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Boys Be... (TV)

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Alternative title:
Boys Be... Más allá del amor (Spanish)
ボーイズ・ビー (Japanese)
新戀愛白書 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: school
Objectionable content: Significant
Copyright notice: ©Masahiro Itabashi/Hiroyuki Tamaoki/KODANSHA/Boys Be Committee
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.
User Ratings: 757 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 25 votes (sub:17, dub:6, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 61 votes (sub:43, dub:16, ?:2)
 Very good: 131 votes (sub:88, dub:40, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 221 votes (sub:145, dub:65, edit.dub:2, raw:2, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 146 votes (sub:99, dub:40, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:2
1 Tagalog subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 89 votes (sub:65, dub:20, raw:1, others:3
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 32 votes (sub:15, dub:14, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 31 votes (sub:24, dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:4, sub:2)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 1885 users, rank: #635 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.555 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7979, rank: #5496 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.479 (Decent+), rank: #5669 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.68 / seen some: 6.04 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 6.497 (Decent+), rank: #5191 (of 7243)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
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)
2002-01-12 to 2002-02-24 (K3 - Televisió de Catalunya)
Release dates: We have 9
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.
Reviews:
Boys Be... DVD 3/4 (Oct 13, 2006)
Boys Be... DVD 2 (Jun 28, 2006)
Boys Be... DVD 1 (May 22, 2006)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Boys Be... - Spring (DVD 1) 2006-02-28 (from $22.99)
    Boys Be... - Spring + Artbox (DVD 1) 2006-02-28 (from $31.96)
    Boys Be... - Summer (DVD 2) 2006-04-25 (from $23.99)
    Boys Be... - Autumn (DVD 3) 2006-05-30 (from $29.00)
    Boys Be... - Winter (DVD 4) 2006-06-27 (from $11.95)
    Boys Be... [Thinpak] (DVD 1-4) 2008-02-26 (from $8.47)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Masami Shimoda
Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
Script:
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (eps 3, 6, 12)
Katsuhiko Takayama (ep 9)
Kenichi Kanemaki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 13
)

Mayori Sekijima (ep 10)
Yasunori Yamada (eps 4, 7, 11)
Storyboard:
Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 4)
Katsumi Ono (eps 3, 9)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 6, 11)
Kazumi Fukushima (eps 2, 7)
Masami Shimoda (eps 1, 8, 13)
Saeko Aoki (ep 10)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 5, 12)
Unit Director:
Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 4)
Katsumi Ono (eps 3, 9)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 6, 11)
Kazumi Fukushima (eps 2, 7)
Masami Shimoda (eps 8, 13)
Saeko Aoki (ep 10)
Yukio Nishimoto (eps 1, 5, 12)
Music: BE-FACTORY
Original creator: Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
Original Manga: Masahiro Itabashi
Character Design: Itsuko Takeda
Art Director: Junichiro Nishikawa
Animation Director:
Akemi Kobayashi (ep 4)
Futoshi Higashide (eps 3, 9)
Gen Takase (eps 2, 7)
Itsuko Takeda (eps 10, 13)
Keisuke Watabe (ep 5)
Michinori Chiba (eps 1, 8, 12)
Takashi Sokabe (eps 6, 11)
Sound Director: Hideyuki Tanaka
Color design: Yoshimi Kawakami
Digital Animation: Chiaki Takahashi (Satelight)
Insert Song Performance: Kasumi Matsumura (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Akemi Kobayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 12-13
)

Akihiro Asanuma (ep 12)
Fujio Suzuki (ep 12)
Hideki Shibuya (eps 5, 8, 12)
Hidetoshi Sano (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 10, 12-13
)

Hiromi Masuko (eps 5, 8)
Hisashi Saito (ep 5)
Hitoshi Kamata (eps 5, 8, 12)
Itsuko Takeda (ep 8)
Izumi Shimura (ep 1)
Kazuhiko Shibuya (eps 1, 4, 10)
Kazuhiro Taga (eps 2, 6-7)
Kazuki Miura (ep 3)
Kazuo Ohara (ep 7)
Kazuya Hayashi (eps 5, 12)
Keisuke Watanabe (ep 12)
Kōichi Usami (ep 4)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 8)
Mariko Oka (eps 4, 10, 13)
Masaru Yoshioka (5 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 10, 13
)

Masayuki Takagi (eps 5, 8)
Michinori Chiba (eps 4, 8)
Mie Inoue (eps 8, 12)
Mika Takahashi (高橋美香 ep 1)
Misao Abe (eps 8, 12)
Mitsuru Fujii (ep 10)
Miwa Sakai (ep 1)
Munenori Nawa (ep 5)
Naomi Satō (eps 5, 8)
Naoya Horikawa (eps 5, 8)
Noboru Jitsuhara (eps 1, 4)
Shigeki Awai (4 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 13
)

