Cowboy Bebop: The Movie poster

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉
2001JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Shinichiro Watanabe★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled

The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholictensedark comedyhauntingbleak
Pacing
escalatingmethodicalslow build to explosion
Story
pursuitinvestigationsurvival
Emotion
figuring out who you arelonginggriefloss of innocencefeeling powerless
Themes
corrupt institutionslife under oppressionfamily wounds passed down
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingcatharticrewatchablediscussion starter
Violence
graphic

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