Editing Cowboy Bebop (section)

===Broadcast===
{{See also|List of Cowboy Bebop episodes{{!}}List of ''Cowboy Bebop'' episodes}}
''Cowboy Bebop'' debuted on [[TV Tokyo]], one of the main broadcasters of anime in Japan, airing from April 3 until June 26, 1998.<ref>''[http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=240 Sunrise Broadcast 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917054805/http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=240|date=September 17, 2011}}'' – ''[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]''</ref> Due to its 6:00&nbsp;p.m. timeslot<ref name="EX-1998">{{Cite web|last=Rhee|first=Keith|date=1998|title=Cowboy Bebop|url=http://www.ex.org/3.4/23-anime_bebop.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918005603/http://www.ex.org/3.4/23-anime_bebop.html|archive-date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 1, 2017|website=Ex.org}}</ref> and depictions of graphic violence,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fox|first=Kit|date=January 2000|title=Cowboy Bebop The New Cool|journal=Animerica|issue=801|page=14}}</ref> the show's first run only included episodes 2, 3, 7 to 15, 18 and a special. Later that year, the series was shown in its entirety from October 23 until April 24, 1999, on satellite network [[Wowow]].<ref>''[http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=41 Sunrise Broadcast 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619231231/http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=41|date=June 19, 2012}}'' – ''[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]''</ref> The full series has also been broadcast across Japan by anime television network [[Animax]], which has also aired the series via its respective networks across Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.

The first non-Asian country to air ''Cowboy Bebop'' was Italy. There, it was first aired on October 21, 1999, on [[MTV (Italian TV channel)|MTV]], where it inaugurated the 9:00–10:30&nbsp;p.m. ''Anime Night'' programming block.

In the United States, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was one of the programs shown when [[Cartoon Network]]'s late night block [[Adult Swim]] debuted on September 2, 2001, being the first anime shown on the block that night at midnight [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop - TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cowboy-bebop/200706|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065823/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cowboy-bebop/200706/|archive-date=April 18, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2020|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> During its original run on Adult Swim, episodes 6, 8, and 22 were skipped due to their violent themes in wake of the [[September 11 attacks]]. By the third run of the series, all these episodes had premiered for the first time. ''Cowboy Bebop'' was successful enough to be broadcast repeatedly for four years. It has been run at least once every year since 2007, and HD remasters of the show began broadcasting in 2015. In the United Kingdom, it was first broadcast in 2002 on the adult-oriented channel [[CNX (TV channel)|CNX]]. From November 6, 2007, it was repeated on [[AnimeCentral]] until the channel's closure in August 2008. In Australia, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was first broadcast on pay television in 2002 on [[Adult Swim (Australian TV programming block)|Adult Swim]], and on free-to-air-TV on [[ABC2]] (the national digital public television channel) on January 2, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABC TV Guide|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200701/programs/ZY8644A001D2012007T223000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302130644/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200701/programs/ZY8644A001D2012007T223000.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2011|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> It has been repeated several times, most recently starting in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop – Asteroid Blues|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200812/programs/ZY8644A001D29122008T232000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229152342/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200812/programs/ZY8644A001D29122008T232000.htm|archive-date=December 29, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop – The Real Folk Blues Part 2|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200906/programs/ZY8644A026D22062009T233000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114222019/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200906/programs/ZY8644A026D22062009T233000.htm|archive-date=January 14, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> ''[[Cowboy Bebop: The Movie]]'' also aired on February 23, 2009, on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] (a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting television network). In Canada, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was first broadcast on December 24, 2006, on [[MTV2 (Canada)|Razer]].

In Latin America, the series was first broadcast on pay-TV in 2001 on [[Locomotion (TV channel)|Locomotion]]. It aired again on January 9, 2016, on [[I.Sat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=[Adult Swim]: El humor incorrecto en el canal correcto|url=http://blog.isat.tv/enero-2016/adult-swim-8/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206031453/http://blog.isat.tv/enero-2016/adult-swim-8/|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=December 6, 2015|publisher=I.Sat Blog}} I.Sat Blog| Adult Swim January 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop llega en enero a I.Sat - Anime, Manga y TV|url=http://www.anmtvla.com/2015/12/cowboy-bebop-llega-en-enero-isat.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107020448/http://www.anmtvla.com/2015/12/cowboy-bebop-llega-en-enero-isat.html|archive-date=January 7, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2015|website=www.anmtvla.com}}</ref>