Cowboy Bebop

What is Cowboy Bebop about?

Cowboy Bebop is a TV anime series of 26 episodes animated by Sunrise, based on an original story written for the screen. It aired from April 3, 1998 to April 24, 1999. AniList classifies it as action, adventure, drama and science fiction.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Space, Crime, Episodic, Ensemble Cast, Primarily Adult Cast, Anti-Hero, Philosophy, Travel, Found Family, Noir.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Spike Spiegel スパイク・スピーゲル

  Main character

  Spike Spiegel is a tall and lean 27-year-old bounty hunter born on Mars.

  Japanese voice: Kouichi Yamadera

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  Faye Valentine フェイ・バレンタイン

  Main character

  One of the members of the bounty hunting crew in the anime series Cowboy Bebop. Although appearing to be no more than her 23 years alive suggests, Faye is actually upwards of 74-years-old, having been put into cryogenic freeze after a space shuttle accident.

  Japanese voice: Megumi Hayashibara

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  Jet Black ジェット・ブラック

  Main character

  Jet, known on his home satellite as the "Black Dog" for his tenacity, is a 36-year-old former cop from Ganymede (a Jovian satellite) and acts as Spike's foil during the series. Physically, Jet is very tall with a muscular build. He wears a beard with no mustache, and is completely bald save for the back of his head.

  Japanese voice: Unshou Ishizuka

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  Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV エドワード・ウォン・ハウ・ペペル・チブルスキー4世

  Main character

  Ed is an eccentric, resourceful, childlike, tomboyish, and intelligent teenager. Ed first encounters the Bebop and its crew when she hacks the ship on its way to Earth. After Ed helps the Bebop crew cash in the Earth hacker bounty, she insists on joining the crew.

  Japanese voice: Aoi Tada

Supporting characters

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  Ein アイン

  Supporting character

  Ein is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi brought aboard the Bebop by Spike after a failed attempt to capture a bounty. Ein is a "data dog": while the televised series only briefly hints on the fact that this means Ein's brain was somehow enhanced drastically, the manga shows Ed accessing data stored in Ein's brain via a virtual…

  Japanese voice: Kouichi Yamadera

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  Vicious ビシャス

  Supporting character

  It's all in the name with Vicious: he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, cunning and ambitious, willing to do anything in order to secure a position of power. He is a member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate in Tharsis, and is often referred to or depicted as a venomous snake.

  Japanese voice: Norio Wakamoto

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  Julia ジュリア

  Supporting character

  Julia is a beautiful and mysterious woman from both Spike and Vicious' pasts. A love triangle among the three caused Spike to leave the syndicate rather than challenge Vicious. Spike had wanted to take her with him when he left the syndicate, but she was blackmailed by Vicious into almost shooting Spike.

  Japanese voice: Gara Takashima

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  Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener グレン

  Supporting character

  Gren was once a soldier for the war on Titan, and appears in the two-part episodes of 'Jupiter Jazz'. On Titan he fought beside Vicious, who he admired and found encouragement in, during the war.

  Japanese voice: Kenyuu Horiuchi

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  Punch パンチ

  Supporting character

  Co-hosts the TV show Big Shot along with Judy. The show features the duo in western attire and provides information on popular Bounty Heads throughout the star system. Punch speaks with a faked western/Mexican accent, and tends to spout out various old-West sayings.

  Japanese voice: Tsutomu Tareki

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  Judy ジュディ

  Supporting character

  Co-hosts the TV show Big Shot along with Punch. The show features the duo in western attire and provides information on popular Bounty Heads throughout the star system. Judy acts like a stereotypical dumb-blonde, and wears a very revealing outfit.

  Japanese voice: Miki Nagasawa

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  Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lütfen アップルデリー・シニズ・ヘサップ・リュトフェン

  Supporting character

  Afedersiniz Hesap Lutfen (which means "excuse me, check please" in Turkish), is Ed's father. He is a cartographer on Earth (a questionable occupation on a planet which undergoes changes to its landscape daily due to asteroid impacts).

  Japanese voice: Kenji Utsumi

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  Bob ボブ

  Supporting character

  "Bob" is an ISSP policeman based on Ganymede to whom Jet frequently goes to for inside information when looking for bounty heads. Throughout the series, and especially in the film, Bob provides (sometimes reluctantly) crucial information. (wikipedia)

  Japanese voice: Yutaka Nakano

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  Bull ブル

  Supporting character

  A kind old shaman, apparently of Native American descent. Laughing Bull lives on Mars, and figures prominently in a number of Cowboy Bebop sessions.

  Japanese voice: Takehiro Koyama

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  Wen ウェン

  Supporting character

  Wen was a victim of the Astral Gate accident that caused his body to stop aging. He was a gifted harmonica player that became jaded over time and held people hostage, like Zebra, in order to keep his condition a secret.

  Japanese voice: Yumi Touma

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  Udai Taxim ウダイ

  Supporting character

  Udai Taxim was an assassin and former member of the European syndicate. He was involved in a plot to kill or injure the former ISSP agent Jet Black, who was one of the few police officers not on the syndicate payroll. As a result Jet lost his arm and was forced to use a prosthetic one.

  Japanese voice: Kousei Hirota

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  Roco Bonnaro ロコ

  Supporting character

  Rocco Bonnaro is a member of Piccaro Calvino's gang. He is involved in organized crime in order to support his blind younger sister, Stella Bonnaro and does everything he can to help her regain her sight. Rocco sees Spike effortlessly take out several hijackers on a spaceliner and begs Spike to teach him how to fight.

  Japanese voice: Ryuusei Nakao