I'd like to be wrong, but my initial reaction is that this looks like it sucks. They recreated Spike's outfit too perfectly and I just think it looks weird if it's not animated.
photo from: https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3679522/netflixs-live-action-cowboy-bebop-series-will-premiere-november-first-images-revealed/
I feel like having a black character named mr black is sus. Good casting though.
Fay could be romani so that is a good choice. I am excited to see if man fay makes a cameo
I don't like the spike pic though. He doesn't read as very bruce lee like to me. Have I haven't seen enough of his work to appreciate his range though
Faye is Singaporean Chinese in the anime.
She claims to be romani for most the show though
She lost her memory and had no idea what her background was. She told Spike and Jet she was Romani because she was bullshitting them. In the second to last episode, she goes down to earth and recovers her memory in the ruins of Singapore. The video tape of young Faye shows she's in Singapore.
Yeah, she did the white claw thing of, " I'm like a g-slur lol" I think it was hollowood terrible type funny that made it in to her casting notes
I've kind of read most the characters of the anime as of ambiguous/mixed ethnicity.