giraffe gives Spike a ring and urges him not to be f
With the food situation scarce (thanks to a hungry Faye), Jet and Spike are eager to nab another bounty, named Giraffe. There's a chase, with Jet offering some distraction for Spike to pursue Giraffe to a hotel but Spike fails to save his bounty who gets shot and falls out a window. Before dying, Giraffe gives Spike a ring and urges him not to be f
No.
With the food situation scarce (thanks to a hungry Faye), Jet and Spike are eager to nab another bounty, named Giraffe. There's a chase, with Jet offering some distraction for Spike to pursue Giraffe to a hotel but Spike fails to save his bounty who gets shot and falls out a window. Before dying, Giraffe gives Spike a ring and urges him not to be f
7
7
No.
7
Title
"Heavy Metal Queen"
Transliteration: "Hevi・Metaru・Kuīn" (Japanese: ヘヴィ・メタル・クイーン)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
April 17, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
December 4, 1998 (1998-12-04)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
September 24, 2001
The crew of the Bebop split up to look for a bounty named Decker with a dragon tattoo on his arm. Spike nurses a hangover and looks for him at a bar but inadvertently finds himself helping a cargo hauler pilot named VT take down a trio of hunters who were harassing a waitress. Spike soon gets outed as a bounty hunter himself, earning VT's disgust.
The crew of the Bebop split up to look for a bounty named Decker with a dragon tattoo on his arm. Spike nurses a hangover and looks for him at a bar but inadvertently finds himself helping a cargo hauler pilot named VT take down a trio of hunters who were harassing a waitress. Spike soon gets outed as a bounty hunter himself, earning VT's disgust.
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The crew of the Bebop split up to look for a bounty named Decker with a dragon tattoo on his arm. Spike nurses a hangover and looks for him at a bar but inadvertently finds himself helping a cargo hauler pilot named VT take down a trio of hunters who were harassing a waitress. Spike soon gets outed as a bounty hunter himself, earning VT's disgust.
8
8
No.
8
Title
"Waltz for Venus"
Transliteration: "Warutsu・fō・Vīnasu" (Japanese: ワルツ・フォー・ヴィーナス)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
April 24, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
December 11, 1998 (1998-12-11)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
December 24, 2001
Three ship hijackers on their way to Venus get intercepted by the Bebop crew and the bounty is collected. A man named Rocco, carrying a wrapped package, spots Spike and tries to rush at him. Rocco is impressed when he gets knocked down and asks for Spike's mentoring and knowledge on how to fight better. Spike reluctantly teaches him to be more flui
Three ship hijackers on their way to Venus get intercepted by the Bebop crew and the bounty is collected. A man named Rocco, carrying a wrapped package, spots Spike and tries to rush at him. Rocco is impressed when he gets knocked down and asks for Spike's mentoring and knowledge on how to fight better. Spike reluctantly teaches him to be more flui
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Three ship hijackers on their way to Venus get intercepted by the Bebop crew and the bounty is collected. A man named Rocco, carrying a wrapped package, spots Spike and tries to rush at him. Rocco is impressed when he gets knocked down and asks for Spike's mentoring and knowledge on how to fight better. Spike reluctantly teaches him to be more flui
9
9
No.
9
Title
"Jamming with Edward"
Transliteration: "Jamingu・wizu・Edowādo" (Japanese: ジャミング・ウィズ・エドワード)
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Dai Satō
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
May 1, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
December 18, 1998 (1998-12-18)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 1, 2001
A ravaged South America has been getting animals lasered onto its surface but no one seems to know why. The Bebop crew only get interested when they hear there's a bounty on the supposed hacker that must have gained access to the satellite doing the lasering. Interviews of the Earth citizens keep bringing up an elite computer hacker nicknamed "Radi
A ravaged South America has been getting animals lasered onto its surface but no one seems to know why. The Bebop crew only get interested when they hear there's a bounty on the supposed hacker that must have gained access to the satellite doing the lasering. Interviews of the Earth citizens keep bringing up an elite computer hacker nicknamed "Radi
No.
A ravaged South America has been getting animals lasered onto its surface but no one seems to know why. The Bebop crew only get interested when they hear there's a bounty on the supposed hacker that must have gained access to the satellite doing the lasering. Interviews of the Earth citizens keep bringing up an elite computer hacker nicknamed "Radi
10
10
No.
10
Title
"Ganymede Elegy"
Transliteration: "Ganimede Bojō" (Japanese: ガニメデ慕情)
Directed by
Hirokazu Yamada
Written by
Akihiko Inari
Storyboarded by
Yūji Yamaguchi
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
May 8, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 1, 2001
Jet is even more taciturn than usual as the Bebop lands on Ganymede, his last post before leaving the ISSP (Inter Solar System Police). He visits his ex-girlfriend, Alisa, at her bar. She is planning to leave with her boyfriend, Rhint, since the bar is going to be foreclosed and she has several debts. Jet holds no animosity towards Alisa but wants
Jet is even more taciturn than usual as the Bebop lands on Ganymede, his last post before leaving the ISSP (Inter Solar System Police). He visits his ex-girlfriend, Alisa, at her bar. She is planning to leave with her boyfriend, Rhint, since the bar is going to be foreclosed and she has several debts. Jet holds no animosity towards Alisa but wants
No.
Jet is even more taciturn than usual as the Bebop lands on Ganymede, his last post before leaving the ISSP (Inter Solar System Police). He visits his ex-girlfriend, Alisa, at her bar. She is planning to leave with her boyfriend, Rhint, since the bar is going to be foreclosed and she has several debts. Jet holds no animosity towards Alisa but wants
11
11
No.
