Why Beck Rocked 

beck needs a new anime that covers the whole story. it also needs all the volumes to be released physically in english. such a great manga

Finally someone that gives beck what it deserves. Beck is such a masterpiece, both manga and anime. Thank you for 16min of great entertainment as always. Looking forward to seeing the results of your next project.

I’m always just kind of surprised whenever anyone has said they have seen this show.

Beck is my favorite depiction of band life in any media I've ever seen.

I still sing "Moon on the water" ... and I think that scene of koyuki singing this song, is one of the greatest scene for an anime ever^^

So, Beyond Ghibli has come back with 'Beck'. Oneday you'll surely rock the internet. As always, nice video.

Watching Beck's anime before reading the manga elevates the reading to a bigger dimension, definitely. Once you've done it the soundtrack starts playing in your head while reading where there was only silence.

I remember watching the anime in my early years of high school. Then I found about the manga and spent a whole summer reading it with its OST in the background Best experience that a manga has brought to me

Oh man, I'm so glad you made this. As someone who's been a musician since I was 15, BECK really nailed how my teenage self felt about music. As I've gotten older, my musical dreams have morphed a little and, although I still play guitar, I mix and master music for other people and just wrote the OST to a video game. In fact, your video made me realise that I met the band I just finished mixing for at a live house in Shimokitazawa that was the basis for one of the live houses in Beck! As shown in your video its called Club 125 in the anime, but the real live house is called club 251. Crazy!

This manga/anime was so emotional to me and the nostalgia was just overwhelming. Great! Moon On the Water always make me cry lol

I was having a pretty awful day, but honestly, maybe it'll be alright, BG posted today.

your writing is just so extremely comfortable, you catch really nice emotions with the words and the paragraphs flow into eachother really well. always a pleasure to watch beyond ghibli

Welcome back, Joe! Hope, you are all right.

Beck has always been a special series for me. I was never able to put it into words why it felt so special. Thank you for making this. :)

I've never said this in the comments before but you have the best editing of all the channels I watch on RU-vid. Everything is just perfect... script, narration, music, and god that editing...

Greg Ayres and Brina Palencia were so great in the Funimation dub for BECK. Brina's version of 'Moon on The Water' is pure magic.

Still my favorite man. Nothing really captured me like Beck

I would love to see your take on Paradise Kiss. It really feels like Beck's sister series, trading in music for fashion but keeping youthful passion at its core.

This series literally saved my musician self, as I am already quiting on playing music, made me cry from anime to the live action, pushed me to sart dreaming big and hold drumsticks again

GROW THAT HAIR JOE!! beautiful video as always, very happy this project turned out so absolutely visually appealing and a slap of sound back to music i grew up with appreciating.

Just finished watching Beck because of this video. Honestly didn't feel dated at all. I'm in love with these misfits. Gonna go buy the manga now.

This is one of the most beautiful reviews I have ever heard about anything.

My favorite musical anime ever, one of my all-time favourite anime too

I love that you take time to cover classic anime. It feels at times as though I'm being left out because I don't follow the seasonal releases. Your thoughtful and beautifully worded descriptions are going to keep me coming back as long as you do this.

This channel doesn't get the recognition it deserves. And thanks again for making me feel nostalgic about a work I have love for, because it's going to be plaguing my mind for the rest of the day.

I come from a musical family, but never really got into until I saw Beck on my cable’s “free on demand” shows. I was 14 now 26 and have been playing guitar since.

This is a very well put review, analysis and documentary of sorts for Beck. I'm very happy to watch a really nice and in depth tribute for Beck. Well researched, and I love the part showing references from the rock scene. The voice over is pleasant and very professional. I love the manga, anime, and even the movie. I like that each adaptation has its own share of creative effort to convey Harold Sakuishi's creation.

i watched this anime when it had just came out without knowing what i was getting into... and let me tell you, I've been listening to their music and bust in a dance every time is still listen to their soundtrack. I am so grateful to have experienced it.

I can't believe the amount of references to other videos you compiled in the beginning. I have to bookmark the video for later, I want to go through all of them carefully. And I'm also super happy someone does Beck some justice, this serie is criminally underrated. I read the manga when I was 14 and it made me discover most of the rock music I still listen to today

loved this show so much. Damn is this music so inspirational

I think you are undoubtedly the best content creator I am subscribed to. No matter what your topic, the story you tell has me engrossed. I chanced across your channel when I first started watching anime and now I am an avid fan. You have given me an appreciation for the anime I watch that I feel I would not otherwise have. So... Thank you. Thank you very much.

