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Be-Bop High School#Video game

{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Kazuhiro Kiuchi}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Be-Bop High School 1.png

| caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring Toru Nakama (left) and Hiroshi Kato (right)

| ja_kanji =ビー・バップ・ハイスクール

| ja_romaji =Bī Bappu Hai Sukūru

| genre = {{Lang|ja-latn|Yankī}}{{cite web|last=Chavez|first=Ed|title=Yanki Doodle Dandy!|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/yanki-doodle-dandy/|website=Otaku USA|access-date=April 30, 2020|date=February 7, 2008|quote=The yanki ideal made popular by titles Be-Bop High School, Shounan Bakusouzoku, Bukkomi no Taku, and Rokudenashi Blues was especially appealing to me. Yanki are basically Japanese juvenile delinquents, prone to fighting over turf, foxy girls, and imitating the honor-bound world of the yakuza on their own troubled-teen terms|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412195452/https://otakuusamagazine.com/yanki-doodle-dandy/|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = Kazuhiro Kiuchi

| publisher = Kodansha

| demographic = Seinen

| imprint = Yanmaga KC Special

| magazine = Weekly Young Magazine

| first = 1983

| last = 2003

| volumes = 48

| volume_list =

}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = December 14, 1985

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 90 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Aika

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = August 9, 1986

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 95 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kōshinkyoku

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = March 21, 1987

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 96 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kyōsō-kyoku

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

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| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = December 12, 1987

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 90 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Ondo

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = August 6, 1988

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 90 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kanketsu-hen

| director = Hiroyuki Nasu

| producer =

| writer =

| music =

| studio =

| released = December 17, 1988

| first =

| last =

| runtime = 90 minutes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Game

| title = Be-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu

| developer = Data East

| publisher = Data East

| genre = Adventure

| platforms = Nintendo Family Computer

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|March 30, 1988}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = {{ubl|Toshihiko Arisako (1–2, 6)|Hiroyuki Kakudō (3–5)|Junichi Fujise (7)}}

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Kazuhiro Kiuchi (1–3)|Kazumasa Kiuchi (1–3)|Tatsuhiko Urahata (4–5)|Sara Uemura (6)}}

| music =

| studio = Toei Animation

| released =

| first = January 26, 1990

| last = December 11, 1998

| runtime =

| episodes = 7

| episode_list =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = live film

| title =

| director = Kazuhiro Kiuchi

| producer =

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| released = February 19, 1994

| first =

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| runtime =

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{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = drama

| title =

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| network = TBS

| first = June 16, 2004

| last = August 17, 2005

| episodes = 2

| episode_list =

}}

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{{nihongo|Be-Bop High School|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|Bī Bappu Hai Sukūru|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Kiuchi. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1983 to 2003, with its chapters collected in 48 {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes. It has been adapted into seven live-action films, a video game, and an original video animation (OVA) series.

The manga has sold over 40 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 1988, the series won the 12th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.

Story

The series revolves around the lives of two rough-and-tumble high school friends, {{Nihongo|Hiroshi Kato|加藤 浩志|Katō Hiroshi}} and {{Nihongo|Toru Nakama|中間 徹|Nakama Tōru}}, who frequently cause trouble and start fights. Toru and Hiroshi style their hair in punch perms and also adopt exaggerated swaggering gaits. The manga also features an assortment of outlandish characters who also sport unusual fashions and hairstyles.

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Kiuchi, Be-Bop High School was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1983 to 2003.{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ビー・バップ・ハイスクール』の登場キャラ人気ランキングTOP29！ 第1位は「加藤浩志」！【2021年最新投票結果】|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/research/articles/538926/|website=Netorabo|publisher=ITmedia Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122142235/https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/research/articles/538926/|url-status=live}} Kodansha collected its chapters in 48 {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes, released from March 17, 1984,{{cite web|title=ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ（１）|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1020110|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040408/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1020110|archive-date=January 12, 2014|language=ja}} to January 6, 2004.{{cite web|title=ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ（４８）|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3611795|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040408/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3611795|archive-date=January 12, 2014|language=ja}}