11
Title
"Toys in the Attic" ("Heavy Rock of the Dark Night")
Transliteration: "Yamiyo no Hevi・Rokku" (Japanese: 闇夜のヘヴィ・ロック)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Kunihiro Mori
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
May 15, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
January 1, 1999 (1999-01-01)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 8, 2001
What starts as a normal day with no bounty hunting turns into a scene of terror when a blob with a venomous bite infiltrates the Bebop. Jet is the first to get bitten when he goes into attic section of their ship and finds an old refrigerator. With a terribly stocked first aid kit, Jet gets worse and after trying to rule out what the virus or creat
What starts as a normal day with no bounty hunting turns into a scene of terror when a blob with a venomous bite infiltrates the Bebop. Jet is the first to get bitten when he goes into attic section of their ship and finds an old refrigerator. With a terribly stocked first aid kit, Jet gets worse and after trying to rule out what the virus or creat
No.
What starts as a normal day with no bounty hunting turns into a scene of terror when a blob with a venomous bite infiltrates the Bebop. Jet is the first to get bitten when he goes into attic section of their ship and finds an old refrigerator. With a terribly stocked first aid kit, Jet gets worse and after trying to rule out what the virus or creat
12
12
No.
12
Title
"Jupiter Jazz (Part 1)"
Transliteration: "Jupitā・Jazu (Zenpen)" (Japanese: ジュピター・ジャズ(前編))
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
May 22, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
January 8, 1999 (1999-01-08)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 8, 2001
Faye cleans out the crew's safe and leaves the Bebop for Callisto. Jet and Spike get into an argument when Jet wants to look for Faye and get their money back but Spike wants to follow up on a clue for the location of his old girlfriend, Julia. Another person from Spike's past, Vicious, ends up on Callisto, trying to carry out a deal of a large cac
Faye cleans out the crew's safe and leaves the Bebop for Callisto. Jet and Spike get into an argument when Jet wants to look for Faye and get their money back but Spike wants to follow up on a clue for the location of his old girlfriend, Julia. Another person from Spike's past, Vicious, ends up on Callisto, trying to carry out a deal of a large cac
No.
Faye cleans out the crew's safe and leaves the Bebop for Callisto. Jet and Spike get into an argument when Jet wants to look for Faye and get their money back but Spike wants to follow up on a clue for the location of his old girlfriend, Julia. Another person from Spike's past, Vicious, ends up on Callisto, trying to carry out a deal of a large cac
13
13
No.
13
Title
"Jupiter Jazz (Part 2)"
Transliteration: "Jupitā・Jazu (Kōhen)" (Japanese: ジュピター・ジャズ(後編))
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
May 29, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
January 15, 1999 (1999-01-15)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 15, 2001
Gren tells Faye about his connection to Vicious. They had served together as soldiers on a planetary war where Gren looked up to him and considered him a comrade. He was then betrayed by Vicious and incarcerated, experimented on, and ultimately the hormonal experimentation left him Gren with female attributes. He is the Red-Eye dealer who requested
Gren tells Faye about his connection to Vicious. They had served together as soldiers on a planetary war where Gren looked up to him and considered him a comrade. He was then betrayed by Vicious and incarcerated, experimented on, and ultimately the hormonal experimentation left him Gren with female attributes. He is the Red-Eye dealer who requested
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Gren tells Faye about his connection to Vicious. They had served together as soldiers on a planetary war where Gren looked up to him and considered him a comrade. He was then betrayed by Vicious and incarcerated, experimented on, and ultimately the hormonal experimentation left him Gren with female attributes. He is the Red-Eye dealer who requested
14
14
No.
14
Title
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Transliteration: "Bohemian・Rapusodi" (Japanese: ボヘミアン・ラプソディ)
Directed by
Hirokazu Yamada
Written by
Dai Satō
Storyboarded by
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
June 5, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 15, 2001
There's a large bounty on the head of the mastermind behind several Astral Gate robberies drawing in several bounty hunters including the Bebop Crew. After Spike, Jet, and Faye pool their information together (not making much headway capturing the crooks separately), they find the only thing their crooks had in common was receiving a chess piece ea
There's a large bounty on the head of the mastermind behind several Astral Gate robberies drawing in several bounty hunters including the Bebop Crew. After Spike, Jet, and Faye pool their information together (not making much headway capturing the crooks separately), they find the only thing their crooks had in common was receiving a chess piece ea
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There's a large bounty on the head of the mastermind behind several Astral Gate robberies drawing in several bounty hunters including the Bebop Crew. After Spike, Jet, and Faye pool their information together (not making much headway capturing the crooks separately), they find the only thing their crooks had in common was receiving a chess piece ea
15
15
No.
15
Title
"My Funny Valentine"
Transliteration: "Mai・Fanī・Varentain" (Japanese: マイ・ファニー・ヴァレンタイン)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
June 12, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
January 29, 1999 (1999-01-29)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 22, 2001
While cleaning after Ein, Faye relates the story of her past. She was cryogenically frozen after being critically injured in an explosion. She stayed in cryogenic sleep for 54 years until she was healed and awoke to no memory of what happened and over 300 million in medical debt. A man named Whitney, claiming to be an insurance lawyer, explained wh
While cleaning after Ein, Faye relates the story of her past. She was cryogenically frozen after being critically injured in an explosion. She stayed in cryogenic sleep for 54 years until she was healed and awoke to no memory of what happened and over 300 million in medical debt. A man named Whitney, claiming to be an insurance lawyer, explained wh
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While cleaning after Ein, Faye relates the story of her past. She was cryogenically frozen after being critically injured in an explosion. She stayed in cryogenic sleep for 54 years until she was healed and awoke to no memory of what happened and over 300 million in medical debt. A man named Whitney, claiming to be an insurance lawyer, explained wh
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16
No.
