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Originally airing in Japan from 1998 to 1999, Cowboy Bebop (Japanese:, Hepburn: Kaubi Bibappu) is a neo-noir science fiction anime 

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The show combines elements from other genres, most notably westerns and pulp fiction 

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It’s been called “space opera meets noir, meets comedy, meets cyberpunk” by one critic 

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The term “genre-busting space Western” has also been applied to this film. 

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A Space Odyssey, and Alien, are among those the series directly mimics or parodies.  

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One part Chinese diaspora and two parts wild west” is how some have described this place.