"Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad" (2004) TV series 2004-2005

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Osamu Kobayashi

Writer:

Harold Sakuishi (comic)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 October 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Maybe music is bigger than luck or destiny.

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Jamie McGonnigal	...	Yoshito (26 episodes, 2004-2005)
Greg Ayres	...	Koyuki / ... (25 episodes, 2004-2005)
Eric Vale	...	Minami Ryuusuke (25 episodes, 2004-2005)

Runtime:

Japan:25 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:TV-MA

Company:

Mad House

Trivia:

Made its North American television debut on Canadian music channel, MuchMusic, at Friday, March 9 2007.

Soundtrack:

My World Down

Music is Life - Strike a Chord

Boy, i could talk for days and days on end about Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, but doing a review... that's a bit more of a challenge.

Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad is probably one of my favourite anime series. Despite having so many flaws... it's a very slow moving anime, some plot devices get lost, and the instrumentals of the songs sometimes don't match what is being played on the guitar... despite these flaws, i find myself watching Beck, and being in complete awe and amazement at the story of one band's struggle to make it big.

I could easily agree, that lovers of rock legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and even Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine, will love this anime.

One warning though, if you watch this anime, you will most likely want to learn how to play the guitar.