Various outlets are reporting that Netflix has canceled its live-actionCowboy Bebopadaptation after just one season.
The news comes less than three weeksafter its November 19 debut. The 10-episode series garnered mixed reception from fans and critics alike, with a 46 percent positive critic score and 54 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
RELATED:Cowboy Bebop: How Faye Valentine Changed From Anime To Live-Action
The series has amassed over 73 million hours viewed since it was first made available, according to Netflix’s Top 10 site.Cowboy Bebophas been among the streaming platform’s most-watched television series since its release, coming in as the sixth-ranked show in its first week. Itthen skyrocketed to second place before plummeting to ninth place the following week, with its hours viewed more than halved.
The series' main cast is comprised of John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, and Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine. Elena Satine and Alex Hassell played the roles of Julia and Vicious, respectively. Eden Perkins played Radical Edin a short teaserat the end of Episode 10.
Netflix is currently working on several other live-action anime adaptation projects. A live-action series of Eiichiro Oda’sOne Piecemanga is in production, with themain cast revealedback in November, as wasconcept art for an unnamed live-actionGundamfilm project.
A live-actionYuYu Hakushoseries is set to be released in 2023, though not much information has been made available yet. The streaming service previously released a live-action film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’sDeath Noteseries in 2017, which also had mixed reviews at the time of its release.
TheCowboy Bebopanime aired from 1998-1999, with a film,Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven’s Door, following it in 2001. The series was directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, who would go on to work onSamurai Champloo,Kids on the Slope, and most recently,Carole & Tuesday. Watanabeserved as a consultanton the live-action series, with original composer Yoko Kanno also returning.
