Legendary skins include Spike Spiegel Cassidy, Faye Valentine Ashe, Jet Black Mauga, Ed Sombra, Ein Wreckingball
The 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop was an Adult Swim mainstay when it first aired in 2001. Its combination of sci-fi action, memorable characters, a well-received English dub, and a Yoko Kanno’s classical music helped elevate the film above other films. The series will reach fans in a new way as Blizzard Entertainment announced on Thursday that its first-person shooter Overwatch 2 will have a special collaboration with Cowboy Bebop on March 12. An announcement trailer announced the news with an animation based on the original anime opening, featuring characters dressed as characters from Cowboy Bebop, set to the legendary theme song of the anime “Tank” by Yoko Kanno and SEATBELTS:
[nội dung được nhúng]
Skins, emotes, intros, and other features inspired by Cowboy Bebop will be made available during the event. Unlockable Legends skins include Spike Spiegel Cassidy, Faye Valentine Ashe, Jet Black Mauga, Ed Sombra, and Ein Wreckingball. Ein Wreckinball will be unlocked for free for all players. The game will reveal the skins on March 11th before the event. Music from Cowboy Bebop, said to be part of what made the original series a classic, will also be included in the game.
Images provided by Crunchyroll and Blizzard Entertainment
The One-Punch Man series also received a similar collaboration in Overwatch 2 in March 2023.
Overwatch 2 launched as an early access game in October 2022 and had a full release for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC last August.
Sugimitsu launched a one-shot manga based on the game on Shogakukan’s Coro Coro Online website on December 22.
The original Cowboy Bebop anime series follows the diverse crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels across the solar system in search of its next job. The anime inspired Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001. Funimation released the film on Blu-ray and DVD in North America in 2014 and screened the film in the United States in 2018, commemorating the film’s 20th anniversary. origin. Netflix began streaming the original anime worldwide outside of Japan starting in October 2021. The series’ production team celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1998 anime’s premiere last year.
Netflix debuted the first season of its live-action series Cowboy Bebop in November 2021, but canceled it shortly after in December 2021. However, it was nominated for Outstanding Main Title Design at the 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards for the title sequence, which is also a version of “Tank” with a live-action cast.
See you soon space cowboy…
Source: Press release