16
Title
"Black Dog Serenade"
Transliteration: "Burakku・Doggu・Serenāde" (Japanese: ブラック・ドッグ・セレナーデ)
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 22, 2001
Jet's former partner, Fad, calls him to ask for help locating a prison inmate who led a prison riot on a prison ship and commandeered it. The man, Udai Taxim, is responsible for Jet losing his arm. Jet leaves the Bebop and joins Fad on a search where he tracks Udai to Europa and goes into the heavily armed ship alone. He takes several hits but man
Jet's former partner, Fad, calls him to ask for help locating a prison inmate who led a prison riot on a prison ship and commandeered it. The man, Udai Taxim, is responsible for Jet losing his arm. Jet leaves the Bebop and joins Fad on a search where he tracks Udai to Europa and goes into the heavily armed ship alone. He takes several hits but man
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Jet's former partner, Fad, calls him to ask for help locating a prison inmate who led a prison riot on a prison ship and commandeered it. The man, Udai Taxim, is responsible for Jet losing his arm. Jet leaves the Bebop and joins Fad on a search where he tracks Udai to Europa and goes into the heavily armed ship alone. He takes several hits but man
17
17
No.
17
Title
"Mushroom Samba"
Transliteration: "Masshurūmu・Sanba" (Japanese: マッシュルーム・サンバ)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Michiko Yokote &
Shinichirō Watanabe
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 29, 2001
With no food or fuel left, the Bebop is sideswiped in a hit-and-run and make a crash landing. Ed and Ein are sent to look for food while the men try to repair the ship. Ed and Ein manage to stow away in the trunk of a woman's car and they get caught in the middle of a gun fight between Domino Walker, a hallucinogenic mushroom dealer, and Shaft, the
With no food or fuel left, the Bebop is sideswiped in a hit-and-run and make a crash landing. Ed and Ein are sent to look for food while the men try to repair the ship. Ed and Ein manage to stow away in the trunk of a woman's car and they get caught in the middle of a gun fight between Domino Walker, a hallucinogenic mushroom dealer, and Shaft, the
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With no food or fuel left, the Bebop is sideswiped in a hit-and-run and make a crash landing. Ed and Ein are sent to look for food while the men try to repair the ship. Ed and Ein manage to stow away in the trunk of a woman's car and they get caught in the middle of a gun fight between Domino Walker, a hallucinogenic mushroom dealer, and Shaft, the
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18
No.
18
Title
"Speak Like a Child"
Transliteration: "Supīku・Raiku・a・Chairudo" (Japanese: スピーク・ライク・ア・チャイルド)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Akihiko Inari
Storyboarded by
Junichi Sato
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
June 19, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
February 26, 1999 (1999-02-26)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
October 29, 2001
While Faye wastes money betting on horse racing, a package addressed to her arrives on the Bebop containing an old Betamax tape, prompting Spike and Jet to look for an appropriate device to view its contents. After wrecking a Betamax player at an antiques shop and stealing the wrong player from an underground city, the two get a follow-up delivery
While Faye wastes money betting on horse racing, a package addressed to her arrives on the Bebop containing an old Betamax tape, prompting Spike and Jet to look for an appropriate device to view its contents. After wrecking a Betamax player at an antiques shop and stealing the wrong player from an underground city, the two get a follow-up delivery
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While Faye wastes money betting on horse racing, a package addressed to her arrives on the Bebop containing an old Betamax tape, prompting Spike and Jet to look for an appropriate device to view its contents. After wrecking a Betamax player at an antiques shop and stealing the wrong player from an underground city, the two get a follow-up delivery
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Title
"Mish-Mash Blues"
Transliteration: "Yoseatsume Burūsu" (Japanese: よせあつめブルース)
Directed by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto &
Shinichirō Watanabe
Storyboarded by
—
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
June 26, 1998
Original air date
(Wowow)
—
English air date
(Adult Swim)
—
The characters provide a philosophical commentary and it ends with the words: "This Is Not The End. You Will See The Real 'Cowboy Bebop' Someday!"
The characters provide a philosophical commentary and it ends with the words: "This Is Not The End. You Will See The Real 'Cowboy Bebop' Someday!"
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The characters provide a philosophical commentary and it ends with the words: "This Is Not The End. You Will See The Real 'Cowboy Bebop' Someday!"
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19
No.
