MOOKS, DATA BOOKS, INTERVIEWS, AND SCORES
Here I show the books that I actually have.
| TV Anime | Mooks Data Books Interview Books  Scores |
| Movie | Graphic Novel Novel Data Book |
TV ANIME
MOOKS
| NEWTYPE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION "COWBOY BEBOP:The Jazz Messengers" | ||
| ISBN4-04-852973-0/Kadokawashoten | 30.Sep.1998 | 1400yen (without tax) |
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At The Bebop Session #1 = The Charactors(with exclusive illustrations by Toshihiro Kawamoto) At The Bebop Session #2 = Cruicial Moments / Stories / Unknown / Opening / Ending / The Guide(Mechanics,World & Music) Full of images. At The Bebop Session #3 = The Interviews(S.Watanabe&Y.Kanno) / Staff / Cast / Staff&Cast List | ||
| Cowboy Bebop CHARACTER COLLECTION | ||
| ISBN4-05-602071-X/GAKKEN | 1.May 1999 | 1600yen (without tax) |
| This book contains the articles and the illustrations from the issues of monthly magazines, Animedia and Looker. There are many new illustrations and moreover, the conversation between Kouichi Yamadera (VA for Spike) and Megumi Hayashibara (VA for Faye). | ||
| NEWTYPE 100% COLLECTION 36 "COWBOY BEBOP : The After" | ||
| ISBN4-04-853103-4/Kadokawashoten | 30.Sep.1999 | 1500yen (without tax) |
| Newly drawn illustrations / Characters / Story / Music (CDs) / Music and Movies affected CB / All About Bebop (explanation about the world) / Eye Catch Collection / Main Staff Summit / Comments of Voice Actors and Staff / Illustration Gallery / Goods of CB | ||
DATA BOOKS
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE I" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835023-2/Kadokawashoten | 20.Nov.1998 | 700yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Spike) Introduction Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ein) Opening / Ending Film Story #1--#5 Cowboy Report Vo.1=What About Cowboy?/Cowboy Life/Target/Competence Art File / On Air Data | ||
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE II" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835024-0/Kadokawashoten | 20.Dec.1998 | 700yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Jet) Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ein/Ed) Film Story #6--#11 Cowboy Report Vo.2=Mechanics(Transport / Spaceship / Other Mechanics / Item) Art File / On Air Data | ||
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE III" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835025-9/Kadokawashoten | 5.Feb.1999 | 700yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Faye) Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ed/Ein/Viciou/Gren/Lin/Julia) Film Story #12--#15 Cowboy Report Vo.3=Songs in Each Sessions(Session#1--#15)/Art Board Art File / On Air Data | ||
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE IV" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835026-7/Kadokawashoten | 20.Mar.1999 | 800yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Ed) Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ed/Ein/The Bebop) Film Story #16--#19 Cowboy Report Vo.4=Planet Guide&Character File(Session#1--#19) Art File / On Air Data | ||
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE V" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835027-5/Kadokawashoten | 22.May.1999 | 800yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Vicious) Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ed/Ein) Film Story #20--#23 Cowboy Report Vo.5=Art Board(Session#16--#23),Songs in Each Sessions(Session#16--#23)&Character File(Session#20--#23) Art File / On Air Data | ||
| NEWTYPE FILM BOOK "COWBOY BEBOP COMPLETE TYPE VI" | ||
| ISBN4-04-835028-3/Kadokawashoten | 3.Ju‚Œ.1999 | 800yen (without tax) |
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Pinup(Julia) Characters(Spike/Jet/Faye/Ed/Ein/Vicious/Julia) Film Story #24--#26 Cowboy Report Vo.6=Art Board(Session#24--#26),Songs in Each Sessions(Session#24--#26)&Character File(Session#24--#26) Art File / On Air Data | ||
| SUNRISE ART WORKS COWBOY BEBOP TV series | ||
| ISBN4-8354-4024-2/BOOK-ING | 1.Sep.2001 | 3000yen (without tax / reissued price) |
| This is the ultimate art book for Cowboy Bebop TV anime. All the basic designs for each characters, spaceships, guns, pistols, the planets, towns... all in the anime are contained. There is no colored pictures, excepting the ones on the covers, however, 193 pages are filled with black and white pictures of all the things appeared in Cowboy Bebop. | ||
| Toshihiro Kawamoto Cowboy Bebop Illustrations - The Wind - | ||
| ISBN4-7973-2781-2/Softbank Publishing | Oct. 23rd, 2004 | 2800yen (without tax) |
| This is an artbook, but it still is an excellent data book. Every illustrations has comment of Mr.Kawamoto, and they put an English translation of each comments! Great! Moreover, this art book has the design plans in the beginning days of Cowboy Bebop. There, Mr.Kawamoto drew three designs for Faye Valentine, and he drew Ed as a boy! This book is rather big, with 23.2cm width and 29.7cm hight. It's also heavy since they chose proper papers so that each illustrations can be shown in the beautiful colors. Evey fans must have this book! The link of the title will bring you to Amazon.co.jp, where you can buy this book. They'll deliver items from Japan, so please be careful about the shipping cost. | ||
