Netflix Cancels COWBOY BEBOP After One Season
Well, that didn’t last very long. Netflix has cancelled the live action Cowboy Bebop series after only one season. The cancellation comes less than a month after the series was released. I thought for sure that it would get a second season, but I guess the appetite from the fans just wasn’t there.
I actually enjoyed the show, not everyone feels the same way. I’ve heard some people say that it’s a slow set up and others say that it just simply isn’t good.
It’s kind of sad to learn that the series won’t continue because showrunner André Nemec had big plans for the future of the show. In a previous interview he said, "If Ted Sarandos comes by, you tell him I got big plans for season two. We definitely know where we want to go, and I'm excited that we get to tell those stories. Fingers crossed that we get more 'Cowboy Bebop.'"
That didn’t seem to work out the way he had hoped.
Cowboy Bebop is a space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them.
Original anime series director Shinichirō Watanabe was a consultant on the series, and original composer Yoko Kanno returned for the live-action adaptation. The series also starred Alex Hassell as Vicious, Elena Satine as Julia, Geoff Stults (Little Fires Everywhere, 12 Strong), Tamara Tunie (Black Earth Rising, Dietland), Mason Alexander Park (Hedwig and the Angry Inch National Broadway Tour), Rachel House (Thor Ragnarok, Soul), Ann Truong (Strikeback!, Hard Target 2), and Hoa Xuande (Ronny Chieng: International Student, Top of the Lake).
What did you all think of Cowboy Bebop? Are you bummed that it got cancelled?