19
Title
"Wild Horses"
Transliteration: "Wairudo・Hōsesu" (Japanese: ワイルド・ホーセス)
Directed by
Hirokazu Yamada
Written by
Akihiko Inari
Storyboarded by
Umanosuke Iida
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
March 5, 1999 (1999-03-05)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 5, 2001
Spike takes his mono-racer to Earth for maintenance with trusted mechanic, Doohan. An excitable baseball fan, Miles, is his relatively new assistant. Jet and Faye go after a group of pirates who evade capture by transferring computer viruses to the Bebop and their smaller pod ships, via grappling hooks. Spike soon joins them in trying to find the h
Spike takes his mono-racer to Earth for maintenance with trusted mechanic, Doohan. An excitable baseball fan, Miles, is his relatively new assistant. Jet and Faye go after a group of pirates who evade capture by transferring computer viruses to the Bebop and their smaller pod ships, via grappling hooks. Spike soon joins them in trying to find the h
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Spike takes his mono-racer to Earth for maintenance with trusted mechanic, Doohan. An excitable baseball fan, Miles, is his relatively new assistant. Jet and Faye go after a group of pirates who evade capture by transferring computer viruses to the Bebop and their smaller pod ships, via grappling hooks. Spike soon joins them in trying to find the h
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Title
"Pierrot le Fou" ("Requiem for a Clown")
Transliteration: "Dōkeshi no Chinkonka" (Japanese: 道化師の鎮魂歌)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Sadayuki Murai
Storyboarded by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
March 12, 1999 (1999-03-12)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 5, 2001
A group of men get gunned down by a grinning, maniacal killer named Mad Pierrot. Spike stumbles upon this crime scene after a round of billiards nearby, and he narrowly escapes with his life. Jet contacts an old ISSP buddy of his to get more info on the Mad Pierrot; a man who survived brutal experimentation in an effort to make him a form of super
A group of men get gunned down by a grinning, maniacal killer named Mad Pierrot. Spike stumbles upon this crime scene after a round of billiards nearby, and he narrowly escapes with his life. Jet contacts an old ISSP buddy of his to get more info on the Mad Pierrot; a man who survived brutal experimentation in an effort to make him a form of super
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A group of men get gunned down by a grinning, maniacal killer named Mad Pierrot. Spike stumbles upon this crime scene after a round of billiards nearby, and he narrowly escapes with his life. Jet contacts an old ISSP buddy of his to get more info on the Mad Pierrot; a man who survived brutal experimentation in an effort to make him a form of super
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Title
"Boogie Woogie Feng Shui"
Transliteration: "Bugi・Ugi・Funshei" (Japanese: ブギ・ウギ・フンシェイ)
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Sadayuki Murai &
Shinichirō Watanabe
Storyboarded by
Mitsuru Hongo
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 12, 2001
Jet, spurred on by a cryptic e-mail, tries to find an old acquaintance but discovers only his grave on Mars. A girl appears and saves him from being shot by mysterious assassins at the cemetery. The girl turns out to be his acquaintance's estranged daughter, Mei-Fa, an expert in feng shui. She believes that her father sending him the email before h
Jet, spurred on by a cryptic e-mail, tries to find an old acquaintance but discovers only his grave on Mars. A girl appears and saves him from being shot by mysterious assassins at the cemetery. The girl turns out to be his acquaintance's estranged daughter, Mei-Fa, an expert in feng shui. She believes that her father sending him the email before h
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Jet, spurred on by a cryptic e-mail, tries to find an old acquaintance but discovers only his grave on Mars. A girl appears and saves him from being shot by mysterious assassins at the cemetery. The girl turns out to be his acquaintance's estranged daughter, Mei-Fa, an expert in feng shui. She believes that her father sending him the email before h
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22
Title
"Cowboy Funk"
Transliteration: "Kaubōi・Fanku" (Japanese: カウボーイ・ファンク)
Directed by
Kunihiro Mori
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
March 26, 1999 (1999-03-26)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
February 15, 2002
A terrorist known as the "Teddy Bomber" has been using explosives hidden in teddy bears to bring down high-rise buildings in protest of humanity's excesses (though he doesn't get a chance to explain his motive until the end). Spike's first attempt to stop him is interrupted by a bounty hunter on a horse known as "Cowboy Andy". Their skirmish leads
A terrorist known as the "Teddy Bomber" has been using explosives hidden in teddy bears to bring down high-rise buildings in protest of humanity's excesses (though he doesn't get a chance to explain his motive until the end). Spike's first attempt to stop him is interrupted by a bounty hunter on a horse known as "Cowboy Andy". Their skirmish leads
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A terrorist known as the "Teddy Bomber" has been using explosives hidden in teddy bears to bring down high-rise buildings in protest of humanity's excesses (though he doesn't get a chance to explain his motive until the end). Spike's first attempt to stop him is interrupted by a bounty hunter on a horse known as "Cowboy Andy". Their skirmish leads
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No.
23
Title
"Brain Scratch"
Transliteration: "Burein・Sukuratchi" (Japanese: ブレイン・スクラッチ)
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Dai Sato
Storyboarded by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
April 2, 1999 (1999-04-02)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 12, 2001
While channel surfing, Spike spots Faye on TV as part of cult called SCRATCH. The leader of SCRATCH is Dr. Londes, whose promises of being able to digitize the soul to escape bodily desires, resulted in about 100 suicides and disappearances. No one seems to be able to find the elderly leader of Scratch, and after receiving a cryptic video message f
While channel surfing, Spike spots Faye on TV as part of cult called SCRATCH. The leader of SCRATCH is Dr. Londes, whose promises of being able to digitize the soul to escape bodily desires, resulted in about 100 suicides and disappearances. No one seems to be able to find the elderly leader of Scratch, and after receiving a cryptic video message f
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While channel surfing, Spike spots Faye on TV as part of cult called SCRATCH. The leader of SCRATCH is Dr. Londes, whose promises of being able to digitize the soul to escape bodily desires, resulted in about 100 suicides and disappearances. No one seems to be able to find the elderly leader of Scratch, and after receiving a cryptic video message f
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No.
