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“Interplanetary bounty hunters take dangerous jobs across space in this sci-fi western adventure.”
Cowboy Bebop
カウボーイビバップ
7.16
7,358 rank · 18,700 readers · 320 favorites
Shoujo
Adult Cast
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Interplanetary bounty hunters take dangerous jobs across space in this sci-fi western adventure.
Spike, Jet, Faye and Ed—cowboys on the new frontier. Together this band of interplanetary bounty hunters takes on the jobs that anyone in their right mind would turn down. (Source: Tokyopop)
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7.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 5
σ 2.50
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Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.50
Running avg · Mar 2011 → Aug 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Did you find my rating strange? My 10 here is largely due to the nostalgia I felt reading this manga. It's been a while since I watched the anime, and the manga gave me that same feeling I felt...”
- 5 “The manga for Cowboy Bebop is completely different from the anime. It mostly shows the bounty hunters doing other stuff and sitting around than trying to hunt for bounties. If you read the Shooting...”
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Long · 100%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Apr 1999 – Apr 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0169 catalog