I'm so glad I came across your video. I first watched Beck when I was 13 years old and it instantly became one of my favorite anime, since I've always been passionate about music and having a band was (still is) a dream of mine. I used to have this sort of tradition to watch it again once a year for a while, it was my "comfort anime", until I eventually stopped. I kept telling myself I would only read the manga if it ever got published in my country... That never happened. However, your video made me feel like watching the anime again and finally reading the manga (online). Thanks to your passionate review of this masterpiece, I am now subscribed to you. 😊

I have been hooked on every single song from this anime, especially 50 Cent Wisdom by Dying Breed, I mean hell, I even bought myself a guitar and started practicing because of this show

Beck Mongolian chop squad is one of my personal top favorite anime series. I feel it's one of those always underrated hidden gems you'll find in anime that's get left or goes under the radar underneath the more mainstream popular anime shows that tends to happen at times, I love Beck for so many reasons such as good music in the show as well as the characters and their development of getting better with their music also seeing their whole musical struggles, mishaps, & journey along the way.

I loved the way that Beck managed to balance some of the shounen elements with just so many small, true moments. The one that sticks out to me most is a bit in one of the later volumes where Koyuki and Saku listen to a recording of their first concert and both just go "Oh god, we sucked." I have never met an artist who doesn't cringe at their earliest stuff.

And thus, my favorite anime boi has returned to make me add another classic to my list.

i started watching beck as of recently and finished it a month ago it made me want to get more into music. beck is a great anime and manga as well, its incredibly underrated. honestly tho its a true diamond of the rough and i wish more people would watch/read it so they can see how truly great it is

I've watched this so many times and due a fresh viewing. It's rare to ever meet someone who's seen this.

You always give me the best recommendations. I'm on episode 17 now!

I try to re-read beck every year or so, because it's such an important piece of art to me. I yearn for what Beck was in their world, and I hope to one day find people with whom to share in that dream however far it may take us. Remembering it all, and going through your narration, I am left in tears. Beck will forever be a piece of the music in me.

Joe you're always such a moving essayist. You're one of my favorite essayists. Period. Writing, Video, and Anime. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

The BG eyecatches brought back the nostalgia of watching the anime when I was a college student!

Beck was an anime that I used to see frequently recommended but as time went on it sorts got forgotten. Thank you for this video, mate.

Completely off topic: your ad placement is perfection

God dammit you make me cry even if I've never known the work you're talking about!

Honestly, this video should have had a lot more views

I love how you incorporated the feelings of the reader or watcher of the anime in this video through their journey with the band whose tunes will ring on long after the last page or pane.

I watched this show in Canada as a kid, and at the time I was the young kid in a band (drummer), and the show hit me hard. And all these years later I still love the music. I do prefer the english music though, the koyuki voice actor has such a stellar voice, his moon on the water chorus.. chills

commenting 4 years later because more people need to see this. beck is so special to me there was so many moments in this video where i almost cried. and i still feel like crying now. I've loved the anime and manga for so long I can't believe I missed this but I'm glad i still search beck mongolian chop squad on RU-vid every now and then so I could watch it now.

I'm not crying, you're crying... thanks man, now I have a video, relatively spoiler free, that I can send to people when I recommend this master piece. My favorite manga of all time. To me, not hearing the music in it was the secret sauce. That way, as I read the pages, my head would fill in the musical blanks with the magic that the narrative claimed Beck have. Starting with the anime, and then going to the manga, where they transcend their early work, is the way to go. Rock on Beyond Ghibli.

Beck isn't just a masterpiece, Beck is something different, on it's own level / tier. There are very few, if any, Becks out there. I just want to thank you for doing it the justice that it deserved. Plus tossing in some fun facts about real life bands that i never knew about!

The break scene, amazing! High quality as always

Thank you for having narrated so well a magic part of my "anime driven childhood"

I read Beck years ago and even tho I never finished it it made me feel so much, watching this video made me feel those emotions again so thank you. I think I owe myself a reread and to finish it this time, it is such a great manga.

Thank you, for reminding me why Inloved Beck so much, almost ten years after I watched / read the manga. Great video!

What a beautiful video, you deserve so much more views beyond ghibli.

What a beautiful tribute to a great manga and anime!

This Animé gives me tears…..

This Channel IS SO UNDERRATED!! I've been on RU-vid since day 1 and this Channel feels like the BBC of anime. Not only because of the accent(lol), but because of How well written It is. You can feel his passion and dedication for the craft, beautiful.

I watched this for the first time when I was 16 in 2010 and it changed my life. now 11 years later I'm rewatching it and still love it dearly. Because of it I am still a (sometimes) working musician

There sound is what make me want to learn to play. Though it has left a hole in me. that I been desperately trying to fill. If any one has any band that sound similar to beck please send it my way. Thank you Beyond Ghibil for creating a video that I can give my friends. because every time I recommend this as a must watch anime, they look at the cheep animation, they turn their noise. You perfectly describes the passion this show leaves.

magnificent, its been wonderful to watch you yourself grow as an artist through your videos, thank you for doing what you do.

Ill never stop rewatching this masterpiece of a video

man this video felt like a warm hug.

