Editing Cowboy Bebop (section)

==Distribution==
===Broadcast===
{{See also|List of Cowboy Bebop episodes{{!}}List of ''Cowboy Bebop'' episodes}}
''Cowboy Bebop'' debuted on [[TV Tokyo]], one of the main broadcasters of anime in Japan, airing from April 3 until June 26, 1998.<ref>''[http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=240 Sunrise Broadcast 1] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917054805/http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=240|date=September 17, 2011}}'' – ''[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]''</ref> Due to its 6:00&nbsp;p.m. timeslot<ref name="EX-1998">{{Cite web|last=Rhee|first=Keith|date=1998|title=Cowboy Bebop|url=http://www.ex.org/3.4/23-anime_bebop.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918005603/http://www.ex.org/3.4/23-anime_bebop.html|archive-date=September 18, 2012|access-date=February 1, 2017|website=Ex.org}}</ref> and depictions of graphic violence,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fox|first=Kit|date=January 2000|title=Cowboy Bebop The New Cool|journal=Animerica|issue=801|page=14}}</ref> the show's first run only included episodes 2, 3, 7 to 15, 18 and a special. Later that year, the series was shown in its entirety from October 23 until April 24, 1999, on satellite network [[Wowow]].<ref>''[http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=41 Sunrise Broadcast 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619231231/http://www.sunrise-anime.jp/sunrise-inc/works/detail.php?cid=41|date=June 19, 2012}}'' – ''[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]''</ref> The full series has also been broadcast across Japan by anime television network [[Animax]], which has also aired the series via its respective networks across Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.

The first non-Asian country to air ''Cowboy Bebop'' was Italy. There, it was first aired on October 21, 1999, on [[MTV (Italian TV channel)|MTV]], where it inaugurated the 9:00–10:30&nbsp;p.m. ''Anime Night'' programming block.

In the United States, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was one of the programs shown when [[Cartoon Network]]'s late night block [[Adult Swim]] debuted on September 2, 2001, being the first anime shown on the block that night at midnight [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop - TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cowboy-bebop/200706|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065823/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/cowboy-bebop/200706/|archive-date=April 18, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2020|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> During its original run on Adult Swim, episodes 6, 8, and 22 were skipped due to their violent themes in wake of the [[September 11 attacks]]. By the third run of the series, all these episodes had premiered for the first time. ''Cowboy Bebop'' was successful enough to be broadcast repeatedly for four years. It has been run at least once every year since 2007, and HD remasters of the show began broadcasting in 2015. In the United Kingdom, it was first broadcast in 2002 on the adult-oriented channel [[CNX (TV channel)|CNX]]. From November 6, 2007, it was repeated on [[AnimeCentral]] until the channel's closure in August 2008. In Australia, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was first broadcast on pay television in 2002 on [[Adult Swim (Australian TV programming block)|Adult Swim]], and on free-to-air-TV on [[ABC2]] (the national digital public television channel) on January 2, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABC TV Guide|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200701/programs/ZY8644A001D2012007T223000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302130644/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200701/programs/ZY8644A001D2012007T223000.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2011|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> It has been repeated several times, most recently starting in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop – Asteroid Blues|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200812/programs/ZY8644A001D29122008T232000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229152342/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200812/programs/ZY8644A001D29122008T232000.htm|archive-date=December 29, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop – The Real Folk Blues Part 2|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200906/programs/ZY8644A026D22062009T233000.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114222019/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/200906/programs/ZY8644A026D22062009T233000.htm|archive-date=January 14, 2012|access-date=July 26, 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref> ''[[Cowboy Bebop: The Movie]]'' also aired on February 23, 2009, on [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] (a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting television network). In Canada, ''Cowboy Bebop'' was first broadcast on December 24, 2006, on [[MTV2 (Canada)|Razer]].

In Latin America, the series was first broadcast on pay-TV in 2001 on [[Locomotion (TV channel)|Locomotion]]. It aired again on January 9, 2016, on [[I.Sat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=[Adult Swim]: El humor incorrecto en el canal correcto|url=http://blog.isat.tv/enero-2016/adult-swim-8/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206031453/http://blog.isat.tv/enero-2016/adult-swim-8/|archive-date=December 6, 2015|access-date=December 6, 2015|publisher=I.Sat Blog}} I.Sat Blog| Adult Swim January 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop llega en enero a I.Sat - Anime, Manga y TV|url=http://www.anmtvla.com/2015/12/cowboy-bebop-llega-en-enero-isat.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107020448/http://www.anmtvla.com/2015/12/cowboy-bebop-llega-en-enero-isat.html|archive-date=January 7, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2015|website=www.anmtvla.com}}</ref>

===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>

===Streaming===
[[Netflix]] acquired the streaming rights to the original anime, with all 26 episodes available worldwide as of October 21, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title='Cowboy Bebop': Netflix Acquires Rights To Stream All 26 Episodes Of Anime Series|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/neflix-acquires-rights-26-episodes-of-cowboy-bebop-anime-1234855060/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=October 12, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2024|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024011527/https://deadline.com/2021/10/neflix-acquires-rights-26-episodes-of-cowboy-bebop-anime-1234855060/|url-status=live}}</ref> Though, as of October 21, 2023, the show is unavailable in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title= Cowboy Bebop Leaving Netflix in October 2023|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/cowboy-bebop-leaving-netflix-in-october-2023/|work=Whats On Netflix|date=September 21, 2023|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>
The series is available on [[Hulu]] and Funimation in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cowboy Bebop {{!}} Watch on Funimation|url=https://www.funimation.com/shows/cowboy-bebop/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.funimation.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224221958/http://www.funimation.com:80/shows/cowboy-bebop|archive-date=December 24, 2013}}</ref> On March 1, 2022, the anime became available on Crunchyroll to consolidate both Funimation and [[Wakanim]] into the service.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Official|first=Crunchyroll|title=Funimation Content Moving to Crunchyroll for World's Largest Anime Library|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-content-moving-to-crunchyroll-for-worlds-largest-anime-library|access-date=2022-03-04|website=Crunchyroll|language=en-gb|archive-date=March 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304235519/https://www.crunchyroll.com/en-gb/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-content-moving-to-crunchyroll-for-worlds-largest-anime-library|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UPDATE: Funimation Titles Now Available on Crunchyroll (3/23)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=March 24, 2022|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322050729/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/01/funimation-titles-now-available-on-crunchyroll|url-status=live}}</ref>