Cowboy Bebop
Summary
Cowboy Bebopis often cite as aperfect starter animefor respectable cause , naturally leading many to seek out gum anime with the same vibration . With its jazzy music , inscrutable type , and witty plot , Bebop’smagic is difficult to retake . Given that even the series ' big - budget Netflix remaking could n’t even carry the torch by the estimation of many critics and sports fan , it ’s tempting to think there ’s nothing else out there like it . ThoughBebopis indeed unique , that does n’t mean fans should give up hope of finding a similar serial publication .
Whether it be fellow anime space westerns , prime sci - fi , or just plain crime dramatic event there areseveral anime that sports fan ofCowboy Bebopshould check out . Bebopcasts a wide profits with its entanglement of references , mean fans really have their woof of the litter when it comes to anime . Even the series ' creator Shinichiro Watanabe has revisit many of the themes and idea that madeBebopso special in a handful of his future works . Every fan ofCowboy Bebopowes it to themselves to at least give a few other Zanzibar copal series a try .
20Trigun (1998)
Based on the manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow & produced by Studio Madhouse
Cast
Number of Episodes
26
Where to teem
Funimation , Hulu , Netflix , Crunchyroll
Trigunis alike in many way toCowboy Bebop , but it is different in that it take in the westerly theme much further , boast the Graeco-Roman cowboy look . Why the cowboy theme was mostly metaphorical inBebop , inTrigunit is quite real . Cowboy Bebopfans who desire another outer space western owe it to themselves to watchTrigunor its more recent reboot seriesTrigun Stampede .
2023 was an dead incredible year for Zanzibar copal , with new serial publication and found dealership likewise make an important mug on the industry .
19Space Dandy (2014)
Original anime series by Studio Bones
Space Dandy is a Japanese recreate television series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe . The show follow the mishap of Dandy , an alien bounty hunter who move around through space with his robot assistant QT and feline - like foreign Meow in search of rarified aliens . Known for its eclectic art style and occasional data formatting , Space Dandy search various musical style and motif , render a humourous and surrealistic tale .
Funimation , Hulu , Tubi , Crunchyroll
Also create by Watanabe , Space Dandyis a blithe absurdist take onCowboy Bebop . The serial is load down with adventure , fast - pace action , and a pail - load of laughs . Set in the far future tense , the serial publication pursue a place huntsman named Dandy who searches for unexplored foreign lifeforms . This means Dandy visits the furthest corners of the universe in search of strange life - open planet in his efforts to document new alien metal money . More than just create by the same person , Space Dandyactually take place inCowboy Bebop’sdistant future , meaning eagle - eyed fans can get a few references .
fan of director Shinichiro Watanabe ’s work should keep an eye out for his upcoming seriesLazarus , expected to be release in 2024 .
One thing that madeBebopsuch a hit among Western viewers back when it was airing on Adult Swim was the serial publication ' episodic nature . Space Dandy’smost remarkable achievement is taking that episodic structure to its logical extreme point . What overarching plotDandydoes have is mind - bending and eldritch in the skillful way potential , makingSpace Dandya strange but fitting followup to similar Watanabe labor likeCowboy BebopandSamurai Champloo .
18Bungo Stray Dogs (2016)
Based on the manga series written by Kafka Asagiri & illustrated by Sango Harukawa
Bungo Stray Dogs is an anime series that surveil Atsushi Nakajima , a unseasoned man with the ability to transmute into a tiger . After being kick out of his orphanage , he join the Armed Detective Agency , a mathematical group of individuals with supernatural powers combat Sicilian Mafia activities and other threat . determine in a novelise Yokohama , the serial publication explore the proportion between human conflicts and extraordinary ability .
60 + 1 OVA
Funimation , Crunchyroll
Bungo Stray Dogsis a serial publication that has a lot of the film - noir feel that fan like inCowboy Bebop . The series follows the Armed Detective Agency , a group of people with supernatural might who solve mysteries that might be too extreme or grave for normal law enforcement to manage . Among the Armed Detective Agency ’s members is Atsushi Nakajima , a genial - hearted man who can transubstantiate into a monstrous blank Panthera tigris .
