Well, years before Cowboy Bebop, the two had collaborated already on the OVA-series Macross Plus and the movie version of that series. And Anime Limited has now released a stellar, stellar release of both.
It's quite the looker, so here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.
Here is the box, and it is a BIG box. Anime Limited is using the LaserDisc-size here.
You could have fitted in the soundtrack on vinyl, size wise, but that would have made the package astronomically expensive. Note that Anime Limited is releasing the soundtrack separately on vinyl, for roughly 3 times the price of this Blu-ray edition. Which in itself isn't exactly cheap already...
Inside: the fantastic book, a Sharon Apple concert-flyer and nine LaserDisc-sized art cards.
All contents spread out. You can see the dimensions of the set when you see how small the Blu-rays are.
The book is magnificent. Large, 192 pages, hardcover and it houses the two Blu-rays. One for the OVA-series and one for the cinema version.
The contents of the book. You get everything a fan would want. Interviews, concept art, design art, background art, release art...and tons of it, no less.
The (back)end of the packaging: you've been appled.
The (back)end blurb of a great edition. Any anime release can get my attention by including an art book, and this is one of the best ones this year.
Well done Anime Limited, looking forward to what you're cooking up next!