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BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV)

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[ adapted from Beck (manga) ]

Alternative title:
BECK搖滾新樂團 (Chinese (Taiwan))
ベック (Japanese)
Themes: music
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki is a 14 year old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes involved in Ryuusuke's new band BECK. Koyuki's life starts to change as the band struggles towards fame.
User Ratings: 1797 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 493 votes (sub:364, dub:114, Por.sub:4, Spa.sub:4, edit.dub:2, Pol.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, ?:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 621 votes (sub:482, dub:102, Spa.sub:15, Por.sub:7, edit.dub:3, ?:2, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Ger.sub:1, raw:1, Rus.edit.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 373 votes (sub:286, dub:62, Spa.sub:10, raw:5, Ita.dub:5, ?:2, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Good: 146 votes (sub:125, dub:14, Ita.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.sub:1, Tag.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 72 votes (sub:57, dub:10, raw:2, Rus.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 So-so: 33 votes (sub:25, dub:4, Rus.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:18, dub:2)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:11, Fre.sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:5, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:2, Ita.dub:1, Tag.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3223 users, rank: #146
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.487 (Very good+.48), std. dev.: 1.6669, rank: #143
Weighted mean: 8.413 (Very good+.41), rank: #140 (seen all: 8.64 / seen some: 6.93 / won't finish: 4.10)
Bayesian estimate: 8.408 (Very good+.40), rank: #76
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2004-10-06 to 2005-03-30
2006-01-22 (Ep 1-2, Italy - Future Film Festival)
2007-03-09 to 2007-06-03 (Canada - MuchMusic)
Releases: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Hit in the USA" by Beat Crusaders
Ending Theme:
#1: "My World Down" by Meister (eps 1-20)
#2: "Moon on the Water" by Sowelu and Beat Crusaders (eps 21-25)
#3: "Slip Out" by Beck/Mongolian Chop Squad (ep 26)
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 12
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Related reviews:
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad DVD 3
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad DVD 1

Related releases:
    Beck - The Complete Series (Viridian Collection) (DVD) 2009-04-28 (from $30.31)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 1) 2007-06-26 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 2) 2007-08-14 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 3) 2007-09-25 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 4) 2007-11-06 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 5) 2007-12-18 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (DVD 6) 2008-01-29 (from $6.00)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad - V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2007-10-10
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad - Box Set (DVD 1-6) 2008-07-29 (from $38.99)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad + Artbox (DVD 1) 2007-06-26 (from $12.00)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Osamu Kobayashi

Series Composition: Osamu Kobayashi

Scenario: Osamu Kobayashi

Storyboard:
Dan Odawara (eps 6, 10, 16)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Motonobu Hori
Osamu Kobayashi
Soichi Masui
Yuichi Tanaka

Episode Director:
Jun Shishido
Kotaro Miyake
Mitsuhiro Yoneda
Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Motonobu Hori
Osamu Kobayashi
Shinya Hanai

Music: The Pillows (ep 26)

Original Manga: Harold Sakuishi

Character Design:
Motonobu Hori
Osamu Kobayashi

Art director: Shinichi Uehara

Art:
Hisashi Ikeda
Junko Ina
Naruyo Kiriyama
Rei Kawano
Yoshikazu Suehiro

Animation director:
Fumio Matsumoto
Hiromi Kato
Kazuo Watanabe
Mariko Aoki
Masaki Hyuga
Motonobu Hori
Noboru Takahashi
Takehiro Hamatsu
Tokuyuki Matsutake

Director of Photography: Masayuki Narai

Executive producer:
Atsushi Moriyama
Yoshiaki Matsumoto
Yoshiro Kataoka

Producer:
Takeshi Shukuri
Yoshimi Nakajima

Assistant director: Mitsuyuki Mashibara

Assistant producer:
Aya Kawamura
Shinji Kasai

Broadcast Coordinator: Shunji Aoki

CG Production:
Chikara Nomoto
Hiroki Yamada
Miki Itou
Mitsunori Katano
Susumu Masuuchi
You Karube

