Asteroid Blues

Bounty hunters Spike and Jet chase drug addict Asimov Solensan on the asteroid, Tijuana. Asimov plans to sell a large amount of "Red Eye" and escape to Mars with his girlfriend, Katerina. The drug enhances the sense of vision in addition to causing outbursts of berserker rage. Spike casually encounters Katerina and reveals himself to be a bounty hunter. Asimov ambushes Spike and chokes him out of consciousness. Spike awakens to find Jet and continues to pursue the couple. The chase ends in space where Katerina and Asimov are surrounded by the police. Realizing her boyfriend has become a monster and that there is no escape, Katerina kills him moments before their ship is blown to pieces. All Spike can do is helplessly watch.

Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, Julia, Vicious, Judy, Punch, Laughing Bull, Antonio, Carlos, Jobin

In the original Japanese television run in the spring of 1998, only twelve of the twenty-six sessions were aired. Following a promotional video showcasing the making of the show, unaired sessions were released on video. Then, in the late fall through the winter of 1998-99, all of the sessions were aired weekly on the satellite station, WOWOW.