Why Cowboy Bebop Stands the Test of Time

Cowboy Bebop needs no introduction, but for the sake of the 2 people out there who don’t know what it is I’ll lay it down for you: Cowboy Bebop is an anime and manga written by Cain Kuga (also including a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno). We’re going to focus on the anime part. The anime had its original run on Adult Swim in 2001, and all the youngins like me who were staying up late on school nights got our first real taste of anime with this show and most of us didn’t even know it. Cowboy Bebop is widely considered one of the best animes of all time, or extremely overrated depending on who you talk to. Now whether you think it’s the best or not, there’s one thing that you can’t deny, and that is the fact that Cowboy Bebop has stood the test of time, and even after more than a decade since its original run in America it’s still just as funky fresh as it was back then. These are some of the reasons why I feel Cowboy Bebop is timeless and will be enjoyable for decades to come.

Let’s get the most obvious reason out of the way first: the soundtrack. Now if you haven’t listened to the full original soundtrack then I advise you to listen on YouTube or buy it somewhere. The soundtrack features music from “The Seatbelts,” a Japanese jazz band led by composer Yoko Kanno, and every single song on that soundtrack is different and unique…