Boys Be...
| Boys Be... | |
Cover of Boys Be... volume 1 as published by Tokyopop
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ボーイズ・ビー (Boys Be) |
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| Genre | Romance, Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Boys Be... 1 | |
| Written by | Masahiro Itabashi |
| Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Tamakoshi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 1991 – 1997 |
| Volumes | 32 |
| Manga | |
| Boys Be... 2 | |
| Written by | Masahiro Itabashi |
| Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Tamakoshi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 1997 – 2000 |
| Volumes | 20 |
| Manga | |
| Boys Be... 3 | |
| Written by | Masahiro Itabashi |
| Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Tamakoshi |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 2000 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masami Shimoda |
| Studio | Hal Film Maker |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| English network | |
| Original run | 11 April 2000 – 4 July 2000 |
| Episodes | 13 |
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Boys Be... (Japanese: ボーイズ・ビー Hepburn: Bōizu Bī?) is a manga created and written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, which was in 2000 adapted into a 13 episode anime series by Hal Film Maker.
Three different Boys Be... manga series were serialized by Kodansha in Shukan Shōnen Magazine. In 2009 Kodansha announced a fourth series, Boys Be... Next Season, starting in the November 2009 issue of Magazine Special. The second manga series is licensed in North America by Tokyopop.
The anime first aired on WOWOW in April–June 2000. It was licensed by The Right Stuf International. The first DVD volume of the series was released in North America on February 28, 2006. Comcast and several other cable providers have shown Boys Be On Demand in the United States through the Anime Network. In Asia, the series aired on AXN Asia before it handed all anime broadcasting duties to Animax Asia, and, unlike other AXN anime making it to Animax Asia, was never retained. It also aired on Spanish networks Jonu Media and K3.
The title of the series is explained in the first chapter where the author refers to the quote "Boys, be ambitious", which was said by William S. Clark and has become a popular motto in Japan.
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