The Goods



GOODS

There has been a LOT of Cowboy Bebop merchandise released over the years. I haven't been quite able to keep up with all of it, but here is a selection of some of the good stuff!
PENCIL BOARDS
 Pencil Boards, or "Shitajiki" are 5"x7" sheets of laminated plastic. They were originally made to use as a hard surface under a piece of paper so your writing doesn't imprint onto the pages below. But because shitajiki often come in cool anime designs, such as the Cowboy Bebop ones pictured below, they have become hot collectors items. This is not surprising, the sheets are thin, lightweight, inexpensive, and have cool images on them!

        
 0698 (front)   0698 (back)     0898 

MUSIC BOOKS








 There are a few Cowboy Bebop music books that I am aware of. They are available for purchase on Amazon Japan. I'm not a musician, but as far as I can tell, these are sheet music books for songs from the series: 
 
  • BAND SCORE "Three, Two, One, Let's Jam !"
    (ISBN 4-89601-413-8, 2000 yen)
    Release Date: December 1998 - 79 pages
    Sheet music for 6 songs : "Tank!" "Rush," "Space Lion," Cats on Mars," "Memory," and "The Real Folk Blues."
  • Piano Piece: "Tank!/The Real Folk Blues"
    (ISBN 4-8114-3879-5,  500 yen)
    Release Date: September 1998
  • BAND SCORE "Cowboy Bebop Best Score"
    (ISBN 978-4-7732-2929-5,  3,150 yen)
    Release Date: January 21, 2009
VIDEO GAMES
 Like Most anime series these days, Cowboy Bebop has had some video game adaptations. I don't think any of them got very good reviews though -_-;
COWBOY BEBOP
Platform: Playstation
Release Date: May 14, 1998

Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade
Platform: Playstation 2
Release Date: August 25, 2005
Regular and Limited Edition versions
This is a little card about the size of a telephone or credit card released before the opening of the Bebop movie. It has Spike, Julia, and Vicious on it. It's not laminated or anything, but it looks pretty cool. Vicious looks pretty suave ^_^
FIGURES AND STATIONERY GOODS
 With the popularity of Cowboy Bebop in the US came a number of products aimed at the US market. Here are some fun items- binders, notepads, etc. They can also be purchased at Rightstuf.
Figure: Spike Spiegel Play Arts Kai (9 in)
Now this is awesome. I really want it *_* Released in December 2012.
Figure: Vicious Play Arts Kai (9 in)
Also awesome. I really want it too! This one comes wit his bird, too *_* Released in December 2012.
Cowboy Bebop Character Binder 1
Cowboy Bebop Character Binder 2
Spiral Notebook: Spike
CLOTHING AND PLUSH
 With the popularity of Cowboy Bebop in the US came a number of products aimed at the US market. Here are some fun items- binders, notepads, etc. They can also be purchased at Rightstuf.
Ein plush - I have this. It is super soft and adorable :)
Cowboy Bebop Character Binder 2
T-Shirt:Spike
NOVELS
 I think that there are at least 2 Cowboy Bebop novels. These are in Japanese.
Wild Man Blues
ISBN4-04-419901-9
277 pages
¥540
Language: JAPANESE
Code Memory
ISBN4-78-971333-4
191 pages
¥680
Language: JAPANESE
Knocking on Heaven's Door
ISBN4-04-419902-7
191 pages
¥500
Language: JAPANESE

This is a novelization of the Cowboy Bebop Movie.

 
OTHER BOOKS
 There are a few books that aren't really novels or art books. These are mainly interviews with all the people involved with the making of the series and the movie. These books are in Japanese.
The Making of Cowboy Bebop - Reckless Players
ISBN4-88-991938-4
334 pages
¥1500
Cowboy Bebop Q&A 101
ISBN4-90-606932-0
119 pages
¥1524

In Japanese. This book covers all sorts of information in response to trivia questions about the series. It also has interviews with the staff and cast of the show and other useful information and illustrations for the die-hard fan.