

I feel stupid not knowing, but I can't quite put my finger on where ["See you
space cowboy"](http://www.seeyouspacecowboy.com) is from. I know it's from an
anime (that I think was made in the 90s?), but what anime specifically is it
from?


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Where is "See you Space Cowboy" from?


I think it resembles a lot of [Cowboy
Bebop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop).

> Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ Kaubōi Bibappu?) is a 1998 Japanese anime series
> developed by Sunrise. It featured a production team led by director
> Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer
> Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko
> Kanno. The twenty-six episodes (sessions) of the series are set in the year
> 2071. It follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of a bounty
> hunter crew travelling on the Bebop, their starship. Cowboy Bebop explores
> philosophical concepts including existentialism, existential ennui,
> loneliness, and the past's influence.


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It's definitely Cowboy Bebop.

The background character is Spike Spiegel:

![Spike Spiegel, silhouetted](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OV1h4.png)

![Spike Spiegel](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kFhxtm.jpg)

The phrase is taken from one of the ending credits:

!["SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY..."](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ov4Exm.jpg)

However, the song on that website doesn't match the song entitled ["See you
Space Cowboy"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWkHeQy1WRAg) on the Original
Soundtrack, but is in fact ["Space
Lion"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRxPFRHwjcI).


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Cowboy Bebop! at the end of every episode it says "See you space Cowboy" then
goes to the ending.


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