The Cowboy Bebop series is one that comes and goes in cycles and it had a bit of a boom recently thanks to the now-canceled live-action TV series after its first season. A whole new group of people has discovered the anime side of it and it’s also gotten renewed attention as Funimation has blended into Crunchyroll.
Recently, the folks at Madman Entertainment lined up a new release for its 25th anniversary of it for Australian fans. The sets are scheduled to arrive on June 7th, 2023 where there’ll be a regular edition priced at $84.95 and a limited edition priced at $139.95. With the set released this week, Madman’s YouTube channel remembered it existed and they’ve dropped a brief teaser promo to let people know about the release.
The limited edition extras include:
- Limited Edition Features
- 5 art cards of the galaxy’s finest crew
- Swap one with the cover for a slick custom look
- The series you remember, plus over 4 hours of special features
- A never-before-seen 25th Anniversary video
Both sets include these extras:
- Disc 1: Session #1 Audio Commentary with Koichi Yamadera (Spike) and Unsho Ishizuka (Jet)
- Session #5 Audio Commentary with Wendee Lee (Faye) and ADR Producer Yutaka Maseba
- Disc 2: Session #10 Audio Commentary with Wendee Lee (Faye) and ADR Producer Yutaka Maseba
- Session #17 Audio Commentary with Director Shinichiro Watanabe and Composer Yoko Kanno
- Disc 3: Session #24 Audio Commentary with Megumi Hayashibara (Faye) and Aoi Tada (Ed)
- Cowboy Bebop Session #0
- Interview with Wendee Lee (English Voice of Faye Valentine)
- Interview with Cartoon Network Producer Sean Akins
- Original Opening Song
- Textless Opening Song
- Original Closing Song
- Textless Closing Song
- Original Closing Song Ep. 13
- Textless Closing Song Ep. 13
- Original Closing Song Ep. 26
- Textless Closing Song Ep. 26
- U.S. Trailer
- Disc 4: Memo from Bebop: The Dub Sessions Remembered
- Ein’s Summer Vacation
- Tank! Full-Size Music Clip
- Tank! Club Remix Music Clip -UK Version-
- Dinner Aboard the Bebop
- Disc 5: Cowboy Bebop: A 25 Year Retrospective
- Cowboy Bebop 20th Anniversary: Interview with Koichi Yamadera
Check out our review of the North American release and our Twenty Years Later article. You can see our thoughts on the live-action series here.
Plot Concept: The Bebop crew is just trying to make a buck. This motley lot of intergalactic loners teams up to track down fugitives and turn them in for cold hard cash. Spike is a hero whose cool facade hides a dark and deadly past. The pilot Jet is a bruiser of a brute who can’t wait to collect the next bounty. Faye Valentine is a femme fatale prone to breaking hearts and separating fools from their money. Along for the ride are the brilliant-but-weird hacker Ed and a super-genius Welsh Corgi named Ein. On their own, any one of them would be likely to get lost in the sprawl of space, but together, they’re the most entertaining gang of bounty hunters in the year 2071.
