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Title (English) Boys Be

Title (Japanese) Boys Be

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Fantasy Novel

Notes New show, 2000. BOYS BE was based on the same titled manga serially published by Shonen Magazine. Shown on WOWOW.

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Synopsis The series is about a bunch of guys "discovering girls".
(Dave Baranyi)

Review "Boys Be" started out like "To Heart" and immediately gave me a similar feeling. I didn't like "To Heart", with its heavy handed nostalgia and lack of humor. The episode of "Boys Be" that I saw ( I think that it was the first episode ) was very similar, but it was done from a guy's point of view. The series is about a bunch of guys "discovering girls", and this episode hammered that message in quite thoroughly. Kansaki, the protagonist of this episode, suddenly notices that his childhood friend, Chiharu, has developed a bust and a butt, and spends much of the episode starring at both. But this isn't a hentai show and there are no bloody noses.
The animation is adequate and the character designs are "generic modern". There was nothing memorable about the music from my perspective and the plot was totally predicable. From the preview for the next episode it looks as if each episode may cover the "awakening" of different one of Kansaki's guy friends to the girls around them, but I don't intend to stick around long enough to see.
(Dave Baranyi)
The story was about adolescent boys who have become aware of the existence of girls. The story goes loosely on the omnibus style. The first episode was about the hero and his childhood girlfriend. The story develops slowly and smoothly, though the character design was immature. I felt it was because of the production problem. Generally speaking, new TV shows in this season look rather poor in picture quality. I suspect that the production cost might have been pushed down again... That's really a shame.. Or, ,many talented animators are being hired to OAVs or movies. It will be apparent within a year or so.
So overall impression of BOYS BE right now was B. (CALCI)
The episode (#5?) I saw was about a guy who plays baseball without much enthusiasm, and a girl who is a "manager" for the school baseball team, but really wants to play (but being a girl she can't play in the league). They practice together, then go out on a date to the swimming pool. Eventually he realises their relationship is more than friendship. It has rather the feel of "To Heart" but centred on guys.
Verdict: I'm not sure if this is as good as "To Heart", but if you liked that you might want to check this one out. (GC)

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Episodes 13

Release Mal:VCD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2000

Production Hal Filmaker, WOWOW

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Boys Be
Title (Japanese)	Boys Be
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	New show, 2000. BOYS BE was based on the same titled manga serially published by Shonen Magazine. Shown on WOWOW.
Classification	-
Synopsis	The series is about a bunch of guys "discovering girls". (Dave Baranyi)
Review	"Boys Be" started out like "To Heart" and immediately gave me a similar feeling. I didn't like "To Heart", with its heavy handed nostalgia and lack of humor. The episode of "Boys Be" that I saw ( I think that it was the first episode ) was very similar, but it was done from a guy's point of view. The series is about a bunch of guys "discovering girls", and this episode hammered that message in quite thoroughly. Kansaki, the protagonist of this episode, suddenly notices that his childhood friend, Chiharu, has developed a bust and a butt, and spends much of the episode starring at both. But this isn't a hentai show and there are no bloody noses. The animation is adequate and the character designs are "generic modern". There was nothing memorable about the music from my perspective and the plot was totally predicable. From the preview for the next episode it looks as if each episode may cover the "awakening" of different one of Kansaki's guy friends to the girls around them, but I don't intend to stick around long enough to see. (Dave Baranyi) The story was about adolescent boys who have become aware of the existence of girls. The story goes loosely on the omnibus style. The first episode was about the hero and his childhood girlfriend. The story develops slowly and smoothly, though the character design was immature. I felt it was because of the production problem. Generally speaking, new TV shows in this season look rather poor in picture quality. I suspect that the production cost might have been pushed down again... That's really a shame.. Or, ,many talented animators are being hired to OAVs or movies. It will be apparent within a year or so. So overall impression of BOYS BE right now was B. (CALCI) The episode (#5?) I saw was about a guy who plays baseball without much enthusiasm, and a girl who is a "manager" for the school baseball team, but really wants to play (but being a girl she can't play in the league). They practice together, then go out on a date to the swimming pool. Eventually he realises their relationship is more than friendship. It has rather the feel of "To Heart" but centred on guys. Verdict: I'm not sure if this is as good as "To Heart", but if you liked that you might want to check this one out. (GC)
Credits
Episodes	13
Release	Mal:VCD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2000
Production	Hal Filmaker, WOWOW
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.