20 anime like Cowboy Bebop
These are the titles AniList users most often recommend to people who enjoyed Cowboy Bebop, ranked by how many recommended each one. 2 come from the same studio. 11 are short series of 13 episodes or fewer.
- 1
Samurai Champloo
TV · 2004 · 26 eps · 84/100
It shares its focus on travel, martial arts, female protagonist. Recommended by 1657 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- 2
Trigun
TV · 1998 · 26 eps · 80/100
It shares its focus on guns, male protagonist, philosophy. Recommended by 659 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Drama
- 3
Great Pretender
ONA · 2020 · 23 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on crime, anti-hero, primarily adult cast. Recommended by 422 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Thriller
- 4
Space Dandy
TV · 2014 · 13 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on space, episodic, male protagonist, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 314 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- 5
Black Lagoon
TV · 2006 · 12 eps · 78/100
It shares its focus on ensemble cast, crime, guns, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 297 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Adventure
- Drama
- Thriller
- 6
LAZARUS
TV · 2025 · 13 eps · 70/100
It shares its focus on ensemble cast, crime, found family, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 178 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Sci-Fi
- Thriller
- 7
Baccano!
TV · 2007 · 13 eps · 81/100
It shares its focus on ensemble cast, crime, noir, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 169 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Mystery
- Supernatural
- 8
Michiko & Hatchin
TV · 2008 · 22 eps · 76/100
It shares its focus on crime, female protagonist, travel. Recommended by 117 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Adventure
- 9
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV · 2002 · 26 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on cyberpunk, episodic, philosophy. Recommended by 86 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Mystery
- Psychological
- Sci-Fi
- 10
Outlaw Star
TV · 1998 · 24 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on space, male protagonist, primarily adult cast, and comes from the same studio (Sunrise). Recommended by 83 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- 11
Lupin the 3rd
TV · 1971 · 23 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on anti-hero, episodic, crime. Recommended by 81 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Adventure
- Comedy
- 12
TRIGUN STAMPEDE
TV · 2023 · 12 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on guns, male protagonist, philosophy, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 78 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
- 13
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
ONA · 2022 · 10 eps · 85/100
It shares its focus on cyberpunk, crime, cyborg, and is shorter at 10 episodes. Recommended by 68 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Drama
- Psychological
- Sci-Fi
- 14
Neon Genesis Evangelion
TV · 1995 · 26 eps · 83/100
It shares its focus on philosophy, male protagonist. Recommended by 62 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Mystery
- 15
Darker than Black
TV · 2007 · 25 eps · 77/100
It shares its focus on anti-hero, crime, noir. Recommended by 59 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- 16
The Big O
TV · 1999 · 13 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on philosophy, noir, episodic, and comes from the same studio (Sunrise), and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 53 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Mecha
- Mystery
- Psychological
- 17
Blood Blockade Battlefront
TV · 2015 · 12 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on ensemble cast, primarily adult cast, male protagonist, and is shorter at 12 episodes. Recommended by 50 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Comedy
- Supernatural
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Gunsmith Cats
OVA · 1995 · 3 eps · 74/100
It shares its focus on guns, noir, female protagonist, and is shorter at 3 episodes. Recommended by 47 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Comedy
- Thriller
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Space Dandy 2
TV · 2014 · 13 eps · 82/100
It shares its focus on space, episodic, primarily adult cast, and is shorter at 13 episodes. Recommended by 47 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- 20
Macross Plus
OVA · 1994 · 4 eps · 75/100
It shares its focus on space, primarily adult cast, and is shorter at 4 episodes. Recommended by 35 AniList users who watched Cowboy Bebop.
- Action
- Drama
- Mecha
- Music
Recommendation votes from AniList users. Highlighted genres are shared with Cowboy Bebop.