B't X | |
Cover of B't X volume 1 as published by Tokyopop
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ビート・エックス (Bīto Ekkusu) |
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Genre | Mecha |
Manga | |
Written by | Masami Kurumada |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
Original run | October 1994 – January 2000 |
Volumes | 16 |
Light novel | |
Written by | Sukehiro Tomita |
Illustrated by | Masami Kurumada |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Imprint | Newtype Novels |
Original run | 20 July 1996 – 28 February 1997 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mamoru Hamatsu |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Suga Sukehiro Tomita |
Music by | Akira Senju |
Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
English network | |
Original run | 6 April 1996 – 21 September 1996 |
Episodes | 25 |
Anime television series | |
B't X Neo | |
Directed by | Mamoru Hamatsu |
Written by | Yoshiyuki Suga Sukehiro Tomita |
Music by | Fumitaka Anzai |
Studio | TMS Entertainment |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | 21 August 1997 – 20 November 1997 |
Episodes | 14 |
B't X (Japanese: ビート・エックス Hepburn: Bīto Ekkusu?), pronounced "beat X" and stylized as B'T X, is a science fiction mecha manga series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It was serialized in Shōnen Ace from 1994 to 2000. The series is set in a fictional universe where science has progressed to the creation of mechanical AI creatures known as Bt's. An anime adaptation containing 25 episodes was aired in Japan between April and September 1996, followed by a second season containing 14 episodes called B't X Neo (ビート・エックス・ネオ Bīto Ekkusu Neo?) which aired between August and November 1997. The anime series never adapted the whole manga series, and included instead a different ending with no conclusion.
In the anime adaptation, the main characters were voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama, Jin Horikawa, Nozomu Sasaki, Megumi Ogata, Kazuya Ichijou, Keiji Fujiwara, Kenyû Horiuchi and supporting voice actors include Misa Watanabe, Asako Dodo, Gara Takashima, Ryuji Mizuno, Emi Shinohara, Atsuko Yuya, Kyôko Hikami, Ai Orikasa, Naoki Tatsuta, Shinpachi Tsuji and Yumi Touma. The anime series was animated by TMS Entertainment which produced in total, 39 episodes.