Right off the bat, the show does a great job establishing the relationship between Jet and Spike, two bounty hunters or “cowboys”, just trying to make enough for their next meal or ship repair-not as cool as Star Wars’ Boba Fett or The Mandalorian.īut I would argue this is where the modernization becomes a good thing, because this Faye does not typically flaunt herself around as the flirty type who uses her body to get what she wants-this was more of the anime Faye.

This jazzy iteration of the show represents the meaning of bebop-a form of freedom of expression and escaping restraint, breaking conventions and improvisation. The aura of the show mimics a lot of what the Cowboy Bebop anime embodies, with some changes that modernize and add layers where I thought I did not need more. The amount of beatings Spike gets in the show is the representation of my pierced, throbbing heart. I was hyped! After watching the entire first season, I was in shock and agonizing pain. Then, the trailer came that had the theme playing again with some cool action set pieces featuring the troublesome trio: Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda). The first look of this Cowboy Bebop live-action adaptation had initially hyped me up, along with the classic theme song from the anime, Tank!, by Seatbelts.

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