BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
Genre: Music, Romance, Slice of Life
BECK is a manga by Harold Sakuishi published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine.
It was adapted as an anime television series with the title BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (the subtitle being the name by which the band is known in the United States, in the story, possibly to avoid confusion with Beck Hansen, despite being named after a fictional guitarist's dog). It tells the story of a group of Japanese teenagers who form a rock band. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop, but after the release of the 12th volume in June 2008, the manga went on a hiatus.The series has also spawned three guidebooks. The manga won the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen.
The 26-episode anime television series was aired on Japan's TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2005. It was directed by Osamu Kobayashi, animated by Madhouse and produced by Takeshi Shukuri and Yoshimi Nakajima.
A live-action film adaptation was released in 2010. The film stars Hiro Mizushima as Ryusuke and Takeru Satoh as Koyuki.
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