I'm always kind of surprised to stumble on beck content. I didn't knew there was a manga at the moment I started the anime, but I'm glad because I would probably have never experienced how Beck sounded like and can completely relate the experience of hearing the song in my mind as I read. . . Some personal suggestions on the musical genre: * 'Sakamichi no Apollon': coming-of-age, romance anime (haven't read the manga). It's a short and tight story, but it's packed with drama and melancholy vibes. . * 'Shori Experience': music, school and a pinch of supernatural manga that follows an english teacher who is haunted by Jimmy Hendrix spirit and has to become a legend before she gets 27 or die. Solid premise, good art and still being published (14 vol so far).

I remember coming across a couple random episodes. They've always had a specific spot in my brain

This blows away all essays.

One of the most under appreciated animes ever. It deserves more than a single season.

Beck is always gonna hold a special place in my heart. Incredibly unique and underrated masterpiece. 🙌 even the live action of the anime is fire, best casting I’ve seen so far. The anime needs to continue honestly.

Ever since I first watched the show it has stuck with me. One of the most beautiful pieces of art I have ever seen

This is an excellent analysis of Beck, really hitting upon what makes it so decision as a story, as well as detailing the differences between the manga and anime. Beck, as a story, does so much right, and this contextualize se that so well.

I remember watching BECK when I was 14, and starting a band because of it. This video brought back so many good memories, thank you so much!!!!!

even the ending had a reference to a character. great video man

Wow. One of my fav animes. You captured so well the spirit. This is the best video I have seen about the show, but also one of the best reviews I have seen on youtube in 20 years. Congrats man, God bless you. Grateful sound!

Good timing, I was just reminiscing to my mates about the band we started 10 years ago.

When you make a video about a film or series that I know, chances are that I already love it but you make me love it more. In this case, you made a video about an anime/manga that I've never heard of but now can't wait to jump head first into. Keep on keepin' on brother.

Damn, this is one of my fav manga/anime, so glad you covered it! I agree, the music in the anime fits perfectly. Nice vid.

I reread the manga every few years because it feels so inspiring

I read the manga years ago and just finished the anime recently, and when I tell you I experienced your exact take in its entirety I mean it, you hit every point i had and made any potential review by me moot lol. Thank you

man experiencing beck the first time was something else :')

I am so touched by this video the ending made me cry. I just finsihed the manga right now and I feel overwhelmed with emotions. This video perfectly sums up everything im feeling. Thank you so much I mean it 😢

I've owned the first five episodes of this show on DVD for over a decade, but I just never got around to watching it. All I knew about it was that short, yet memorable few seconds of the main characters lip syncing the opening. I've heard of this show's reputation, but I saw almost no one talking about it. I'm glad that has changed, and that you've given me the push to finally watch this hidden gem. I've always been a massive fan of FLCL and The Pillows, and I needed something that could help fill that void after the original's release. Thank you :)

I have never cried as much as I did whilst reading Becks last 15 chapters then any other manga or story... This is something special.

i always forget how little subscribers your have man. you make some of the best quality videos and its so underrated. keep up the work

My God, you did your own Beck Intermission too.... Cool!

Thank you for making this video Beck will always hold a special place in my heart

Thank you for bringing such anime treasures to my life.

I love this anime so much,the passion and love for rock music and the manga/anime model of storytelling blends together seamlessly, shows like this are why I watch anime

Great video as always man... Your videos feel just so cozy and comfortable that it takes me to a different world... Keep up the great work... Definitely watching Beck now 👍👍

Thank you for introducing me beck

BRO I LOVED BECK SO MUCH AND AM SO HAPPY THERE’S FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT IT. This show changed how I looked at anime, because before I was just a fan of like naruto, bleach and the super power shonen era, and then beck came along and I suddenly started looking for anime like it and could never quite find something that made me feel the way it did

Beck is the reason I play guitar, I still have a long way to go, but thanks for the inspiration Beck, love you and rock on 🤘

I think it was 15 years ago I first saw Beck. Needless to say I was instantly hocked. Every few years I have to re-watch it. I'm starting to get that itch again to see it.

as deep as the series itself great job we need more of beck

Thank you. You covered one of my most beloved shows. I come back to BECK every other year to watch it completely in one weekend. Hopefully my son will like it too when i will show it to him. To me this is a show burned into my soul. Absolutely love it.

I know this comment is far from when this video was posted. But. When i was in high school a good 10+ years ago, I found beck the anime. It helped me pick up a guitar and start playing. Did a few gigs. Then fell for the lure of corporate and its salary. Listening back to the sound track today after watching this was like experiancing all those emotions and feelings i had when i was 18. Might go pick up that guitar again tonight. Thanks for reminding me about this wholesome anime.

It inspired me to pick up bass back in days. I started study music thanks to it, Beck is the best muscial series ever

Absolutely love beck and this damn great video!

first of all, thank you for featuring beck, i almost forgot it when i recommended anime to a friend thats a smalltime music producer about the ending being cut short, i always thought it was fine, as i thought it was about life being hectic and sometimes overburdening to the point of you needing to run until you fall and another thanks for showing shows that sometimes only few know about but are some of the best, keep on doing what you do :)

beck is my favorite anime. thank u