![]() ![]() Jet Black was, as he said, gray in tone, and that’s all he ever really thought about while doing Cowboy Bebop. I was hired in by Kevin Seymour and Utaka, and I just went about my business doing my work.īeau Billingslea pointed out that voicing an anime character whose race wasn’t his own wasn’t uncommon for him, so it wasn’t something he thought about. Rika Takahashi Marc Handler Mary Claypool Recorded 1999-2000 Dub Country United States Original Country Japan Episodes 26 Year 1998-1999 Cowboy Bebop ( Kaubi Bibappu) is a 1998 Japanese anime series written by Keiko Nobumoto and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. So it really wasn’t an issue for me, which was really cool, obviously. Ouji in Legend of Black Heaven, Raikage in Naruto, you know, they weren’t black. Every year, Zenkaikon brings several famous pop culture actors and voice actors to meet with attendees, like 'Critical Role' dungeon-master Matthew Mercer in 2015, and 'Cowboy Bebop' Jet voice. Especially, you know, back when my career started there were very if any persons of color that were in anime, right? The characters I voiced were not Black. I mean, Jet is drawn gray, basically, in the show, and I didn’t really focus on that. 2012) Website homepage Kichi Yamadera is a Japanese voice actor who provided the Japanese voice of Spike Spiegel and Ein in all known dubs for Cowboy Bebop. I got a chance to speak to Jet Black voice actor Beau Billingslea and the rest of the Cowboy Bebop anime voice cast on behalf of Funimation, and asked Billingslea (who is Black) if he ever considered the character’s race or was told the character was portrayed one way or another. J(age 61) Location Shiogama, Miyagi, Japan Occupation Voice actor Singer Narrator Actor Years Active 1985present Domestic Partner Mika Kanai (m. Former Japanese Prime Minister Kirk Baily Actor, Voice Actor Trigun, Cowboy Bebop. In fact, some could’ve assumed the latter, which made it confusing when producers for the Netflix series called the casting a “change” from the original character. Jason Marnocha is a voice actor known for voicing Megatron, Keicho. Main Cast David Lucas - Spike Spiegel John Billingslea - Jet Black Melissa Charles - Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV Wendee Lee - Faye Valentine. The debate happened with the original Cowboy Bebop, as some fans never could tell if Jet Black was white or Black. ![]()
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