![]() The unruly and trigger-happy Spike, a hitman who has quit the Red Dragon crime syndicate, is a Western hero. The characters themselves are more archetypes than flesh-and-blood humans. ![]() Yoko Kanno’s eclectic score combining jazz, blues, country, rock, pop and electronica further plays up the anime’s postmodern energy. The USP of the Cowboy Bebop anime is its seamless infusion of genres such as Western, film noir, yakuza, and horror into science-fiction, particularly cyberpunk and space opera. The team includes ex-criminal Spike Spiegel, ex-cop Jet, con woman Faye, hacker kid Radical Edward, and a genetically engineered corgi, Ein. The Shinichiro Watanabe-directed Cowboy Bebop anime series is set in the year 2071 and follows a group of bounty hunters moving from one mission to another. ![]() It’s almost like Netflix set itself up for failure. In the run-up to the release on November 19, Netflix’s social media team had been releasing videos in which scenes from the new series are placed alongside moments from the anime that inspired them, hoping they could get a thumbs-up from fans. What is comical is that Netflix is streaming all 26 episodes of the anime as well, so anybody can watch and compare. ![]() New viewers will either think it an average Netflix sci-fi series such as Altered Carbon or The OA, or at best, a mild curiosity, like Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Is Netflix aware of how badly they have botched up their Cowboy Bebop live-action adaptation? Fans of the classic anime are already hating it. ![]()
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