INTERVIEW BOOKS
| Making of Cowboy Bebop RECKLESS PLAYERS | ||
| ISBN4-88991-938-4/Media Factory | 30.Sept.99 | 1500yen (without tax) |
| The deirector, producers, scenario writer, musician, art director, character designer, mechanical designer, setting designer, voicer actors... 14 reckless players who together performed Cowboy Bebop talk about the great sessions! | ||
| TALK ABOUT COWBOY BEBOP | ||
| ISBN4-87233-609-7/Ootashuppan | October 2001 | 1900yen (without tax) |
| Makoto Ishii, Hajime Ichigaya, and Masaaki Okajima talk about all of Cowboy Bebop. This book contains detailed data for TV series, including the storyline for all the sessions. Four voice actors, four scriptors, and the director also talk about CB. To my surprise, it has the storyline of the edited session, "Yoseatsume Blues", which broadcasted on TV Tokyo only. | ||
SCORES
| Anime Piano Piece - Piano Solo COWBOY BEBOP | ||
| ISBN4-8114-3879-5/Tokyo Ongaku Shoin | 25. Sep. 1998 | 500 yen (without tax) |
| 1. Tank! / 2. THE REAL FOLK BLUES This is the score book of the opening theme and the ending theme for a piano solo. It also has codes for a guitar. B5 size, 20 pages. It's impossible to get this score at any book stores, and a little chance is in some used bookshops or in the auctions in the net. | ||
| COWBOY BEBOP BAND SCORE Three, Two, One, Let's Jam! | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN4-89601-413-8/Movic | 15. Jan. 1999 | 2000yen (without tax) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Tank! / 2. RUSH / 3. SPACE LION / 4. Cats on Mars / 5. MEMORY / 6. THE REAL FOLK BLUES This is the band score of the 6 songs in Cowboy Bebop TV season. They say that this book is slod out, however, I ordered this book at the site of a Japanese home delivery service, where they accept orders for books on September 20th, and I got it one week after! I got mails asking for the information about the site of Japanese home delivery service where I bought the score. I'm sorry to say this, but the site accepts the orders from those who live in Japan. In addition, I bought the score in September 2001, and in 2002, the score was completely sold out. Now people gather the pole for the request to re-publish the score at Fukkan.com. According to the site, CB band score got enough poles for the site to start negociation with the publishing company, and they are at the table talking over the re-publishing of the score. By the first week of July, the publishing company try to contact the composers to negociate about the re-publishing. (added on 10th Jul. 2003)
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In March 2006, there was a rumor in the bbs of Fukkan.com that they couldn't find someone who held the copyright,
and therefore they couldn't develop their idea to re-publish the score.
According to the blog of the staff of Fukkan.com, that was posted on July 9th,
they are now asking Movic to consider about the re-publishing of the score.
| Wind Ensemble Hit Series Cowboy Bebop Theme "TANK!" | ||
| ISBN4-8400-0807-8/Music 8 | ??/???/???? | 3400yen(without tax) |
| This score book has 22 scores for an wind ensemble of 20 up to 35 members. Piccolo / 1st & 2nd Flutes / Oboe / Es, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Alto, and Bass Clarinets / Bassoon / Soprano, 1st Alto, 2nd Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones / !st, 2nd and 3rd Trumpets / 1&3, and 2&4 Horns / 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Trombones / Euphoniums / Tuba / String Bass/ Drums / Percussion / Guitar | ||
MOVIE
GRAPHIC NOVEL
| COWBOY BEBOP KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR | ||
| ISBN4-853382-7/Kadokawashoten | 25.Nov.2001 | 1200yen (without tax) |
| This book has a scinario with completed colored pictures of all the scene from the motion picture. All the words and the situation explanations are available. Moreover, this book has the pictures of image boards, interview of Ms. Yoko Kanno, including the explanation about the original sound track album. Plus, the interview with the director, scenario write, and voice actors of the main characters is included. I hope that the book was bigger as to B5 size. If so, I didn't mind the price was higher. | ||
NOVEL
| Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko "Cowboy Bebop knockin' on heaven's door" | ||
| ISBN4-04-419902-7/Kadokawashoten | 1. Aug. 2002 | 476yen (without tax) |
| Written by Shin-ichiro Watanabe / Story by Hajime Yatate | ||
| See "COMICS and NOVELS" page | ||
DATA BOOKS
| Cowboy Bebop 101 Q&A which you need to know to enjoy Cowboy Bebop - knockin' on heaven's door - | ||
| ISBN4-906069-32-0/Kodamashuppan | 1.Sep.2001 | 1524yen (without tax) |
| This book contains 101 Q&A about Cowboy Bebop plus episodes guide for TV anime. There is a list of all characters who appeared in TV anime and motion picture. To 101 questions, staff for TV anime and motion picture -Mr. Watanabe, the director, Mr. Minami, the producer, Ms. Mobumoto, the series designer, Mr. Kawamoto, the designer for characters, Mr. Yamane, the designer for the machanical things, Mr. Sato, who helped to decide the story, and Mr. Toba - give their answers one by one. | ||
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