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Cowboy Bebop AKA Kaubōi bibappu (TV) (1998)
The futuristic adventures of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.Director: Shinichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The French and German Collector's Editions have both the director's cut and original versions for two episodes, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and extensive extras.
The US "Remix" set and the UK Anime Ltd. "Complete Series" set have Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 with additional English language audio commentaries.
The US "Best Sessions" and South Korean "The Compilation" releases have Japanese DTS 5.1 audio but only have a selection of episodes with some editing differences.
For a visual comparison between the UK Beez DVD and the US FUNimation Blu-ray, please visit our Reference Thread. -
CUTS:
- R1 America- Bandai Visual - No cuts.
- R1 Best Sessions America- Bandai Visual - Yes - long panning shot of the hypergates over the atmosphere of Mars at the start of "Ballad of Fallen Angels" is cut. Also, in all episodes on "Best Sessions", the panning shots are sped up and the "Next Session" previews are absent.
- R1 Remix America- Bandai Visual - No cuts.
- R2 France- Dynamic Visions - No cuts.
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Dynamic Visions - No cuts – includes both the original version and the Director’s cut for episodes "Stray Dog Strut" and "Jamming With Edward".
- R2 Collector's Edition Germany- Dybex - No cuts.
- R2 Holland- Dynamic Visions - No cuts.
- R2 Japan- Bandai Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Beez Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Complete Series United Kingdom- Anime Ltd. - No cuts.
- R3 The Compilation 1&2 South Korea- DVD Ani - Yes - long panning shot of the hypergates over the atmosphere of Mars at the start of "Ballad of Fallen Angels" is cut. Also, in all episodes on "Best Sessions", the panning shots are sped up and the "Next Session" previews are absent.
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment/The AV Channel - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 10/01/03
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/02/19UPDATE LOG:
25/03/11: Comparison clean up and addition of R2 CE France.
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03/04/11: Added Directors
31/10/11: Fixed some typos.
05/05/13: Addition of the R2 UK edition.
12/03/16: Added caps-a-holic and reference thread links.
19/02/19: Added US Best Sessions, Germany CE UK Anime Ltd, South Korea Compilation.
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