The musical manga epic returns, complete in print for the first time! The story of a boy's journey from listless fourteen-year-old to the global rock-'n'-roll stage was one of the most popular manga of the 2000s and inspired a classic anime. Now, on its reunion tour, Beck has never looked better, with a revised translation and brand new cover and interior designs.
Omnibus edition includes Vol. 1–2.
BECK is back! Harold Sakuishi's addictive 34-volume rock epic redefined for a generation what manga could be, and now it's back—and this time the entire series is coming to print in oversized, premium-quality paperback omnibuses, featuring selected color pages and exclusive cover illustrations.
Fourteen-year-old Yukio thinks his life is a drag. He has no hobbies. No taste. Even, he thinks, not much personality. Then this shy and neurotic kid has a fateful meeting, with rocker Ryusuke, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and he inspires Yukio to get into music, starting the two on a journey toward an unlikely rock 'n' roll dream. Lace up your Docs and watch out in the mosh pit: the manga that defined a genre and spawned a hit anime is back!
Since making his debut with Bakaichi in 1994, Harvey Award–winning manga author Harold Sakushi has created series including Rin, Seven Shakespeares, and most recently The Band. But his most enduring hit remains the teen rock epic BECK, released by Tokyopop from 2005–2008 and returning from Kodansha for its first complete print release in 2026.
The musical manga epic returns, complete in print for the first time! The story of a boy's journey from listless fourteen-year-old to the global rock-'n'-roll stage was one of the most popular manga of the 2000s and inspired a classic anime. Now, on its reunion tour, Beck has never looked better, with a revised translation and brand new cover and interior designs.
Omnibus edition includes Vol. 1–2.
BECK is back! Harold Sakuishi's addictive 34-volume rock epic redefined for a generation what manga could be, and now it's back—and this time the entire series is coming to print in oversized, premium-quality paperback omnibuses, featuring selected color pages and exclusive cover illustrations.
Fourteen-year-old Yukio thinks his life is a drag. He has no hobbies. No taste. Even, he thinks, not much personality. Then this shy and neurotic kid has a fateful meeting, with rocker Ryusuke, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and he inspires Yukio to get into music, starting the two on a journey toward an unlikely rock 'n' roll dream. Lace up your Docs and watch out in the mosh pit: the manga that defined a genre and spawned a hit anime is back!
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Since making his debut with Bakaichi in 1994, Harvey Award–winning manga author Harold Sakushi has created series including Rin, Seven Shakespeares, and most recently The Band. But his most enduring hit remains the teen rock epic BECK, released by Tokyopop from 2005–2008 and returning from Kodansha for its first complete print release in 2026.
