'Cowboy Bebop' First Look: Series Starring John Cho Arrives November 19

Meet Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda). Yep, the long-awaited and detailed “Cowboy Bebop” is finally done and premieres November 19 on Netflix. Why the delay? Well, COVID-19, of course, but also John Cho got into a serious accident on the set of the adaptation of the cult Japanese animated series in the fall of 2019. That really delayed things because the pandemic hit just a few months later.

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Based on a beloved aforementioned Japanime series, “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. Here’s the official synopsis:

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Based on the beloved anime series, COWBOY BEBOP is executive produced by André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg of Midnight Radio, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios, Makoto Asanuma, Shin Sasaki and Masayuki Ozaki of Sunrise Inc., Tim Coddington, Tetsu Fujimura, Michael Katleman, Matthew Weinberg, and Christopher Yost. Nemec serves as showrunner. Original anime series director Shinichirō Watanabe is a consultant on the series, and original composer Yoko Kanno returns for the live-action adaptation. The series also stars Alex Hassell and Elena Satine.

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“Cowboy Bebop” is all set for release on November 19, so we should be getting a trailer fairly soon. In the meantime, check out these new first-look photos from the show.

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