Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
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Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Koichi Yamadera
Spike Spiegel (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Jet Black (voice)
Beau Billingslea
Jet Black
Aoi Tada
Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (voice)
Ai Kobayashi
Electra (voice)
Melissa Fahn
Edward Wong
Megumi Hayashibara
Faye Valentine (voice)
Mickey Curtis
Rasheed (voice)
Nicholas Guest
Rachid
Tsutomu Isobe
Vincent (voice)
Jin Hirao
Antonio (voice)
Renji Ishibashi
Renji (voice)
Miki Nagasawa
Judy (voice)
Hiroshi Naka
Jobin (voice)
Akihiko Nakajima
Carlos (voice)
Yusaku Yara
Hoffman
Kazuhiko Inoue
Shadkins (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Harris
Katsuyuki Konishi
Robber (voice)
Kujira
Old Woman (voice)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Director
Takayuki Yoshii
Executive Producer
Shinichiro Watanabe
Director / Storyboard Artist / Original Story
Masahiko Minami
Producer
Keiko Nobumoto
Screenplay
Minoru Takanashi
Producer
Yoko Kanno
Original Music Composer
Ryôhei Tsunoda
Executive Producer
Masuo Ueda
Producer
Shuichi Kakesu
Editor
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Sound Director
Hisashi Saito
Key Animation
Youichi Ogami
Director of Photography
Norimitsu Suzuki
Key Animation
Atsushi Morikawa
Art Direction / Background Designer
Yoshiyuki Takei
Co-Director
Yutaka Izubuchi
Storyboard Artist
Yutaka Nakamura
Storyboard Artist
Masami Goto
Storyboard Artist / Animation Director / Key Animation
Tim Jensen
Lyricist
Sachi Suzuki
Special Effects
Toshio Hasegawa
Special Effects
Shiho Takeuchi
Set Designer / Key Animation
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Okiura
Opening/Ending Animation / Director
Tetsuya Nishio
Opening/Ending Animation
Akitoshi Yokoyama
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation
Toshihiro Kawamoto
Animation Director
Tsuyoshi Hanzawa
CGI Director
Takashi Tomioka
Key Animation
Masahiro Ando
Key Animation
Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Key Animation
Atsushi Hasebe
Key Animation
Eiji Komatsu
Key Animation
Haruo Sotozaki
Key Animation
Hideki Takahashi
Key Animation
Hiromitsu Morishita
Key Animation
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Key Animation
Hirotoshi Sano
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Kambe
Key Animation
Ichiro Itano
Key Animation
Isamu Imakake
Key Animation
Keisuke Masunaga
Key Animation
Ken Ootsuka
Key Animation
Kenichi Yoshida
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Masayuki Sato
Key Animation
Ryota Itoh
Key Animation
Shuko Murase
Key Animation
Tadaaki Miyata
Key Animation
Takaaki Fukuyo
Key Animation
Takao Abo
Key Animation
Takeshi Ito
Key Animation
Tatsufumi Itoh
Key Animation
Tensai Okamura
Key Animation / Director
Tetsuichi Yamagishi
Key Animation
Tomoki Mizuno
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Kono
Key Animation
Tsunenori Saito
Key Animation
Yasushi Muraki
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Ito
Key Animation
Mitsuo Iso
Key Animation
Keiko Aoki
Executive Producer
Takayuki Horikoshi
Producer
Haruyo Kanesaku
Producer
Yutaka Maseba
Producer
Shirô Tanaka
Producer
Naoko Ueki
Producer
Jun Yukawa
Producer
Katsutoshi Sugai
Cinematography
Kouji Abe
Sound Recordist
Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects Editor
Takaaki Uchiyama
Sound Mixer
Futoshi Ueda
Sound Recordist
Takumi Honma
Background Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 2001
Original Nameカウボーイビバップ 天国の扉
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingR
Genres
Wiki.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, known in Japan as Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Japanese: カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉, Hepburn: Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira, lit. Cowboy Bebop: Heaven's Door), 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.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is set between episode 22 and episode 23 of the original series. The plot centers on a mysterious terrorist planning to exterminate the human population of Mars by releasing a virus. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop works to capture the terrorist and prevent the attack.
The film was conceived by Watanabe as an extension of his work on the television series, which he had treated as a series of miniature films. So as not to alienate existing fans, much of the series' style was retained, with adjustments to make it accessible to a new audience. Increased budget and production facilities enabled filming styles associated with live action films, as well as higher-quality animation than in the series. Arabic aesthetics were used, in contrast to the series, which entailed Watanabe traveling to Morocco for research. Arabic elements also influenced Kanno's music.
The film was produced by studios Sunrise, which had previously developed the original series; Bones, a later studio founded by former Sunrise staff; and Bandai Visual. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie was released to theaters in Japan on September 1, 2001, and in the United States on August 11, 2002. It went on to gross over $3 million worldwide, and when released on DVD, it ranked high on Japanese and US charts. The film received generally positive reviews from mainstream and anime critics, and was nominated for the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film.