Netflix Orders Live-Action Remake of Anime Series, 'Cowboy Bebop'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            There’s been a recent boom in anime especially for Netflix providing tons of new content for the growing community. Now, they’re going to bring a live-action version of a cult classic anime series to life. According to Variety, Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.

            The series is described as jazz-inspired story of a crew of bounty hunters that are more-or-less an island of misfit toys. The group is comprised of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed as they’re on the run from their pasts to hunt down some of the most dangerous criminals in the solar system but only for the right price. Netflix has ordered 10 episodes.

            Shinichiro Watanabe, who directed the original anime, will serve as a consultant on the project while the series will be a co-production between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios. Cowboy Bebop was a massive success even though the original show lasted only 26 episodes.

            Cowboy Bebop is the latest Netflix series adapting anime or animated fare for live-action as they released Death Note last year starring Nat Wolff and Lakeith Stanfield and recently announced a live-action series based on Avatar: The Last Airbender was in the works as well.