A spin-off parody, titled {{Nihongo|Be-Bop Kaizokuban|Be-Bop 海賊版}}, Memeoka Manhiru, was serialized in Bessatsu Young Magazine,{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＢＥ-ＢＯＰ海賊版 アニメセレクション|url=https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dstd06780/|publisher=Toei Video|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016062628/https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dstd06780/|url-status=live|date=5 August 2008 }} and its chapters were collected in six tankōbon volumes, released from January 1990 to January 1996.{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP 海賊版 [pt.1]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M317373|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121105129/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M317373|archive-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP 海賊版 [pt.6]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M208042|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121105132/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M208042|archive-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}

=Live-action films=

There are seven live-action films based on the manga; six films directed by Hiroyuki Nasu and released between 1985 and 1988, and a 1994 film directed by the manga's own author, Kazuhiro Kiuchi.

  1. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール}} (December 14, 1985){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009726.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920084508/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009726.html|url-status=live}}
  2. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Aika|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎哀歌}} (August 9, 1986){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎哀歌|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001577.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja}}
  3. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kōshinkyoku|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎行進曲}} (March 21, 1987){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎行進曲|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009789.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205190109/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009789.html|url-status=live}}
  4. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kyōsō-kyoku|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎狂騒曲}} (December 12, 1987){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎狂騒曲|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001625.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908092332/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001625.html|url-status=live}}
  5. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Ondo|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎音頭}} (August 6, 1988){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎音頭|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001638.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908000806/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001638.html|url-status=live}}
  6. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kanketsu-hen|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎完結篇}} (December 17, 1988){{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎完結篇|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001651.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704141310/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001651.html|url-status=live}}
  7. {{Nihongo|Be-Bop High School|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール}} (February 19, 1994){{cite web|script-title=ja:ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001761.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623011123/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001761.html|url-status=live}}

=Video game=

A video game, titled {{nihongo|Be-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu|ビーバップハイスクール 高校生極楽伝説|Bi-Bappu Hai Sukuru: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu}}, was released on March 30, 1988, by Data East for the Nintendo Famicom console.{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL 高校生極楽伝説|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M727547|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317155726/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M727547|archive-date=March 17, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}

=Original video animation=

A seven-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation, animated by Toei Animation, was released between January 26, 1990,{{cite web|script-title=ja:1*ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952023693|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121115931/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952023693|url-status=live}} to December 11, 1998.{{cite web|title=BE-BOP・HIGHSCHOOL(7)|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952009650|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121115932/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952009650|url-status=live}} A three-episode OVA, based on Be-Bop Kaizokuban, was released between 1991 and 1993.

=Drama=

A special television drama adaptation of two episodes was broadcast on TBS on June 16, 2004,{{cite web|script-title=ja:（水曜プレミア特別編）BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL ビー・バップ・ハイスクール(1)|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-37619|website=TV Drama database|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817234822/http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-37619|url-status=live}} and August 17, 2005.{{cite web|script-title=ja:（水曜プレミア特別編）BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL ビー・バップ・ハイスクール(2)|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-38542|website=TV Drama database|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203222/http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-38542|url-status=live}}

Reception

The manga has sold over 40 million copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/bebopcollection.html|script-title=ja:BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL DVDコレクション|publisher=Toei Video|language=ja| access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000715/http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/bebopcollection.html|archive-date=February 22, 2014|date=21 March 2006 }} The series' eighth volume had a first print run of 2.27 million copies in 1987, making it the publisher's highest first print run of all time; the record was broken by Attack on Titan{{'}}s 13th volume in 2014, which had a first print run of 2.75 million copies.{{cite web|script-title=ja:進撃の巨人13巻は初版275万部！講談社で26年ぶり記録更新|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113853|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706053410/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113853|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title="Attack on Titan" Manga 13th Volume Gets 2.75 Million First Print Run|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/06/attack-on-titan-manga-13th-volume-gets-275-million-first-print-run|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=January 21, 2023|date=April 6, 2014|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525002555/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/06/attack-on-titan-manga-13th-volume-gets-275-million-first-print-run|url-status=live}}

In 1988, alongside Bonobono, Be-Bop High School won the 12th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category.{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|author=Joel Hahn|title=Kodansha Manga Awards|work=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630033000/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}

References

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External links

  • {{Anime News Network|manga|10755|Be-Bop-Highschool}}

{{Weekly Young Magazine - 1980s–1990s}}

{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}

{{Toei Animation OVAs}}

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