Space Cowboy rides again
IS A MOOD. ONE OF Japanese anime’s most distinctive creations, the 1998 series is set in the year 2071 and follows a colorful crew of bounty hunters—and a corgi—as they pilot their spaceship, the through the galaxy in search of fugitives. Creator Shinichiro Watanabe conjures a postapocalyptic landscape of casinos and dive bars, where refugees from Earth have colonized other planets, mixing cultures and clinging to pop-cultural detritus. It’s film noir and jazz and westerns, a love letter to ramen, martial arts and classic rock.
