Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Cowboy Bebop: How Old Are The Characters?

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Considering its large and diverse cast, how old are Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine, and the rest of the characters in Cowboy Bebop?

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Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Since the release of the anime in 1998, Cowboy Bebop has seen a massive amount of audience and critical love. The recent release of the Netflix original, based on the original animated show, has seen a resurgence in interest in the series. Much of Cowboy Bebop’s popularity is due to its diverse cast of interesting and complex characters.

However, with characters ranging from super-intelligent dogs to savant hacking children to sword-wielding assassins and more, pinning down the age of these characters can be difficult for new fans of the series. Fortunately, there’s enough information gleaned from the show’s dense plots to determine key character chronological mysteries such as Faye’s true age (she’s older than she looks) and just how young Edward really is in the series.

Spike Spiegel

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Spike is the world-weary, laid-back, and highly skilled protagonist of Cowboy Bebop. Growing up on Mars, Spike would eventually join the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate, where he would meet other characters important to the narrative of Cowboy Bebop, notably Vicious, and Spike’s eventual lover, Julia.

However, he eventually leaves the Syndicate after a traumatic injury, becoming a bounty hunter not long after, a role he keeps for the length of the show. For how complex and nuanced Spike’s life has been, the character is relatively young. According to IndieWire, Spike is only 27 years of age during the events of Cowboy Bebop, which caused some backlash when the 49-year-old John Cho was cast in the live-action Netflix version of the series.

Faye Valentine

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Despite how young she looks, Faye Valentine is the oldest member of the main cast of Cowboy Bebop according to MyAnimeList.net. While she appears to be 23 years old, Faye spent 54 years in suspended animation, making her 77 years old chronologically.

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This dichotomy acts as the central core of Faye’s character. After Faye lost much of her memory while in suspended animation, her primary drive is to discover what occurred in her past, while still trying to discover her own place in the harsh future she now finds herself in. Faye also has a complex relationship with Spike and the other crew members of the Bebop, showing a sense of deep reservation and self-sufficiency.

Jet Black

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

A police officer in the Inter-Solar System Police before becoming a bounty after the loss of his arm. Jet met Spike approximately four years before the events of Cowboy Bebop, giving the characters a sense of camaraderie as soon as the series begins.

Jet has led as complicated a life as any other crew member of the Bebop, but much like Spike, his life experiences do not reveal his age. Like much of the show’s main characters, Jet is relatively young. Even so, Jet is the second oldest character of the Bebop’s crew and is 36 years old.

Ein

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Ein can only be called a member of the show’s crew by the barest of standards but is considered one of Cowboy Bebop’s most likable characters. Ein is a data dog, a modified Pembroke Welsh Corgi who has been given enhanced intelligence. Ein is more of a mascot than a true member of the crew but soon gains a strong bond with the child hacker Ed.

Unlike other characters in Cowboy Bebop, however, Ein is never given a definitive age. Thankfully, some qualities in his appearance can help approximate an age. Ein is slightly smaller than other corgis, and a lack of grey fur means he is most likely relatively young, possibly 1 or 2 years old.

Edward

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Edward, or Ed, is a child prodigy with computers and is by far the youngest character of the crew of the Bebop. Ed, also known as “Radical Edward,” makes her first appearance partway through the animated series, and her carefree demeanor and absolutely chaotic sense of joviality make her stand out from the rest of the primary cast.

However, much of this, and her almost instant connection with the data dog Ein, can easily be explained by her age. Ed is only 13, but her skills with hacking make her a powerful Cowboy Bebop character and provide benefits for the crew beyond what most people her age could offer.

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Vicious

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Vicious is the main antagonist of Cowboy Bebop, and in many ways can be seen as a foil for Spike. While they both originally worked for the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate, but Spike’s eventual departure from a life of organized crime caused an irreparable rift between the two comrades-in-arms.

The backstory between Spike and Vicious forms one of the most important and best character arcs of Cowboy Bebop, and Vicious has multiple appearances throughout the series. As such, it is almost poetic that both Spike and Vicious share the same age as both are 27 years old.

Gren

Cowboy Bebop How Old Are The Characters

Grencia, also known as Gren, is a character with deep ties to Vicious. Both Gren and Vicious were veterans of the Titan War, a bloody conflict that took place before the main events of Cowboy Bebop. Gren and Vicious fought in the same company, but Gren was eventually tried as a spy and sent to prison. After hearing that Vicious had apparently testified against him, Gren began to plot against this fellow ex-soldier. During the events of Cowboy Bebop, Gren is roughly the same age as many of the other characters and is believed to be about 29 years old.

Julia

Julia is another incredibly important character in the story of Cowboy Bebop, though she is not a member of the crew of the titular ship. Julia was another affiliate of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate but helped Spike regain his health after he chose to leave the criminal enterprise, and was seriously injured.

Julia’s relationship with Spike, even though her appearances are limited, is vital to Cowboy Bebop’s story, as is her animosity with Vicious. Interestingly, she shares another trait with both Spike and Vicious as Julia is also 27 years old during the events of Cowboy Bebop.

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