Cowboy Bebop’s mantra floats through the background of the opening of the original anime series, the full excerpt tying the history of jazz to a winking encapsulation of the show’s modus operandi.

As anime becomes ever more popular in America, the temptation to adapt the genre's most prominent masterworks only grows. But the 21st century has already seen several unsuccessful attempts at ...

Matthew Magnus Lundeen is a writer, critic, and aspiring cinephile trying way too hard and simultaneously not enough. He writes anime features for Game Rant when he isn't trying to write fiction. When ...

The 1990s were a great time for science fiction, and one of the decade's best series is having a big resurgence on streaming.

Anime shows and movies are popular because of the limitless possibilities that the form allows. When an anime show is remade with real people, there are many changes that must be made. One of the main ...

Cowboy Bebop was like nothing else when it premiered twenty years ago. It was a neo-Western set in space; a noir thriller alongside the spectacle of martial arts action and John Woo-esque shootouts; ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s a shame Hollywood cannot get anime right. The industry has tried and failed for years to ...

The Internet may have reacted with anger at first, but that hot feeling has simmered down into concern. When it comes to anime, Cowboy Bebop is considered a bonafide classic with one stunning, ...

Only yesterday, my office mates and I were discussing the news that Netflix had nabbed the rights to the hallowed anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, and I said, “Wake me when Netflix is bringing me ...

Saim Cheeda is an entertainment writer covering all of Film, TV, Gaming and Books. He's been a writer for Valnet since 2017, contributing 400+ articles for The Gamer, Game Rant, CBR and Screen Rant.