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BECK was illustrated and written by Harold Sakuishi. It was released in Monthly Shonen Magazine in 1999 and ended on 2008 with 103 chapters. When it aired as an anime on TV Tokyo, it was titled BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad. It aired from 2004 to 2005. It was animated by Madhouse and was directed by Osamu Kobayashi.
Beck Plot:
Yukio Tanaka is a normal 14 year-old boy in school starting his second year in junior high school. He had no direction until he was chased down by a weird dog, Beck. Tanaka was rescued by Beck’s owner, Ryusuke, who was in the underground band scene. Ryusuke gets Tanaka into playing guitar by lending him a guitar. Ryusuke breaks up with his original band after an upset performance in front of a talent scout and creates a new band.
Tanaka accidently breaks Ryusuke’s guitar and turns to ex-Olympic swimmer, Kenichi Saitou, to repair it. During this time, Tanaka learns how to play guitar and works for Kenichi and constantly receives swim training.
Tanaka later meets up Ryusuke and, together with Chiba, Taira, Tanaka and Saku, creates the band BECK in the hopes of fame and fortune.
Beck Characters:
Yukio Tanaka - (Koyuki) is the man protagonist of BECK. He’s was an ordinary 14 year-old boy that had nothing going for him. He was a total nobody and was ignored by almost everybody and always spent his allowance in the arcade. He had no talents nor was his personality anything special. He was into J-pop music just like everybody else.
Ryusuke Minami - (Ray) is a care-free but very talented musician. He was the one who got Tanaka to start playing guitar and get into the band scene. He’s the founding member, leader and lead guitarist of BECK (Mongolian Chop Squad). His story with the Gibson Les Paul and dog (BECK) which stole from B.B. King’s greatly affects the band’s direction.
Tsunemi Chiba - (Chiba) is the lead vocalist and rapper for BECK. Chiba has a very harsh tone to his singing making it more punk, rap and hardcore oriented befitting of BECK’s genre. Chiba was tricked into auditioning into the band when Ryusuke told him he’d introduce two girls to him. Ryusuke then realized how good Chiba is on stage and includes him in BECK’s line up.
Yoshiyuki Taira - (Taira) is BECK’s bassist recruited by Ryusuke. He was invited by Ryusuke and Eiji to join their respective bands but he eventually chose BECK. He’s also one of the first members to impress the audience with his amazing skills and stage presence.
Yuki Sakurai - (Saku) is BECK’s second drummer and the last member to join. He was the replacement for BECK’s other drummer. He was discovered when Tanaka noticed him reading a music magazine. He quickly impressed Ryusuke and the rest of the band when he auditioned.
Maho Minami - (Maho) is a gifted singer and is the younger sister or Ryusuke. She’s a weak at Japanese but is great at English. Tanaka and another famous actor compete for her attention on several occasions. Tanaka falls in love with her and is insecure about him being good enough for her. She has feelings for Tanaka and shows it in ways he doesn’t understand.
Kenichi Saitou - (Saitou) is an ex-Olympic swimmer who helps Tanaka fix Ryusuke’s broken guitar and trains Tanaka by through swim practice, guitar lessons and work. He’s like a father figure for Tanaka and accidently helps BECK with one of their hit songs.
Beck Similar series:
1. Nana
2. K-ON!
3. Nodame Cantabile
4. Sakamichi no Apollon
source: Zerochan; written by Bootan
Last entry on Mar 25, 2018