Bandai Entertainment's Cowboy Bebop 1st Session DVD seemed to drew a large amount of attention at this past weekend's Animazement where it ran at Bandai's table and in the dealer's room. Now with full copy to explore let's delve into the intricacies of this release. The packaging retains some of the artsy / jazzy feel of the series with a basic 4-tone color scheme (red,blue,black,white) present on either side and the case- spine, the front cover is adorned by an illustration by Toshihiro Kawamoto, on the back cover the reader is introduced to the story, setting, mood, and charcters. Upon opening the case, the disc is revealed on the right inside cover and follows the color-theme of the packaging (red,black,white). the liner paper gives a brief overview of each of the 5 episodes (31 chapters) on the disc. The real action begins upon starting the disc up, a custom variation on a video screen from the series unfolds with a very animated feel, the viewer has a selection of PLAY, SCENE SELECTION, LANGUAGES, SUBTITLES, and EXTRAS. The Audio transfer is crisp and pristine, Japanese and English audio tracks in 2 channel stereo. Video transfer is excellent, pixel-people who like to zoom and/or study animation sequences (and there some incredible ones by the detail-savy folks at Studio Sunrise in Cowboy Bebop), fights, and effects, smoke, dust, debris, explosions, etc.. will be very pleased with this disc.
Running time is 125 minutes, release date is slated for April 4th, with a retail-price at $29.99.
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