Netflix has likely laid a lot of skeptical minds at ease with the opening credits of their upcoming lice-action adaptation of the classic anime Cowboy Bepop. Not only have they kept the same pop aesthetics, but have used Yoko Kanno’s iconic opening theme song.
From Netflix:
COWBOY BEBOP is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them.
Based on the beloved anime series, COWBOY BEBOP is executive produced by André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg of Midnight Radio, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios, Makoto Asanuma, Shin Sasaki and Masayuki Ozaki of Sunrise Inc., Tim Coddington, Tetsu Fujimura, Michael Katleman, Matthew Weinberg, and Christopher Yost. Nemec serves as showrunner. Original anime series director Shinichirō Watanabe is a consultant on the series, and original composer Yoko Kanno returns for the live-action adaptation. The series also stars Alex Hassell and Elena Satine.
Out own Jeff Heller moderated a Q&A with original Cowboy Bebop voice actor Steve Blum at the 2018 Niagara Falls Comic Con, which you can watch below.
Cowboy Bebop debuts on November 19, 2021 on Netflix.