Watanabe's anime series (Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, etc.) are part of the same universe. All stories occur in the same ...

Jordan simply stated, “If you want to truly know who your man is, ask him this question — this works every time: ‘If [you] had to choose, would he rather be a cowboy, a pirate, or a samurai?’ ...

Given that Shinichiro Watanabe accepts Cowboy Bebop and Lazarus as sharing a universe, one silly line of dialogue from Axel ...

In 1978, world renowned movie star, Jack Nicholson, made his feature directorial debut, a western called GOIN’ SOUTH. Against the advice of his producers, he cast up and coming comedian, John ...

I just rewatched this scene, so I remember it well. This genre is called Shima-uta. It’s an Amami Shoto song, from the islands in the south of Japan. The masked character is called Pantoo, a ...

Samurai Champloo is the spiritual successor to Cowboy Bepob. The series started to take form while Shinichirō Watanabe began work on Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, which you can feel in the art style ...