Beck (manga)

Beck is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was originally serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2008, with the 103 chapters later published into 34 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. It tells the story of a group of Japanese teenagers who form a rock band and their struggle to fame, focusing on 14-year-old Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, who until meeting guitar prodigy Ryusuke Minami was an average teen with a boring life.

Beck
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Beck (front) and Yukio Tanaka (back)
Genre
Manga
Written byHarold Sakuishi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 1999April 2008
Volumes34
Anime television series
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
Directed by
  • Osamu Kobayashi
  • Mitsuyuki Masuhara (assistant)
Produced by
  • Gō Shukuri
  • Yoshimi Nakajima
Written byOsamu Kobayashi
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 7, 2004 March 31, 2005
Episodes26
Game
Beck: The Game
DeveloperSun-Tec
PublisherMarvelous Interactive
GenreAdventure, Music
PlatformPlayStation 2
ReleasedMarch 31, 2005
Live-action film
Directed byYukihiko Tsutsumi
Written byTetsuya Oishi
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2010 (2010-09-04)
Runtime145 minutes

It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, titled Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, by Madhouse and aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2005. A live-action film adaptation was released in 2010 and stars Takeru Satoh as Koyuki and Hiro Mizushima as Ryusuke. The series has also spawned three guidebooks, four soundtracks, a video game and a line of guitars.

The Beck manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop. The first volume was published in July 2005, but the series was discontinued after the release of volume 12 in June 2008. In July 2018, ComiXology began releasing the series digitally. The anime was given an English-language release by Funimation from 2007 to 2008.

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