Cowboy Bebop is experiencing a resurgence in 2025, captivating audiences old and new through streaming platforms like Netflix ...

Many of the most interesting pieces of Cowboy Bebop lore would be considered a little strange, at the very least.

The rest of the shows on the mature animation block were comedies while “Cowboy Bebop” was anime, although unlike nearly anything else the genre’s American aficionados were accustomed to.

By Rafael Motamayor Shinichiro Watanabe’s first anime, “Cowboy Bebop,” was quite an opening act. A story of space bounty hunters trying to scrape by, its genre mash-up of westerns ...