Discover the captivating world of Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ Kaubōi Bibappu), a critically acclaimed Japanese animated television series crafted by the visionary Shinichiro Watanabe. Set in the year 2071, this enthralling narrative orbits around a band of spacefaring bounty hunters, delving deep into their unresolved pasts and exploring profound themes such as existentialism, ennui, solitude, and the indelible influence of history.
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An officially licensed tabletop RPG adaptation of the Cowboy Bebop anime has been announced ahead of a Kickstarter campaign in 2022. The publishers, who are working directly with Sunrise, say they hope to have the book on shelves by the end of next year.
While fans of Shinchiro Watanabe’s jazzy space western-meets-noir anime series are already anticipating Netflix’s live-action adaptation, those who want to play out their own adventures in the solar system of 2071 can look forward to at least a core rulebook being published by a partnership with Paris-based Don’t Panic Games and Mana Project Studio, out of Italy.
The pair announced Cowboy Bebop: the Role-Playing Game on October 11th, saying “players will live through their own stories of bounty hunters in space, in a jazzy universe blending Western, Film Noir, and buddy cop movies, accompanied by one of the best anime soundtracks in history.” That hopefully means the book will provide players with some soulful background tunes, but details likely won’t be provided before the campaign launches.
