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Boys Be... (TV)

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©Masahiro Itabashi/Hiroyuki Tamaoki/KODANSHA/Boys Be Committee


[ adapted from Boys Be… (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Boys Be... Más allá del amor (Spanish)
Etre Garçon... (French)
ボーイズ・ビー (Japanese)
新戀愛白書 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Six High School students are about to embark on journey about love and life. Kyoichi and Chiharu have been childhood friends and suddenly their relationship is becoming more serious. Makoto believes that his computer can help acquire love. Yoshihiko is a talented baseball player, who is very unsure about himself. Chiharu's friends Yumi and Aki are looking for a solution to their loneliness. The coming events are will teach them serious life lesson.
Video:
User Ratings: 555 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:12, dub:3, Spa.dub:1, ?:0)
 Excellent: 49 votes (sub:37, dub:11, ?:1)
 Very good: 105 votes (sub:78, dub:24, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Good: 168 votes (sub:114, dub:44, Spa.sub:3, raw:2, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 105 votes (sub:74, dub:24, raw:3, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Tag.sub:1)
 So-so: 64 votes (sub:46, dub:16, Fre.sub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:10, dub:6, Spa.dub:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1381 users, rank: #399
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.7084 (Good-.29), std. dev.: 1.7395, rank: #2133
Weighted mean: 6.5937 (Good-.40), rank: #2105
Bayesian estimate: 6.60833 (Good-.39), rank: #1861
Running time: 24 minutes
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2000-04-11 to 2000-07-04
2001-05-31 to 2002-06-27 (Spain)
Releases: We have 5
Opening Theme:
#1: "Daijobu" by Maeda Aki (eps 1-12)
#2: "Hatsukoi" by Yuka Imai (ep 13)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Minna ga Ii ne" by Maeda Aki (eps 1-12)
#2: "My Tomorrow" by Yuka Imai (ep 8)
#3: "Daijoubu" by Maeda Aki
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
The 13th and final episode, "Let it Be", was not broadcast but was on the video release.
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    Boys Be... - Summer (1 DVD 2) 2006-04-25 (from $16.99)
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    Boys Be... - Spring + Artbox (DVD 1) 2006-02-28 (from $31.96)
    Boys Be... - Winter (DVD 4) 2006-06-27 (from $16.99)
    Boys Be... (Thinpak) (DVD 1-4) 2008-02-26 (from $33.74)
    Boys Be... Autumn (DVD 3) 2006-05-30 (from $16.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Masami Shimoda

Original creator: Hiroyuki Tamakoshi

Original Manga: Masahiro Itabashi

Character Design: Itsuko Takeda

Insert Song Performance: Kasumi Matsumura (ep 8)

Theme Song Performance:
Aki Maeda
Yuka Imai (Ep 13)
Yuu Asakawa ("Where Is My Paradise?")

 

Akira Ishida as Makoto Kurumizawa

Kazusa Murai as Chiharu Nitta

Kenichi Suzumura as Kyoichi Kanzaki

Chie Ishibashi as Nao Nitta

Fumiko Orikasa as Sayaka Kamizaki

Hideo Ishikawa as Kenjou Yoshihiko

Hiroshi Naka as Kouichi Dobashira (Ep 3)

Izumi Handa as Kumi (Ep 4)

Junko Noda as Mizuki Takano

Manabi Mizuno as Natsue Horikawa

Masayo Kurata as Lisa Fujiki (Ep 2)

Megumi Hayashibara as Chiharu (Episode 13)

Michiko Neya as Erika Kawai

Miki Nagasawa as Yumi Kazama

Misato Fukuen as Aya Kurihara

Rika Komatsu as Junna Morio

Ryotaro Okiayu as Sorimachi Takahiro (ep 1)

Shinichiro Miki as Yuki Okazaki

Takehito Koyasu as Yokota Takuya (ep 10)

Yasunori Matsumoto as Daisuke Nitta (Ep 5)

Yuji Ueda as Ueno (ep 4)

Yuka Imai as Syoko Sayama

Yuri Shiratori as Aki Mizutani

Hiroshi Iida

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: WOWOW

Digital Composite: Satelight

Distributor: PIONEER LDC

Music: Be Factory

Online Support: Lycos Japan (chiharu@lycos.co.jp)

Production: Hal Film Maker


English staff 

Director:
Liam O'Brien (Co-Director)
Sam Regal (Co-Director)

