Netflix's live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop has earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Main Title Design.
The news was recently revealed when the staff of the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards uploaded the complete list of nominees for every category on the Emmys' website. Notably for science-fiction animation enthusiasts, the short film "The Duel," from the anthology Star Wars: Visions has also earned a nomination for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program, along with "Jibaro" from Love, Death & Robots.
The live-action Cowboy Bebop reboot received a mixed critical reception upon its release in November 2021, and although the show managed to accumulate over 70 million total viewing hours in its first week, it was canceled in December of that same year after only one season. Despite the fact that the show's run on Netflix was short-lived, the show is now being officially recognized for the production quality of its main title sequence, which recreated the anime's original intro and reused the song "TANK!" by original composer Yoko Kanno.
The live-action reboot of director Shinichiro Watanabe's classic was written by Christopher Yost, who is best known for his work on The Mandalorian (2019), and Marvel's Thor films. The series was produced through a collaboration between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, which have also teamed up for the production of the upcoming live-action One Piece series. The Cowboy Bebop reboot cast John Cho as main protagonist Spike Spiegel, while the fellow members of his crew, Faye Valentine and Jet Black were played by Daniella Pineda and Mustafa Shakir, respectively. Vicious, the main antagonist of the series, is played by Alex Hassell. Several members of the staff of the original 1998 anime series were also involved with the reboot: Watanabe served as a consultant, Kanno returned to produce to show's music, and Koichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara and Norio Wakamoto reprise their roles in the Japanese dub as Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Vicious, respectively.
Cowboy Bebop is set in a world where mankind has colonized space, and where most of Earth's inhabitants have migrated to neighboring planets, moons and asteroids. The series' revolves around Spike Spiegel, an ex-member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate that works as a spacefaring bounty hunter hunting down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals with the help of his crewmates Jet Black and Faye Valentine.
This year, the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 12. The 1998 Cowboy Bebop anime and the live-action Cowboy Bebop reboot are both available on Netflix, while the manga is available in English from TokyoPop.
Source: Emmy Awards' Official Website