Cowboy Bebop is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and the franchise has prepared the perfect way to celebrate. A special limited-edition Blu-ray box set is set to drop just in time for the anime's anniversary.
Crunchyroll announced its April 2023 home video lineup which includes Cowboy Bebop The Complete Series - 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Limited Edition. The limited edition box set comes with a Special Metallic Collector's Box and 5 art cards of the galaxy’s finest crew. You can easily swap any of the cards with the cover for a slick custom look.
Here's the list of the box set's special features:
25th Anniversary Retrospective
20th Anniversary Interview With Koichi Yamadera
Interviews With Cast and Cartoon Network’s Producer
6 Audio Commentary Sessions
Memo From Bebop: The Dub Sessions Remembered
Dinner Aboard the Bebop
Ein’s Summer Vacation
“Tank!” Music Clips
Textless Opening and Ending Songs
In addition to the limited edition, a standard edition of Cowboy Bebop The Complete Series - 25th Anniversary will also be released. The standard edition has the same special features but does not have the box and art cards.
Cowboy Bebop was created and animated by Sunrise, led by a production team of director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno. The anime originally ran from 1998 to 1999 and follows the lives of a travelling bounty-hunting crew aboard the spaceship the Bebop.
In 2021, a live-action series adaptation of the anime was released on Netflix. The show starred John Cho as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black, Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, and Alex Hassell as Vicious. After mixed reviews of the first season, the streaming service decided to cancel the show despite the season finale's cliffhanger ending.
Cowboy Bebop The Complete Series - 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Limited Edition and Standard Edition are now available for pre-order on Crunchyroll but will be released on April 4, 2023.
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