Beck (manga)
| BECK | |
Cover of the first manga volume
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ベック (Bekku) |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama, Slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Harold Sakuishi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | November 1999 – April 2008 |
| Volumes | 34 |
| Anime television series | |
| BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad | |
| Directed by | Osamu Kobayashi |
| Produced by | Gou Shukuri Yoshimi Nakajima |
| Written by | Osamu Kobayashi |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 7, 2004 – March 31, 2005 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Game | |
| BECK: The Game | |
| Developer | Sun-Tec |
| Publisher | Marvelous Interactive |
| Genre | Adventure, Music |
| Platform | PlayStation 2 |
| Released | March 31, 2005 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| Written by | Tetsuya Oishi |
| Released | September 4, 2010 |
| Runtime | 145 minutes |
BECK (Japanese: ベック Hepburn: Bekku?) 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.
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 original manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop. Volume 1 was published in July 2005, but the series was discontinued after the release of the 12th volume in June 2008. The anime was licensed for an English-language release by Funimation. The first DVD was released in 2007, and the last in January 2008.
Yukio Tanaka, known as "Koyuki" by his friends, is a regular 14-year-old Japanese boy starting eighth grade in junior high school. His boring life is changed when he saves an odd-looking dog, named Beck, from some kids. Beck's owner turns out to be an emerging rock musician, 16-year-old Ryusuke Minami, who soon influences Koyuki to start playing the guitar. The story focuses on the trials and tribulations of their rock band named Beck, and Koyuki's relationships with its members, in particular Ryusuke and his 14-year-old half-sister Maho.
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