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Originally posted by "kakoi_sugoi_yama"

Have you Bebop fans seen where Bebop came from yet? Just so you know it is Lupin the III. The creator Shinichiro Watanabe even admited to using some of it's style. Why do you think Spike legs are so long? He is modeled completely after Lupin (with updated style) same with Jet (Jigen) and Faye (Fujiko) these stories are very similar. Watch Lupin, and you'll see it is a better story that Cowboy Bebop stole (and did really well). There is always something better out there. Keep your eyes open, and you'll find it.

I'm a very big Lupin fan. And I don't doubt that Bebop stole designs off them. There are actually alot of little things in Bebop if you look for them. I read my anime guides for Bebop and it tells you all sorts of crazy stuff.

I'm sure you guys realized that the 2 characters in the first episode are based off of Antonio Banderas and Selma Hayek from Desperado.
And that the tall black guy in episode 2 is based off of Kareem Abdul Jabbar in the Bruce Lee movie.
And that Spike uses Jeet Kune Do which is Bruce Lees fighting style.
Or that the 3 bad guys at the beginning of the Waltz for Venus episodes are named Huey, Dewey and Louie which is based off of cartoon characters.
Or that the Toys in the Attic episode is based off of alot of sci fi movies. Like the captains log at the beginning is off of Star Trek and the music at the end is based on 2001: A Space Odyssey and that most of the rest of the episode is based on Aliens.
Or less known stuff like the hermaphrodite guy Gren in the Jupiter Jazz episode is directly stolen off of the Macross Plus novel where theres a hermaphrodite named Gren.

Bebop has never made any pretenses saying they're completely original. But I still think Bebop does a better job overall than Lupin. And trust me, I love Lupin, so I'm not biased.