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Nov 15, 2020 · Watch the iconic ending scene of Cowboy Bebop's first episode, featuring Spike's showdown with Asimov and the song "Adios".
In his article "Asteroid Blues: The Lasting Legacy of Cowboy Bebop ", The Atlantic writer Alex Suskind states, "On paper, Cowboy Bebop, the legendary cult anime series from Shinichirō Watanabe, reads like something John Wayne, Elmore Leonard, and Philip K. Dick came up with during a wild, all-night whiskey bender."
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Written by: 1. Keiko Nobumoto Cast: 1. Spike Spiegel 2. Jet Black 3. Asimov Solensan 4. Katerina Solensan 5. Laughing Bull 6. Antonio 7. Carlos 8. Jobin 9. Bartender 10. Gangster A 11. Gangster B 12. Announcer A 13. Announcer B Animation Director 1. Toshihiro Kawamoto Mechanical Animation Director 1. Hirotoshi Sano
Spike, a bounty hunter, and his partner Jet Black head to the Tijuana asteroid colony on their ship, the Bebop, to track down a bounty-head named Asimov Solensan, wanted for murder and the theft of a dangerous combat drug known as Bloody-Eye.
In the past, Spike Spiegel, under the sound of church bells, carries a bouquet of flowers down a street. The bouquet also has a gun inside, and he kills several men. When he runs out of bullets, he takes out a grenade and smiles. In the present day, the Bebop is traveling through hyperspace near Mars. Jet has cooked his specialty, bell peppers and ...
Themes and Motifs
Being the first episode, Asteroid Bluesestablishes some key aspects of the series immediately: 1. The very first shot of Jet is him cooking dinner. This theme carries throughout the series where Jet is often portrayed as a fatherly figure and maintainer of the Bebop and its crew. 2. Jet says he is cooking "bell peppers and beef", yet it turns out its just bell peppers. The viewer is immediately clued in that Spike and Jet are poor and hard up for money. Money problems remain a common theme th...
Homages and References
1. The scene at the El Ray is an homage to Robert Rodriguez's Desperado. The bar is a replica of a bar in the movie, which itself was filmed in Acuña, a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Asimov bears a striking resemblance to Antonio Banderas' portrayal of El Mariachi (long hair, dark skin, and dark-colored wardrobe) and travels with a beautiful Hispanic woman bearing a resemblance to Salma Hayek's character in the film. Asimov is also able to single-handedly defeat a bar full of mercena...
Trivia
1. The asteroid colony of Tijuana is named after the present-day city in Mexico's Baja California, thus the Mexican cultural elements depicted in this session (such as the sombrero Spike wears). However, the asteroid also seems to be very culturally diverse, with many street signs in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian and Hindi in addition to Spanish. Zona Norte, mentioned by Laughing Bullas a section of the colony, is actually a red light district in present-day Tijuana, Mexico. 2....
Sep 2, 2001 · Asteroid Blues: Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei, Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. With Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Rintarô Nishi, Yurika Hino. Spike and Jet pursue an outlaw who is smuggling a reflex-enhancing drug.
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S1 E9 - Session #9 Jamming with Edward. September 29, 2001. 25min. TV-14. The Bebop crew tries to crack the case of mysterious satellite drawings appearing on the Earth's surface, but they'll need help from a hacker know as Radical Edward to earn their bounty! Store Filled.
Mar 1, 2022 · Watch Cowboy Bebop (English Dub) Asteroid Blues, on Crunchyroll. Spike and Jet head to Tijuana to track down an outlaw smuggling a dangerous drug known as blood-eye.
Cowboy Bebop Episode 1 - Asteroid Blues Spike and Jet head to Tijuana to track down an outlaw smuggling a dangerous drug known as blood-eye. Jet wants the bounty, but Spike has eyes for a far prettier prize.