Almost every graphic symbol inBungo Stray Dogsis named after some sort of literary grapheme .
There ’s more comedy involved inBungo , but the game focuses on individual quality and their personal stories , which is another fundamental feature of the genre . It ’s also told in a one - slam style with limited serialized elements , a bite likeCowboy Bebop , which think viewer do n’t necessarily have to look out the episodes ofBungo Stray Dogsin any particular order .
17The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Excels At Science Fiction Parody
Anime series by Tatsunoko Productions; Based on the light novel by Hitoshi Yoshioka
26 + 10 ovum Episodes
Crunchyroll
In the world of Tatsunoko Productions’The Irresponsible Captain Tylor , while the United Planets Space Force is at war with the Raalgon , Justy Ueki Tylor just wants to take it leisurely with a cushy office job . However , when Tylor unexpectedly foils a terrorist plot , he ’s immediately put in cathexis of the crew of theSoyokaze , and while the high - ups just did it to get rid of him , Tylor somehow keep come through battle after battle and becomes a major histrion in the state of war with the Raalgon .
Just from the title , alone , it ’s obvious thatThe Irresponsible Captain Tyloris an anime that never takes itself severely , and that make up it enceinte forCowboy Bebopfans . Cowboy Bebopis just as illustrious for its comedy as it is for its serious storytelling , and that sort of appeal can easily be seen in howThe Irresponsible Captain Tyloralways works to satirise the figure of speech of epic space opera . Add in its astral casting and great written material , andThe Irresponsible Captain Tyloris a gravid gum anime to watch for any fan ofCowboy Bebop ’s more comedic elements .
16Kids On The Slope Is An Underrated Classic From Cowboy Bebop’s Creator
Anime series by Studio MAPPA & Tezuka Productions; Based on the manga by Yuki Kodama
12
Currently Unavailable on Streaming
Studio MAPPA and Tezuka Productions’Kids on the Slopeis a coming - of - years narration star Kaoru Nishimi who , in the summertime of 1966 , moves to Nagasaki to live on with his prolonged kinsperson . At his fresh school , the delinquent Sentaro Kawabuchi inspires Kaoru to study nothingness , the duo becomes a trio with the launching of Ritsuko Mukae , whose family scat a record book shop , and the story from then on is rivet on the development of their sexual love of euphony and their love for each other , platonic or otherwise .
Kids on the Slopeis a rare gum anime from Shinichiro Watanabe that was n’t an original oeuvre , but it ’s still plenty good . The living and way are consistently gravid , and for fans ofCowboy Bebop , Kids on the Slope ’s focus on the Indiana and outs of jazz music resonate very powerfully withCowboy Bebop , as jazz is famously a big part ofCowboy Bebop ’s aesthetic . Even though Shinichiro Watanabe did n’t createKids on the Slope , all of the common hallmarks of his work are there , so any fan ofCowboy Bebopis sure to get a destiny out of it .
15Michiko & Hatchin (2008)
Original anime series by Studio Manglobe
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Michiko & Hatchin , sometimes hump asFinding Paradisein the West , is a 2008 animeseries that accept many stylistic cues fromCowboy Bebop . The plot follows the two titular case — initially implied to be a mother and daughter duad — on the run follow a prison fault . The two form an interesting twosome , as Mitchiko , despite being older , is the hot - headed and brainish one , while Hatchin is far more likely to reckon situations through . The result is a heartwarming dynamic that will make viewer want to watch sequence after sequence .
A tale of machination and danger at the periphery of guild , Michiko & Hatchinis , in some way , a revised version ofCowboy Bebop . Interestingly enough , Cowboy Bebop ’s director sign on to produce music forMichiko & Hatchin , strengthening the tie-in between the two serial .
14Outlaw Star (1998)
Based on the manga by Takehiko Ito & produced by Sunrise
Funimation , Hulu
Outlaw Starisanother anime featuring a chemical group of likable scallywag , namely Gene Starwind and Jim Hawking . The two hoagy spend their day do all sorts of odd jobs on their planet of Sentinel III . All of this change , however , when a mystic woman distinguish Hilda recruits the two as bodyguards .
