They also have their own pasts to deal with and deeply-held reasons for becoming bounty hunters, but one of the great marvels of the original animated series was its ability to shift tones, subject matter, and genre while keeping its sense of style and action on point. Spike may contain the tragic hero archetype within his stylish jacket, but he is also a goofball – particularly when teamed up with Jet and Faye.
As glimpsed in the trailer, he left behind someone special and must someday confront Vicious ( Alex Hassell), one of the people responsible for his exile.īut that story only encompasses a handful of the original anime’s episodes and just some of the team’s travels around the Solar System. On the surface, it’s a science fiction noir story with Western elements centering on Spike Spiegel, a former mob enforcer turned bounty hunter who is running from – but cannot escape – his past. The catch in describing Cowboy Bebop is that it’s a lot of things. A Stylish Noir Sci-Fi Western Story With Laughs Nevertheless, there are some expectations fans new and old may have, and we’ve rounded up some of the key things to expect when Cowboy Bebop jams again.ġ. The point of an adaptation like this is to bring new fans to the transworld hijinks of Spike Spiegel played in the live-action series by John Cho, Faye Valentine ( Daniella Pineda), and Jet Black ( Mustafa Shakir), so we shouldn’t mention too much of the plot up front. The show, based on the animated program directed by Shinichiro Watanabe from scripts by Keiko Nobumoto, plunges viewers into the futuristic Solar System of three interplanetary bounty hunters who join sides, earn some cash, and - well, we might be getting ahead of ourselves. Netflix’s adaptation of Cowboy Bebop has been on the horizon for so long that we can scarcely believe a trailer for the program launched just yesterday or that the series will finally debut on November 19.
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