B.B. (manga)
B.B. (ビービー, Bī Bī) is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Ishiwata. The manga ran in the Shogakukan magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1985 issue 24 to 1991 issue 9.[1] The title stands for "Burning Blood" and Ishiwata's subsequent serial LOVe was a continuation of this series. In 1989, B.B. won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[2]
B.B | |
Shōnen Sunday featuring B.B. | |
ビービー (Bī Bī) | |
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Genre | Action |
Manga | |
Written by | Osamu Ishiwata |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1985 – 1991 |
Volumes | 31 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Osamu Dezaki |
Music by | Yuuki Nakajima |
Studio | Magic Bus |
Released | April 25, 1990 – April 25, 1991 |
Episodes | 3 |
Plot
One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet Ryō Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Because of this, Ryō is arrested and forced to do time. Upon his release, he has developed into a skilled boxer but trouble continues to find him.
Characters
- Ryo Takagi - Kazuhiko Inoue
- Jin Moriyama - Show Hayami
- Minoru "Sorry" Satou - Toshihiko Seki
- Koyuki Matsuhara - Noriko Hidaka
- Kouichi Wakabayashi - Hideyuki Hori
- Su-chan - Yūko Mizutani
- Makoto "Ottosei" Otobe - Tesshō Genda
- Gentarou Takagi - Masaru Ikeda
- Fox Fire Head - Akio Ōtsuka
Game
It was adapted into a pachinko game by okamura under the title cr B.B. It was released on 1 April 2000.
References
- "B・B(Burning Blood)". WebSunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
External links
- B.B. at Websunday.net (in Japanese)
- B.B (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia