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Funimation Announces Beck

posted on 2006-05-27 19:45 EDT by Christopher Macdonald

Funimation announced at the Anime Boston Panel, that they would be releasing BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad. The series will be co-directed by Taliesin Jaffe and Chris Bevins, with Mike McFarland as music director.

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