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Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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This page is for the 2001 animated film directed by Shinichirō Watanabe.
For information on the upcoming live action film, see: Cowboy Bebop: Live Action Film.

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

劇場版 カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉 (Gekijōban Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira)
Directed by: Shinichirō Watanabe
Produced by: Masahiko Minami

Minoru Takanashi

Masuo Ueda

Written by: Screenplay:

Keiko Nobumoto

Story:

Hajime Yatate

Starring: Kōichi Yamadera Spike

Unshō Ishizuka Jet

Megumi Hayashibara Faye

Aoi Tada Edward

Ai Kobayashi Electra

Tsutomu Isobe Vincent

Music by: Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts

Herbie Hancock & V.S.O.P.

Cinematography by: Yōichi Ōgami
Editing by: Shūichi Kakesu
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Entertainment

TriStar Pictures

Release date: Sept. 1, 2001 (Japan)

Aug. 11, 2002 (USA)

Running time: 115 min.
Language: Japanese

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, known in Japan as Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door (劇場版 カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉 ,Gekijōban Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira, titled Cowboy Bebop: Heaven's Door in English), is the 2001 animated film directed by Shinichirō Watanabe.

The plot centers on Spike Spiegel and the crew of Bebop as they search for a criminal who is planning to release a virus on Mars.

Opening on September 1, 2001 in Japan and in the U.S. on August 11, 2002, the film grossed over $3 million worldwide[1] and received positive reviews.

Contents

[edit] Plot

[edit] Characters and Voice Cast

Japanese voice English dub Role
Kōichi Yamadera Steven Blum Spike Spiegel
Megumi Hayashibara Wendee Lee Faye Valentine
Unshō Ishizuka Beau Billingslea Jet Black
Aoi Tada Melissa Fahn Edward
Tsutomu Isobe Daran Norris Vincent Volaju
Ai Kobayashi Jennifer Hale Electra Ovilo
Mickey Curtis Nicholas Guest Rasheed
Yuji Ueda Dave Wittenberg Lee Sampson

[edit] Development

[edit] Reception

Critical reception was widely positive.

[edit] References

  1. Cowboy Bebop. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2009-01-27.


[edit] External Links