History Series / CowboyBebop2021

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''Cowboy Bebop'' is the upcoming LiveActionAdaptation of [[Anime/CowboyBebop the anime of the same name]]. It is developed by André Nemec. Creator/{{Sunrise}}, the animation studio who created the original show, is one of the production companies involved, Shinichirō Watanabe is one of the executive producers, while Music/YokoKanno returns to do the score. Directors for the first season include Alex Garcia Lopez and Michael Katleman.

It is scheduled to be released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on November 19, 2021. In addition to the show, a prequel novel titled ''Cowboy Bebop: A Syndicate Story: Red Planet Requiem'' will be released on November 23, while the first issue of a tie-in comic line by Titans Comics is scheduled to be released on December 8.

''Cowboy Bebop'' is the upcoming LiveActionAdaptation of [[Anime/CowboyBebop the anime of the same name]]. It is developed by André Nemec. Creator/{{Sunrise}}, the animation studio who created the original show, is one of the production companies involved, Shinichirō Watanabe is one of the executive producers, while Music/YokoKanno returns to do the score.

%% no citation * AlternateContinuity: A few details are different from the anime. Fir example, Annie was a relatively humbke shopkeeper but in the live action series shd got upgraded into the owner of a swanky underground jazz club.

* AlternateContinuity: A few details are different from the anime. Fir example, Annie was a relatively humbke shopkeeper but in the live action series shd got upgraded into the owner of a swanky underground jazz club.

* Alternate Continuity: A few details are different from the anime. Fir example, Annie was a relatively humbke shopkeeper but in the live action series shd got upgraded into the owner of a swanky underground jazz club.

* RaceLift: Spike's ethnicity [[{{Mukokuseki}} was seen as ambiguous]], with signs indicating either Asian (Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda was a partial inspiration) or Jewish (the frizzy hair and last name Spiegel), and settled on Creator/JohnCho, who is of Korean descent. Jet had light skin (general appearance could suggest Russian) but was cast with black actor Creator/MustafaShakir. Faye was heavily implied to be from Singapore in the show but is played by Hispanic actress Creator/DaniellaPineda.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2N-9EmedA "Tank" opening credits]],[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDWm1f6-M0 "Lost Session" teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5hDHekq80 trailer]].

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Are you good guys or bad guys?"\\
"Depends on who you ask."'']]

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->''"In this solar system, if the cops and the bounty hunters don't get you, The Syndacite will. There's no happy ending here."''

* EvilBrit: he "Lost Session" teaser introduces Vicious in ominous red lighting and fog, and speaks with a noticeable British accent when he tells Spike he is coming for him.

* EvilBrit: Vicious's introduction in the "Lost Session" teaser gives this impression, since he is introduced in ominous red lighting and fog, and speaks with a noticeable British accent when he tells Spike he is coming for him.
* GenderFlip:
** As shown in the opening title sequence, Ann Truong plays Shin, who was male in the anime.
** In the anime, Gren was a man who developed feminine body traits after he was forcibly given experimental drugs. Pre-release material reveals that Gren is non-binary in this series.

* RaceLift: All three main characters run into this in some way. Spike's ethnicity [[{{Mukokuseki}} was seen as ambiguous]], with signs indicating either Asian (Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda was a partial inspiration) or Jewish (the frizzy hair and last name Spiegel), and settled on Creator/JohnCho, who is of Korean descent. Jet had light skin (general appearance could suggest Russian) but was cast with black actor Creator/MustafaShakir. Faye was heavily implied to be from Singapore in the show but is played by Hispanic actress Creator/DaniellaPineda.

* AdaptationalModesty: Faye's original outfit involved a loose fitting yellow crop top, yellow shorts and sometimes a red sweater jacket worn loosely around her arms. The series keeps the yellow crop top but [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack gives her black shorts with leggings and a maroon leather jacket]]. She doesn't appear to be adverse to wearing more revealing outfits, though, just not as her main look.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: In the "Lost Session" teaser, Spike, Jet and Faye are shooting at their (off-screen) bounty when Faye recoils in horror and turns to Spike and Jet, telling them "Hey, nutbuckets! There's no payout if you shoot him in the face!" The trailer ends with Spike and Jet arguing with each other, blaming the other for shooting the poor guy in the face.

* RaceLift: All three main characters run into this in some way. Spike's ethnicity [[{{Mukokuseki}} was seen as ambiguous]], with signs indicating either Asian (Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda was a partial inspiration) or Jewish (the frizzy hair and last name Spiegel), and settled on Creator/JohnCho, who is of Korean descent. Jet had light skin (general appearance could suggest Russian) but was cast with black actor Creator/MustafaShakir. Faye was heavily implied to be Filipino in the show but is played by Hispanic actress Creator/DaniellaPineda.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Are you good guys or bad guys?\\

* GenderFlip: As shown in the opening title sequence, Ann Truong plays Shin, who was male in the anime.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Downplayed. In the anime Spike Spiegel is the character's real name; a line in the trailer implies it is a pseudonym in this continuity.

* AdaptationalModesty: Faye's original outfit involved a loose fitting yellow crop top, yellow shorts and sometimes a red sweater jacket worn loosely around her arms. The series keeps the yellow crop top but gives her black shorts with leggings and a black jacket. She doesn't appear to be adverse to wearing more revealing outfits, though, just not as her main look.

Like the anime, the show follows the adventures of a ragtag group of bounty hunters across the galaxy: Spike Spiegel (Creator/JohnCho), a gifted fighter with a dark past, his friend and companion Jet Black (Creator/MustafaShakir), and enigmatic new addition Faye Valentine (Creator/DaniellaPineda).

* AdaptationalModesty: Faye. As seen in the trailer and promotional photos, her main outfit consists of the same building blocks as her anime outfit (a yellow crop top, shorts, and a red jacket). The main difference is the addition of tights, bumping up her shoes to thigh-high boots, and wearing her jacket normally as opposed to letting it slinkily fall over her shoulders as she does in the anime.

* MickeyMousing: Subverted in the trailer. Jet puts down the Bebop's window screens in time with the beats of "3, 2, 1, let's jam", but the last one gets stuck and he has to manually fix it.

* RaceLift: All three main characters run into this in some way. Spike's ethnicity [[{{Mukokuseki}} was seen as ambiguous]], with signs indicating either Asian (Japanese actor Yusaku Matsuda was a partial inspiration) or Jewish (the frizzy hair and last name Spiegel), and settled on Creator/JohnCho, who is of Korean descent. Jet had light skin (general appearance could suggest Russian) but was cast with black actor Creator/MustafaShakir. Fey was heavily implied to be Filipino in the show but is played by Hispanic actress Creator/DaniellaPineda.
* ShotForShotRemake: The released opening credits are a nearly beat-for-beat recreation of the original give or take a couple of characters.

* MickeyMousing: Subverted in the trailer. Jet puts down the Bebop's screens in time with the beats of "3, 2, 1, let's jam", but the last one gets stuck and he has to manually fix it.

* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Spike, Jet and Faye are shooting at their (off-screen) bounty when Faye recoils in horror and turns to Spike and Jet, telling them "Hey, nutbuckets! There's no payout if you shoot him in the face!" The trailer ends with Spike and Jet arguing with each other, blaiming the other for shooting the poor guy in the face.