COWBOY BEPOP

MANGA

WRITER: Cain Kuga
ORIGINAL RUN: September 18, 1997 - June 18, 1998
VOLUMES: 2

ANIME

WRITER: Keiko Nobumoto
MUSIC BY: Yoko Kanno
ORIGINAL RUN: April 3, 1998 - April 24, 1999
EPISODES: 26 

PLOT

In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace Gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and the moons of the solar system. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police() set up a legalized central system, in which registry bounty Hunters(also referred to as the "Cowboys")chase criminals and bring them alive in return for a reward. 

The series protagonist are bounty hunters working from the Spaceship Bepop. The main story focuses on the Spike and his deadly rivalry with Vicious, an enforcer of the Red Dragon Syndicate. The series had a good grip on the story as how the friends turned into enemies and how they try to kill each  other in the Final Battle.

RATINGS

IMDB: 9/10
COMMON SENSE MEDIA: 4/5 
MyAnimeList.net: 8.8/10

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