But as is the case with everything that is important in CB, the truth here is never spelled out for the audience, but hidden in the inconspicuous moments, waiting to be discovered. If you want to get into the nitty gritty as to why it's most likely Cantonese and not Mandarin, leave a note in the Comments section and I'll be happy to elaborate.Īnyway, if you pay enough attention the evidence that Spike & co actually default to Chinese amongst themselves is ample. But for the purposes of this essay, let's deal with this in more general Chinese terms. More specifically, it looks like they're speaking Cantonese and not Mandarin Chinese. So what do I think is the language that the Bebop crew uses amongst themselves? In short: Chinese. I’ve seen people summarily dismiss the possibility that Jet is Asian because of the way he looks - but if you don’t think someone burly and hairy could be Asian then, my friend, you simply don’t know enough Asians. But to me that’s a dead end path having a German-sounding surname like Spiegel doesn’t necessarily make you a German, and looks are such a poor basis to derive any truth (especially when this is anime we’re dealing with). When trying to get to the bottom of this, one typical starting point is to look at the crew’s ethnicity, and I’ve seen many attempts online at guessing where Spike, Jet, and Faye are from based on their surnames, their looks, etc. What language do Spike, Jet, and Faye default to when they communicate with each other? The answer might not be as obvious as most think. What I want to look at - what I’m really interested in - is what language the crew onboard the Bebop actually use amongst themselves.
When navgiating the ship's navigation systems onboard the Swordfish II and the Red Tail.) We’re not talking about the common language used in the space society of the future in which CB is set either apparently, English is still the lingua franca then and the Bebop crew have proven to be more than adept at dealing with English as a medium (eg.
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We’re not talking about the language of CB as a series or a story - the answer to that is obviously Japanese since it was created by a Japanese production crew in a Japanese animation studio and the original dubbing was Japanese. Any space cowboys looking to know more about the disheveled killer hiding a tragic past should read on - as long as you're not concerned about spoilers.Today, I want to take a closer look at something that I’ve not yet seen discussed amongst CB fans on the interwebs: the true language of the Bebop crew. While we wait for Netflix to roll out their live-action retelling, we've finally sussed out the backstory of the guarded and cool Spiegel, dating back long before he ever set foot on the Bebop. The legend of Cowboy Bebop has grown substantially since folks heard the first strains of "The Real Folk Blues," and it continues to grow more than 20 years later, a permanent fixture on any list of the best anime of all time.
This careful drip of information both maintained Spiegel's air of mystery throughout the short series and rewarded the type of folks who would rewatch it and tell their friends. The way that the show metes out bits and pieces of Spike Spiegel's backstory is similar to the way that researchers learn about the history of genres like hard bop, with information coming in snatches through a careful read of the liner notes until eventually they are overwhelmed when the scope of the larger picture becomes clear.
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