24
Title
"Hard Luck Woman"
Transliteration: "Hādo・Rakku・Ūman" (Japanese: ハード・ラック・ウーマン)
Directed by
Hirokazu Yamada
Written by
Michiko Yokote
Storyboarded by
Tensai Okamura
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 19, 2001
On the way to Mars, Faye reroutes the Bebop to Earth, so she can look for landmarks she saw in the video recorded by her teenage self. Ed tags along with her and leads her to an orphanage where Ed once lived. The nun in charge gives Ed a picture of her father, who came looking for her a while ago. Faye and Ed find one of the locations in Faye's old
On the way to Mars, Faye reroutes the Bebop to Earth, so she can look for landmarks she saw in the video recorded by her teenage self. Ed tags along with her and leads her to an orphanage where Ed once lived. The nun in charge gives Ed a picture of her father, who came looking for her a while ago. Faye and Ed find one of the locations in Faye's old
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On the way to Mars, Faye reroutes the Bebop to Earth, so she can look for landmarks she saw in the video recorded by her teenage self. Ed tags along with her and leads her to an orphanage where Ed once lived. The nun in charge gives Ed a picture of her father, who came looking for her a while ago. Faye and Ed find one of the locations in Faye's old
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Title
"The Real Folk Blues (Part 1)"
Transliteration: "Za・Riaru・Fōkuburūsu (Zenpen)" (Japanese: ザ・リアル・フォークブルース(前編))
Directed by
Ikurō Satō
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
April 16, 1999 (1999-04-16)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 19, 2001
After the girls leave the Bebop, Spike and Jet drown their sorrows at a bar but get ambushed by members of the Red Dragon Syndicate. They are saved by Shin, brother of Spike's former subordinate Lin, who explains that after Vicious unsuccessfully tried to seize control of the organization, people connected to him are now being hunted down. Jet gets
After the girls leave the Bebop, Spike and Jet drown their sorrows at a bar but get ambushed by members of the Red Dragon Syndicate. They are saved by Shin, brother of Spike's former subordinate Lin, who explains that after Vicious unsuccessfully tried to seize control of the organization, people connected to him are now being hunted down. Jet gets
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After the girls leave the Bebop, Spike and Jet drown their sorrows at a bar but get ambushed by members of the Red Dragon Syndicate. They are saved by Shin, brother of Spike's former subordinate Lin, who explains that after Vicious unsuccessfully tried to seize control of the organization, people connected to him are now being hunted down. Jet gets
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No.
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Title
"The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)"
Transliteration: "Za・Riaru・Fōkuburūsu (Kōhen)" (Japanese: ザ・リアル・フォークブルース(後編))
Directed by
Yoshiyuki Takei
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Original air date
(TV Tokyo)
—
Original air date
(Wowow)
April 23, 1999 (1999-04-23)
English air date
(Adult Swim)
November 26, 2001
Reunited, Julia tells Spike about the threat she received from Vicious but instead of killing Spike to spare herself, she chose to run away. She wants to pick up where they left off but after finding Annie shot, Spike resolves to get revenge. Julia stays with him and they shoot their way out when Annie's store is swarmed by Syndicate members. Julia
Reunited, Julia tells Spike about the threat she received from Vicious but instead of killing Spike to spare herself, she chose to run away. She wants to pick up where they left off but after finding Annie shot, Spike resolves to get revenge. Julia stays with him and they shoot their way out when Annie's store is swarmed by Syndicate members. Julia
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Reunited, Julia tells Spike about the threat she received from Vicious but instead of killing Spike to spare herself, she chose to run away. She wants to pick up where they left off but after finding Annie shot, Spike resolves to get revenge. Julia stays with him and they shoot their way out when Annie's store is swarmed by Syndicate members. Julia
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date (TV Tokyo) | Original air date (Wowow) | English air date (Adult Swim) | |
| 1 | "Asteroid Blues" Transliteration: "Asuteroido・Burūsu" (Japanese: アステロイド・ブルース) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Keiko Nobumoto | Shinichirō Watanabe | — | October 23, 1998 (1998-10-23) | September 3, 2001 | |
| Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter, and his partner Jet Black head to the Tijuana asteroid colony on their ship, the Bebop, to track down a bounty-head named Asimov Solensan. Asimov, also known as "The Red-Eyed Coyote", is wanted for killing members of his own crime syndicate and stealing a cache of a dangerous combat drug known as Bloody-Eye. On the c | ||||||||
| 2 | "Stray Dog Strut" Transliteration: "Norainu no Sutoratto" (Japanese: 野良犬のストラット) | Ikurō Satō | Michiko Yokote | Shinichirō Watanabe | April 3, 1998 | October 30, 1998 (1998-10-30) | September 3, 2001 | |
| A bounty takes Spike and Jet to Mars, where their target, Abdul Hakim, is wanted for stealing a valuable lab animal. To avoid capture, Hakim has had plastic surgery to change his appearance. At a bar, Hakim's briefcase containing the animal is stolen. Spike discovers the thief attempting to sell the animal at a pet store and, assuming him to be Hak | ||||||||
