14 suggestions, most-recommended first

Anime like Cowboy Bebop

1,638 people recommend Samurai Champloo to anyone who liked Cowboy Bebop — more than any other title. Trigun is second on 678 votes and Great Pretender third on 421. Eleven more suggestions cleared the threshold, and all of them are listed below, strongest first. These are votes rather than an algorithm: each number counts AniList members who watched Cowboy Bebop and said a particular show was worth watching next, so a suggestion people disagreed with does not appear at all. Nine of the 14 have a watch order on this site; the rest are named so you can find them.

Samurai Champloo TV series · 26 episodes · 2004 Not on the site yet 1,638 recommend it
Trigun 4 entries · 1998–2026 Watch order › 678 recommend it
Great Pretender 2 entries · 2020–2024 Watch order › 421 recommend it
Space Dandy TV series · 13 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 331 recommend it
Black Lagoon 3 entries · 2006–2010 Watch order › 293 recommend it
LAZARUS TV series · 13 episodes · 2025 Not on the site yet 176 recommend it
Baccano! 2 entries · 2007–2008 Watch order › 169 recommend it
Michiko & Hatchin TV series · 22 episodes · 2008 Not on the site yet 114 recommend it
Ghost in the Shell 17 entries · 1995–2026 Watch order › 112 recommend it
Lupin III 53 entries · 1969–2025 Watch order › 84 recommend it
Outlaw Star 2 entries · 1998 Watch order › 81 recommend it
Mobile Police Patlabor 10 entries · 1988–2027 Watch order › 14 recommend it
Gintama 14 entries · 2006–2026 Watch order › 6 recommend it
Space Dandy 2 TV series · 13 episodes · 2014 Not on the site yet 5 recommend it

Where these come from

Every number above is a tally of AniList members who finished Cowboy Bebop and nominated another series as the one to watch next. Nothing here is inferred from genres or tags: this page cannot tell you why Samurai Champloo follows Cowboy Bebop, only that 1,638 people think it does. Suggestions the community voted down are excluded, and where several seasons of one franchise were nominated they are counted once, under the franchise.

9 of them have a watch order here , so if one appeals you can see every series, film and OVA in it laid out in order before you start: Trigun , Great Pretender , Black Lagoon , Baccano! , Ghost in the Shell , Lupin III , Outlaw Star , Mobile Police Patlabor , Gintama .

Keep going

Each of these has its own list of what people recommend after it — so if one of the suggestions above appeals, you can see where it leads before committing to it.

Recommendation counts and cover art from AniList, read at build time.

Last refreshed August 13, 2026