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Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ, Kaubōi Bibappu?) is an award-winning 1998 Japanese anime collection directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes make up a comprehensive story: set in 2071, the series follows the misadventures and tragedies of a team of bounty hunters, or "cowboys", traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop.

The series' art direction focuses around American music and counterculture, especially the beat and jazz movements of the 1940s-60s and the early rock period of the 1950s-70s, which the original soundtrack by Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts recreates.[2]

Cowboy Bebop was a commercial success both in Japan and international marketplaces, notably in the United States. After this reception, Sony Pictures launched a feature film, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, to theaters worldwide and followed up with an international DVD release. Two manga adaptations were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka Fantasy DX.

Below fin the trailer from the feature film.

Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... there was a club which was available to everyone to come along and play at. The club was named "Minton's Play House" in Harlem. Guest music artists and bands would come along and play jazz sessions contending with each other. Young jazz men with a new sense of rhythm were collecting. At last they created a new genre.
They were fed up with the conventional fixed style jazz. They were keen to perform jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spacecraft "BEBOP", will play freely without fear of dangerous things. they must create new dreams and films by breaking conventional styles. The The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... "COWBOY BEBOP"

3..2..1... LET'S JAM!

Cowboy Bebop is the story of a futuristic maverick, Spike Spiegel, a space cowboy and his band of partners (Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Edward, and lets not forget Ein the dog), as they rush across the galaxy on daring adventures. They are Bounty Hunters struggling to survive in a world that is a strange combination of past, present, and future. There are fantastic space crafts and interstellar casinos side by side with droopy sombreros and slow traffic lights. With each new bounty that they go after, new characters are introduced, and new cosmic landscapes are explored. The series is episodic, as Spike Spiegel heads off on a new quest each week to secure a new prize. There is action galore, moments of dry humor, and an incredible blend of computer and traditional animation. Spike's adventures are set to the very music that the series attempts to capture the spirit of- fabulous BEBOP. The music is such an important part of the series that it just wouldn't be the same without it. All in all, Cowboy Bebop offers a spectacular blend of adventure, humor, music, and drama!