Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0669198800429
Format: Animated
Label: Bandai
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Bandai
MPN: 80042
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bandai
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-07-04
Running Time: 100
Studio: Bandai

The centerpiece of the third disc of this popular series is the two-part adventure "Jupiter Jazz," which offers hints about the shrouded past of hero Spike Spiegel. Spike returns to his old haunts on Callisto in search of a mysterious woman, and comes into conflict with his former underworld associates: the icy Vicious, apprentice mobster Lin, and transgendered barroom musician Gren. Director Shinichiro Watanabe's approach to storytelling is often fragmented and nonlinear, but the results form a strikingly moody collage of falling snow, gritty, blue-tinted cityscapes, and melancholy saxophone riffs. Few big-budget Hollywood features have presented a sense of urban alienation as effectively.

The mini-mystery, "Toys in the Attic," comes to an unsatisfying conclusion that the elaborate computer-generated tracking shots can't disguise--and suggests that adding the spunky Ed to the cast was not a great idea. In "Bohemian Rhapsody," the crew of the Bebop find themselves pitted against an aged programming genius who designed a high-tech transportation system--and hid a flaw in the software. But he also concealed clues in chess pieces, setting up a formal and formidable battle of wits.

Note: Viewers of Chinese ancestry and other viewers may find the depiction of the gang lords in "Jupiter Jazz" offensive. Unrated: Suitable for ages 13 and older for nudity, violence, and adult situations. --Charles Solomon

Customer Rating:
Summary: classic!
Comment: Cowboy Bebop rocks! It's a contemporary classic that truly relates and speaks to the 18 to 25 generation, I love this show that much!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Yes, My Pet Is a Stork. What's It To You?
Comment: Cowboy Bebop has long had a reputation of being one of the best animes out there. I personally thought it was overrated when I started watching it, but lo and behold, I found myself loving it. Session 3 is rather an eclectic mix of moods and genres, but it works for some reason.

Toys in the Attic is the first episode and one of the funniest in the entire series. While the ship is under attack by a strange alien creature, Spike is left trying to figure out how to defeat it all by himself. Most of the humor stems from Spike's rather adled attempts to locate and kill the alien, one of which involves a blowtorch. The real source of the problem is comical and the whole episode brings a smile.

Jupiter Jazz 1&2 are the centerpieces of Session 3. We learn how irrational Spike still is when it comes to Julia. We learn Faye really wants a place to belong. We also learn a little more about Vicious. I personally don't understand why anyone would want to aggravate a character with that sort of a name, it seems like asking for trouble, but Vicious shows his hand a little to Spike. Vicious is an odd villain mainly because you know at one time he had to be likable at least, since Spike, Julia and Gren all seemed to have been friends with him, but Vicious makes it clear that with Spike and Julia's perceived betrayal, everything is meaningless to him. Jupiter Jazz also introduces Gren, one of the most memorable and likable minor characters in anime. Gren is different in many ways and his fate is ultimately what underscores these episodes. There is also some of the most beautiful music to go along with it.

Bohemian Rhapsody is a mystery episode with the whole crew pitted against a criminal mastermind with a twist and a poigniant ending.

Everyone watches Bebop for the music to some degree and this session has incredible music, most of it coming from Jupiter Jazz. Those episodes alone are worth watching.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Third time's the charm...
Comment: This session, besides having a 2-parter episode, is very cool. here's why

11: Toys in the Attic: Bebop's horror movie episode, so kewl because.. well, you'll just have to watch it. The especially funny part is where the monster onboard the Bebop came from.

12: Jupiter Jazz, Part 1: Spike-isode. This episode has little to do with any of the cast but Spike and Faye. Watch this episode if you want to see some serious ass-kicking, when someone tells Spike "You're Vicious".

13: Jupiter Jazz, Part 2: Spike-isode. Continuation of the last episode, picking up where it left off. The ending is a bit anticlimactic, but it has the only scroll-up-through-space credit sequence other than the last episode (no peeking as of now, watch the series in order).

14: Bohemian Rhapsody: Regular episode, almost stereotypical. This doesn't ruin it's power, just helps make the norm more easily felt out.

Oops, I apparently said the cast/crew interviews were in Session 2, and they're actually here in 3. I'll have to take a look and see what the hell is in Session 2. Anyway, the reviews make up for this session only having 4 episodes.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: My third favorite favorite disc in the series.
Comment: The other two being Sessions 2 and 6.

This disc contains "Toys In The Attic", the funniest episode in the series, The two-part "Jupiter Jazz", which was great but not as great as "The Real Folk Blues" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", possibly Ed's finest hour. :)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: What Can I Say?.... Great!
Comment: Oh my gosh, I love this DVD! Toys in the Attic is a must-see episode... it's really funny! Oh, and in this episode, you get to see more of Edward's whims and funnies. Ed definitely makes anyone's day better... even the bounty hunters whom which she stays with. Terrific episodes, terrific anime... wow.

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