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May 24, 2020 7:01 PM
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According to MAL, this episode was aired after episode 15, according to certain reviews, this came after the 13th episode, and according to the Synonyms, this is episode 27.
Jun 16, 2020 12:23 AM
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Can watch it whenever you'd like, I'd say after episode 15, to be safe. Since I don't know for sure if it has footage from just 13 or 15 episodes like you said.

It's the characters narrating over some footage from those first half of the series eps, mostly them telling us fun and interesting bits of philosophy on life. Some trivia about jazz, Bruce Lee, etc.

As a big fan of the series since the DVDs hit back around 2000, I just watched this special ep for the first time. Quite cool!
Oct 2, 2020 9:01 AM
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The original airing on TV Tokyo of Cowboy Bebop was only episodes 2, 3, 7-15, 18, and then this episode, after which it was cancelled. About a year later, the full 26 episode show without this episode aired on WOWOW.

2,3,7-15,18 is are the 13 episodes that the reviews talk about, not the first 13 episodes.

I would say watch the first 18 episodes, then this episode, then finish the rest of the normal episodes. Alternatively, you could just watch all 26 episodes and then watch this one afterwards. Personally, I am going to watch it after episode 18.
May 30, 2021 9:29 PM
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after you finish the series i'd say is the best time.

Jan 31, 2023 3:50 PM
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bennychloroplast said:
2,3,7-15,18 is are the 13 episodes that the reviews talk about, not the first 13 episodes.

Those are 12 episodes, so I don't think that logic pans out here.

Edit: It does make sense that the special was based on the 12 aired episodes, but it's not clear to me whether that's actually the case, nor when it should be watched.

One blog states that it's a compilation based on all 26 episodes.
Another blog states this is, in fact, the 13th episode that the TV network agreed to air. Hmm.

I've decided to watch it after episode 18, since this was the original thirteenth episode.
Bl-zzJan 31, 2023 4:12 PM
Apr 5, 2023 7:11 PM
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Bl-zz said:
bennychloroplast said:
2,3,7-15,18 is are the 13 episodes that the reviews talk about, not the first 13 episodes.

Those are 12 episodes, so I don't think that logic pans out here.

Edit: It does make sense that the special was based on the 12 aired episodes, but it's not clear to me whether that's actually the case, nor when it should be watched.

One blog states that it's a compilation based on all 26 episodes.
Another blog states this is, in fact, the 13th episode that the TV network agreed to air. Hmm.

I've decided to watch it after episode 18, since this was the original thirteenth episode.
You are right, the episodes I listed only add up to 12, and this episode itself was the 13th in the original, incomplete airing. I originally got the number 13 from the top reviews for this entry, and didn't bother counting them myself (lol). The rest of what I said stands; not all of the 26 main episodes were planned for the original airing. Due to controversy over violent imagery, the original airing was cancelled after 12 episodes and this episode was made as an impromptu "finale" 13th episode. But the show wasn't abandoned, and the creators went back and added new episodes between the original ones: episodes 1, 4-6, 16, 17 were all created after the 12 episodes I listed and the one this entry concerns.
Jan 17, 3:08 AM
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