Cowboy Bebop S1E18 — Mushroom Samba
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Cowboy Bebop•Season 1•Episode 18

Mushroom Samba

8.7/10 · 4,704 votesFeb 20, 199925 min

Ranked #8 of 26 in Season 1•+0.5 vs season avg

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After the Bebop crash lands, Ed and Ein’s search for food turns up some very expensive mushrooms with psychedelic side effects!

Directed byKunihiro Mori
Written byMichiko Yokote, Shinichiro Watanabe
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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)

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Michiko Yokote

Writer

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Kunihiro Mori

Director

Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe

Writer

K

Koichi Horikawa

Key Animation

A

Akira Matsunaga

Key Animation

Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe

Storyboard Artist

T

Takuro Shinbo

Animation Director

S

Seiichi Hashimoto

Key Animation

H

Hiroyuki Mori

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K

Kohei Yoneyama

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Yuji Miyashita

Key Animation

T

Takeo Tominaga

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Mushroom Samba" is episode 18 of Cowboy Bebop season 1. It scored 8.7/10 from 4,704 votes, ranking #8 of 26 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Kunihiro Mori and written by Michiko Yokote, Shinichiro Watanabe, it aired on February 20, 1999.

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