Spook's Cowboy Bebop Blog

I have google news alerts set up searching for news about a live action movie for Cowboy Bebop and nothing’s shown up in maybe a year.

Then I see a message board posting stating that Kristopher Van Varenberg (son of Jean Claude Van Damme) has been hired as Spike for the live action movie. [...]

There is a web site I frequent that’s VERY GOOD if you want to learn about Japan. There is a posting they made about Japanese body language – how to express a thought or idea using gestures and body language (much like in the Western world – USA specifically – one would put tip [...]

Howdy howdy howdy! Sorry I’ve been neglecting the blog as of late. Haven’t had much to say (about pretty much everything, turns out). I am still trying to get that fic I started last year finished. I have an idea for the next one but not till I finish this one. [...]

This time it looks to be true! There’s even a date: December 21, 2012. The only thing is though, it looks to be Japan only at this point, hopefully the rest of the world to follow.

Full story here: http://www.cowboy-bebop.net/products/index.html It’s in Japanese, so you may want to run it through a translator [...]

Tokyopop posted this Cowboy Bebop rap video to their facebook page and it’s so awesome, I have to share it!!

In case the embed doesn’t work, here is the link.

Read about it here on Anime News Network.

According to the article he “Hana wa Saku” (Flowers Are Blooming) song’s instrumental recording is complete, and vocals are now being recorded. 33 singers, celebrities, and sports figures who hail from Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures — the prefectures hardest hit by the diasters — are [...]

In case you missed it, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto will be at California’s AM2 convention from June 15 to June 17 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

You can read about it on Anime News Network in an item posted on Feb 17.

What I wouldn’t GIVE to be able to go and [...]

I thought this was exciting! Sakamichi no Apollon television anime was confirmed on Friday, and it will reunite Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno. Anime News Network has the full story and even a link to the promotional video. Check it out!

This is going to have a jazz soundtrack,and we all know [...]

It’s now 2012, another year closer to 2071 and the events depicted in Cowboy Bebop. I’m pretty sure the Earth should have been laid waste by now because of the gate accident, but we won’t let a little thing like THAT stop us now, will we?

I’ve discovered that I am no longer [...]

I found a link today that made me happy, an article about one of my favorite movies, the John Frankenheimer-directed Seconds.

I provided the link above in case anyone else has seen the movie and is interested in reading a very cool article about it. If you HAVEN’T seen it, I think you want to. [...]