Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Finally Debuts Its Radical Edward

Cowboy Bebop followers have been ready for the live-action Netflix adaptation to disclose the fourth member of the Bebop crew (nicely, fifth if you happen to depend Ein the Data Dog). It took till immediately, the day Cowboy Bebop premieres on Netflix, for the streamer to take action, however it has lastly introduced newcomer Eden Perkins has nabbed the position of the ship’s hacker, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV.

The NetflixGeeked Twitter account gave us the primary tiny snippet footage of Perkins, who makes use of they/them pronouns, as Ed:

Although the clip is all of six seconds lengthy, Perkins’ skipping, theatrical stroll may be very harking back to the Ed from the anime, as is the outfit and very crimson hair. Also, whereas Ed is explicitly labeled as a feminine within the anime, she’s portrayed as extraordinarily gender-neutral, so it’s very cool that Netflix solid a gender-neutral actor within the position. There’s extra to know, however first:

We can verify that Ed seems on the finish of the ultimate episode of Cowboy Bebop, which signifies that Netflix has very probably commissioned a second season of the sequence. Whether that’s excellent news is dependent upon your response to the sequence, which our personal Charles Pulliam-Moore mentioned, “vacillates between modes so sharply, and often multiple times within the same episode, it has a way of feeling like it’s always just a few beats out of sync with both its own plot and Yoko Kanno’s sumptuous soundtrack.” Having seen Ed’s scene, we are able to sadly verify that they give the impression of being so anime-accurate their look is awkward and distracting, a lot as John Cho’s Spike Spiegel and Mustafa Shakir’s Jet Black outfits. However, Perkins has Ed’s loony persona and method of speech down completely, in order that’s cool.

Also on the plus aspect is, the finale additionally “set up the potential for more promising installments down the line,” so there’s hope for subsequent season, whever it seems. For now, each the live-action Cowboy Bebop and the unique anime are at present streaming on Netflix.

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