As is often the showcase in these form of comedic - dangerous undertaking anime , in no time the pair are in a creation of bother , include being wanted by the cops , pirates , angry aliens , other bounty hunters , and a deep assassin . The only thing they do have going for them is their ship , the Outlaw Star , the galaxy ’s most advanced spacecraft . Much likeBebop , the veridical heart ofOutlaw Staris the gang Gene and Jim accumulate over time . The show sport large character growing and should scratch the space outlaw itch for any fan ofCowboy Beboplooking for something a little more out there .
13Black Lagoon (2006)
Based on the manga series by Rei Hiroe & produced by Studio Madhouse
Black Lagoon is a Nipponese animated series that follows Rokuro " Rock " Okajima , a Japanese businessman taken hostage by the Lagoon Company , a group of mercenaries . Set in the crime - infested metropolis of Roanapur , the series explores Rock ’s transformation as he navigates dangerous missions alongside his newfangled comrades . Created by Madhouse , the show delves into root of morals and survival in a anarchic world .
24 + 5 OVAs
Funimation , Hulu , Crunchyroll
What makesCowboy Bebopunique is that the report behind each of its characters normally revolves around a dark personal tragedy . Thesame heedful , considered eccentric development and an underlying look of darknessare to be found inBlack Lagoon . The serial publication boasts an equally interesting and dark report , thoughBlack Lagoonfollows a rag week - tag stria of mercenaries as fight back to bounty hunter .
The audience ’s point of horizon character is Rock , an intermediate businessman who gets captured by soldier of fortune . He decide to join the crew after a negotiation goes awry , as he ’s curious to be the harsh yet adventurously eventful lifetime the others lead . Rock basically serves as the group ’s face , using his business concern insightfulness to negociate on behalf of his crew . In contrast toBebop , Black Lagoonisn’t skill fable and is a straight - up offense thriller .
Madhouse is an living studio with a farsighted history of putting out classic anime . Here are 10 of the best series every make by Studio Madhouse .
12Carole & Tuesday (2019)
Original anime series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe & produced by Studio Bones
24
Netflix
Another gum anime create byBebopmastermind Watanabe , Carole & Tuesdayis actually adjust in the same world asCowboy Bebop , although somewhat further along the timeline when society has clearly stabilise at least somewhat . The serial follows the nominal odd - couple euphony duo as they seek to make it as musicians . Fans ofBebopwill right away appreciateCarole & Tuesday’smusical paper and more grounded characters .
Though the series does miss much of the action at law that build its predecessor so far-famed , it build up for it with a compelling depiction of the might of euphony . Also muchlikeBebop , Carole and Tuesdayisn’t afraid to tackle difficult and complex social issue . ThoughCarole & Tuesday wasreleased in 2019 , its discussion of AI - generated art feel peculiarly relevant in the modernistic age . Fans ofBebopdefinitely will line up a fortune to love about its chiller sister series withCarole and Tuesday .
11Baccano! (2007)
Based on the light novel series by Ryohgo Narita & illustrated by Katsumi Enami
16
presently unavailable on pour
Those who enjoyed the stylish conflict scenes inCowboy Bebopneed not look further thanBaccano!MuchlikeBebop , this anime is jam - packed with sporty action mechanism prospect that are classy and chaotic . The show is also localise in thirties Chicago , and it ’s been exalt for its enrapturing , period - accurate score . Baccano!is tell out of parliamentary procedure and features an ensemble cast on the hunt for lack feeding bottle that stop the elixir for immortality . The main account arc is n’t all there is , however , with many side story padding out the overall secret plan .
Fans have often comparedBebopto the works of Quentin Tarantino in worldwide andPulp Fictionmore specifically . While the veracity of these comparisons has some virtue , it ’s emphatically easier to comparePulp FictiontoBaccano!which features a similarly turgid story told from multiple view and center around a handful of explosive personality .
