Domestic Video releases
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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DVD Releases

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
DVD Session #1
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
DVD Session #2
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.
DVD Session #3
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
DVD Session #4
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
DVD Session #5
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.)
DVD Session #6
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",
Cowboy Bebop Best Sessions
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
Cowboy Bebop: Perfect Collection

VHS Releases

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
Asteriod Blues
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
Honky Tonk Women
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
Ballad of Fallen Angels
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
Heavy Metal Queen
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
Jamming With Edward
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
Toys In The Attic
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
Jupiter Jazz
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
My Funny Valentine
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
Mushroom Samba
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
Wild Horses
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
Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
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
Brain Scratch
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
The Real Folk Blues
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
Box Set 1
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
Box Set 2