![]() Like, you can’t Scarlett Johansson this shit,” the producer said, referencing Scarlett Johansson's casting in Ghost in the Shellas white-washing Asian characters out of Asian media. On the subject of Spike Spiegel's race, which is ambiguous in the anime but implied to be Jewish, Grillo-Marxuach commented that Korean-American actor John Cho was ultimately the right choice for Spike. Production first halted for several months to allow lead John Cho to heal from an on-set accident, but it continues to be on hold due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The Netflix series, announced in 2017, cast actors John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell - and also this corgi to play Ein. The anime's artistic influences are wide and far-reaching, spanning everything from jazz music to science fiction to Hong Kong martial arts movies. Set in the future when commercial space travel is common, the show is reminiscent of a cowboy western that explores unique themes like poverty and loneliness. Originally produced and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, Cowboy Bebop follows misfit bounty hunters - Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, hacker Ed, and their corgi dog Ein - as they barely carve out a living in frontier space. trying to translate that not just in English, but also a format that is not the original format of the show.” And then we’re taking that and then we’re. “So, you’re looking at a show that’s already a commentary on the influence of American pop culture with Japanese culture in the future, in space. “You’ve got an entity that is very much a kind of gathering together of influences that were very important in post-war Japan: jazz, American pop culture, the whole sort-of cowboy thing, reality television,” said Grillo-Marxuach. "A gathering of influences" - In the full interview, Grillo-Marxuach also touched on some of the more interesting and complex dynamics of producing an American Cowboy Bebop in live-action, from the race of protagonist Spike Spiegel to the anime's baked in American jazz and pulp influences that make an "American version" kind of redundant. “We don’t want the fans of the show to look at it and say that we failed them or we failed the original,” he said. ![]() Fans can also expect the anime's most memorable villains to appear but didn't name any specifically. It's just how it tells that familiar story that will be different. Still, Grillo-Marxuach confirmed that the three-way tug-o-war between Spike Spiegel, Julia, and Vicious, will remain present. But the episodes will likely not center around a single "bounty." Given that the anime Cowboy Bebop was a show about bounty hunters, the Netflix version may de-emphasize centering each episode around a single antagonist. What this means - Grillo-Marxuach basically said the TV show will remain faithful to the anime with the inclusion of a familiar central intrigue and villains. But we are looking at the show and saying, ‘Who are some of the great villains in this show, and how can we put them into this into this broader narrative?’ So that we are telling both of the big stories that Cowboy Bebop tells.” “We’re not going to go one-to-one on all of those stories because we’re also trying to tell the broader story of Spike Spiegel and the Syndicate, Spike Spiegel and Julia, Spike Spiegel and Vicious, and all that. “You’ve got a show where you have 26 episodes that are full of very colorful villains, very colorful stories, very colorful adversaries, bounties, and all of that,” Grillo-Marxuach said. One thing Grillo-Marxauch revealed was how his show's overall structure - one hour episodes telling a serialized story - will mean a different Cowboy Bebop than the anime, which told its story over 26 22-minute episodics. ![]() What Happened - In an interview with io9, Cowboy Bebop showrunner Javier Grillo-Marxuach went in-depth on what fans can expect of the remake when the live-action adaptation starts streaming on Netflix in 2021. This means fans anticipating the live-action remake should be in for a big change from the original anime. A lot of TV back did back then, but things are different in the streaming age and Netflix's Cowboy Bebop will more or less follow modern trends. Well before television became serialized 12-hour movies, the cult Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop features stand-alone episodes with recurring continuity, mystery, and themes.
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