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{{Short description|Japanese manga series by Kazuhiro Kiuchi}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Be-Bop High School 1.png
| caption         = First {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring Toru Nakama (left) and Hiroshi Kato (right)
| ja_kanji        =ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 
| ja_romaji       =Bī Bappu Hai Sukūru 
| genre           = {{Lang|ja-latn|[[Yankī]]}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Chavez|first=Ed|title=Yanki Doodle Dandy!|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/yanki-doodle-dandy/|website=[[Otaku USA]]|access-date=April 30, 2020|date=February 7, 2008|quote=The yanki ideal made popular by titles ''Be-Bop High School'', ''Shounan Bakusouzoku'', ''Bukkomi no Taku'', and ''[[Rokudenashi Blues]]'' was especially appealing to me. Yanki are basically Japanese juvenile delinquents, prone to fighting over turf, foxy girls, and imitating the honor-bound world of the yakuza on their own troubled-teen terms|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412195452/https://otakuusamagazine.com/yanki-doodle-dandy/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Kazuhiro Kiuchi]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
| imprint         = Yanmaga KC Special
| magazine        = [[Weekly Young Magazine]]
| first           = 1983
| last            = 2003
| volumes         = 48
| volume_list     = 
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| director        = [[Hiroyuki Nasu]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = December 14, 1985
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Aika
| director        = Hiroyuki Nasu
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = August 9, 1986
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 95 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kōshinkyoku
| director        = Hiroyuki Nasu
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = March 21, 1987
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 96 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kyōsō-kyoku
| director        = Hiroyuki Nasu
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = December 12, 1987
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Ondo
| director        = Hiroyuki Nasu
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = August 6, 1988
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kanketsu-hen
| director        = Hiroyuki Nasu
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = December 17, 1988
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 90 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title           = Be-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu
| developer       = [[Data East]]
| publisher       = Data East
| genre           = [[Adventure game|Adventure]] 
| platforms       = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Family Computer]]
| released        = {{vgrelease|JP|March 30, 1988}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = {{ubl|Toshihiko Arisako (1–2, 6)|[[Hiroyuki Kakudō]] (3–5)|Junichi Fujise (7)}}
| producer        = 
| writer          = {{ubl|[[Kazuhiro Kiuchi]] (1–3)|Kazumasa Kiuchi (1–3)|Tatsuhiko Urahata (4–5)|Sara Uemura (6)}}
| music           = 
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]] 
| released        = 
| first           = January 26, 1990
| last            = December 11, 1998
| runtime         = 
| episodes        = 7
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = 
| director        = Kazuhiro Kiuchi
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = February 19, 1994
| first           = 
| last            = 
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = drama
| title           = 
| director        = 
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| network         = [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]]
| first           = June 16, 2004
| last            = August 17, 2005
| episodes        = 2 
| episode_list    = 
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Be-Bop High School'''''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|Bī Bappu Hai Sukūru|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Kazuhiro Kiuchi]]. It was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'' from 1983 to 2003, with its chapters collected in 48 {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. It has been adapted into seven live-action films, a video game, and an [[original video animation]] (OVA) series.

The manga has sold over 40 million copies, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time]]. In 1988, the series won the 12th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the general category.

==Story==
The series revolves around the lives of two rough-and-tumble high school friends, {{Nihongo|Hiroshi Kato|加藤 浩志|Katō Hiroshi}} and {{Nihongo|Toru Nakama|中間 徹|Nakama Tōru}}, who frequently cause trouble and start fights. Toru and Hiroshi style their hair in [[punch perm]]s and also adopt exaggerated swaggering [[gait]]s. The manga also features an assortment of outlandish characters who also sport unusual fashions and [[hairstyle]]s.

==Media==
===Manga===
Written and illustrated by [[Kazuhiro Kiuchi]], ''Be-Bop High School'' was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Young Magazine]]'' from 1983 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『ビー・バップ・ハイスクール』の登場キャラ人気ランキングTOP29！ 第1位は「加藤浩志」！【2021年最新投票結果】|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/research/articles/538926/|website=Netorabo|publisher=ITmedia Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|date=April 14, 2022|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122142235/https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/research/articles/538926/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected its chapters in 48 {{Lang|ja-latn|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from March 17, 1984,<ref>{{cite web|title=ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ（１）|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1020110|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040408/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=1020110|archive-date=January 12, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> to January 6, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ（４８）|url=http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3611795|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040408/http://bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3611795|archive-date=January 12, 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

