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  1. 1Samurai Champloo (2004)Samurai Champloo (2004) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired May 20, 2004Start here if you miss the way Cowboy Bebop makes a soundtrack part of the storytelling. Director Shinichiro Watanabe gives a restless trio a reason to cross Edo-era Japan, and Nujabes and the other soundtrack artists give the detours their own hip-hop rhythm. The long search leaves room for an…0
  2. 2Outlaw Star (1998)Outlaw Star (1998) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 9, 1998Try this for another 1998 space adventure about taking a job without knowing where it will leave you. Gene and Jim wind up with a stolen ship and a passenger drawn into the mystery surrounding it. The crew chases a bigger prize than the Bebop usually does, but you still get the pleasure of watching…0
  3. 3Space Dandy (2014)Space Dandy (2014) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 4, 2014Pick this if you like being surprised by what kind of story the crew gets into after the opening credits. Dandy makes a living hunting undocumented aliens with a robot and a catlike alien, but the target can send you into anything from a race to a story about a lonely dog. The comedy is louder and…0
  4. 4TRIGUN (1998)TRIGUN (1998) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 2, 1998Choose the 1998 series for dusty towns, a bounty that follows a gunman everywhere, and comedy that leaves room for old grief. Vash meets suspicion with jokes and an insistence on avoiding bloodshed. You get another show that takes its time letting the man behind the reputation come into focus.0
  5. 5Black Lagoon (2006)Black Lagoon (2006) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 9, 2006Watch this for another crew that takes jobs for the money and finds out how ugly the work can get. The Lagoon Company’s boat and its new recruit Rock give you a way into a Southeast Asian port built around smuggling. Expect rougher violence than on the Bebop and just as much friction between people…0
  6. 6TRIGUN STAMPEDE (2023)TRIGUN STAMPEDE (2023) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jan 7, 2023Try the 2023 series if the wandering gunman appealed to you and you want a new version of Vash. The reporter Meryl follows a man who avoids killing even with a bounty on his head. This take uses computer animation and brings the story of Vash’s brother forward earlier than the 1998 series.0
  7. 7Michiko & Hatchin (2008)Michiko & Hatchin (2008) 7.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 16, 2008Pick this for a road trip where two people with every reason to distrust each other have to keep moving together. Michiko breaks out of prison and takes Hatchin through a fictional South American country to look for the girl’s father. The soundtrack by Alexandre Kassin gives the getaway a pulse of…0
  8. 8Lazarus (2025)Lazarus (2025) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 6, 2025Choose this if you want to hear what Watanabe does with jazz and electronic music after Bebop. Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and Floating Points each contribute to the score as a team of agents hunts the creator of a widely used drug. A shared deadline holds the chase together more tightly than the…0
  9. 9Baccano! (2007)Baccano! (2007) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jul 27, 2007Reach for this if you like crime stories that seem to belong to different shows until they collide. Two comic thieves, rival gangsters, and an alchemist’s work cross paths in a story that keeps circling a transcontinental train. The swing in the opening suits the Prohibition-era setting and the way…0
  10. 10Great Pretender (2020)Great Pretender (2020) 7.8/10 on IMDbFirst aired Jul 9, 2020Try this for jobs that play like self-contained capers while you learn how the team fits together. Makoto thinks he’s a top con artist until Laurent gets the better of him. Follow them from city to city if you want style and sharp banter with less gunfire.0