Beck is a Japanese animation series. It’s a long one, 26 episodes, originally made for the TV.
This is a classic coming of age story. Our young hero, Koyuki, is a teenage boy who doesn’t know what to do with his life. A chance encounter with a young guitarist, Kiosuke, and he found a new reason to life in an Indie rock band, the namesake Beck.
The story is relatively simple but this is strength for this anime. We don’t have to think too much about it while watching and is nice to see our heroes making stride in the harsh world of music. Good things won’t last because in the second part of the anime the author, probably in a creative crisis, comes up with a terrible plot about an evil rapper gangster which is completely out of synch with the rest of the story.
The direction is competent and the animation of decent quality. The design of the characters is somewhat rough and so we have a guy who is depicted with his eyes perennially closed, another who seems much older than is actual age and, generally speaking, the facial animation aren’t that good.
Having said that there is a good sense of storytelling at work. The final concert is really nice and you can even see the developing of some characters.
If you don’t like the genre this will never convert you but for everybody else this is a nice viewing.
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