The Anniversary Brothers TV Podcast: Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here for their latest TV
retrospective. This time they’re chatting about Cowboy Bebop for
its 25th anniversary.


Cowboy Bebop is a science fiction anime created by the animation
studio Sunrise. It premiered in Japan on April 3, 1998. It
debuted in the U.S. on September 2, 2001, during Adult Swim’s
launch. The series ended its 26-episode run in Japan on April 24,
1999.


The show follows a group of bounty hunters traversing space in
the year 2071. The crew consists of Spike Spiegel (Steve Blum),
Faye Valentine (Wendee Lee), Jet Black (Beau Billingslea), Edward
Wong (Melissa Fahn), and Ein the Corgi (Koichi Yamadera). As the
series progresses, it reveals more about their pasts.


Widely considered one of the greatest anime of all time, the
show’s English dub by Animaze is regarded as one of the best
anime localizations. A film featuring an additional storyline saw
a theatrical release in 2001. A live-action Netflix series
premiered in 2021, which Netflix canceled after one season.


Aaron and Josh discuss their inital impressions of Cowboy Bebop
before going into its first episode. They also talk about the
show’s characters, animation, mix of genres, and watching in
Japanese versus watching in English.


For more anime, you can listen to Josh and Aaron’s podcasts on
Death Note and Spirited Away.


Cowboy Bebop is streaming on Netflix, Funimation, and
Crunchyroll