Editing Cowboy Bebop (section)

===Home media===
<div style="font-size: 100%;float:right;margin-left: 6px;">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!DVD name!!Content!!Release date
|-
|Session One|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 1–5
||April 4, 2000
|-
|Session Two|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 6–10
||May 2, 2000
|-
|Session Three|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 11–14
||July 13, 2000
|-
|Session Four|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 15–18
||April 4, 2001
|-
|Session Five|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 19–22
||May 2, 2001
|-
|Session Six|| style="text-align:center;"|
Episodes 23–26
||July 13, 2001
|-
|The Perfect Sessions|| style="text-align:center;"|
* Episodes 1–26
* Cowboy Bebop OST 1
* Collector's Art Box
||November 6, 2001
|-
|Best Sessions|| style="text-align:center;"|
Various
||November 19, 2002
|}
</div>

''Cowboy Bebop'' has been released in four separate editions in North America.

The first release was sold in VHS format either as a box set or as seven individual tapes. The tapes were sold through Anime Village, a division of Bandai.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop - Collector's Box 1 (Dub.VHS 1-7) - Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=23122|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703045833/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=23122|archive-date=July 3, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019|website=www.animenewsnetwork.com}}</ref>

In the late 1990s, [[Manga Entertainment]] purchased the rights to ''Cowboy Bebop'' with plans to release the English-dubbed PAL version on VHS; however, this was never realized.{{citation needed|date= September 2023}}

The second release was sold in 2000 individually, and featured uncut versions of the original 26 episodes. In 2001, these DVDs were collected in the special edition ''Perfect Sessions'' which included the first 6 DVDs, the first ''Cowboy Bebop'' soundtrack, and a collector's box. At the time of release, the art box from the ''Perfect Sessions'' was made available for purchase on The Right Stuff International as a solo item for collectors who already owned the series.<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 7, 2001|title=Cowboy Bebop box set "box" available separately|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-11-07/cowboy-bebop-box-set-box-available-seperately|url-status=live|access-date=April 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004043958/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-11-07/cowboy-bebop-box-set-box-available-seperately|archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>

The third release, ''The Best Sessions'', was sold in 2002 and featured what Bandai considered to be the best 6 episodes of the series remastered in [[Dolby Digital]] 5.1 and [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]] surround sound.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 29, 2002|title=Otakon 2002: Bandai Panel|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-29/otakon-2002-bandai-panel|url-status=live|access-date=April 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309091449/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-07-29/otakon-2002-bandai-panel|archive-date=March 9, 2009}}</ref>

The fourth release, ''Cowboy Bebop Remix'', was also distributed on 6 discs and included the original 26 uncut episodes, with sound remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and video remastered under the supervision of Shinichirō Watanabe. This release also included various extras that were not present in the original release.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 16, 2005|title=New Cowboy Bebop Special Edition|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-16/new-cowboy-bebop-special-edition|url-status=live|access-date=April 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409225512/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-16/new-cowboy-bebop-special-edition|archive-date=April 9, 2009}}</ref> ''Cowboy Bebop Remix'' was itself collected as the ''Cowboy Bebop Remix: The Complete Collection'' in 2008.

In December 2012, newly founded distributor [[Anime Limited]] announced via [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] that they had acquired the home video license for the United Kingdom. Part 1 of the Blu-ray collection was released on July 29, 2013, while Part 2 was released on October 14. The standard DVD Complete Collection was originally meant to be released on September 23, 2013, with Part 2 of the Blu-ray release but due to mastering and manufacturing errors, the Complete Collection was delayed until November 27.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Following the closure of Bandai Entertainment in 2012, [[Funimation]] and Sunrise had announced that they rescued ''Cowboy Bebop'', along with a handful of other former Bandai Entertainment properties, for home video and digital release.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Funimation Adds Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Outlaw Star and More|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/funimation-adds-cowboy-bebop-escaflowne-outlaw-star-more|url-status=live|access-date=August 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813121034/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/funimation-adds-cowboy-bebop-escaflowne-outlaw-star-more|archive-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref> Funimation released the series on Blu-ray and DVD on December 16, 2014.<ref name="narelease">{{Cite web|title=Release Date for Cowboy Bebop|date=August 9, 2014|url=http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/08/09/release-date-for-cowboy-bebop/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816071329/http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/08/09/release-date-for-cowboy-bebop|archive-date=August 16, 2014|access-date=August 31, 2014|publisher=Funimation}}</ref><ref name="ANN 2014-12-16">{{Cite news|date=December 16, 2014|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 14–20|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-16/north-american-anime-manga-releases-december-14-20/.82255|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107234507/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-16/north-american-anime-manga-releases-december-14-20/.82255|archive-date=January 7, 2016}}</ref> The series was released in four separate editions: standard DVD, standard Blu-ray, an [[Amazon (company)|Amazon.com]] exclusive Blu-ray/DVD combo, and a Funimation.com exclusive Blu-ray/DVD combo.<ref name="narelease" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray Slated for N. America in December|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-09/cowboy-bebop-blu-ray-slated-for-n-america-in-december/.77378|url-status=live|access-date=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811044557/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-09/cowboy-bebop-blu-ray-slated-for-n-america-in-december/.77378|archive-date=August 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Crunchyroll]] released a limited edition Blu-ray box set on April 4, 2023, for its 25th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Set Headlines Crunchyroll's April 2023 Home Video Slate|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/01/17/cowboy-bebop-25th-anniversary-set-headlines-crunchyrolls-april-2023-home-video-slate|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=January 29, 2023|date=January 17, 2023|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129060526/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/01/17/cowboy-bebop-25th-anniversary-set-headlines-crunchyrolls-april-2023-home-video-slate|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|title=Crunchyroll Offers Bounteous 'Cowboy Bebop' 25th Anniversary Set|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/01/crunchyroll-offers-bounteous-cowboy-bebop-25th-anniversary-set/|website=Animation Magazine|access-date=January 29, 2023|date=January 18, 2023|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129062039/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/01/crunchyroll-offers-bounteous-cowboy-bebop-25th-anniversary-set/|url-status=live}}</ref>