Cowboy Bebop Film Manga Volume 1

by Shinichirō Watanabe

Spike has a past he can''t forget. Together with his partner Jet Black, he travels on board the ship Bebop chasing bounties and making a meager living. Desperate for a decent meal, Spike gets more than he bargained for when he goes after Asimov, a bounty who has his hands on a dangerous intoxicant called Red Eye. Later, Spike and Jet get embroiled in a hilarious pursuit for a missing data dog. They don''t know what a data dog is, but they find out the hard way as they take on the notorious dog-napper Abdul Hakkim! From one of DBD''s newest publishers!

164 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2006

About the author

Shinichirō Watanabe (渡辺 信一郎) is a Japanese anime filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the critically and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo.

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's just stills from the first two episodes with speech bubbles and sound effect onomatopoeias overlaid. Comics and manga create pacing and dynamics by playing with the shape and size of their panels, but since this is just stills from the show all the panels are squares. They do change size, and do some playful things with breaks in panels, but this feels like a cheap cash in. Also the unique material teased on the back is a short, uninteresting interview with Steve Blum.