Short answers, pulled from the story.
The crew of the spaceship Bebop includes Spike Spiegel, an exiled former hitman from the Red Dragon Syndicate, and Jet Black, a former police officer. They are later joined by Faye Valentine, an amnesiac con artist; Edward Wong, a skilled hacker; and Ein, a genetically engineered corgi with human-like intelligence.
Spike Spiegel kills Vicious but sustains mortal wounds himself before collapsing on the syndicate headquarters staircase on Mars. The story concludes as he presumably dies after confronting the karmic weight of his past actions and seeing a vision of Julia.
Director Shinichiro Watanabe created a special tagline for the series during its 1998 broadcast that appeared before and after commercial breaks on TV Tokyo and Wowow networks. The show ran repeatedly for four years before being broadcast at least once annually since 2007.
Italy aired the show on MTV starting the 21st of October 1999, while the United Kingdom received its first broadcast in 2002 on channel CNX. Australia introduced the series on pay television in 2002, with free-to-air broadcasts beginning the 2nd of January 2007, on ABC2.
Composer Yoko Kanno formed the blues and jazz band Seatbelts to perform the music for Cowboy Bebop. Her work began before most characters or storylines were finalized, establishing the tone early in development.