Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, known in Japan as , is a 2001 Japanese anime science fiction action film based on the 1998 anime series Cowboy Bebop created by Hajime Yatate. Several staff from the original series worked on the film, including director Shinichirō Watanabe, writer Keiko Nobumoto, character designer/animation director Toshihiro Kawamoto, and composer Yoko Kanno. The Japanese and English voice casts also reprised their roles.
Plot
On Mars, a few days before Halloween, an unidentified terrorist blows up a truck, spreading an unknown pathogen that kills and sickens hundreds of people. The Mars government offers a huge bounty for the culprit's capture. Faye and Edward identify the terrorist as Vincent Volaju, a soldier who is believed to have been killed on Titan. He survived a test of the pathogen, having been immunized, but amnesia and hallucinations have since driven him insane.
More details
author | Keiko Nobumoto |
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editor | Shūichi Kakesu |
genre | action animation science fiction western |
keywords | amnesia biological weapon elektra ovilo hallucination jack-o'-lantern kill mar nanomachine protein nanoparticles titan vincent volaju |
musicBy | Yoko Kanno |
producer | Masahiko Minami Masuo Ueda Minoru Takanashi |
productionCompany | Bandai Visual Bones Sunrise |
publisher | Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan |
theme | animated anime cyberpunk japanese neo-noir science fiction action space western terrorism |