Cowboy Bebop is driving off into the sunset… but just one of its writers isn’t really prepared to say goodbye however.
Netflix cancelled the sci-fi anime adaptation on Thursday, considerably less than a thirty day period soon after the freshman period debuted on the streamer. Anticipations for the sequence had been significant — John Cho starred as an intergalactic bounty hunter in a new reside-motion just take on the animated cult strike — but blended evaluations and a deficiency of excitement led to Netflix pulling the plug, irrespective of shelling out decades establishing the present.
Co-govt producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach, who wrote Episode eight of Bebop‘s freshman operate, designed it apparent that the writers’ area experienced a lot more tales to explain to. I genuinely cherished doing work on this, he claimed in a tweet on Thursday. It arrived from a serious and pure spot of regard and passion. I would like we could make what we prepared for a 2nd period, but you know what they say, guys prepare, god laughs. He also extra the signature Cowboy Bebop indication-off: see you area cowboy…
In a reply to a forged member, Grillo-Marxuach also teased that he and the writers experienced so substantially awesome s–t prepared for [Season 2] of the sequence. The initial Cowboy Bebop animated sequence ran for 26 episodes and a motion picture, whilst the cancellation caps Netflix’s edition at just 10 episodes.
Cho performed bounty hunter Spike Spiegel, who traveled by area with his husband or wife Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) wanting for escaped criminals and cashing in on their bounties. Daniella Pineda costarred as fellow hunter Faye Valentine, with Alex Hassell as Spike’s nemesis Vicious and Elena Satine as Spike’s shed like Julia. Bebop debuted on Netflix just very last thirty day period browse our period finale recap below.
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