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  • Cowboy Bebop’s Showrunner Explains What He Added to the Anime and Why

    Cowboy Bebop’s Showrunner Explains What He Added to the Anime and Why

    André Nemec, the showrunner for Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the monstrously popular 1998 anime series Cowboy Bebop, has said many times that fans shouldn’t expect his show to be a one-to-one remake of the original. That was abundantly clear when the first Cowboy Bebop trailer dropped this week, which was recognisably Bebop, but offered glimpses…


  • John Cho’s Hair Was Almost as Vital to Cowboy Bebop as Anything Else

    John Cho’s Hair Was Almost as Vital to Cowboy Bebop as Anything Else

    Cowboy Bebop’s lived-in fusion of sci-fi urban design, Western shantytowns, and interstellar mechanical design is so important to its tone and feel that any live-action adaptation has to nail it to “get” Bebop. But as Netflix’s upcoming series apparently learned, of equal importance was ensuring John Cho went through some awkward hair phases to play Spike…