Color design: Yoshimi Koshikawa

Composite Director: Takaharu Ozaki

Editing: Kashiko Kimura

Key Animation:
Eiji Yamamori
Kenichi Nagai (4 episodes

eps 2, 6, 13, 20
)
Kunihiko Sakurai
Motonobu Hori
Nobuaki Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 13, 20
)

Ryousuke Sawa (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 7, 22, 24
)

Tadashi Hiramatsu (OP)
Teiji Hiramatsu
Tomo Maruyama
Yoshimi Itatsu
Yuichi Tanaka
Yuu Honda
Yuusuke Yoshigake

Music Coordination Producer: Toru Hidaka

Music Director: Yukio Nagasaki

Music Work: Taku Hirai

Picture:
Chiemi Iresa
Kouji Takahashi
Shinobu Ohata

Planning:
Haruki Nakayama
Seiga Maruyama
Toshimichi Ootsuki

Recording engineer: Yoshiaki Matsuoka

Special Effects:
Ayumi Arahata
Kumiko Taniguchi

Theme Song Lyrics: Tim Jensen (ED 1)

Theme Song Performance:
Beat Crusaders (OP)
Meister (ED)
Sowelu (ED2)

 

Daisuke Namikawa as Tanaka Yukio/Koyuki

Kazuya Hirabayashi as Tanaka Yukio/Koyuki (Vocals)

Yuuma Ueno as Minami Ryuusuke

Kenji Nojima as Taira

Miho Saiki as Minami Maho

Shintarou Oohata as Chiba

Tooru Nara as Yuji Sakurai/Saku

Chimi Kanno as Melanie 

Enapou as Kayo

Hisao Egawa as Micchan

Janie Vickers as Eddie Lee

Jeff Miyahara as Goldy

Kenjiro Tsuda as Rikiya Kitazawa

Kotomi Yamakawa as Hiromi Masuoka

Kouhei Fukuhara as Swimming Club Advisor

Machiko Tanaka as Girl in Ryuusuke's Room

mai as Lisa

Mantarô Iwao as Hondou-sensei

Mari Maruta as Tamayo

Masakazu Morita as Hyoudou Masaru

Miai Sahaku as Chiemi Kuniyoshi (ep 22)

Miki Fukui as Female Swimming Club Member

Miki Maruyama as Ishiguro Izumi

Mitsuo Iwata as Tanabe

Porche Okite as Saitou

ROLLY as Ran

Ryouhei Nakao as Kamejima

RYU as Leon Sykes

Sayo Ishii Joyce as Hyouju

Shigeru Shibuya as Eiji

Shinji Amada as Yoshito

Shoko Tsuda as Koyuki's Mom

Sota as
Aza
Manabu Takasawa

TATSUZO as Chiba (Vocals)

Tomohisa Asou as Beck

Touru Suiura as Horiuchi

Tsuyoshi Koyama as Marquee manager (eps 18, 21)

Urara Takano as Kazuo 

Yoshiharu Kou as Tougou

Yuko Nagashima as Momoko-sensei

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Music Production: DefSTAR RECORDS

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Christopher Bevins
Taliesin Jaffe

Script:
John Burgmeier
Mike McFarland
Sean Michael Teague
Spencer Prokop

Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Carly Hunter
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer:
Jason Grundy
Ryan Morgan
Scott Sager

DVD Authoring:
Dylan Rogers (Vol. 1-4)
Matthew O'Hara (Vol. 6)
Trace Furniss (Vol. 5-6)

DVD Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

DVD Menu Audio: Adrian Cook

DVD Menu Design: TJ Larson

DVD Producer: Clarine Harp

DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson
Chiye Green
Jacob Martin (Vol. 5-6)

DVD Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides
DJ Fonner
Rob Schindlbeck

Head Writer: John Burgmeier

Line Producer: Christopher Bevins

Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook

Music Arrangement: Carl Finch

Music Director: Mike McFarland

Production Assistant:
Michael Harcourt
Michael Rivas
Tomoko Moran

Rotoscoping: Jeffrey Miller

Talent Coordinator: Tara Williams

Theme Song Performance: Brina Palencia (Ending, 21-25)

