‘Cowboy Bebop’ review: The anime favorite gets a live-action Netflix adaptation starring John Cho

So many of the qualities that make animation uniquely enjoyable are impossible to replicate in live-action adaptations. So why even bother? Well, there’s intellectual property to exploit. That’s surely a driver behind the Netflix adaptation of “Cowboy Bebop” with John Cho as Spike Spiegel, the rakish interstellar bounty hunter, or “cowboy” in the show’s parlance. A space cowboy, if you will. Market forces aside, the original Japanese anime is suffused with so much thrilling style — gaining