Boys Be... 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 Shonen 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 and the anime is licensed by The Right Stuf International. The anime, first aired on WOWOW (with a matching fanline email address courtesy of Lycos Japan), is licensed in Singapore by Odex. The first DVD volume of the series was released in North America on February 28, 2006. Comcast and several other cable providers are currently showing 'Boys Be' On Demand in the United States through the Anime Network. This series was aired on AXN-Asia before it handed all anime broadcasting duties to ANIMAX Asia, and, unlike other AXN anime making it to ANIMAX, was never retained.
Plot:
The anime focuses upon the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of first love and teenage romance. Six students struggle to find the perfect partner and their adolescent limitations.
Each episode begins and ends with a philosophical quote which sums up the episode's content. Boys Be…, while centered on Kyoichi and Chiharu, revolves around seven or eight main characters and their love lives.
Boys Be...2nd season is the sequel to the Playstation game Boys Be... and is also a first person perspective adventure and dating simulation game, but in this sequel the game characters had changed and also the game system.
Manufacturer's description:
BOYS BE ... the popular school comedy manga] motif, and a new sense of love simulation of the high school drawing a faint love. Adopted by the games original story the author has drawn from a developing dramatic love a photo. Introduced a system supplier of PHS love. Keyou a date to hear a number from the girl.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Dating & Anime themes.
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