Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0669198129698
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: Bandai
Manufacturer: Bandai
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Bandai
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Running Time: 650 minutes
Sales Rank: 40100
Studio: Bandai
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Description:
Meet Spike and Jet, a drifter and a retired cyborg cop. They've formed a partnership in a bounty hunting enterprise that specializes in adventure and cash. Using an old converted fishing ship called the Bebop, with the help of the intelligent data dog, Ein, the mysterious and vexing femme fatale, Faye Valentine, and Ed, the genius hacker -- Spike and Jet scour the galaxy to clean up space, one bounty at a time.
* Considered one of the best anime of all time in both Japan AND the United States. * Cowboy Bebop is now available as a special DVD collection box set that contains all six DVD's from Cowboy Bebop packaged with the Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack CD in a collectors box.
Amazon.com essential video:
Each of the snazzy 25-minute installments from the most popular Japanese animated TV series of 1998 is a satisfying adventure tale about a futuristic hipster bounty hunter. This is an elegant action-comedy anime, with smoothly integrated CGI space-flight elements, gorgeous graphics, blues harmonica and sax riffs on the soundtrack, and a no-sweat post-Tarantino attitude. Despite occasional eruptions of gun-fu Asian-action violence, and some intimations of heavy-duty drug use (in the first of 26 episodes, one especially noxious narcotic is administered as an aerosol spray straight onto the user's eyeballs), the tone is surprisingly convivial. None of the generic tough elements are grim or mean-spirited. Lanky antihero Spike Spiegel is a planet-hopping freelance hunter with an ex-cop sidekick named Jet, a loopy fellow hunter named Faye, a teenage computer hack, and a genetically enhanced Welsh corgi assistant in tow. The emphasis is on clever twists of plot in an episodic short-story format with as many wisecracks as punches being thrown. --David Chute
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 2 versions of the set but great show
Alright I am a fan of Cowboy Bebop ever since it ran on adult swim back in the day and finally got around to buying the DVD set, and this is a review for both. Lets begin with the show Cowboy Bebop is in the style of a scifi western. With great animation, character breakdown, action, and story all make an excellent story and fun interesting show . Now On the other hand it seems alot of the third party sellers are hawking a Hong Kong bootleg of the limited edition box and alot of us (myself included) have been fooled by this. Unfortunately the descriptions are misleading to the buyer and misrepresented by the sellers.The reason I have brought this up is the sound and video of these bootlegs is not at all up to par with the real set actually it is sub standard by alot. As a precaution I recommend asking for pictures of the ENTIRE set(should be numbered on the box bottom) and number of discs( 7 including the soundtrack the bootleg has 3 and no sound track)and the real set is a limited edition numbered box set(the boot leg comes in a gatefold case). Though the price at 30 dollars is a bargain you will soon realize why it is so cheap. Personally unless you really want to have the Perfect Sessions set just get Remix it's remastered with 5.1 surround and the same show and extras as perfect sessions. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ! !
Rating:  - Great Anime.
I'm very pleased about getting this set in particular. I personally don't like having the bulky 10 dvd case set, so this works for me. As for the anime itself, its great. The character development, the plot, animation, and the setting are all very well done giving a plausible and real feel to the series. It does have some funny episodes in it, "Mushroom Samba" for one, but it has a serious overtone in general. I would recommend getting this series if you're able to find it for cheap, and not a bootleg copy.
Rating: - Fantastic classic
Cowboy bebop is full of wit, sass, and action, clever jibes and outstanding musical score. This is a fantastic series for anyone who wants to sit down and watch something great.
Rating: - Wonderful Show
I bought this "box set" over three years ago. I definitely love watching it every once in a while. I've seen every episode a few times, and I've never done that with any show in general, and I never enthuse myself with "Anime" shows.
This is just a great show in general. The characters are great, the stories are great, the production, editing, drawing, music, and everything is just really entertaining.
If you like anime or not, chances are you will like this show. I've heard some people say that this version of the box set is a bootleg, or it doesn't have high quality or whatever. I'm not sure about either of those, but nothing of that sort bothered me about these DVDs.
Great buy.
Rating:  - Good, but a little wonky
The item info says it's region 1, the case itself said region 2, but it played pretty well on the Playstation. We've only watched the first episode, and some of the scenes flickered, like not all the frames were there. One instance being the first time you see the ships in space. I don't remember that last time I watched it. At most other times, it was perfectly fine. The audio was great, the packaging slick and minimalistic. Haven't looked at the special features yet.
The show, as always, was amazing. Great storyline and characterization, enough silliness to make you roll your eyes, but not enough to detract from the enjoyment.
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