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Cowboy Bebop was released in Japan on VHS, LD, and DVD formats. In America, it was released subtitled and dubbed on VHS and on DVD by (now defunct) Anime Village/Bandai. Below are the VHS, LD, and DVD covers for the Japanese releases, followed by the US release information. |
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Bebop: LD Session #0
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #1
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #2
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #3
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #4
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #5
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #6
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #7
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #8
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Cowboy Bebop:
LD Session #9
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Cowboy Bebop:
The Compilation #1 This is a DVD released only in Japan that contains TV episodes 1,5, and 19, that the director Shinichirou Watanabe selected. It's a sort of 'best of' collection of the director's favorite episodes, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. |
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Cowboy Bebop:
The Compilation #2 This is a DVD released only in Japan that contains TV episodes 8,17, and 24, that the director selected. It's a sort of 'best of' collection of the director's favorite episodes, presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. |
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Cowboy Bebop:
Knockin On Heaven's Door - Special Preview |
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Cowboy Bebop:
Knockin On Heaven's Door - SEATBELTS - Future Blues |
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Cowboy Bebop: The MOVIE -
Knockin' On Heaven's Door This is it, the Japanese REGION 2 release of the Cowboy Bebop movie on DVD. As far as I know, this will have only a 5.1 Japanese audio track. The DVD cover and the actual disc will feature new art by Toshihiro Kawamoto. There will also be a 16-page booklet made to look like a 'I.S.S.P. FILE' as written by I.S.S.P. (Inter Solar System Police) officer, Shadkins. Other extras include the theatrical trailers and textless opening and ending credits. Pretty cool! Please note: there are no subtitles on this release. This is the Japanese Region 2 DVD, and is in Japanese only. **If you see this for sale as a region 0 DVD with Chinese and English subtitles, it is a BOOTLEG, and should NOT be purchased! Please support the creators of Bebop and get the REAL thing!** |
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Cowboy Bebop: The MOVIE Finally! The USA/CANADA REGION 1 release of the Cowboy Bebop movie on DVD. Not bad for a US release, this DVD contains some nifty extras. There are a couple of music videos for the songs "Gotta Knock a Little Harder" and "Ask DNA" as well as interviews with some of the voice actors, both Japanese and American. Also included are concept sketches, character profiles, and storyboard comparisons. This is the legit US release, with English subtitles. Buy this version, folks! **If you see this for sale as a region 0 DVD with Chinese and English subtitles, it is a BOOTLEG, and should NOT be purchased! Please support the creators of Bebop and get the REAL thing!** |
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Cowboy Bebop: The MOVIE Bebop on Blu-ray! The movie has been released in Japan in a nice-looking Blu-ray edition. I think this comes with a special booklet, but other than that, I don't know of any extras included. |
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Cowboy Bebop: The Compilation The USA/CANADA REGION 1 release of the Cowboy Bebop Compilation. We are lucky here. In Japan they had 2 Compilation DVDs with 3 episodes on each. Here we get one DVD with 6 episodes. Much cheaper! The episodes on this are: Asteroid Blues, Ballad of Fallen Angels, Wild Horses, Waltz For Venus, Mushroom Samba, and Hard Luck Woman. |
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Cowboy Bebop: 5.1 Audio DVD BOX This is a brand new Region 2 Japanese release of the entire Cowboy Bebop TV series on DVD. This is a 7-disk set, and is in Japanese only. There is NO English sub or dub on this set. If you understand Japanese, this may be a fun set to get, as it has audio commentary tracks from the staff and cast. It also includes Session #0. |
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Cowboy Bebop: Extra Session DVD This is a Region 2 Japanese Bebop DVD that came out in early 2005. This set contains 1 DVD and 1 book. The DVD is 90 minutes long, and contains things like commercials for various Bebop things (my understanding is that these are commercials for things Spike uses, done as if the ads were made in 2071), a look into the recording of the American dub of Bebop, some stuff with the Japanese cast, and a Bebop Story Database showing info for all the sessions and characters and mechanics. The book that comes with this DVD is 112 pages long. It contains more info about the world of Cowboy Bebop. The society, history, and the people. There are 81 pages that cover the story of all 26 episodes plus the movie, and some more pages that are interviews with the Japanese staff and cast. Of course both the DVD and this book are only available in Japanese. |
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Cowboy Bebop: HD Remastered DVD BOX To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Cowboy Bebop, Bandai released a new remastered complete series DVD Box set. This complete Bebop set is Region 2, and as far as I can tell, it only contains the Japanese audio track, and no subtitles. This release has newly remastered video as well as the remastered audio from the previous 5.1 box set. However, it does not have the pile of special bonuses (booklets, postcards, etc) that the 5.1 set had. Fortunately, this means the price has been lowered tremendously, and is really a very good deal for Japanese fans. The extras on this set include liner notes and the Cowboy Bebop Session #0 special. |
