Boys Be...

Boys Be...
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 7, 1991 – March 14, 2001
Volumes58
Series titles
  1. Boys Be... (1991–1996; 32 volumes)
  2. Boys Be... 2nd Season (1996–2000; 20 volumes)
  3. Boys Be... L Co-op (2000–2001; 6 volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byMasami Shimoda
Written byKenichi Kanemaki
Music byBe-Factory
StudioHal Film Maker
Licensed by
Original networkWowow
English network
Original run April 11, 2000 – July 4, 2000
Episodes13
Manga
Boys Be... Last Season
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
DemographicShōnen
PublishedJune 23, 2001
Volumes1
Manga
Boys Be... Pre-season
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMiChao!
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 24, 2009 – October 9, 2009
Volumes1
Manga
Boys Be... Next Season
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byKodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Special
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 20, 2009 – February 20, 2012
Volumes6
Manga
Boys Be… Adult Season
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byKodansha
MagazineEvening
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 11, 2012 – June 25, 2013
Manga
Boys Be... Young Adult
Written byMasahiro Itabashi
Illustrated byHiroyuki Tamakoshi
Published byFujimi Shobo
ImprintDragon Comics Age
MagazineMonthly Dragon Age
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 8, 2017 – July 9, 2018
Volumes2

Boys Be... (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anthology manga series written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi. Three different manga series were serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine: Boys Be... (1991–1996), Boys Be... 2nd Season (1996–2000), and Boys Be... L Co-op (2000–2001), totaling 58 tankōbon volumes. Four other manga series have been published: Boys Be... Pre-season (2009), Boys Be... Next Season (2009–2012), Boys Be… Adult Season (2012–2013), and Boys Be... Young Adult (2017–2018). In North America, the second manga series was licensed by Tokyopop.

A 13-episode anime television series by Hal Film Maker was broadcast on Wowow in 2000. The anime series was licensed for English release in North America by The Right Stuf International.

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