Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ) is a 1998 Japanese anime series developed by Sunrise. It featured a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno.

The series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 3 until June 26, 1998, broadcasting only twelve episodes and a special due to its controversial adult-themed content. The entire twenty-six episodes of the series were later broadcast on WOWOW from October 24 until April 24, 1999.

The anime series was dubbed in the English language by Animaze and ZRO Limit Productions, and was licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and is now licensed by Funimation. For English releases in the United Kingdom, it was licensed by Beez Entertainment and is now licensed by Anime Limited. Madman Entertainment has licensed it for releases in Australia and New Zealand. In 2001, Cowboy Bebop became the first anime title to be broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States.

Cowboy Bebop became a critical and commercial success both in Japanese and international markets, most notably in the United States. The series garnered several major anime and science fiction awards from Japanese publications, and received universal praise for its style, characters, story, voice acting, animation and soundtrack. In the years since its release, critics and reviewers, from the United States in particular, have hailed Cowboy Bebop as a masterpiece and frequently cite it as one of the greatest anime series of all time. Credited with helping introduce anime to a new wave of Western viewers in the early 2000s, Cowboy Bebop has also been labelled a gateway series for the medium as a whole.

Main Cast

 * David Lucas - Spike Spiegel
 * John Billingslea - Jet Black
 * Wendee Lee - Faye Valentine

Minor Cast

 * Abe Lasser
 * Barbara Goodson
 * Dan Martin
 * Dorothy Melendrez
 * Dylan Tully
 * George C. Cole
 * George Kee
 * Harold Muckle
 * Ian Hawk
 * Jack Hamer
 * Joe Romersa
 * Katia Moraes
 * Lia Sargent
 * Mike D'Gard
 * Nellie Wuu
 * Rio Bamba
 * Robert Wicks
 * Simon Isaacson
 * Sparky Thornton
 * Steve Kramer
 * Steve Poletti
 * Syd Fontana
 * Tom Charles
 * William Frederick