This Early 2000s Anime Is Perfect To Fix Netflix’s Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Failure
Netflix failed to create a worthy live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop but another 2000s anime offers the perfect opportunity to fix its mistakes.
Cowboy Bebop is a live-action Netflix adaptation of the hit Anime series of the same name. The adaptation was developed by Christopher Yost and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda. The Sci-Fi series once again follows bounty hunter Spike Spiegel as he and his crew chase down criminals across the galaxy.
Netflix failed to create a worthy live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop but another 2000s anime offers the perfect opportunity to fix its mistakes.
Cowboy Bebop is an action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them. Unfortunately, Netflix announced Cowboy Bebop was being canceled after just one season. The news came only three weeks after it premiered on the streaming service.
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