| Harlem Beat | |
 Cover of the first volume of manga. | |
| ハーレム・ビート (Hāremu Biito) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuriko Nishiyama |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1994 – 2000 |
| Volumes | 29 |
Harlem Beat (ハーレム・ビート, Hāremu Bīto) is a Japanese manga series created by Yuriko Nishiyama. It details the struggles of young Nate Torres to go from a benchwarmer to a street-ball player. The story's scope expands as he makes friends and eventually becomes a member of his high school basketball team. It was compiled into 29 tankōbon volumes.
In North America, it was published by Tokyopop. The manga goes up to 9 volumes under the name Harlem Beat,[1] while what were volumes 12+ in Japan were published under the series title Rebound, with the Rebound volumes renumbered beginning at 1.[2] As of August 31, 2009, the Rebound volumes are out of print.[3] The Japanese Harlem Beat Volumes 10 and 11 were never translated by Mixx/Tokyopop.
Jason Thompson stated that it was the author's "most popular manga".[4] According to Thompson the work "assumes that the reader knows basketball."[4]
- ^ "Harlem Beat Volume 1." (Archive) Tokyopop. Retrieved on September 11, 2009.
- ^ Rebound Volume 1 Tokyopop. Retrieved on September 11, 2009. For the character information, click the tab "Character Info"
- ^ "TOKYOPOP Inc. Out of Print Titles." Tokyopop. 2 Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine." Retrieved on September 10, 2009.
- ^ a b Thompson, Jason (2012-02-02). "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Harlem Beat". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-04-14.