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Beck (manga)

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Alternative title:
ベック (Japanese)
搖滾新樂團 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, romance
Themes: music
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.
User Ratings: 243 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 75 votes (sub:38, Eng:27, dub:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 French edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German
)
 Excellent: 82 votes (Eng:45, sub:26, dub:4, raw:2, raw:1, others:4
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish
1 Russian
1 French
)
 Very good: 44 votes (Eng:28, sub:7, dub:3, raw:2, ?:1, others:3
2 French
1 German
)
 Good: 23 votes (Eng:16, sub:4, dub:2, others:1
1 French
)
 Decent: 11 votes (Eng:9, dub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:2, Eng:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 617 users, rank: #120 (of 6927)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.642 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.3994, rank: #307 (of 7781)
Weighted mean: 8.469 (Very good+), rank: #480 (of 7781) (seen all: 9.05 / seen some: 8.16 / won't finish: 6.35)
Bayesian estimate: 8.456 (Very good+), rank: #76 (of 3529)
Number of tankoubon: 34
Number of pages: 200
Vintage:
2000-02-17
2004-07-01 to 2010-03-10 (France)
2005-07-12 (North America)
2005-10-17 (Japanese: Beck - Music Guide)
2006-09-13 to 2009-10-28 (Italy)
Release dates: We have 160
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 24-March 2 (Feb 26, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 30-October 6 (Oct 2, 2018)
Exclusive: ComiXology Debuts Harold Sakuishi's Beck, Seven Shakespeares Manga Digitally (Jul 5, 2018)
Guskō Budori no Denki Anime Remake's Full Trailer Posted (Updated) (May 2, 2012)
Detective Conan Manga Gets New Live-Action TV Special (Feb 26, 2012)
Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film's Teaser Streamed (Dec 16, 2011)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, November 7-13 (Nov 20, 2011)
Noriko Kasuya's Watashi wa Shadow Manga Gets Live-Action Show (Jul 26, 2011)
Rurouni Kenshin Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2012 (Jun 27, 2011)
Detective Conan Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series (May 20, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 14-20 (Feb 27, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 14-20 (Part 2) (Feb 25, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 14-20 (Part 1) (Feb 22, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, February 7-13 (Feb 17, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 7-13 (Part 2) (Feb 15, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, February 7-13 (Part 1) (Feb 15, 2011)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 31-February 6 (Feb 10, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, January 31-February 6 (Part 2) (Feb 9, 2011)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, January 31-February 6 (Part 1) (Feb 8, 2011)
Japanese Box Office, October 9-10 (Oct 17, 2010)
Hawaii Film Fest to Show Redline, Space Show, Beck (Oct 11, 2010)
Japanese Box Office, September 25-26 (Oct 3, 2010)
Beck's Sakuishi to Launch Seven Shakespeare Manga (Dec 13, 2009)
Beck Rock Manga Gets Live-Action Film with Hiro Mizushima (Jun 1, 2009)
Tokyopop Germany Discusses End of Its Kodansha Licenses (Jan 6, 2009)
Report: Kodansha Lets Tokyopop Germany's Licenses Expire (Jan 2, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 21-27 (Oct 29, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 14-20 (Oct 22, 2008)
Beck Manga Side Story to Run in Japan in October (Sep 4, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 17–23 (Jun 26, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 17–23 (Jun 25, 2008)
Sakuishi's Beck Rock-and-Roll Manga to End in Japan (Apr 7, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 19–25 (Feb 27, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 12–18 (Feb 22, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 20–26 (Nov 27, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 13–19 (Nov 21, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 13–19 (Nov 21, 2007)
Death Note Helmer, Beck Editor, R×J Producers, Icarus Interviewed (Jul 9, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 19–June 25 (Jun 27, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 12–June 18 (Jun 21, 2007)
Beck Game Announced (Jan 13, 2005)
Beckanime.com goes to Funimation (Jan 6, 2005)
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Graphic novel
    Beck (GN 1) 2005-07-12 (from $47.88)
    Beck (GN 2) 2005-11-08 (from $19.79)
    Beck (GN 3) 2006-03-07 (from $15.00)
    Beck (GN 4) 2006-06-13 (from $29.11)
    Beck (GN 5) 2006-09-12 (from $18.78)
    Beck (GN 6) 2006-11-28 (from $23.01)
    Beck (GN 7) 2007-02-27 (from $199.99)
    Beck (GN 8) 2007-05-29 (from $284.29)
    Beck (GN 9) 2007-09-11 (from $43.28)
    Beck (GN 10) 2007-12-11 (from $28.45)
    Beck (GN 11) 2008-03-04
    Beck (GN 12) 2008-06-10 (from $18.20)
    Beck (GN 13) 2008-09-09
    Beck (GN 14) 2008-12-02

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Harold Sakuishi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford
Translation:
Adam Hirsch (Kodansha Comics, vol 13-)
Stephen Paul

Adaptation: Jay Antani
Copy Editing:
Alexis Kirsch
Suzanne Waldman
Cover Design: Gary Shum
Digital Imaging Manager: Chris Buford
Editing:
Paul Morrissey
Thalia Sutton (Kodansha Comics, vol 13-)
Editor-in-Chief: Mike Kiley
Lettering: Darren Smith (Kodansha Comics, vol 13-)
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney
Pre-Press Manager: Antonio DePietro
Production Artist: Gloria Wu
Production manager:
Jennifer Miller
Mutsumi Miyazaki
Retouch & Lettering: Lucas Rivera
VP of Production: Ron Klamert
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Kodansha Comics (Digital; 2018)
Tokyopop
Online Distribution: K MANGA
French staff
French cast
Translation:
Élodie Lepelletier (Vol. 4-12)
Sae Cibot (Vol. 1-3)
Yuko Kuramatsu (Vol. 13-34)

Adaptation:
Élodie Lepelletier (Vol. 4-12)
Olivier Vachey (Vol. 13-34)
Sae Cibot (Vol. 1-3)
Lettering:
Eliette Blatché (Vol. 1-18)
Karen Bellanger (Vol. 19-)
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Akata/Delcourt
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Lettering: Oliva Osanz (vol. 1-14)
(none)
Spanish companies
Licensed by: Distrito Manga
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Cristian Giorgi 
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Dynit
German staff
German cast
Translation: Claudia Peter
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Tokyopop Germany
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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