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Cowboy Bebop takes place in 2071, decades after an accident with a hyperspace gate left Earth barely habitable and pushed humanity out across the Solar System. With crime spread over several planets and moons, the police rely on licensed bounty hunters, known as cowboys. The series follows the crew of the Bebop, a converted fishing ship: two hunters who are always short of money, then a gambler, a child hacker and a very clever dog who join along the way. Most episodes, called sessions, stand alone, while a few return to Spike's past in a crime syndicate on Mars. This page covers the five members of the crew, two figures from Spike's past and the two main new characters of the 2001 film. Each profile sticks to how the character is introduced, with no spoilers.
Spike Spiegel is a 27-year-old bounty hunter born on Mars and the show's lead. Laid-back and often lazy on the surface, he can show real kindness to strangers. He fights in a style based on Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, carries a Jericho 941 pistol and flies a small fighter called the Swordfish II. He used to belong to the Red Dragon crime syndicate, a past he rarely talks about. Japanese voice: Kōichi Yamadera.
Jet Black is a 36-year-old former investigator with the ISSP, the system's police force, where he was known as the Black Dog. Born on Ganymede, he has a cybernetic left arm. He left the force, became a freelance bounty hunter and owns the Bebop. Calm and practical, he enjoys cooking, bonsai and jazz, and is a capable fighter, mechanic and pilot. Japanese voice: Unshō Ishizuka.
Faye Valentine is a gambler and con artist who ends up living on the Bebop. She looks about 23, has no memory of her early life and carries a large debt. Sharp-tongued and focused on her own interests, she often takes off with a bounty or the crew's money, yet keeps coming back. She is skilled with guns and flies her own ship. Japanese voice: Megumi Hayashibara.
Edward, or Ed, is a girl of about 13 and a hacking prodigy who joins the Bebop on her own terms. Odd, cheerful and easily distracted, she is the crew's comic relief and has an unusual way of speaking and moving. Her computer skills are real, though: working with VR goggles and a portable computer, she tracks down data the others cannot. Japanese voice: Aoi Tada.
Ein is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi that Spike brings aboard after a bounty goes wrong. He looks like an ordinary dog, but he is unusually intelligent: he can answer the phone, play shogi and work a computer. He spends much of his time with Jet and later with Ed. He never speaks, and his noises are credited to Kōichi Yamadera. Japanese voice: Kōichi Yamadera.
Julia is a woman from Spike's past, first seen in brief flashbacks. Both Spike and Vicious knew her in their syndicate days, and her memory still weighs on Spike years later. She appears in only a handful of sessions and the series reveals her story slowly, so it is best met without knowing more in advance. Japanese voice: Gara Takashima.
Electra Ovilo appears in the 2001 film. She works for Cherious Medical and is looking into the same case as the Bebop crew, which puts her on a collision course with Faye and Spike. Tough, skilled in combat and secretive about her own reasons, she is a strong match for the crew. Japanese voice: Ai Kobayashi.
Vicious is the main antagonist of the series and Spike's former partner in the Red Dragon syndicate. Cold and ambitious, with grey hair and a long coat, he fights with a katana instead of a gun and is often seen with a black cormorant on his shoulder. He appears only in the episodes about Spike's past, but those episodes set the tone of the whole show. Japanese voice: Norio Wakamoto.
Vincent Volaju is the antagonist of the 2001 film Knockin' on Heaven's Door. A former soldier who served in the war on Titan, he was believed to have died there. When a tanker truck explodes on a Martian highway and a huge bounty is put on the man behind it, the crew's chase leads to him. He is calm, distant and dangerous. Japanese voice: Tsutomu Isobe.
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