A [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] parody, titled {{Nihongo|''Be-Bop Kaizokuban''|Be-Bop 海賊版}}, Memeoka Manhiru, was serialized in ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'',<ref name="Toei-BB-Kaizokuban">{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＢＥ-ＢＯＰ海賊版 アニメセレクション|url=https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dstd06780/|publisher=[[Toei Company|Toei Video]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016062628/https://www.toei-video.co.jp/catalog/dstd06780/|url-status=live|date=5 August 2008 }}</ref> and its chapters were collected in six ''tankōbon'' volumes, released from January 1990 to January 1996.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP 海賊版 [pt.1]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M317373|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121105129/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M317373|archive-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP 海賊版 [pt.6]|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M208042|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121105132/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M208042|archive-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live-action films===
There are seven [[live-action film]]s based on the manga; six films directed by [[Hiroyuki Nasu]] and released between 1985 and 1988, and a 1994 film directed by the manga's own author, [[Kazuhiro Kiuchi]].
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール}} (December 14, 1985)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009726.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920084508/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009726.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Aika''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎哀歌}} (August 9, 1986)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎哀歌|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001577.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kōshinkyoku''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎行進曲}} (March 21, 1987)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎行進曲|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009789.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205190109/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000009789.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kyōsō-kyoku''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎狂騒曲}} (December 12, 1987)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎狂騒曲|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001625.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908092332/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001625.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Ondo''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎音頭}} (August 6, 1988)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎音頭|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001638.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=September 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908000806/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001638.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkō Yotarō Kanketsu-hen''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎完結篇}} (December 17, 1988)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ビー・バップ・ハイスクール 高校与太郎完結篇|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001651.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704141310/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001651.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
#{{Nihongo|''Be-Bop High School''|ビー・バップ・ハイスクール}} (February 19, 1994)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ＢＥ－ＢＯＰ－ＨＩＧＨＳＣＨＯＯＬ ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001761.html|website=Eiren Database|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623011123/http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000001761.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Video game===
A video game, titled {{nihongo|''Be-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu''|ビーバップハイスクール 高校生極楽伝説|Bi-Bappu Hai Sukuru: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu}}, was released on March 30, 1988, by [[Data East]] for the [[Nintendo]] [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] console.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL 高校生極楽伝説|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M727547|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317155726/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M727547|archive-date=March 17, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Original video animation===
A seven-episode [[original video animation]] (OVA) adaptation, animated by [[Toei Animation]], was released between January 26, 1990,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:1*ビー・バップ・ハイスクール|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952023693|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121115931/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952023693|url-status=live}}</ref> to December 11, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=BE-BOP・HIGHSCHOOL(7)|url=https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952009650|website=suruga-ya.jp|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121115932/https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/952009650|url-status=live}}</ref> A three-episode OVA, based on ''Be-Bop Kaizokuban'', was released between 1991 and 1993.<ref name="Toei-BB-Kaizokuban"/>

===Drama===
A special [[Japanese television drama|television drama]] adaptation of two episodes was broadcast on [[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS]] on June 16, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:（水曜プレミア特別編）BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL ビー・バップ・ハイスクール(1)|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-37619|website=TV Drama database|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817234822/http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-37619|url-status=live}}</ref> and August 17, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:（水曜プレミア特別編）BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL ビー・バップ・ハイスクール(2)|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-38542|website=TV Drama database|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203222/http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-38542|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
The manga has sold over 40 million copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/bebopcollection.html|script-title=ja:BE-BOP-HIGHSCHOOL DVDコレクション|publisher=[[Toei Video]]|language=ja| access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000715/http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/bebopcollection.html|archive-date=February 22, 2014|date=21 March 2006 }}</ref> The series' eighth volume had a first print run of 2.27 million copies in 1987, making it the publisher's highest first print run of all time; the record was broken by ''[[Attack on Titan]]''{{'}}s 13th volume in 2014, which had a first print run of 2.75 million copies.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:進撃の巨人13巻は初版275万部！講談社で26年ぶり記録更新|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113853|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=January 21, 2023|language=ja|date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706053410/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/113853|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title="Attack on Titan" Manga 13th Volume Gets 2.75 Million First Print Run|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/06/attack-on-titan-manga-13th-volume-gets-275-million-first-print-run|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=January 21, 2023|date=April 6, 2014|archive-date=May 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525002555/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/04/06/attack-on-titan-manga-13th-volume-gets-275-million-first-print-run|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1988, alongside ''[[Bonobono]]'', ''Be-Bop High School'' won the 12th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the general category.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|author=Joel Hahn|title=Kodansha Manga Awards|work=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630033000/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|archive-date=June 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|manga|10755|Be-Bop-Highschool}}

{{Weekly Young Magazine - 1980s–1990s}}
{{Kodansha Manga Award - General}}
{{Toei Animation OVAs}}

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