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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)) 
Genres: romance , slice of life 
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: 756 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 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish 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: 88 votes (sub:64, dub:20, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 32 votes (sub:15, dub:14, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 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 1884 users, rank: #641 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.557 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.7982, rank: #5817 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 6.481 (Decent+), rank: #6007 (of 10235) (seen all: 6.68 / seen some: 6.04 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 6.497 (Decent+), rank: #5508 (of 7688)
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 $16.24)
    Boys Be... - Winter (DVD 4) 2006-06-27 (from $14.99)
    Boys Be... [Thinpak] (DVD 1-4) 2008-02-26 (from $19.11)

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: Junichirō 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) 
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama 
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 Ōhara (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 (eps 5, 10, 13)  (ED) 
Yūzō Aoki (eps 2, 6-7) 
Music Director: Yūichirō Takahata 
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Maeda 
Yū Asakawa ("Where Is My Paradise?") 
Yuka Imai (ep 13) 
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) 
Kōji 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
Animation Production: Hal Film Maker 
Broadcaster: WOWOW 
Digital Animation:
Buyuu  (ep 6) 
Satelight 
Sung San Production 
TASK 
Digital Composite: Satelight 
Distributor: Pioneer LDC 
Key Animation:
E-cho (ep 9) 
Light Box (eps 2, 7) 
Nakamura Production (ep 6) 
Music: Be Factory 
Online Support: Lycos Japan ([email protected]) 
Production Assistance: J.C.F. (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 6-7, 9, 11
)
 
Recording: King Records 
VTR Editing: Q-Tec 
English staff
English cast
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 
Audio Commentary:
Jennifer Sekiguchi (eps 9, 12) 
Joe Digiorgi (ep 8) 
Liam O'Brien (eps 9, 12-13) 
Sam Regal (eps 9, 12-13) 
Dubbing Producer: Joe Digiorgi 
Menu Design: Greg Hillsman 
Packaging Design: Greg Hillsman (Thinpak) 
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
Broadcaster:
Anime Selects 
AXN Asia (SE Asia)  
The Anime Network 
Internet Streaming: YouTube 
Licensed by:
Odex Private Ltd. (Southeast Asia) 
The Right Stuf International 
Recording Studio: Headline Sound Studios 
French cast
French staff
(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 
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 
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 
Dubbing: Coop. Eddy Cortese 
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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