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Cowboy Bebop: BLU-RAY BOX Finally, what fans have been waiting for - Cowboy Bebop on Blu-ray! This is a special 15th Anniversary release. Alas, this is a Region 2 Japan-only. I believe there are actually 3 different editions of this set, all at different price points. There's a regular edition, a special edition, and then a limited Amazon Japan edition that comes with extra goodies. As with the remastered DVD box listed above, this one contains the Japanese audio track only, and no subtitles. This set includes all the TV spisodes, as well as the Session #0/XX and Some bonus features including a 32 page booklet, Japanese audio commentary on a few of the episodes from the main seiyuu cast, and more. The Special Amazon release includes some new artwork, a copy of a new Bebop novel, the out-of-print Future Blues DVD, post cards, etc. |
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Cowboy Bebop: BLU-RAY BOX 1 Folks in the UK are lucky. They got a lovely Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray box set before the US! This set contains the first 13 episodes of the series in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. The video is in 1080i, and has the original TV broadcast aspect ration of 4:3. It includes extras such as original commercials and commentary tracks from both the Japanese and English casts on various episodes. It also includes a 40-page booklet of information about the characters and setting. |
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Cowboy Bebop: BLU-RAY BOX 2 Here is Box 2 of the UK Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray edition. This set contains the rest of the series (episodes 14-26) in both English and Japanese with English subtitles. The video is in 1080i, and has the original TV broadcast aspect ration of 4:3. It includes extras such as commentary tracks from both the Japanese and English casts on eps 17 and 24, another 40-page booklet of information about the characters and setting, and the Ein's Summer Holiday special |
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Cowboy Bebop: BLU-RAY At last, Cowboy Bebop on Blu-ray in the US, thanks to the people at Funimation! The release date was December, 2014. There were three versions available: BLU-RAY STANDARD EDITION
AMAZON.COM EXCLUSIVE EDITION
FUNIMATION EXCLUSIVE EDITION * There will also be a new DVD standard Edition from Funimation that can be purchased HERE |
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Bandai-affiliated Anime Village released Cowboy Bebop in Subtitled and English Dubbed format VHS in the U.S. However, unlike the Japanese releases listed above, the English versions only contained 2 episodes per volume instead of 3. Anime Village doesn't really exist in the same way anymore that it did when Bebop was originally released. |
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Yay, Volume 1 of Cowboy Bebop (Episodes 1-2) was released on time :) Here is a pic of the tape cover box :) I thought the sub was pretty good! My only qualms with the Anime Village release was their goof-up of not subtitling the last 2 lines on the preview trailer for episode 2. I can't believe they made a mistake like that. And then there is the little annoying thing of them including Faye on the cover of the volume when she isnt even in the first 2 episodes that this tape covers. That isn't really a big thing, but it bothered me ^_^ I think I will pass on getting the rest of the VHS tapes and get the DVDs instead! |
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Bandai / Anime Village Cowboy Bebop DVDs |
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 Much to my supreme joy, Bandai and Anime Village decided to release Cowboy Bebop on DVD in America. Yay! The discs are wonderful, too! There are a total of 6 DVDs in the complete set, which means roughly 4 or 5 episodes per disc. They come with stunning visual clarity, and great sound. Each disc will contain both Japanese and English audio tracks, as well as an option for English subtitles. This is really what I have been waiting for! Another cool thing is that they are using the original Japanese cover art and text for these DVDs, making them look nearly identical to the Japanese ones. If you have a DVD player, Cowboy Bebop is a must-buy! Listed below is the information I have about the DVDs. There is also a DVD box set (pictured to the left) that comes with the individual DVDs and one of the Bebop soundtracks (OST1). It was released at the end of November, 2001. Most online stores such as Amazon and Anime Nation should have listings for it. It is a limited item though, so it can be pretty expensive. **WARNING: If you see this for sale as a set of 3 region 0 DVDs with Chinese and English subtitles and the English dub, it is a BOOTLEG, and should NOT be purchased! Please support the creators of Bebop and get the REAL thing!** |
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #1
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #2
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #3
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #4
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #5
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Cowboy Bebop:
DVD Session #6
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Cowboy Bebop DVDs Remixed |
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As you can see, there isn't really much of a difference between the covers of the original US DVD release for Cowboy Bebop, and the new Remixed release pictured below. They basically just moved the title from the top to the bottom of the picture. The content of the discs isn't really all that different either. They did boost the audio to a lovely Dolby Digital 5.1 sound on both the English and Japanese tracks which is great to hear, and they also added a few new extras such as commentaries and trailers. The video quality is supposedly nearly the same as the first release, maybe a tiny bit better. If you have the first set of Bebop DVDs, you probably don't need these discs, but if you are new to buying things Bebop, this would be a great place to start. |
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #1
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #2
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #3
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #4
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #5
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Cowboy Bebop REMIX:
DVD Session #6
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