Spike & Vicious

Bandai Entertainment (America): The U.S. branch of this Japanese entertainment powerhouse brought Cowboy Bebop to English-speaking audiences via 13 VHS cassettes and 6 DVD "sessions." For more information about their U.S. releases, also check out AnimeVillage.com, an online community — including a store fully-stocked with all of their latest products.

Kadokawa: The Japanese publisher of Asuka Fantasy DX, a monthly featuring an original manga serialization of Cowboy Bebop, and four tankoubon collections of the two manga series. (Both series were written by Hajime Yadate, with the first illustrated by Cain Kuga and the second illustrated by Nanten Yutaka.) In addition, Kadokawa published six Newtype film books and two Newtype edition art books (Cowboy Bebop - The Jazz Messengers and Cowboy Bebop - The After). [One more book, the Cowboy Bebop Characters Collection, is published by Gakken Mook.]

The cover illustration of the Newtype book The Jazz Messengers.

Sunrise: The studio responsible for animating Cowboy Bebop.

Victor Records (Japan): The Japanese recording company that released three Cowboy Bebop soundtracks (OST 1, OST 2 - No Disk and OST 3 - Blue) in addition to an EP (Vitaminless) and a remix album (Music for Freelance). The catalog numbers for each of the official Victor recordings begin with the letters VICL. (Don't buy bootlegs! Make sure Yoko Kanno and crew receive their hard-earned money. ;-)