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Cowboy Bebop is an anime by Shinichiro Watanabe. It's a sci-fi adventure comedy set in a futuristic world. The main characters are a bounty hunter crew ("cowboys") who travel on their starship Bebop, hunt wanted criminals, eat scrap, philosophize and solve mysteries.

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Cowboy Bebop is a 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe. It follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of a bounty hunter ("cowboy") crew travelling on the Bebop, their starship.

This tag should be used in questions concerning the Cowboy Bebop anime, manga or movie. The media in question should be specified in the title or question itself, according to this meta post.

For more on Cowboy Bebop see its Wikipedia page or the Cowboy Bebop wiki.

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Do we know what happens to Spike at the end of Cowboy Bebop?

At the end of the last episode of Cowboy Bebop, Spike collapses. It's not clear, but it looks as though he may be dead. Is there a way to know whether he is alive or dead (something in the background, comments from the director, a continuation in…
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Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after songs?

I noticed that some episodes are named after existing songs. As an example, the fourteenth episode name is "Bohemian Rhapsody", which is a famous song from the music band Queen Are all Cowboy Bebop's episodes named after existing songs?
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What's up with the gravity on board of Bebop?

This is the final scene of the first episode of Cowboy Bebop. Right before this gif starts, Spike was gazing into space from the window. The following events depicted in this gif are contradicting: First, Jet rather slowly floats down from the…
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What is the text in the intro of Cowboy Bebop

Throughout the opening theme, various text moves across the screen. Is this an extract from something, or just placeholder text?
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What is the connection between the Cowboy Bebop anime and the movie?

According to Wikipedia, the movie is a midquel that takes place between episodes 22 and 23 of the anime. Having seen both the movie and the anime, I don't recall any connection that made it essential for it to be viewed in this order. I don't recall…
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What's this vocal piece in the beginning of episode 18?

I'm on episode 18 of Cowboy Bebop, and I noticed vocal background music sung by a male singer that seemed rather classical in style at the beginning, when there is a montage of Faye at a horserace. What is the title of this piece? Is it something…
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Have the crew of the Bebop ever been paid for a bounty?

One of the running gags in Cowboy Bebop is that the crew never seems to get paid for their bounty for increasingly outlandish reasons. Asimov Solensan was killed by his wife Abdul Hakim was caught by the police Faye Valentine became a member of the…
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Why is "Cowboy Bebop" almost unheard of in Japan?

I spent 8 years in Japan, one of the things that always amazed me was that of those people who watched anime, 99% of them had never heard of Cowboy Bebop. In all my time there, there was only 1 person who knew of it and they didn't watch it. Perhaps…
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Where is "See you Space Cowboy" from?

I feel stupid not knowing, but I can't quite put my finger on where "See you space cowboy" is from. I know it's from an anime (that I think was made in the 90s?), but what anime specifically is it from?
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What game are António, Carlos and Jobim playing?

In Cowboy Bebop, there are three men that are seen recurrently: António, Carlos and Jobim. They are most often found playing cards. What game are they playing? I don't remember it ever being stated in the anime. Was it ever stated elsewhere?
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Is the Merlion in Faye's childhood video a real location?

In this MAL discussion about episode 24 of Cowboy Bebop, the user merle_noir posts that they have been to the Merlion seen in Faye's video: Faye must be Singaporean... Wouldn't think the Merlion would be anywhere but there (in Singapore), and I…
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When does the Cowboy Bebop Manga take place within the Anime?

I know that the Cowboy Bebop manga was written and produced by someone other than Shinichiro Watanabe (although the English credits say: Cooperation: Shinichiro Watanabe / Sunrise); the manga Cowboy Bebop, shortly after the TV series ended, and that…
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In session 23 at 14:45, is Ein hacking or is Ed?

In session 23 at 14:45, is Ein hacking or is Ed? Ein has the head band interface on that Jet was using to interface with the cult's net presence and Ed doesn't have her hands on the computer. It looks like Ein is hacking the cult's access point; is…
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What exactly is the watch suppose to be keeping track of in episode 10?

In episode 10, "Ganymede Elegy", the watch has a dial that has numerals 1 - 15 on it (it figures prominently in the story's plot). It takes 7.15 Earth days (around 172 Earth hours) for Ganymede to orbit Jupiter and the orbit is synchronous. Even if…
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What games does Faye play when she loses all of her money?

Faye is perpetually losing all of her money gambling. We know she's addicted to gambling in general, but is there anything in specific that we know she tends to love playing (but always loses) at?
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