Translation: Mayumi Kobayashi

Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner

Producer: Kris Kleckner

Associate producer:
David Olsen
Judy DeFrieze

Dubbing Producer: Joe Digiorgi

Menu Design: Greg Hillsman

Mixing:
Joe Digiorgi
Michael Messier

Script Adaptation:
Liam O'Brien
Meg Holiday (Ep 12)
Sam Regal

English cast 

Amy Kincaid as Chiharu Nitta

Liam O'Brien as Makoto

Sam Regal as Kyoichi

Tara Platt as Mizuki

Darrel Guilbeau as Minigawa

Doug Stone as Furata

Jennifer Sekiguchi as Yumi Kazama

Jill Jumangi as Lisa Fujiki

Karen Thompson as Sayaka Kanzaki

Kirsten Potter as Chiharu Reicha (EP 13)

Melodee M. Spevack as Seiko Kurumizawa

Michelle Ruff as Aki Mizutani

Patrick Seitz as Yoshihiko Kenjo

Rachael Lillis as Aya Kurhara

Sonia Scrancia as Natsue Horikawa

Stephanie Sheh as Yumi

Tara Platt as Boy

Wendee Lee as Jyunna Morio

Yuri Lowenthal as Hitoshi Yoshinuma

Zarah Little as Shoko Sayama

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Anime Selects
AXN Asia
AXN-Asia (SE Asia)
The Anime Network

Licensed by: The Right Stuf International

Recording Studio: Headline Sound Studios


French cast 
French staff 

Directrice De Plateau: Sandrine Ringuière

Alexandre Crépet as Kyouichi Kanzaki

Christophe Hespel as Kenjou Yoshihiko

Hélène Couvert as Nao Nitta

Jean-Paul Clerbois as Makoto Kurumizawa

Claire Tefnin as Kazama Yumi

Delphine Moriau as Natsue Horikawa , Chiharu Reicha (EP 13)

Dominique Wagner as Sayaka Kamizaki

Elisabeth Guinand as Aki Muzutani

Gregory Praet as Kumi (ep 4)

Philippe Resimont as Daisuke Nitta

Sébastien Hebrant as Yuki Okazaki

Sophie Servais as Chiharu Nitta

Stéphane Flamand as Erika Kawai

Tony Beck as Yokota Takuya

French companies 

Distributor: Anima

Dubbing: Mirroring

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)

 

Albert Trifol Segarra as Kyouichi Kanzaki (Catalan dub)

Angel de Gracia as Kyouichi Kanzaki (Spain dub)

Carlos Di Blasi as Makoto Kurumizawa (Spain dub)

Eva Lluch as Nitta Chiharu (Catalan dub)

Marta Estrada as Chiharu Nitta (Spain dub)

Claudi Domingo as Makoto Kurumizawa (Catalan dub)

Jaume Villanueva as Yukichi Okasaki (Catalan dub)

Josep Maria Mas as Yoshihiko Kenjou (Catalan dub)

Julia Chalmeta as Mizuki Takano (Spain dub)

Mònica Padrós as Mizutani Aki (Catalan dub)

Noemi Bayarri as Aki Mizutani (Spain dub)

Oscar Muñoz as Takeshi Ueno (Catalan dub)

Sílvia Gómez as Natsue Horikawa (Catalan dub)

Tasio Alonso as Yoshihiko Kenjou (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: K3 (100%)

Dubbing Studio:
S.I.C., S.A. (Spain dub)
SIC (Spain dub)

DVD Distribution: Jonu Media (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

 

Patrizio Prata as Kyoichi Kanzaki

Stella Musy as Chiharu Nitta

Alessandro Quarta as Yoshihiko Kenjo

Barbara De Bortoli as Mizuki Takano

Davide Lepore as Makoto Kurumizawa

Gabriele Sabatini as Takahiro Sorimachi

Corrado Conforti as Ueno Tsuyoshi

Cristiana Farfalla as Kozue

Emanuela Baroni as Keiko

Fabio Boccanera as Daisuke Nitta

Fabrizio Picconi as Kasai

Federica Bomba as Aya Kurihara

Francesca Fiorentini as Sayaka

Francesca Manicone as Aki Mizutani

Francesco Meoni as Ishimura

Gemma Donati as Kumi

Letizia Ciampa as Lisa

Luigi Ferraro as Minagawa

Marco De Risi as Nishida

Monica Vulcano as Yumi

Perla Liberatori as Natsue Horikawa

Valentina Mari as Nao Nitta

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynamic Italia


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

Distrubtor: Trimax

German cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN 

Tagalog cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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