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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

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Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:55:00 | 7,23 Gb
Audio: #1 English and #2 Japanese (日本語) - AC3 5.1 (each); #3 Français AC3 2.0
Subs: English, Français
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-fi, Crime

Directors: Shinichirô Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okiura

Mars. Days before Halloween 2071.
Villains blow up a tanker truck on Highway One, releasing a deadly virus that kills hundreds. Fearing a bigger, even more devastating biochemical attack, an astronomical reward is offered for the arrest and capture of the person behind the destruction. On the spaceship Bebop, Spike and his crew of bounty hunters are bored and short of cash. But with the news of the reward, everything changes. Based on the wildly popular TV series Cowboy Bebop, the big screen smash Cowboy Bebop: The Movie pits Spike and co. against their deadliest adversary ever. Featuring stunning state-of-the-art animation, this action-packed sci-fi adventure builds to a breathtaking, nail-biting climax, guaranteed to keep you hanging on to the edge of your seat.

IMDB - 7.9/10 from | Wikipedia


Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Cowboy Bebop will forever be known as a classic. With it's strong writing, "Tarentino-esqe" dialogue, and a fantastic score by Yoko Kanno, Bebop is one of the few anime that can cross the boundaries of all Sci-fi genres. Conceptually, it is one of the best realized "space westerns" series ever made. Drawing on every genre, from "Science Fiction" to "Blacksploitation" films, never has a fusion anime done so well at drawing in new viewers.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

This movie is supposed to take place in between episodes 22 and 23, not that it really matters. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is basically an extended stand alone episode. It still follows the typical format, The Bebop crew attempts to apprehend some "big game" and nearly wind up getting killed for it. Nothing new. However, as typical with Keiko Nobumoto's work, this one plays the gambit of thoughtful drama, and lightning action.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

What makes this different from the TV show is scale. This is a big budget production, and the animation reflects it. The high cell count helps the characters to look more fluid. As expected with a "Sunrise" motion picture, the level of detail surpasses any thing seen on the TV series. The action sequences are 10 times better than anything seen during the entire run of the series. This movie would have been too expensive to do live, so this is a perfect example of why animation is a valid way to tell a story.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Once again Yoko Kanno's musical score is superb. Unlike the Jazz inspired music in the series, this one is more of a fusion of Melissa Etherage, Country and Western, and Nelson Riddle (if you don't know who that is, watch the Batman movie with Adam West and Burt Ward). She even throws in a little 80's pop music to keep it interesting. Make sure that you get the soundtrack, so you can truly appreciate what a talent she is.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Columbia/Tri-Star should make more anime DVD's. I can not find a single thing to complain about. On the technical side, it's perfect. The transfer is the best I have ever seen on a DVD. The audio is fantastic, nary a pop, whistle, drop out. The extras are simply wonderful. Very few DVD's have ever come this close.

I do feel the need to point out that there is one scene that is pretty intense, witch is the first fight between Spike and Vincent. There is a lot of blood and violence. Those of you who have only seen Bebop on "Cartoon Network" may be a little shocked. Just make sure that the kids cover their eyes.

If you are new to anime or a die hard fan of "Cowboy Bebop", you will love "Cowboy Bebop: The Movie". It's everything you have come to expect from "Bebop" on a great DVD.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Based on the cult Japanese anime TV series of the same name, "Cowboy Bebop" is set on Mars in 2071. A group of bounty hunters, led by lanky dropout Spike Spiegel (voiced by Kôichi Yamadera), are here to track down an ex-Special Forces officer-turned-biological terrorist.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Threatening to unleash a horde of rampaging nano-machines into the city, Vincent (Tsutomu Isobe) is public enemy number one, which is why there's a 300 million woolong bounty on his head. And since that's enough dosh to keep the Cowboy Bebop crew in buckwheat noodles until the next millennium, the foursome are quickly on the case.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Switching from the small to the big screen with staggering ease, director Shinichirô Watanabe (one of the contributors to "The Animatrix") has created a brilliant feature-length anime that's good enough to deserve mention in the same breath as "Akira", "Ghost in the Shell", and "Spirited Away".

Dark, futuristic and totally lacking in the infantile silliness that often mars some of Japan's animated output, this is hugely impressive stuff.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Opening with an adrenalin-charged convenience-store robbery (complete with stretched shots mimicking the 'fish-eye' effect of surveillance camera lenses), "Cowboy Bebop" has a fantastic sense of the cinematic.

The action centrepiece is a three-way shoot out on a high-speed cable car train, which has an understanding of the dynamics of framing, close-ups, and hyperkinetic editing that puts most Hollywood blockbusters to shame.

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

With seven screenwriters wrestling the convoluted conspiracy plot onto the page, it's no wonder that the storytelling occasionally shifts into second gear. Yet, rallying itself with movie references, philosophical discussions (including Lao Tse's famous butterfly dream) and a first-class soundtrack (full of jazz bebop, of course), this is an example of anime at its very best.

What are the odds the brothers Wachowski are already cribbing from it?

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) [Special Edition]

Special Features:
- "Ed: Resident Eccentric" featurette (6:48)
- "Faye: Intellectual Vixen" featurette (6:38)
- "From The Small Screen To The Big Screen" featurette (5:44)
- "International Appeal: What's Not To Like?" featurette (7:02)
- "Jet: No Ordinary Dad" featurette (5:04)
- "Spike: A Complex Soul" featurette (7:20)
- "Ask DNA" music video (1:45)
- "Gotta Knock A Little Harder" music video (3:54)
- Conceptual art galleries
- Storyboard comparisons (15:14)
- Character Biographies (text screens)
- Theatrical trailer (2:05)
- Bonus trailers for: "Metropolis", "Bad Boys II", "I Spy", "Memories", "Steam Boy", and "xXx"

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