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Jessie Mancilla

Eric Vale as Ryuusuke

Greg Ayres as Koyuki

Brina Palencia as Maho

Daniel Drumm as Leon Sykes

Gwendolyn Lau as Momoko Ogasawara

Jeremy Inman as Mitty

Jerry Jewell as Taira

Johnny Yong Bosch as Saku

Justin Cook as Chiba

Laura Bailey as Hiromi Masuoka

Adam Zehner as Frank Albin

Adrian Cook as The Dude (ep 25)

Andrew Chandler as Yamanaka (ep 26)

Andy Baldwin as Yusuke

Anthony Bowling as Lifeguard

Antimere Robinson as Sato's Assistant

Billy Wilson as Booking Manager (ep 21)

Bob Carter as Goldie

Bruce Lewis as
English Teacher (ep 1)
Restaurant Owner

Caitlin Glass as Chiemi Kuniyoshi

Charles Baker as Movie Guy (ep 17)

Chris Cason as Akage

Chris Patton as Manabu

Chris Rager as Kenji Takano

Christopher Bevins as
Beck
John Lennon
Omar

Christopher R. Sabat as Preview Narrator

Chuck Huber as Katahira

Clarine Harp as Kayo

Cody Vaughn as Yoshiki (ep 26)

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Izumi

Cynthia Cranz as Koyuki's Mother

Dana Schultes as Ryusuke's Ex-Girlfriend (ep 1)

Daniel Katsük as Mark

David Trosko as Daigo (ep 25)

DJ Fonner as Kuroki (ep 9)

Egg Nebula as Black Hair

Gerald C. Rivers as Malcolm (ep 23)

Greg Dulcie as Marquee Manager

J. Michael Tatum as Jim Walsh

Jamie Marchi as Page

Jamie McGonnigal as Yoshito

Jason Douglas as Rikiya

Jason Grundy as Sound Tech (ep 24)

Jason Liebrecht as Eddy Lee

Jay Klein as History Teacher

Jeff Johnson as Brown Hair

Jerry Russell as Horiuchi

John Burgmeier as Eiji

John Swasey as Kamejima

Jonathan C. Osborne as Judo Club Captain (ep 6)

Josh Martin as
Rapper (ep 21)
Wakita

Juli Erickson as Tamayo

K.T. Gray as Julia (ep 23)

Kenny Green as Mr. Machida

Kevin M. Connolly as Tanabe

Kyle Hebert as
Swimming Coach (ep 9)
Yonehara (ep 6)

Lance Heiskell as Anime Club Guy (ep 15)

Lawrence Varnado as John Lee Davis

Leah Clark as Red

Mark Stoddard as Record Label CEO

Monica Rial as
Esumi
Maria (eps 23-24)
Swimming Race Spectator (ep 9)

Orion Pitts as Togo

Pam Dougherty as Kazuo Sato

Patrick Seitz as Thug 1

R Bruce Elliott as Saito

Randy Tallman as Cook (ep 26)

Robert McCollum as Hyodo Masaru

Scott Hinze as Takano's Employee

Sean Michael Teague as Kigata (ep 20)

Sean Schemmel as Hiroto (eps 23-24)

Sonny Strait as Kevin

Taliesin Jaffe as
Keith
Steve

Todd Haberkorn as Senshou (ep 25)

Trina Nishimura as Melanie (ep 21)

Troy Baker as Ran

Wendy Powell as Nurse (ep 17)

Adam Shehan

Alese Watson

Alison Viktorin

Allison Tolman

Andy Mullins

Ben Scott

Bill Townsley

Bob Carter

Brandon Bristow

Chad Cline

Chris Cason

Christopher Ayres

David Trosko

DJ Fonner

Elise Baughman

Greg Dulcie

Jaime Rivera

Jakie Cabe

Jamie Marchi

Jean-Luc Hester

Jenny Phagan

Jessica D. Turner

Johnny Yong Bosch

Josh Martin

Julie Mayfield

Kate Oxley

Kristin McCollum

Lydia Mackay

Maeghan Albach

Majken Kunishima

Maria Vu

Mark Lancaster

Melinda Wood Allen

Mike McFarland

Richie DeMeglio

Robert Colin

Scott Hinze

Scott Porter

Stephanie Young

Tiffany Grant

Trina Nishimura

Troy Williams

Vaughn Jackson

Viktor Walker

English companies 

ADR Production: FUNimation Studios

Broadcaster:
FUNimation Channel
MuchMusic

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Revelation Films (UK)

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

Subtitles: JN Productions, Inc.

