8/01/02 - "...'cause they were very delicious cheesecakes." -- I've finally
finished the pages for the new MP3s. So now the episode guide names every single
song that appeared on the series (including the unreleased ones). I'd better
not be getting any more e-mails about it. It appears also that I've exceeded my
bandwidth for one of the accounts, which I guess means that I don't have the downloads
spread out evenly enough. I wish damned Gearhost would get off their collective
duffs and re-setup the account that they canceled. As you may have noticed, CowboyBebop.org
has been down a month, thanks to my falling out with Gearhost (and their refusal
to give me a refund). Even condescending e-mails don't seem to work on them anymore.
Rarr.
7/24/02 - New download added; Second marathon for next Saturday. -- I added
the Cowboy Bebop intro that was used for ASA
during the marathon to the downloads section. I'd also like to remind everyone
of the second marathon that'll play this saturday:
11:00 PM Session 3: Honky Tonk Women
11:30 PM Session 6: Sympathy for the Devil
12:00 AM Session 8: Waltz for Venus
12:30 AM Session 16: Black Dog Serenade
1:00 AM Session 20: Pierrot Le Fou
1:30 AM Session 23: Brain Scratch
Interesting what they've chosen as the 'best' episodes. The first marathon makes
perfect sense; the second one, not so much. I certainly would have included Cowboy
Funk, Hard Luck Woman and Speak
Like a Child to a list of the best of CB. And I most definately would not
have included Waltz For Venus on such
a list. It's all a matter of taste, though; and I can hardly complain - I'm always
happy to see CB get more exposure.
7/20/02 - Reminder -- Don't forget the Bebop marathon tonight:
11:00 PM Session 1: Asteroid Blues
11:30 PM Session 5: Ballad of Fallen Angels
12:00 AM Session 12: Jupiter Jazz, Part
One
12:30 AM Session 13: Jupiter Jazz, Part
Two
1:00 AM Session 25: The Real Folk Blues,
Part One
1:30 AM Session 26: The Real Folk Blues,
Part Two
If you haven't seen the ending of the series yet, then do not watch the
last two episodes. Trust me on this one.
7/16/02 -- English cast to be retained! Yoko Kanno also making an appearance
at BAAF! - Mike Toole of Anime Jump just
posted the following press release at Anime
on DVD (emphasis added to the relevant passage):
BIG APPLE ANIME FEST 2002 HOSTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORLD PREMIERE OF COLUMBIA/TRI-STAR'S
"COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE"
Much Anticipated Film Debuts August 30th With Widely Popular Original English
Voice Cast
New York, NY - The Big Apple Anime Fest 2002 (BAAF 2002) is proud to announce
that the festival will premiere the theatrical English dub version of "Cowboy
Bebop: The Movie" on August 30th, 8:00pm at Loews State Theater (Virgin Megastore)
in New York City's Times Square. At the premiere, Cowboy Bebop director, Shinichiro
Watanabe, score composer, Yoko Kanno and character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto
will be on hand to meet their legions of fans. Cowboy Bebop is also currently
an enormously popular animated TV show, currently seen in the U.S. on Cartoon
Network. The show, which fuses compelling sci-fi elements with an amazing soundtrack,
has been called one of the greatest Japanese anime imports ever. Cowboy
Bebop fans have not only been eagerly anticipating the movie, but they also successfully
lobbied to make sure that film included the original English-language voices they
have come to know and love. Cowboy Bebop is scheduled for release by
Columbia-TriStar Pictures in early 2003.
Cowboy Bebop takes place in outer space during the year 2071. Spike Spiegel, a
former gangster and Jett Black, a former cop are a bounty hunting team who chase
down the galaxy's toughest criminals for the price on their heads. Throughout
their action-packed adventures, they are joined by Faye Valentine, a cool, confident,
sexy gambler and Ed, a brilliant, teenage computer hacker. David Lucas is the
voice of Spike Spiegel, Wendee Lee is Faye Valentine and Beau Billingsley is Jett
Black.
Ryoko Maebayashi, Big Apple Anime Fest Coordinator, says she is thrilled to premiere
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie at the 2002 festival. "Cowboy Bebop is one of the greatest
anime shows to come out of Japan. The English language version will be a true
event and we are proud that fans will be able to see this film first at BAAF 2002.
Furthermore, Vince Averello just sent me the following:
Just got mail from BAAF - Yoko Kanno will also be at AXNY/BAAF :-)
Ah, life is so very good. :D
7/15/02 -- BIG ASS NEWS FROM BAAF! - Thanks to wen-wen of the Bebop Boards,
we now know that Shinichiro Watanabe and Toshihiro Kawamoto will be at the dub
premiere of Cowboy Bebop at the Big
Apple Anime Fest! A look at the schedule confirms
the presence of both men for a Q&A session during the premiere. Ah, if only I
lived near enough to NY to attend. If you are and are planning on attending, for
the love of green hair, take notes!!
7/14/02 -- Sister Moon, be my guide. - I've added the longer CB marathon promo, thanks again to Tyler
L.
7/14/02 -- It's absurdly silly, the things that make me happy. - TylerL, the best man in the world, just
captured the latest CB promo for me. This
one is a commercial for the upcoming Bebop marathon. It's narrated by John Billingslea,
who's becoming something of a regular down at CN.
7/13/02 -- Knockin' On Heaven's Door confirmed for the UK - From Anime
News Service:
I recently attended a press screening of Metropolis at which I had the opportunity
to question a representative of Columbia Tristar UK about their future anime-related
plans. The important news is that she confirmed that they are planning a UK release
for the Cowboy Bebop movie. A theatrical release
is still uncertain, but a VHS/DVD release should be out early next year at the
latest. No other releases are planned (rumours connecting them with the Cowboy
Bebop TV series are unfounded).
7/13/02 -- Second week of CB pre-emption for Yu Yu Hakusho - I wanted to
remind everyone again that Adult Swim Action will be all Yu Yu Hakusho tonight.
Also, if you wanted to catch the episode of Extended Play that mentions the Cowboy
Bebop game, it'll be on again tonight at 5pm eastern standard time. I'd suggest
watching it, not only because of the mention of the CB game, but because the entire
episode is basically a tribute to anime styled games. They have reviews of the
Initial D game, the .hack RPG, an anime style flight sim called SkyGunner (which
is reminiscent of the flying machines of Hayao Miyazaki) and my personal favorite,
Gungrave - art design by Yasuhiro Nightow, the creator of Trigun. It's worth a
look.
7/12/02 -- Cowboy Bebop game mention on Tech TV. - Thanks to some info
from Wraith, I found out that Tech TV's weekly show "Extended Play" mentioned
the Cowboy Bebop game. You can view a clip of this segment of the show here.
Just a blurb, really, but I like seeing CB get mainstream recognition.
7/9/02 -- Dear god, I hate Gearhost. - Apologies for the temporary downtime
of this site, it was entirely the fault of Gearhost. I'm trying to change to a
different host right now, but the fucks at Gearhost aren't being too helpful.
If they were trying in every way possible to make me wish I had never signed up
with them, they couldn't do a better job than they're currently doing. For about
four days, I've e-mailed and phoned them, and gotten barely any response. My advice
to all you out there is to never, never sign up with Gearhost for anything.
7/6/02 -- Yet another AX update - From Anime on
DVD:
[Bandai] will be releasing the 6 Cowboy Bebop episodes that were remixed in
5.1, and they will also be releasing it in DTS. It will be japanese and english.
$34.95 for a 2 DVD set.
In short, Bandai is releasing Compilation 1
and Compilation
2 stateside. :)
sources: Anime on DVD and Digital Sin
