Shinichiro Watanabe couldn’t make it past the opening scene of the Netflix live-action adaptation of his anime classic, Cowboy Bebop. In talking with Forbes, Watanabe said Netflix sent him &#…
, Watanabe said Netflix sent him “a video to review and check.” But he couldn’t bear to see more than a few minutes of it.
“It started with a scene in a casino, which made it very tough for me to continue,” Watanabe said. “I stopped there, and so only saw that opening scene. It was clearly notCowboy Bebop . I felt that maybe I should have done this. Although the value of the original anime is somehow far higher now.” Netflix brought Watanabe into the project as a consultant. But Watanabe claimed in a 2019 interview that any comments he made on the manuscript were likely not heeded.Netflix’s live-action adaptation was not well-received by fans, and received a lukewarm critical reception. It was canceled before a second season.
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