These are all the known U.S. domestic video releases of Cowboy Bebop. If you
want my advice of which to get, go for the DVDs. They actually cost less they buying
all of the VHS tapes (two episodes per tape?? It makes for some nice slip cover
art, but other than that it seems a waste). The Cowboy Bebop DVDs are reasons
in themselves to own a DVD player.
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1st Session Release date: 4/4/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 1-5 "Asteriod Blues", "Stray Dog Strut", "Honky Tonk Women", "Gateway Shuffle", "Ballad of Fallen Angels"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; Tank! music video, full version; "Character Introductions" featurette |
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2nd Session Release date: 6/6/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 6-10 "Sympathy for the Devil", "Heavy Metal Queen", "Waltz for Venus", "Jamming With Edward", "Ganymede Elegy"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; Sunrise staff interviews; Shoji Kawamori explains the theory of "hyperspace"; Shinichiro Watanabe [director] interview |
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3rd Session Release date: 7/4/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 11-14 "Toys in the Attic", "Jupiter Jazz, pt 1", "Jupiter Jazz, pt. 2", "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; Keiko Nobumoto [series story editor] interview, Yoko Kanno [music composer] interview, Masahiko Minami [producer] interview, Japanese voice actor interviews. |
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4th Session Release date: 8/1/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 15-18 "My Funny Valentine", "Black Dog Serenade", "Mushroom Samba", "Speak Like a Child"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; Music video of "Tank!" remix by DJ Food |
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5th Session Release date: 9/5/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 19-22 "Wild Horses", "Perriot Le Fou", "Boogie-Woogie Feng-Shui", "Cowboy Funk"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; "The Real Folk Blues" shown without credits as an extra |
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6th Session Release date: 11/7/2000 price: $25.49 at Amazon.com Features: episodes 23-26 "Brain Scratch", "Hard Luck Woman", "The Real Folk Blues, pt. 1", "The Real Folk Blues, pt. 2"; Japanese & English soundtracks, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround sound; image gallery of DVD/VHS cover art; secret Ein image gallery (to access: go to the "Extras" menu and press "5"; or go to the "Extras" menu, press the left arrow key six times and press select.) |
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Cowboy Bebop Best Sessions Release date: 11/19/2002 price: $24.49 at DVDPlanet.com Features: 2 discs with 6 episodes that have been completely remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound and DTS Surround sound. Disc 1: "Asteriod Blues", "Ballad of Fallen Angels", "Wild Horses"; Disc 2: "Waltz for Venus", "Mushroom Samba", "Hard Luck Woman", |
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Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Sessions (limited edition box set) Release date: 11/20/2001 price: no longer available Features: DVDs 1-6, collector's box capable of holding 7 DVDs (presumably, room for the 6 DVD set plus the movie when it comes out), O.S.T. CD 1 |
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VHS Releases |
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Vol 1: "Asteroid Blues" Release date: 9/14/1999 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 1-2 "Asteroid Blues", "Stray Dog Strut"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00000JSIL ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00000JSIK |
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Vol 2: "Honky Tonk Women" Release date: 11/23/1999 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 3-4 "Honky Tonk Women", "Gateway Shuffle"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00002EQ0N ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00002EQ0Q |
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Vol 3: "Ballad of Fallen Angels" Release date: 12/7/1999 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 5-6 "Ballad of Fallen Angels", "Sympathy for the Devil"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00002EQ0T ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00002EQ0U |
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Vol 4: "Heavy Metal Queen" Release date: 12/7/1999 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 7-8 "Heavy Metal Queen", "Waltz for Venus"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00002ND7S ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00002ND7T |
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Vol 5: "Jamming With Edward" Release date: 12/28/1999 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 9-10 "Jamming With Edward", "Ganymede Elegy"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B000035Z2J ASIN [Japanese dub]: B000035Z2O |
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Vol 6: "Toys In The Attic" Release date: 2/8/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 11-12 "Toys in the Attic", "Jupiter Jazz, pt. 1"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: 6305731888 ASIN [Japanese dub]: 630573190X |
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Vol 7: "Jupiter Jazz" Release date: 3/7/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 13-14 "Jupiter Jazz, pt. 2", "Bohemian Rhapsody"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004REO0 ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004REO1 |
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Vol 8: "My Funny Valentine" Release date: 4/4/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 15-16 "My Funny Valentine", "Black Dog Serenade"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: 6305788138 ASIN [Japanese dub]: 6305788154 |
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Vol 9: "Mushroom Samba" Release date: dub - 4/25/2000, sub - 5/2/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 17-18 "Mushroom Samba", "Speak Like a Child"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004RFHW ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004RFHX |
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Vol 10: "Wild Horses" Release date: 7/3/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 19-20 "Wild Horses", "Perriot Le Fou"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004TJGL ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004TJGK |
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Vol 11: "Boogie-Woogie Feng-Shui" Release date: 9/5/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 21-22 "Boogie-Woogie Feng-Shui", "Cowboy Funk"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004U5SI ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004U5SJ |
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Vol 12: "Brain Scratch" Release date: 9/5/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 23-24 "Brain Scratch", "Hard Luck Woman"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004U5SK ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004U5SL |
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Vol 13: "The Real Folk Blues" Release date: 11/7/2000 prices: $19.98 [Eng], $24.98 [Jap] Features: episodes 25-26 "The Real Folk Blues, pt. 1", "The Real Folk Blues, pt. 2"; Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004XOR2 ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004Y7J4 |
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Cowboy Bebop Collector's Box Set 1 Release date: 3/7/2000 prices: $110.98 [Eng], $157.98 [Jap] Features: volumes 1-7, collector's box, Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004REO2 ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004REO3 |
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Cowboy Bebop Collector's Box Set 2 Release date: 11/7/2000 prices: $97.98 [Eng], $119.98 [Jap] Features: volumes 8-13, collector's box, Japanese and English versions available separately ASIN [English dub]: B00004XOQZ ASIN [Japanese dub]: B00004XOR0 |
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