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Cowboy Bebop (manga)

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[ serialized in [Asuka], spinoff of Cowboy Bebop (TV) ]
Alternative title:
カウボーイビバップ (Japanese)
카우보이 비밥 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, science fiction
Themes: police
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary:
Aboard the spaceship known as the Bebop, four unlikely bounty hunters try to make a living by taking up jobs that no sane person would accept. The Bebop's crew consists of Spike Spiegel, a smooth-talking, ass-kicking former member of a dangerous crime syndicate; Jet Black, a gruff but intelligent former member of the space police; Faye Valentine, a dangerous beauty with a mysterious past; and Edward, a strange girl with exceptional hacking abilities. This manga series features a collection of side stories that are seperate from the anime series.
Taking place before the ending of the series, Spike, Faye, Jet, Ed and Ein continue their bounty hunting adventures. The crew grapples with wimpy bounties, interlopers and characters from their pasts never covered in the anime. The chapters are episodic, side stories of the Cowboy Bebop anime.
User Ratings: 304 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (English:8, dub:5, sub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 39 votes (dub:14, English:13, sub:7, ?:3, Pol.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 67 votes (English:32, dub:15, sub:13, ?:5, Por.sub:1, Spanish:1)
 Good: 75 votes (English:37, sub:18, dub:15, ?:3, Por.sub:1, Portuguese:1)
 Decent: 42 votes (English:28, dub:8, sub:4, ?:1, Portuguese:1)
 So-so: 23 votes (English:9, dub:9, sub:3, German:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (dub:5, sub:4, English:3, ?:2, Por.sub:1, German:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1)
 Weak: 13 votes (English:7, dub:3, sub:3)
 Bad: 6 votes (English:4, dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (English:2, ?:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Pol.sub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 847 users, rank: #48
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.793 (Good-.20), std. dev.: 1.9983, rank: #2209
Weighted mean: 6.742 (Good-.25), rank: #2178 (seen all: 6.98 / seen some: 6.42 / won't finish: 3.96)
Bayesian estimate: 6.756 (Good-.24), rank: #1633
Number of tankoubon: 3
Number of pages: 184
Vintage:
1998 (Japanese)
2003-10-14 to 2004-02-17 (France)
2004 (Polish edition)
2004-05 to 2004-11 (Spain)
2005-07-25 to 2005-08-22 (México)
Releases: We have 20
Official website:
Madman's Official Cowboy Bebop (Manga) Website
TOKYOPOP
Links: We have 1
In the news 8 times:
2003-01-21   Paperback Manga Crushes Competition
2002-08-01   Tokyopop Manga sells out
2002-04-02   April Manga Sales
2002-02-28   May Manga Releases
2002-01-29   Tokyopop Commits to Unflopped Manga
2001-12-05   Not quite clear on Tokyopop Aquisitions
2001-12-05   February Manga Releases
2001-12-05   Tokyopop Officially Announces Licences
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Related releases:
    Cowboy Bebop (GN 1) 2002-04-23 (from $5.99)
    Cowboy Bebop (GN 2) 2002-06-25 (from $5.99)
    Cowboy Bebop (GN 3) 2002-08-20 (from $5.99)
    Cowboy Bebop (Re-Issue) (GN 1) 2005-10-11

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story:
Dai Saitou
Hajime Yatate
Yutaka Nanten

Original creator: Hajime Yatate

Art: Yutaka Nanten

Cooperation: Shinichiro Watanabe

Editing: Cels García

Original Idea: Shinichiro Watanabe

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Cooperation: Sunrise

Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten

Serialized In: Asuka Fantasy DX

English staff 
English cast 

Art director: Matt Alford

Translation: Amy Forsyth

Associate Editor:
Eric Althoff
Mark Paniccia (vol. 2)
Paul Morrissey
Trisha Kunimoto

Brand Manager: Kenneth Lee

Cover Design: Thea Willis

Editing:
Robert Coyner
Stephanie Donnelly

Graphic Design:
Akemi Imafuku
Anna Kernbaum (vol. 3)
Monalisa DeAsis (vol. 2)

Layout: Jeremy Canceko (vol. 3)

Production manager:
Fred Lui
Joaquin E. Reyes (vol. 3)

Production Specialist: Dolly Chan

Retouching: Jeremy Canceko (vol. 3)

Senior Editor:
Jake Forbes
Luis Reyes (vol. 2)

VP Of Production: Ron Klamert

 (none)
English companies 

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Licensed by: TOKYOPOP

French cast 
French staff 

Translation:
Denis Sigal
Kazuko Sigal

(none)
French companies 

Licensed by: Pika Édition

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Translation:
María Ferrer (Spain)
Olinda Cordukes

Operations Manager: Enrique Espinosa (Grupo Editorial Vid)

Publishing Director: Carlos Francisco Jiménez (Grupo Editorial Vid)

Responsible Editor: Teresa Ponce Torres (Grupo Editorial Vid)

 (none)
Spanish companies 

Publisher:
Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico)
Selecta Visión (Spain)

German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: EMA (Egmont Manga and anime)

German cast 
(none)

Polish cast 
Polish staff 

Translation: Rafal Rzepka

(none)
Polish companies 

Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica (JPF) "

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: JBC (Brazil)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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