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Cowboy Bebop first aired on TV Tokyo on the 3rd of April 1998. The series ran for twenty-six episodes, each called a "session," with the complete run airing on satellite network Wowow from the 23rd of October 1998 until the 24th of April 1999.
Cowboy Bebop was created by animation studio Sunrise and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, for whom it was his first solo directorial project. The core creative team also included screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno, collectively credited under the pseudonym Hajime Yatate.
Yoko Kanno composed the music for Cowboy Bebop. She formed a blues and jazz band called the Seatbelts to perform the score, which primarily comprises jazz alongside western and opera. The full soundtrack was released across seven albums, two singles and EPs, and two compilations through label Victor Entertainment.
The series' 6:00 p.m. timeslot on TV Tokyo and its depictions of graphic violence meant only a partial selection of episodes aired in the original run - episodes 2, 3, 7 through 15, 18, and a special. The complete twenty-six episodes aired later on satellite network Wowow.
At both the 1999 and 2000 Anime Grand Prix ceremonies, Cowboy Bebop won first place for best male character (Spike Spiegel) and best voice actor (Megumi Hayashibara for Faye Valentine). The series also placed second for best anime series at both ceremonies, and won the 2000 Seiun Award for Best Media of the Year.
Netflix released the live-action Cowboy Bebop series on the 19th of November 2021 to mixed-to-negative reviews. On the 9th of December 2021, Netflix cancelled it entirely due to poor ratings and reception. Production had previously been delayed when lead actor John Cho sustained a knee injury in October 2019, setting filming back by more than six months.