| 3 | "Honky Tonk Women" Transliteration: "Honkī・Tonku・Wimen" (Japanese: ホンキィ・トンク・ウィメン) | Kunihiro Mori | Ryōta Yamaguchi & Keiko Nobumoto | Kazuki Akane | April 10, 1998 | November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06) | September 10, 2001 | |
| The crew of the Bebop head to a space station casino to try and make some money. Spike is told not to bring too much attention to himself by winning too much but attention comes anyway when he accidentally mixes two poker chips; one with a microchip hidden inside meant for an illegal sale. Faye Valentine, a wanted fugitive drowning in debt, gets ca | ||||||||
| 4 | "Gateway Shuffle" Transliteration: "Geitowei・Shaffuru" (Japanese: ゲイトウェイ・シャッフル) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Sadayuki Murai | Yoshiyuki Takei | — | November 13, 1998 (1998-11-13) | September 10, 2001 | |
| After gambling away all the money she obtained, Faye finds a mysterious suitcase aboard a derelict spaceship. Meanwhile, Spike and Jet bump into Twinkle Maria Murdoch, leader of the Space Warriors, a group of eco-terrorists armed with a biological weapon called "Monkey Business", a virus that can transform humans into apes. Faced with the threat by | ||||||||
| 5 | "Ballad of Fallen Angels" Transliteration: "Datenshi-tachi no Baraddo" (Japanese: 堕天使たちのバラッド) | Tetsuya Watanabe | Michiko Yokote | Shinichirō Watanabe | — | November 20, 1998 (1998-11-20) | September 24, 2001 | |
| Rivals of two Martian crime syndicates form a truce that is interrupted when a man named Vicious comes in with henchmen to kill them all. Spike has past ties to one of the aforementioned crime syndicates, the Red Dragon, but refuses to explain further to a frustrated Jet (who likewise has his own past, regarding his prosthetic arm, that he refuses | ||||||||
| 6 | "Sympathy for the Devil" Transliteration: "Akuma o Awaremu Uta" (Japanese: 悪魔を憐れむ歌) | Ikurō Satō | Keiko Nobumoto | Tensai Okamura | — | November 27, 1998 (1998-11-27) | December 17, 2001 | |
| With the food situation scarce (thanks to a hungry Faye), Jet and Spike are eager to nab another bounty, named Giraffe. There's a chase, with Jet offering some distraction for Spike to pursue Giraffe to a hotel but Spike fails to save his bounty who gets shot and falls out a window. Before dying, Giraffe gives Spike a ring and urges him not to be f | ||||||||
| 7 | "Heavy Metal Queen" Transliteration: "Hevi・Metaru・Kuīn" (Japanese: ヘヴィ・メタル・クイーン) | Kunihiro Mori | Michiko Yokote | Tensai Okamura | April 17, 1998 | December 4, 1998 (1998-12-04) | September 24, 2001 | |
| The crew of the Bebop split up to look for a bounty named Decker with a dragon tattoo on his arm. Spike nurses a hangover and looks for him at a bar but inadvertently finds himself helping a cargo hauler pilot named VT take down a trio of hunters who were harassing a waitress. Spike soon gets outed as a bounty hunter himself, earning VT's disgust. | ||||||||
| 8 | "Waltz for Venus" Transliteration: "Warutsu・fō・Vīnasu" (Japanese: ワルツ・フォー・ヴィーナス) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Michiko Yokote | Yoshiyuki Takei | April 24, 1998 | December 11, 1998 (1998-12-11) | December 24, 2001 | |
| Three ship hijackers on their way to Venus get intercepted by the Bebop crew and the bounty is collected. A man named Rocco, carrying a wrapped package, spots Spike and tries to rush at him. Rocco is impressed when he gets knocked down and asks for Spike's mentoring and knowledge on how to fight better. Spike reluctantly teaches him to be more flui | ||||||||
| 9 | "Jamming with Edward" Transliteration: "Jamingu・wizu・Edowādo" (Japanese: ジャミング・ウィズ・エドワード) | Ikurō Satō | Dai Satō | Shinichirō Watanabe | May 1, 1998 | December 18, 1998 (1998-12-18) | October 1, 2001 | |
| A ravaged South America has been getting animals lasered onto its surface but no one seems to know why. The Bebop crew only get interested when they hear there's a bounty on the supposed hacker that must have gained access to the satellite doing the lasering. Interviews of the Earth citizens keep bringing up an elite computer hacker nicknamed "Radi | ||||||||
| 10 | "Ganymede Elegy" Transliteration: "Ganimede Bojō" (Japanese: ガニメデ慕情) | Hirokazu Yamada | Akihiko Inari | Yūji Yamaguchi | May 8, 1998 | December 25, 1998 (1998-12-25) | October 1, 2001 | |
| Jet is even more taciturn than usual as the Bebop lands on Ganymede, his last post before leaving the ISSP (Inter Solar System Police). He visits his ex-girlfriend, Alisa, at her bar. She is planning to leave with her boyfriend, Rhint, since the bar is going to be foreclosed and she has several debts. Jet holds no animosity towards Alisa but wants | ||||||||
| 11 | "Toys in the Attic" ("Heavy Rock of the Dark Night") Transliteration: "Yamiyo no Hevi・Rokku" (Japanese: 闇夜のヘヴィ・ロック) | Kunihiro Mori | Michiko Yokote | Kunihiro Mori | May 15, 1998 | January 1, 1999 (1999-01-01) | October 8, 2001 | |
| What starts as a normal day with no bounty hunting turns into a scene of terror when a blob with a venomous bite infiltrates the Bebop. Jet is the first to get bitten when he goes into attic section of their ship and finds an old refrigerator. With a terribly stocked first aid kit, Jet gets worse and after trying to rule out what the virus or creat | ||||||||
| 12 | "Jupiter Jazz (Part 1)" Transliteration: "Jupitā・Jazu (Zenpen)" (Japanese: ジュピター・ジャズ(前編)) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Keiko Nobumoto | Tensai Okamura | May 22, 1998 | January 8, 1999 (1999-01-08) | October 8, 2001 | |
