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Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

“Just remember… When it's live, anything can happen.”

7.7 / 10

2004

1 season

26 episodes

AnimationDrama

Koyuki Tanaka's boring life is changed after meeting Ryusuke Minami, a local musician with a bad attitude, who introduces him to foreign music.

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Cast

Daisuke Namikawa

Yuuma Ueno

Miho Saiki

Kenji Nojima

Shintaro Ohata

Toru Nara

Tomohisa Aso

Porsche Okite

Showko Tsuda

Ryohei Nakao

Miki Fukui

Kotomi Yamakawa

Seasons

Koyuki Tanaka was feeling the rut, though he’s only a teenager. Between the sheltered and stifling grind of school and the girls that spend their time not noticing him… Every day was just another day of being a total nobody. Enter Ryusuke: a local rock n’ roller haunted by a shady reputation. Together they form Beck, a dynamic band that just might be the salvation of the stagnant music scene. Sure, it’s going to take hard work and obsession to make it, but there’s something special in the sound. If the guys can stay true to their vision, the world awaits. Music can change your life, sometimes against your will. Just remember… When it’s live, anything can happen.

1.The View at 14
7.0
06-10-200425m
Koyuki Tanaka is in a dead end. At age 14, he has lost his passion for life. But a casual meeting of Koyuki with a young musician named Ryusuke is about to open a new path in front...
2.Live House
7.5
13-10-200425m
When Koyuki accepts Ryusuke's invitation to see his band perform live, he unwittingly sets down a path of self-discovery. But what Koyuki finds both disturbs and intrigues him, as...
3.Moon on the Water
6.5
20-10-200425m
Koyuki hangs out with Ryusuke and finds out more about music, and meets his sister, Maho, who later takes Koyuki to see Beck, her brother's dog.
4.Strum the Guitar
7.0
27-10-200425m
While Koyuki takes his first tentative steps toward learning guitar, Maho suggests that he'd be the perfect lead vocalist for Ryusuke's new band. But an accident threatens to shatt...
5.Beck
5.0
03-11-200425m
Koyuki's guitar training is coming along slowly but surely, until Saitou decides to speed things up by entering him to play in the annual summer festival! Meanwhile, Ryusuke and Ch...
6.Hyodo and the Jaguar
4.3
10-11-200425m
Taira, the newest member of Beck and the others have their first session together to start the band off on a good note. Koyuki's teacher is on maternity leave and a new cute teache...
7.Prudence
7.0
17-11-200425m
Koyuki tries to memorize the scales at Saitou's place. Later we can see Koyuki talking with the bullies and then scolded in the teacher's office. Maho meets with him, and at Saitou...
8.Broadcast in the School
7.0
24-11-200425m
Koyuki visits an instrument shop and practices some more. The school year ends. Next Momoko meets Koyuki accidentally going in Saitou's place and decides to go with him to check wh...
9.Night Before LIVE
7.5
01-12-200425m
Koyuki and Saku become friends. Koyuki gets nominated for the most difficult swimming races in the school's competition. Koyuki takes Saku to see Beck's show.
10.FACE
8.0
08-12-200425m
Koyuki and Saku become friends. Koyuki gets nominated for the most difficult swimming races in the school's competition. Koyuki takes Saku to see Beck's show.
11.Summer Holidays
6.0
15-12-200425m
The band tries to raise some money and Chiba finds out that Dying Breed is coming to Japan. Later on Koyuki talks to a teacher about his decreasing grades. Momoko asks the band to...
12.Secret Live
7.5
22-12-200425m
Dying Breed performs in concert live in Japan, with Koyuki unexpectedly guest singing. Later on, Koyuki and Izumi meet again and she invites him for night-swimming, much to Maho's...
13.Ciel Bleu
7.5
29-12-200425m
Ryusuke's been bothered by Erica Blige's death and often checks the news. At school, Saku and Koyuki form a band for the cultural festival with Tanabe and a bassist. Tanabe names t...
14.Dream
6.5
05-01-200525m
Mitty brings the cover design for the Beck band logo. Izumi meets up with Maho to clear the misunderstanding between them.
15.Back to School
7.0
12-01-200525m
Koyuki tries to learn for his exams, but it doesn't go well. At school there's a rumor about Momoko working in a lingerie pub.
16.Indies
7.5
19-01-200525m
Gordie comes to see Eddie about the stolen stuff including Prudence. Then Eddie and Ryusuke talk about it on the phone. Koyuki still works hard to earn cash for the Telecaster and...
17.Three Days
7.0
26-01-200525m
Ryusuke wants to release Beck's album in America. Koyuki finally buys the Telecaster. Koyuki sees at school the same girl, named Hiromi, who he saw in the doughnut store next to hi...
18.Leon Sykes
7.0
02-02-200525m
Koyuki talks with his boss about his band. Saku then joins Koyuki at Saito's swimming practice. Beck is allowed to perform at the Marquee's evening show as Hitode's support, becaus...
19.Blues
5.5
09-02-200525m
Ryusuke (along with Beck and Prudence) get kidnapped by Sykes, who takes him to meet his uncle, the bluesman John Lee Davis, who wanted to know who had stolen Prudence.
20.Grateful Sound
6.5
16-02-200525m
At the fishing pond the band talks with Kazuo about Greatful Sound. She wants Ryusuke to ask Eddie to come. Ryusuke agrees, but he also wants Beck to play although Ran is strongly...
21.Write Music
6.0
23-02-200525m
Ryusuke talks with Chiba and Taira about his talk with Sykes. Back at school, Hiromi talks with Koyuki and Saku about playing guitar.
22.The Night Before The Festival
6.5
02-03-200525m
The band tries to improve the new song and Koyuki tries to write the lyrics, at Ryusuke's request. Saito tries to help Koyuki come up with some lyrics.
23.Festival
7.5
09-03-200525m
The Greatful Sound festival is on, with Belle Ame on the primary stage, Malcolm (a Sykes-managed rapper) on the second stage, and Beck on the smallest third stage.
24.Third Stage
7.0
16-03-200525m
After the band seems to break up before their time on the third stage, the band is slowly reforming just in time to play their hearts out for the growing crowd.
25.Slip Out
7.0
23-03-200525m
As Beck's set finishes up, the reality that it's Beck's last performance finally sets in.
26.America
5.5
30-03-200525m
Koyuki plans to revive Beck and sets out to get the band together.

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