Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Action · Adventure · Animation

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 moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.

IMDb rating: 8.9 (174,044 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

8.25 avg 26 episodes 8.2 → 9.5 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Asteroid Blues	8.2	6,755
2	Stray Dog Strut	7.4	5,398
3	Honky Tonk Women	7.8	5,136
4	Gateway Shuffle	7.5	4,842
5	Ballad of Fallen Angels	9.2	7,401
6	Sympathy for the Devil	8.1	4,829
7	Heavy Metal Queen	7.6	4,498
8	Waltz for Venus	8.6	5,143
9	Jamming with Edward	7.6	4,288
10	Ganymede Elegy	8.3	4,544
11	Toys in the Attic	8.3	4,558
12	Jupiter Jazz: Part 1	8.7	4,686
13	Jupiter Jazz: Part 2	8.9	4,956
14	Bohemian Rhapsody	7.7	4,031
15	My Funny Valentine	7.9	4,010
16	Black Dog Serenade	7.9	3,926
17	Mushroom Samba	8.4	4,343
18	Speak Like a Child	8.7	4,594
19	Wild Horses	7.3	3,806
20	Pierrot le Fou	9.0	5,234
21	Boogie Woogie Feng Shui	7.1	3,725
22	Cowboy Funk	8.2	4,075
23	Brain Scratch	8.4	4,090
24	Hard Luck Woman	9.0	4,750
25	The Real Folk Blues: Part 1	9.1	4,734
26	The Real Folk Blues: Part 2	9.5	7,438