Live-action Cowboy Bebop’s Opening Credit Sequence Released

Netflix has revealed the opening credit sequence for its live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, with the sequence emulating the style of the 1998’s anime’s own opening and using the same music track in the form of Yoko Kanno’s “Tank.”

Cowboy Bebop is set to premiere globally on November 19, 2021. The cast includes  John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, and Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine. Other cast members include Alex Hassell, Elena Satine, Tamara Tunie, and Rachel House.

Alex Garcia Lopez (Daredevil Season 3) and Michael Katleman (Smallville) are directing the series, with Christopher Yost as writer and Midnight Radio’s André Nemec as showrunner. The executive producers include Midnight Radio’s André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, and Scott Rosenberg; Tomorrow Studios’ Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements; Sunrise’s Masayuki Ozaki; and Yost, Tim Coddington, Tetsu Fujimura, Michael Katleman, and Matthew Weinberg. 

Additionally, the anime’s director Shinichirō Watanabe is serving as a consultant while the anime’s music composer Yoko Kanno is composing the live-action series’ original soundtrack.

Netflix describes the show as:

A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll save the world … for the right price.

The original Cowboy Bebop anime ran for 26 episodes, with its staff including Keiko Nobumoto as series composer and Toshihiro Kawamoto as character designer. A movie titled Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Cowboy Bebop Tengoku no Tobira for the Japanese version) that took place between Episode 23 and 24 was released in 2001. Both were produced by Sunrise.

Crunchyroll describes the anime series as:

The Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck. This motley lot of intergalactic loners teams up to track down fugitives and turn them in for cold hard cash. Spike is a hero whose cool façade hides a dark and deadly past. The pilot Jet is a bruiser of a brute who can’t wait to collect the next bounty. Faye Valentine is a femme fatale prone to breaking hearts and separating fools from their money. Along for the ride are the brilliant, but weird, hacker Ed and a super-genius Welsh Corgi named Ein.

Source: Netflix YouTube channel