Taichi Takeya (eps 4, 10)
Takashi Maruyama (5 episodes
eps 5, 8, 10, 12-13
)

Takashi Shiokawa (eps 1, 12)
Takashi Yokoyama (eps 5, 8, 12)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 3)
Toshiyuki Kanno (eps 5, 8)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (ep 2)
Yoshimi Imagawa (eps 2, 7)
Yūichi Nakazawa (4 episodes
eps 1, 3, 10, 13
)

Yūji Gotō (ep 3)
Yuko Kusumoto (ED; eps 5, 10, 13)
Yuzo Aoki (eps 2, 6-7)
Music Director: Yuuichiro Takahata
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Maeda
Yuka Imai (ep 13)
Yuu Asakawa ("Where Is My Paradise?")
Akira Ishida as Makoto Kurumizawa (eps 1-5, 7-13)
Kazusa Murai as Chiharu Nitta (eps 1-5, 7-13)
Kenichi Suzumura as Kyoichi Kanzaki

Fumiko Orikasa as Sayaka Kanzaki (eps 1, 12)
Hideo Ishikawa as Yoshihiko Kenjou (eps 1-6, 8-13)
Manabi Mizuno as Natsue Horikawa (eps 6, 11-12)
Megumi Hayashibara as Chiharu Reicha (biker girl; ep 13)
Michiko Neya as Erika Kawai (ep 9)
Miki Nagasawa as Yumi Kazama (11 episodes
eps 1, 3-9, 11-13
)
Misato Fukuen as Aya Kurihara (ep 3)
Takehito Koyasu as Takuya Yokota (ep 10)
Yūji Ueda as Tsuyoshi Ueno (ep 4)
Yuka Imai as
Shōko Sayama (eps 8, 13)
Syoko Sayama (eps 8, 13)
Yuri Shiratori as Aki Mizutani (eps 1, 3-13)

Chie Ishibashi as Nao Nitta (Chiharu's cousin; ep 5)
Hiroshi Iida as
announcer (ep 5)
Jin Hishinuma (eps 3, 6)
landlord (ep 13)
schoolboy (ep 10)
Hiroshi Naka as Kōichi Dobashi (ep 3)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as member (eps 6, 10)
Izumi Handa as Kumi (ep 4)
Izumi Ohgami as chairwoman (ep 12)
Junko Noda as Mizuki Takano (ep 2)
Jūrōta Kosugi as manager (ep 11)
Kouji Tsujitani as coach (ep 7)
Masayo Kurata as Lisa Fujiki (ep 2)
Michio Miyashita as Manabu Minagawa (ep 3)
Mika Doi as Keiko Kurumizawa (ep 2)
Rika Komatsu as Junna Morio (pop idol; ep 11)
Rin Mizuhara as head nurse (ep 2)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as
Sorimachi Takahiro (ep 1) 
Takahiro Sorimachi (ep 1)
Sayaka Aida as
DJ (ep 13)
schoolgirl (eps 5, 10)
Takako (ep 4)
Shinichirō Miki as Yuki Okazaki (man in summer camp; ep 7)
Shinpachi Tsuji as Takuto Yoshida (ep 12)
Takeshi Kusao as young man (ep 11)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Saotome (ep 8)
Yasunori Matsumoto as Daisuke Nitta (ep 5)

Japanese companies
English cast
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
Script Adaptation:
Liam O'Brien
Megan Hollingshead (eps 12-13)
Sam Regal
Amy Kincaid as Chiharu Nitta
Liam O'Brien as Makoto Kurumizawa
Sam Regal as Kyoichi Kanzaki

Jennifer Rau-Ramirez as Erika Kawai (ep 9)
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Yumi Kazama
Kevin Hatcher as Tsuyoshi Ueno (ep 4)
Michelle Ruff as Aki Mizutani
Patrick Seitz as Yoshihiko Kenjo
Rachael Lillis as Aya Kurihara (ep 3)
Sonia Scrancia as Natsue Horikawa
Yuri Lowenthal as Takuya Yokota (ep 10)

Carrie Savage as Nao Nitta (ep 5)
Darrel Guilbeau as Manabu Minagawa (ep 3)
David Earnest as Daisuke Nitta (ep 5)
Doug Stone as
Furata (ep 12)
Koichi Dobashi (ep 3)
Manager (ep 11)
Mr. Tanizawa (ep 8)
Jason C. Miller as Yuki Okazaki (ep 7)
Jill Jumangi as
Kumi (ep 4)
Lisa Fujiki
Karen Thompson as Sayaka Kanzaki
Kirsten Potter as Chiharu Reicha (ep 13)
Melodee M. Spevack as Seiko Kurumizawa (ep 2)
Tara Platt as
Boy (ep 11)
Mizuki Takano (ep 2)
Wendee Lee as Jyunna Morio (ep 11)
Yuri Lowenthal as Hitoshi Yoshinuma
Zarah Little as Shoko Sayama
English companies
Internet Streaming: YouTube
Recording Studio: Headline Sound Studios
French staff
French cast
(none)
Alexandre Crépet as Kyôichi Kanazaki
Jean-Paul Clerbois as Makoto Kurumizawa
Sophie Servais as Chiharu Nitta

