Beck is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was originally serialized in Monthly Shonen Magazine from 1999 to 2008, with the 103 chapters later published into 34 tankobon volumes by Kodansha. It tells the story of a group of Japanese teenagers who form a rock band and their struggle to fame, focusing on 14-year-old Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka, who until meeting guitar prodigy Ryusuke Minami was an average teen with a boring life. It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series, titled BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, by Madhouse and aired on TV Tokyo from October 2004 to March 2005.
PLOT:
Yukio Tanaka, known as "Koyuki" by his friends, is a regular 14-year-old Japanese boy starting eighth grade in junior high school. His boring life is changed when he saves an odd-looking dog, named Beck, from some kids. Beck's owner turns out to be an emerging rock musician, 16-year-old Ryusuke Minami, who soon influences Koyuki to start playing the guitar. The story focuses on the trials and tribulations of their rock band named Beck, and Koyuki's relationships with its members, in particular Ryusuke and his 14-year-old half-sister Maho.
Beck The Game: This adventure game is based on the recent Beck anime, which focuses heavily on hard rock music. Playing as main character Yukio Tanaka, you lead your band, Beck, to success. The game's storyline is based on the anime, but with some new additions. In the adventure part, you move to different areas of the stage and speak to other characters. Also included is Groove Game, a mini game where you press buttons in time with music. All music is original and made for the game.
In the PS2 Beck game, Yukio Tanaka serves as the protagonist and the unlikely manga hero goes through the motions as dictated by the source material. New and exclusive chapters have been tacked on as adjuncts to the main story which may be experienced as Yukio stumbles through the interactive scenarios. When it's time for action, the screen shifts to a rhythm based guitar strumming action game where cues must be hit in time in order to progress further. Competitions between different bands are also par for the course where the band Beck battles against rivals. Success or defeat is gauged by the excitement level of the crowd.
The game features as a bonus disc the game sountrack.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Popular music manga "BECK" is, appeared in the PS2 to become a new sense of live adventure game further broaden its appeal. Original and anime episode, of course, also packed with original episodes only game! Digital comic-style movie that the excerpt of the original and animation of a typical scene also liven up the game!
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Music & Anime themes.
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