Cowboy Bebop is one of the very best series of its kind everOpens in a new tab. By just about every metric; the original 1998 anime series is a masterpiece. It was the fruit of the perfect collaboration between a great big group of people. Director Shinichiro Watanabe; screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto; designers Toshihiro Kawamoto and Kimitoshi Yamane; composer Yoko KannoOpens in a new tab. The stories, dialogue, action, setting, and music all had to be in absolute harmony and they were. It’s an amazing feat of creativity. In light of the new Netflix live-actionOpens in a new tab series (which I quite likedOpens in a new tab), we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to revisit the original anime with Cowboy Bebop episode guides for each of its original episodes.
The Cowboy Bebop anime has 26 episodes and one feature film. Together these represent some of the best animated entertainment ever. Actually, let’s not even qualify that. Entertainment, full stop. But it’s also incredibly of its time in a lot of ways, which we’ll certainly see. While ahead of the curve in representation, it also didn’t quite have all of the language or understanding that we have now.
Join us now as we go through each of the episodes in turn. You can find the complete list of Cowboy Bebop episodes and their corresponding episode guides, below. You can come back here to find the next episode, or hop to the next episode at the bottom of each individual one. We’re here for you. For all your Cowboy Bebop episode guide needs. Without further ado, enjoy a cute GIF of Ein the Data Dog.
Cowboy Bebop Episode Guides: The Complete Session List
Session #1: “Asteroid Blues”Opens in a new tab
Session #2: “Stray Dog Strut”Opens in a new tab
Session #3: “Honky Tonk Women”Opens in a new tab
Session #4: “Gateway Shuffle”Opens in a new tab
Session #5: “Ballad of Fallen Angels”Opens in a new tab
Session #6: “Sympathy for the Devil”Opens in a new tab
Session #7: “Heavy Metal Queen”Opens in a new tab
Session #8: “Waltz for Venus”Opens in a new tab
Session #9: “Jamming with Edward”Opens in a new tab
Session #10: “Ganymede Elegy”Opens in a new tab
Session #11: “Toys in the Attic”Opens in a new tab
Session #12: “Jupiter Jazz part 1”Opens in a new tab
Session #13: “Jupiter Jazz part 2”Opens in a new tab
Session #14: “Bohemian Rhapsody”Opens in a new tab
Session #15: “My Funny Valentine”Opens in a new tab
Session #16: “Black Dog Serenade”Opens in a new tab
Session #17: “Mushroom Samba”Opens in a new tab
Session #18: “Speak Like a Child”Opens in a new tab
Session #19: “Wild Horses”Opens in a new tab
Session #20: “Pierrot le Fou”Opens in a new tab
Session #21: “Boogie Woogie Feng Shui”Opens in a new tab
Session #22: “Cowboy Funk”Opens in a new tab
Session #23: “Brain Scratch”Opens in a new tab
Session #24: “Hard Luck Woman”Opens in a new tab
Session #25: “The Real Folk Blues part 1”Opens in a new tab
Session #26: “The Real Folk Blues part 2”Opens in a new tab
Cowboy Bebop: The MovieOpens in a new tab
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. You can find his film and TV reviews hereOpens in a new tab. Follow him on Twitter!Opens in a new tab
