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dolphin917
03-12-2002, 01:32 PM
The official Cowboy bebop website (http://www.cowboybebop.com/news/view_news.cgi)

This is very good news.
kachuke
03-12-2002, 01:36 PM
that is awesome news hopefully it'll be out soon and sounds like they are going to keep the actors my day has now been made!!
i miss katy
03-12-2002, 02:00 PM
Wonderful news indeed. But this bit puzzled me: "We may be able to announce some more info before we close down this site in the end of this month." Is the official Cowboy Bebop site going to shut down after March? That would be really strange.
entitee
03-12-2002, 02:08 PM
someone gave me a subtitled copy of this.
i think i might wait for the US DVD of it though.

--kev
Jowy Blight
03-12-2002, 03:00 PM
Wonderful news, I would of hated to see new voice actors since the original english actors are so good. Can't wait for the DVD to come out.
dolphin917
03-12-2002, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by i miss katy
Wonderful news indeed. But this bit puzzled me: "We may be able to announce some more info before we close down this site in the end of this month." Is the official Cowboy Bebop site going to shut down after March? That would be really strange.

Yes, the official Cowboy Bebop website is closing down at the end of this month. While this show is now in its heyday here in North America, Cowboy Bebop is actually 4 1/2 years old. In Japan, Cowboy Bebop is pretty much ready to pass into the realm of "classic" anime series.
MeatWad
03-12-2002, 04:50 PM
YEAH! Wo-ho! The billions of sheets of homework I just got finished-and now this? Awesome. WO-HOO! It's my birthday,its my birthday! [no..it's in fourteen days,but what the heck?]
Tails Prower
03-12-2002, 05:10 PM
Were talking about Cowboy Bebop: Knockin on Heavens Door right? I downoaded the jap version off Kazaa (its subtitled) and i cant wait for the us release. Im gonna get it the day it comes out (buy, not download)
Evil Dr. Reef
03-12-2002, 07:08 PM
This is fantastic! Now just give us a theatrical release, and I will bow at the feet of Columbia-Tristar forever.
dolphin917
03-13-2002, 12:23 PM
Yes, I mean the Knockin on Heaven's Door movie. If Escaflowne, Metropolis, and Spirited Away are any indicationthen you can expect to see the Cowboy Bebop movie in US theaters sometime this year. It'll probably be a limited release in major cities, though. So, if you live in Des Moines, you might be out of luck.
Beat
03-13-2002, 02:47 PM
This makes a release a lot easier and more coherient with the series. I hate it when they change actors and people are like "He dosen't sound like that."
SSJ_Gogeta
03-14-2002, 12:22 AM
Yay! Good news for all.

So the Bebop site is closing eh? Too bad they won't make one for us American fans.
Jude Santos
03-15-2002, 02:51 PM
Yes, I mean the Knockin on Heaven's Door movie. If Escaflowne, Metropolis, and Spirited Away are any indicationthen you can expect to see the Cowboy Bebop movie in US theaters sometime this year. It'll probably be a limited release in major cities, though. So, if you live in Des Moines, you might be out of luck.

yea, i read in ANN a long time ago that Columbia/Tri-star was planning a fall limited theatrical run
randomguy
03-15-2002, 02:56 PM
I'm crossing my fingers that the movie comes to Austin. We've got an arthouse theater that's pretty consistent with picking up anime (Metropolis just finished it's run here), so hey, I can dream.
Beat
03-15-2002, 03:18 PM
Over here, I have to drive out to Manhattan to see these films. It's easier to wait untill they're out on DVD.
chibilain
03-16-2002, 01:02 AM
Does anyone know if it's gonna be in the Providence/Boston area? (Yes, I am willing to drive 3 hours to go see that movie) More importantly...when? WHEN will it be here? I need to see Spike and Faye and Jet and Ein and Ed! Maybe Vicious, too..=P if he's nice...
VinceA
03-16-2002, 07:43 AM
It's a little early to speculate on venues but I'd think that Boston would be one. When release time nears check out the AnimeOnDVD.COM forums to see if there's a site gathering going to the Boston viewing. The site owner lives up there and there's a 'sizeable' crowd that attends the bigger metro area shows (like LA, NYC, Boston, etc)
Jude Santos
03-16-2002, 01:02 PM
Does anyone know if it's gonna be in the Providence/Boston area? (Yes, I am willing to drive 3 hours to go see that movie) More importantly...when? WHEN will it be here? I need to see Spike and Faye and Jet and Ein and Ed! Maybe Vicious, too..=P if he's nice...

if memory serves me right, then i think in the fall
Jake
03-17-2002, 01:21 AM
Is there any chance that it will be released everywhere? I guess Cowboy Bebop (and anime in general) isn't exactly mainstream entertainment...
randomguy
03-17-2002, 01:32 AM
Well, it's had TV exposure, which DOES give it a one up over all the other anime movies released this year, or, err, 2001 that is. I'd say that it'll probably get the biggest non-Pokemon/Digimon release yet, bigger than Spriggan or Jin-Roh or Escaflowne or Ghost in the Shell or Perfect Blue, and tying with Princess Mononoke/Metropolis. If I'm correct then, you can pretty much expect it to pop up in your city as long as you have at least 2 arthouse theaters. It won't get a, like, mainstream release though. But it will be on the higher end, in terms of screens, of the artfilm spectrum.
Jake
03-17-2002, 09:59 PM
I wish I wasn't so new to anime. What are artfilms and where can I find them?
VinceA
03-18-2002, 07:21 AM
If I'm understanding the usage in this thread, it's referring to films with niche audiences. Usually they're released to smaller movie houses that cater to these releases/audiences.
kachuke
03-18-2002, 11:53 AM
i'd love to see bebop on the big screen too bad i'm in the middle of amish in ohio i'll have to travel 8 plus hours to come even remotly close to a theater that would play it ....hmmm i think it might be worth it though
dolphin917
03-18-2002, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by randomguy
Well, it's had TV exposure, which DOES give it a one up over all the other anime movies released this year, or, err, 2001 that is. I'd say that it'll probably get the biggest non-Pokemon/Digimon release yet, bigger than Spriggan or Jin-Roh or Escaflowne or Ghost in the Shell or Perfect Blue, and tying with Princess Mononoke/Metropolis. If I'm correct then, you can pretty much expect it to pop up in your city as long as you have at least 2 arthouse theaters. It won't get a, like, mainstream release though. But it will be on the higher end, in terms of screens, of the artfilm spectrum.

It's very early to speculate on how the film will be released. Understand that Mononoke Hime was a spectacular, embarassing, and expensive failure in US theaters. It cost Disney tens of millions of dollars to acquire and produce the American version of the film, and it did less than $3 million total box office in theaters. Metropolis, on the other hand, was not expected to do as well as it has. To date, it's done just over $530,000 in US theaters. That doesn't sound like a lot when it comes to box office totals, but it was expected to do significantly less than it has. Metropolis has done so well, in fact, that they have delayed the DVD release of the movie by six weeks. This will enable them to extend the theatrical run.

Releasing the Cowboy Bebop movie is a risk. What they do with it remains to be seen.
Chuckles
03-19-2002, 04:45 AM
I am a dedicated CB fan but I havn't heard a thing about this movie. I wasn't really listening I guess. Does anyone know what it is about? Any ideas as to when it will come out on dvd?