Christophe Hespel as Yoshihiko Kenjô
Claire Tefnin as Yumi Kazama
Elisabeth Guinand as Aki Mizutani

Cathy Boquet as Aya Kurihara
Dominique Wagner as Sayaka Kanzaki
Hélène Couvert as Nao Nitta
Philippe Resimont as Daisuke Nitta
Stéphane Flamand as Erika Kawai
Tony Beck as Takuya Yokota
French companies
Distributor: Anima
Dubbing: Mirroring
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director:
Antonio Sánchez Torras (Spain dub)
Lourdes López (Catalan dub)
Translation:
Jordi Mas López (Catalan dub)
Yoshihira Hioki (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas
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 Chiharu Nitta (Catalan dub)
Marta Estrada as Chiharu Nitta (Spain dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Yumi Kazama (Catalan dub)
Gemma Ibáñez as Shoko Sayama (Catalan dub)
Lourdes López as Sayaka Kanzaki (Catalan dub)
Mònica Padrós as Aki Mizutani (Catalan dub)
Noemi Bayarri as Aki Mizutani (Spain dub)
Rosa Moyano as Yumi Kazama (Spain dub)
Sílvia Gómez as Natsue Horikawa (Catalan dub)

Ariadna Giménez as
Aya Kurihara (Spain dub; ep 3)
Sayaka Kanzaki (Spain dub; eps 1, 12)
Berta Cortés as Eika Kawai (Catalan dub; ep 9)
Claudi Domingo as Makoto Kurumizawa (Catalan dub)
Cristina Mauri as Aya Kurihara (Catalan dub; ep 3)
Enrique Hernández as Manabu Minagawa (Catalan dub; ep 3)
Francesc Rocamora as Manabu Minagawa (Spain dub; ep 3)
Ignasi Abadal as Professor (Catalan dub; ep 8)
Jaume Mallofre as Sorimachi Takahiro (Catalan dub; ep 1)
Jaume Villanueva as Yuki Okazaki (Catalan dub)
Joel Mulachs as Mizuki Takano (Catalan dub; ep 2)
Josep Maria Mas as Yoshihiko Kenjou (Catalan dub)
Julia Chalmeta as
Mizuki Takano (Spain dub)
Natsue Horikawa (Spain dub; eps 6, 11)
Mark Ullod as Daisuke Nitta (Catalan dub; ep 5)
Marta Barbará as Nao Nitta (Catalan dub; ep 5)
Marta Ullod as Junna Morio (Catalan dub; ep 11)
Montserrat Roig as Chiharu Reicha (Catalan dub; ep 12)
Oscar Muñoz as Takeshi Ueno (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo as Furuta (Spain dub)
Raúl Llorens as Takuya Yokoto (Catalan dub; ep 10)
Rosa Aguado as Infermera (Catalan dub)
Tasio Alonso as Yoshihiko Kenjou (Spain dub)
Teresa Soler as Lisa Fujiki (Catalan dub; ep 2)
Toni Sevilla as Sr. Furuda (Catalan dub; ep 12)

Maria Rosa Guillén (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Xavier Casan (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
K3 (100%)
Localia TV (Spain)
Dubbing Studio:
International Sound Studio (Catalan dub)
S.I.C., S.A. (Spain dub)
Triveu (Catalan dub)
DVD Distribution: Jonu Media (Spain)
Licensed by: Jonu Media (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Paolo Cortese
Translation: Marco Baldin
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: Vincenzo Martella
Dolby Surround Mixing: Stefano Morandi
Dubbing Assistant: Elisabetta Cortese
Dubbing Engineer: Dario Scio
Mixing Assistant: Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal
Synchronization: Laura Rubin
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
Francesca Manicone as Aki Mizutani
Gabriele Sabatini as Takahiro Sorimachi
Perla Liberatori as Natsue Horikawa

Corrado Conforti as Ueno Tsuyoshi
Emanuela Baroni as Keiko
Fabio Boccanera as Daisuke Nitta
Fabrizio Picconi as Kasai
Federica Bomba as Aya Kurihara
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
Valentina Mari as Nao Nitta
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Ka-Boom (from 4 January 2014)
Distributor: Dynamic Italia
Internet Streaming: PopCorn TV
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Trimax
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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