Editing Boys Be... (section)

{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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| image           = Boys Be... vol. 1.png
| caption         = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Coming-of-age story|Coming-of-age]]<ref name="ANN-SPfBB">{{cite web|last=Nicolas|first=Michael|title=Strong Pitch for Boys Be - From the Gallery|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/from-the-gallery/2003-07-23|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=July 23, 2003|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628092311/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/from-the-gallery/2003-07-23|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref name="ANN-DVD1-Review">{{cite web|last=King|first=Patrick|title=Boys Be... DVD 1 – Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boys-be/dvd-1|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=March 19, 2023|date=May 22, 2006|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524214654/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boys-be/dvd-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:レジェンドオブラブコメ「BOYS BE…」、奇跡の復活|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/13611|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=March 19, 2023|language=ja|date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319125038/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/13611|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Slice of life]]<ref name="ANN-SPfBB"/><ref name="ActiveAnime-Review"/>}}<!-- 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]]). -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = [[Hiroyuki Tamakoshi]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher| NA=[[Tokyopop]]{{efn|Second series only; expired}}}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]
| imprint         = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| first           = August 7, 1991
| last            = March 14, 2001
| volumes         = 58
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title           = Series titles
|content         = 
# ''Boys Be...'' (1991–1996; 32 volumes)
# ''Boys Be... 2nd Season'' (1996–2000; 20 volumes)
# ''Boys Be... L Co-op'' (2000–2001; 6 volumes)
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Masami Shimoda
| producer        = 
| writer          = Kenichi Kanemaki
| music           = Be-Factory
| studio          = [[Hal Film Maker]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Right Stuf|Nozomi Entertainment]]}}
| network         = [[Wowow]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network|NA=[[Anime Network]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Boys Be...|url=http://theanimenetwork.com/showInfo.php?show_num=369&alpha_num=1|publisher=[[Anime Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214440/http://theanimenetwork.com/showInfo.php?show_num=369&alpha_num=1|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref>}}
| first           = April 11, 2000
| last            = July 4, 2000
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Boys Be... