Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Director: Shinichirô Watanabe

Starring: Kôichi Yamadera • Unshô Ishizuka • Megumi Hayashibara • Aoi Tada • Tsutomu Isobe

68% WILL SEE 32% WON'T SEE

Plot: Set on Mars in the year 2071, "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie" is based on the much-loved animated television series by Japanese director Shinichiro Watanabe. As the film begins, Spike (David Lucas) and his gang of gypsy vigilantes are roaming the city, looking for trouble when Faye (Wendee Lee) witnesses a bioterrorist attack. Hovering above the city in her spaceship, she sees a man fleeing the scene. Over 500 people die in the attack, and the city offers a monetary reward for any information. The gang jumps at the opportunity. They decide to branch out, each using their own tactics to research the tragedy. Spike slinks through Chinatown, being led by shady underground characters. Faye traces the image of the man she saw back to military files. And the young Ed (Mellisa Fahn) and her dog Ein do some handy computer research. Meanwhile Jet (Beau Billinglsea), holds down the fort, worried about the gang. When the criminal Vincent (Daran Norris), is identified, with a connection to Spike's love interest Elektra (Jennifer Hale), the real action begins.

"Cowboy Bebop" is a visually dramatic film that combines several styles of illustration into one beautiful, cohesive animated environment. The Mars of this film is a combination of cities: New York, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and many more. Viewers are compelled to identify monuments and familiar structures, while the terrorist thematic hits fearfully close to home.

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Kôichi Yamadera
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U
Unshô Ishizuka
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M
Megumi Hayashibara
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Aoi Tada
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Tsutomu Isobe
A
Ai Kobayashi
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Mickey Curtis
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Nakajima Akihiko
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Beau Billingslea
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Melissa Charles

Director: Shinichirô Watanabe
Screenwriters: —
Producers: Haruyo Kanesaku
Yutaka Maseba
Mashiko Minami
Minoru Takanashi
Masuo Ueda

Dec 2004

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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie was released in on Friday, April 4 , 2003. There were seven other movies released on the same date, including What a Girl Wants, The Guys and A Man Apart.