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Cowboy Bebop

Alternative Titles

Japanese: カウボーイビバップ
English: Cowboy Bebop
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 11
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 8, 1999 to Apr 10, 2000
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Adult Cast Adult Cast
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Asuka Fantasy DX
Authors: Watanabe, Shinichirou (Story), Nanten, Yutaka (Art), Yatate, Hajime (Story)

Statistics

Score: 7.151 (scored by 73737,373 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #66232
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1126
Members: 17,538
Favorites: 308

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Volumes: /3
Chapters: /11

Synopsis

Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed—cowboys on the new frontier. Together this band of interplanetary bounty hunters takes on the jobs that anyone in their right mind would turn down.

(Source: Tokyopop)

Background

Cowboy Bebop was published in English by Tokyopop from April 23, 2002, to August 20, 2002. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in six volumes from June 2004 to July 2004.

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Reviews

Jan 3, 2012
I picked this up one day out of boredom. I haven't read Shooting Star, nor have I seen the original anime. Maybe that doesn't give me the perspective to adequately review this-- I'm not sure.

All in all, though, it was a really fun read. It was funny, I loved the banter between the characters, and it was nice and short. It's nothing I'd reread, since there's no real substance behind it, but I'm glad I picked it up.
Mar 20, 2011
Mixed Feelings
The manga for Cowboy Bebop is completely different from the anime. It mostly shows the bounty hunters doing other stuff and sitting around than trying to hunt for bounties. If you read the Shooting Star manga, (which comes first) you would see the point in what I am talking about. They actually hunt for bounties.

Story: 5/10

The story may seem impressive at the start, but it shows a completely different setting of how the bounty hunters try to hunt down bounties like I said up top. It's more forgettable than the anime, but it doesn't really show romance. And if this even took place after the ...

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