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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [R]

Release Date:
September 1, 2001

Original Title:
カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉

Alternate Titles:
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop - Il Film
Cowboy Bebop - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Cowboy Bebop - Tengoku no Tobira
Cowboy Bebop The Movie
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Cowboy Bebop: La película
Cowboy Bebop: O Filme
Cowboy Bebop: Pukając do nieba bram
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Kaubôi bibappu: Tengoku no tobira
Kowboj Bebop
Ковбой Бибоп: Достучаться до небес
星际牛仔：天国之扉
星际牛仔：天国之门
赏金猎人：天国之扉
카우보이 비밥: 천국의 문

Genres:
Action | Animation | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
BONES
Bandai Visual
Destination Films
Emotion
SUNRISE
TriStar Pictures

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  DE: 16  ES: 12  FR: U  JP: PG-12  MX: B  NL: 12  PL: 16|12  US: R 

Runtime: 115

They're here to save the planet. But not for free.

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The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.

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Animation Director:
Masami Goto
Toshihiro Kawamoto

Art Direction:
Atsushi Morikawa

Background Designer:
Hiroki Matsumoto
Mitsuo Yoshino
Atsushi Morikawa
Masaki Yoshizaki
Norifumi Nakamura
Sagako Itakura
Kazuhisa Asai
Rie Sugiyama
Masato Shibata
Takashi Aoi
Kiyomi Ota
Kim Mi-gyeong
Takumi Honma
Masami Saitou
Yoshinori Hishinuma
Katsuhiro Haji

CGI Director:
Tsuyoshi Hanzawa

Cinematography:
Katsutoshi Sugai

Co-Director:
Yoshiyuki Takei

Director:
Shinichiro Watanabe
Hiroyuki Okiura
Tensai Okamura

Director of Photography:
Youichi Ogami

Editor:
Shuichi Kakesu

Executive Producer:
Ryôhei Tsunoda
Takayuki Yoshii
Keiko Aoki

Key Animation:
Norimitsu Suzuki
Akitoshi Yokoyama
Kouichi Arai
Toshiyuki Tsuru
Masahiro Ando
Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Takashi Tomioka
Ichiro Itano
Isamu Imakake
Tsunenori Saito
Shiho Takeuchi
Tadaaki Miyata
Takeshi Ito
Atsushi Hasebe
Haruo Sotozaki
Mitsuo Iso
Shuko Murase
Hiromitsu Morishita
Hiroyuki Kambe
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Tensai Okamura
Keisuke Masunaga
Ryota Itoh
Takao Abo
Masahiro Emoto
Tetsuichi Yamagishi
Tomoki Mizuno
Eiji Komatsu
Hirotoshi Sano
Ken Ootsuka
Yasushi Muraki
Kenichi Yoshida
Hideki Takahashi
Masami Goto
Takaaki Fukuyo
Tatsufumi Itoh
Yoshiyuki Ito
Toshiyuki Kono
Masayuki Sato
Hisashi Saito

Lyricist:
Tim Jensen

Opening/Ending Animation:
Tetsuya Nishio
Hiroyuki Okiura

Original Music Composer:
Yoko Kanno

Original Story:
Shinichiro Watanabe

Producer:
Masahiko Minami
Masuo Ueda
Minoru Takanashi
Jun Yukawa
Takayuki Horikoshi
Yutaka Maseba
Shirô Tanaka
Haruyo Kanesaku
Naoko Ueki

Screenplay:
Keiko Nobumoto

Set Designer:
Shiho Takeuchi

Sound Director:
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi

Sound Effects Editor:
Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Mixer:
Takaaki Uchiyama

Sound Recordist:
Futoshi Ueda
Kouji Abe

Special Effects:
Toshio Hasegawa
Sachi Suzuki

Storyboard Artist:
Shinichiro Watanabe
Yutaka Nakamura
Masami Goto
Yutaka Izubuchi

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