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Telos to publish Cowboy Bebop guide - everything you never knew about the series

Telos to publish Cowboy Bebop guide - everything you never knew about the series

Written by Ross Locksley on 18 Sep 2024



Telos publishing will be releasing Three, Two, One, Let's Jam! The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the original Cowboy Bebop by Satoru Stevenson on October 1st, 2024

The book makes exhaustive use of interviews, production materials and influences cited by the creator to bring you the ultimate behind-the-scenes deep dive into the world of Cowboy Bebop, the development, censorship, export and subsequent triumph of director Shinichirō Watanabe's debut anime series. Not only this, but for the first time in English, the book will also cover the TV specials, short films and video games. 

There's even a trailer!

The book can be pre-ordered directly from the Telos Publishing website

Other exclusive items within the book include:

  • All stages of Bebop‘s creation, from the planning and writing of each episode to design, animation and post-production

  • Delves into the process behind Yoko Kanno’s award-winning soundtrack, and offers the most exhaustive index of the anime’s music to date

  • Covers the ins and outs of the original home video releases for media collectors

  • Packed with newly-translated comments and details from the show’s original creators and staff members [Shinichiro Watanabe, Keiko Nobumoto, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro
    Kawamoto, Dai Sato, Kimitoshi Yamane, Shoji Kawamori, Sadayuki Murai, Yutaka Nakamura etc]

  • Mines the original dialogue, the creators’ stated influences and the context of even the obscurest background details

  • Draws on multilingual sources from around the world, spanning five decades

Cowboy Bebop Guide

Book details:

Three, Two, One: Let's Jam: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Original Cowboy Bebop
Written by Satoru Stevenson
636pp. 6×9 format paperback book.
ISBN 978-1-84583-232-2 (p/b)
Published 1 October 2024
Available to pre-order from www.telos.co.uk
The book will also be available on Amazon worldwide


Ross Locksley
About Ross Locksley

Ross founded the UK Anime Network waaay back in 1995 and works in and around the anime world in his spare time. You can read his more personal articles on UKA's sister site, The Anime Independent.


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