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Cowboy Bebop S1E13 — Asteroid Blues
8.9
Cowboy Bebop•Season 1•Episode 13

Asteroid Blues

8.9/10 · 5,044 votesOct 24, 199825 min

Ranked #6 of 26 in Season 1•+0.7 vs season avg

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Spike and Jet head to Tijuana to track down an outlaw smuggling a dangerous drug known as blood-eye. Jet wants the bounty, but Spike has eyes for a far prettier prize.

Directed byYoshiyuki Takei
Written byKeiko Nobumoto
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Cast4

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Spike Spiegel / Ein (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Unsho Ishizuka

Jet Black (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Faye Valentine (voice)

Aoi Tada

Aoi Tada

Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV (voice)

Crew12

Keiko Nobumoto

Keiko Nobumoto

Writer

Y

Yoshiyuki Takei

Director

Y

Yutaka Nakamura

Key Animation

H

Hiroshi Osaka

Key Animation

T

Takeshi Ito

Key Animation

Akitoshi Yokoyama

Akitoshi Yokoyama

Key Animation

K

Koichi Horikawa

Key Animation

K

Katsutoshi Tsunoda

Key Animation

T

Takahiro Komori

Key Animation

Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe

Storyboard Artist

Y

Yutaka Kamogawa

Key Animation

T

Tadaaki Miyata

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Asteroid Blues" is episode 13 of Cowboy Bebop season 1. It scored 8.9/10 from 5,044 votes, ranking #6 of 26 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Yoshiyuki Takei and written by Keiko Nobumoto, it aired on October 24, 1998.

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