| Faye cleans out the crew's safe and leaves the Bebop for Callisto. Jet and Spike get into an argument when Jet wants to look for Faye and get their money back but Spike wants to follow up on a clue for the location of his old girlfriend, Julia. Another person from Spike's past, Vicious, ends up on Callisto, trying to carry out a deal of a large cac | ||||||||
| 13 | "Jupiter Jazz (Part 2)" Transliteration: "Jupitā・Jazu (Kōhen)" (Japanese: ジュピター・ジャズ(後編)) | Ikurō Satō | Keiko Nobumoto | Tensai Okamura | May 29, 1998 | January 15, 1999 (1999-01-15) | October 15, 2001 | |
| Gren tells Faye about his connection to Vicious. They had served together as soldiers on a planetary war where Gren looked up to him and considered him a comrade. He was then betrayed by Vicious and incarcerated, experimented on, and ultimately the hormonal experimentation left him Gren with female attributes. He is the Red-Eye dealer who requested | ||||||||
| 14 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" Transliteration: "Bohemian・Rapusodi" (Japanese: ボヘミアン・ラプソディ) | Hirokazu Yamada | Dai Satō | Toshiyuki Tsuru | June 5, 1998 | January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) | October 15, 2001 | |
| There's a large bounty on the head of the mastermind behind several Astral Gate robberies drawing in several bounty hunters including the Bebop Crew. After Spike, Jet, and Faye pool their information together (not making much headway capturing the crooks separately), they find the only thing their crooks had in common was receiving a chess piece ea | ||||||||
| 15 | "My Funny Valentine" Transliteration: "Mai・Fanī・Varentain" (Japanese: マイ・ファニー・ヴァレンタイン) | Kunihiro Mori | Keiko Nobumoto | Tensai Okamura | June 12, 1998 | January 29, 1999 (1999-01-29) | October 22, 2001 | |
| While cleaning after Ein, Faye relates the story of her past. She was cryogenically frozen after being critically injured in an explosion. She stayed in cryogenic sleep for 54 years until she was healed and awoke to no memory of what happened and over 300 million in medical debt. A man named Whitney, claiming to be an insurance lawyer, explained wh | ||||||||
| 16 | "Black Dog Serenade" Transliteration: "Burakku・Doggu・Serenāde" (Japanese: ブラック・ドッグ・セレナーデ) | Ikurō Satō | Michiko Yokote | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | — | February 12, 1999 (1999-02-12) | October 22, 2001 | |
| Jet's former partner, Fad, calls him to ask for help locating a prison inmate who led a prison riot on a prison ship and commandeered it. The man, Udai Taxim, is responsible for Jet losing his arm. Jet leaves the Bebop and joins Fad on a search where he tracks Udai to Europa and goes into the heavily armed ship alone. He takes several hits but man | ||||||||
| 17 | "Mushroom Samba" Transliteration: "Masshurūmu・Sanba" (Japanese: マッシュルーム・サンバ) | Kunihiro Mori | Michiko Yokote & Shinichirō Watanabe | Shinichirō Watanabe | — | February 19, 1999 (1999-02-19) | October 29, 2001 | |
| With no food or fuel left, the Bebop is sideswiped in a hit-and-run and make a crash landing. Ed and Ein are sent to look for food while the men try to repair the ship. Ed and Ein manage to stow away in the trunk of a woman's car and they get caught in the middle of a gun fight between Domino Walker, a hallucinogenic mushroom dealer, and Shaft, the | ||||||||
| 18 | "Speak Like a Child" Transliteration: "Supīku・Raiku・a・Chairudo" (Japanese: スピーク・ライク・ア・チャイルド) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Akihiko Inari | Junichi Sato | June 19, 1998 | February 26, 1999 (1999-02-26) | October 29, 2001 | |
| While Faye wastes money betting on horse racing, a package addressed to her arrives on the Bebop containing an old Betamax tape, prompting Spike and Jet to look for an appropriate device to view its contents. After wrecking a Betamax player at an antiques shop and stealing the wrong player from an underground city, the two get a follow-up delivery | ||||||||
| SP | "Mish-Mash Blues" Transliteration: "Yoseatsume Burūsu" (Japanese: よせあつめブルース) | Shinichirō Watanabe | Keiko Nobumoto & Shinichirō Watanabe | — | June 26, 1998 | — | — | |
| The characters provide a philosophical commentary and it ends with the words: "This Is Not The End. You Will See The Real 'Cowboy Bebop' Someday!" | ||||||||
| 19 | "Wild Horses" Transliteration: "Wairudo・Hōsesu" (Japanese: ワイルド・ホーセス) | Hirokazu Yamada | Akihiko Inari | Umanosuke Iida | — | March 5, 1999 (1999-03-05) | November 5, 2001 | |
| Spike takes his mono-racer to Earth for maintenance with trusted mechanic, Doohan. An excitable baseball fan, Miles, is his relatively new assistant. Jet and Faye go after a group of pirates who evade capture by transferring computer viruses to the Bebop and their smaller pod ships, via grappling hooks. Spike soon joins them in trying to find the h | ||||||||
| 20 | "Pierrot le Fou" ("Requiem for a Clown") Transliteration: "Dōkeshi no Chinkonka" (Japanese: 道化師の鎮魂歌) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Sadayuki Murai | Yoshiyuki Takei | — | March 12, 1999 (1999-03-12) | November 5, 2001 | |
| A group of men get gunned down by a grinning, maniacal killer named Mad Pierrot. Spike stumbles upon this crime scene after a round of billiards nearby, and he narrowly escapes with his life. Jet contacts an old ISSP buddy of his to get more info on the Mad Pierrot; a man who survived brutal experimentation in an effort to make him a form of super | ||||||||
| 21 | "Boogie Woogie Feng Shui" Transliteration: "Bugi・Ugi・Funshei" (Japanese: ブギ・ウギ・フンシェイ) | Ikurō Satō | Sadayuki Murai & Shinichirō Watanabe | Mitsuru Hongo | — | March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19) | November 12, 2001 | |
