Cowboy Bebop
1998–1999TV TokyoWOWOWAnimation
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.
1 sequence145th most looked up of 409 in the 1990s
Season 1
One sequence for all twenty-six episodes. Yoko Kanno's 'Tank!' arrives before any image does, and the titles are cut to the horns rather than the horns scored to the titles — which is why the split screens land where they do.