Stand about eight feet apart, facing each other like two gunfighters in a cowboy movie.

Cowboys have lived and worked in the west and southwest of the United States for over three centuries and they are a famous symbol of the US. When you watch those old Hollywood cowboy films from the fifties and sixties, you see a job.

Anime shows like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and Outlaw Star have been similar mixes of science fiction and Western elements.