Cowboy Bebop: - Tengoku No Tobira Episode 1

However, the film opens with a distinct introductory sequence that functions much like a first episode: The Convenience Store Heist (Opening Scene)

: While Jet waits outside, Spike is inside with headphones on, appearing oblivious to three robbers harassing the clerk.

The movie begins with a self-contained "mini-story" that reintroduces the crew through a botched robbery at a Martian convenience store: Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira Episode 1

: Spike uses his signature Jeet Kune Do-style misdirection to effortlessly take down two of the robbers. Jet eventually enters from the ceiling to help secure the third.

: The Bebop crew—Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed—separate to investigate leads across Alba City, eventually uncovering a deep conspiracy involving biological warfare and lost memories. However, the film opens with a distinct introductory

: A few days before Halloween on Mars, a terrorist explosion destroys a tanker truck, releasing a mysterious pathogen.

Since Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira (also known as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie or Knockin' on Heaven's Door ) is a rather than an episodic series, it does not have an "Episode 1". It serves as a standalone story set chronologically between sessions 22 and 23 of the original 1998 anime series. : The Bebop crew—Spike, Jet, Faye, and Ed—separate

: The government offers a record-breaking 300 million Woolong reward for the capture of the culprit, identified as Vincent Volaju.