| Jet, spurred on by a cryptic e-mail, tries to find an old acquaintance but discovers only his grave on Mars. A girl appears and saves him from being shot by mysterious assassins at the cemetery. The girl turns out to be his acquaintance's estranged daughter, Mei-Fa, an expert in feng shui. She believes that her father sending him the email before h | ||||||||
| 22 | "Cowboy Funk" Transliteration: "Kaubōi・Fanku" (Japanese: カウボーイ・ファンク) | Kunihiro Mori | Keiko Nobumoto | Tensai Okamura | — | March 26, 1999 (1999-03-26) | February 15, 2002 | |
| A terrorist known as the "Teddy Bomber" has been using explosives hidden in teddy bears to bring down high-rise buildings in protest of humanity's excesses (though he doesn't get a chance to explain his motive until the end). Spike's first attempt to stop him is interrupted by a bounty hunter on a horse known as "Cowboy Andy". Their skirmish leads | ||||||||
| 23 | "Brain Scratch" Transliteration: "Burein・Sukuratchi" (Japanese: ブレイン・スクラッチ) | Yoshiyuki Takei | Dai Sato | Yoshiyuki Takei | — | April 2, 1999 (1999-04-02) | November 12, 2001 | |
| While channel surfing, Spike spots Faye on TV as part of cult called SCRATCH. The leader of SCRATCH is Dr. Londes, whose promises of being able to digitize the soul to escape bodily desires, resulted in about 100 suicides and disappearances. No one seems to be able to find the elderly leader of Scratch, and after receiving a cryptic video message f | ||||||||
| 24 | "Hard Luck Woman" Transliteration: "Hādo・Rakku・Ūman" (Japanese: ハード・ラック・ウーマン) | Hirokazu Yamada | Michiko Yokote | Tensai Okamura | — | April 9, 1999 (1999-04-09) | November 19, 2001 | |
· Theatrical film
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door)
Transliteration: "Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira" (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door)
Transliteration: "Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira" (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)
Title
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door)
Transliteration: "Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira" (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉)
Directed by
Shinichirō Watanabe
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Storyboarded by
Shinichirō Watanabe, Takahiro Komori,
Toshihiro Kawamoto & Yasuhiro Irie
Original release date
September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01)
English release date
August 11, 2002
Set between episodes 22 and 23 of the original series, the story begins a day before Halloween. Spike Spiegel and Jet Black intercept a store robbery to detain the crooks and collect the small bounty on their heads. Faye Valentine is in the middle of chasing her own small bounty when she's stopped by a tanker truck explosion. She sees the driver es
Set between episodes 22 and 23 of the original series, the story begins a day before Halloween. Spike Spiegel and Jet Black intercept a store robbery to detain the crooks and collect the small bounty on their heads. Faye Valentine is in the middle of chasing her own small bounty when she's stopped by a tanker truck explosion. She sees the driver es
Title
Set between episodes 22 and 23 of the original series, the story begins a day before Halloween. Spike Spiegel and Jet Black intercept a store robbery to detain the crooks and collect the small bounty on their heads. Faye Valentine is in the middle of chasing her own small bounty when she's stopped by a tanker truck explosion. She sees the driver es
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | English release date | |
| Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door) Transliteration: "Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira" (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉) | Shinichirō Watanabe | Keiko Nobumoto | Shinichirō Watanabe, Takahiro Komori, Toshihiro Kawamoto & Yasuhiro Irie | September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01) | August 11, 2002 | |
| Set between episodes 22 and 23 of the original series, the story begins a day before Halloween. Spike Spiegel and Jet Black intercept a store robbery to detain the crooks and collect the small bounty on their heads. Faye Valentine is in the middle of chasing her own small bounty when she's stopped by a tanker truck explosion. She sees the driver es | ||||||
References
- In wake of the September 11 attacks, Cowboy Bebop did not air on Adult Swim on the night of September 16–17, 2001.
- Episode 6 was originally scheduled to air on September 17, 2001 in the United States, but it was pulled from broadcast i
- Episode 8 was originally scheduled to air on September 24, 2001 in the United States, but it was pulled from broadcast i
- Credited as Ranta Ushio
- Episode 22 was originally scheduled to air on November 12, 2001 in the United States, but it was pulled from broadcast i
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- TVGuidehttps://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cowboy-bebop/200706
- "Cowboy Bebop - Heaven's Door - About the Movie"https://web.archive.org/web/20021117151532/http://www.cowboybebop.org/english/door/movie/index.html
- "Archived Cartoon Network Schedule - Cowboy Bebop Premieres"https://web.archive.org/web/20010908182151/http://alt.cartoonnetwork.com/Schedule/0,3671,CTN%7c0%7c319442%7cEastern,00.html
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- Anime Superhero Forumhttps://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/cowboy-funk.2854041
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