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Cowboy Bebop - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Cowboy Bebop - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Alternative Titles

Cowboy Bebop - Tengoku no Tobira; Cowboy Bebop Movie; Cowboy Bebop - The Movie

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 1, 2001
Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.391 (scored by 10277 users)
Ranked: #812
Popularity: #60
Members: 13,889
Favorites: 96
1 indicates a weighted score
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Popular Tags

action adventure comedy drama sci-fi

Synopsis

As the Cowboy Bebop crew travels the stars, they learn of the largest bounty yet, a huge 300 million oolongs. Apparently, someone is wielding a hugely powerful chemical weapon, and of course the authorities are at a loss to stop it. The war to take down the most dangerous criminal yet forces the crew to face a true madman, with bare hope to succeed. (Source: ANN)

Related Anime

Parent story: Cowboy Bebop

Characters & Voice Actors

Black, Jet
Black, Jet
Main
Billingslea, Beau
English
Billingslea, Beau
Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese
Ishizuka, Unshou
Spiegel, Spike
Spiegel, Spike
Main
Blum, Steven
English
Blum, Steven
Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese
Yamadera, Kouichi
...
Valentine, Faye
Valentine, Faye
Main
Lee, Wendee
English
Lee, Wendee
Hayashibara, Megumi
Japanese
Hayashibara, Megumi
...
Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Edward
Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Edward
Main
Tada, Aoi
Japanese
Tada, Aoi
Fahn, Melissa
English
Fahn, Melissa

Staff

Minami, Masahiko
Producer
Watanabe, Shinichiro
Director
Nobumoto, Keiko
Script
Watanabe, Shinichiro
Storyboard

Recommendations

Same characters and just as good as this movie... if not better!
reportRecommended by Rajden

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Overall 9
Story 8
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 8
Enjoyment 9
Nov 10, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a great addition to the Cowboy Bebop series, but no more. It is by no means a sequel, and after watching it, I found that it's best watched in the middle of the series, and not neccesarily at the end. If it's got a specific place or not, that I don't know, but that's not very important anyway. IF you've watched the entire series, it's not hard to mentally place it inside the series anyway.

This time, a terrorist possesses a weapon capabl... read more
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Overall 9
Story 9
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 10
Enjoyment 8
Aug 31, 20071 of 1 episodes seen
It was a good follow up (in-between, actually) to the series. I suggest that if you’re planning to watch Cowboy Bebop – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, you should watch after you get to the episode when Ed is introduced. You just need to get to know all 4 major characters to understand the movie.

I didn’t like it as much as the series, mostly because the series kept me interested by introducing new plot lines in each episode. Having to focus on one specifi... read more
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Overall 9
Story 8
Animation 10
Sound 10
Character 9
Enjoyment 8
Jun 24, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door was released in Japan on September 1st, 2001. Shinichiro Watanabe stayed on as director, and it was produced this time by not only Sunrise, but also Bandai Visual (famous for their work on the .hack series and Dennou Coil), and Bones (famous for their work on Fullmetal Alchemist and Ouran High School Host Club). It was released Stateside by Bandai on August 11th, 2002.

It's just a few days before Halloween on Ganymede, a major national hol... read more
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Opening Theme

"Ask DNA" by The Seatbelts featuring Raju Ramayya

Ending Theme

"Gotta Knock a Little Harder" by The Seatbelts featuring Mai Yamane

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