Translation:
JN Productions
JN Productions, Inc.

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Frédéric Souterelle

Adaptation: Frédéric Roques

 

Julien Chatelet as Ryusuke Minami

Nicolas Beaucaire as Koyuki Tanaka

Gwen Lebret as Chiba

Bruno Moury as Hyodo

Christine Sireyzol as Maho

Frédéric Souterelle as Saito

Gwenäelle Julien as Izumi

Isabelle Volpe as Kayo

Patrick Pellegrin as Tanabe

French companies 

ADR Production: Les studios de Saint Maur

Broadcaster: Virgin 17

Distributor: Kaze

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Stefano Brusa

Translation: Yumiko Salvitti

Dialogues:
Gianluca Aicardi (eps 5-26)
Paolo Sala (eps 1-4)

Dubbing Assistant: Edoardo Cannata

Encoding And Authoring: Luca Franciosi

Executive Director: Carlo Cavazzoni

Graphic Project: Giampiero D'Angeli

Postproduction: Luca Franciosi

Production Assistant: Alex Corazza

Project Manager: Lorenzo Crotti

Quality Control: Luca Franciosi

 

Daniele Raffaeli as Yukio Tanaka

Donato Sbodio as Beck

Fabrizio De Flaviis as Yuji Sakurai

Luca Ghignone as Chiba

Stefano Crescentini as Taira

Vittorio Guerrieri as Ryusuke Minami

Alessandro Rigotti as
Sakurai
Tougou

Angela Brusa as Izumi Ishiguro

Cristian Iansante as Hyodo

Cristina Giolitti as Koyuki's mother

Daniela Calò as Kayo

Emanuela D'Amico as Momoko

Fabrizio Odetto as Tanabe

Giuliano Bonetto as Yoshito

Laura Facchin as Hiromi Masuoka

Perla Liberatori as Maho Minami

Riccardo Lombardo as Rikiya

Roberto Stocchi as Saito

Stefano Brusa as Eiji

Italian companies 

5.1 Upmix: Studio Arkì

Broadcaster:
Cultoon
MTV Italia (since 09/26/2006)

Distributor: Dynit

Dubbing: Studio Delta

DVD Authoring: DVD Hotminds S.r.l.

Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 

Dubbing Director:
Stiffany Adanza
Tp Adanza

Script:
Benjie Dorango
Ryan Ang

Translation:
Benjie Dorango
Ryan Ang

Executive producer: Dong Pilotos

Head Writer: Ryan Ang

Line Producer: Chris Dela Riva

Supervising Producer: Carlo Jan Landrito

Brian Mathew Ligsay as Morozumi Yoshito/Manubu

Brian Mathew Ligsay as
Addtional Voices/All American sub-roles
Casting Agent
DOM/bar scene
Gordie/Goldie
Hyoudou/Red Guy
Leon Sykes
Matt Reed (Dybree)
Principal
Takano Kenji

Jet Pangan as Saitou Ken'ichi 

Jett Pangan as Saitou Ken’ichi

Ney Dimaculangan as Eiji

Raymund Marasigan as Taira Yoshiyuki

Rico Blanco as Ryuuske Minami

Sam Concepcion as Koyuki / Yukio Tanaka

Stephanie Cuevas as Maho Minami

Teddy Corpus as Chiba Tsunemi

Yael Yuzon as Yuji Sakurai

Brian Mathew Ligsay

Carlo Jan Landrito

Margo Borgona

Margo Borgonia

Pinkee Rebucas

Robert Brillantes

Roni Abario

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: Herotv


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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