Cowboy Bebop
1998–2021 · 2 series · 2 sequences
The same ninety seconds, twenty-three years apart. One is animation borrowing the grammar of 1960s film titles; the other restages it in live action, shot for shot, against the same recording.
In order of first broadcast
1 sequenceCowboy Bebop
1998–1999TV Tokyo / WOWOWAnimation
A jazz record given ninety seconds of animation. Silhouettes and hard-edged colour panels cut on the beat of a big band, borrowing the grammar of 1960s film titles so completely that the show it opens looks like a rediscovery rather than a debut.
- Season 1
1 sequenceCowboy Bebop (2021)
2021NetflixSci-Fi
A live-action restaging of one of the most admired title sequences in animation, shot-for-shot against Yoko Kanno's original arrangement.
- Season 1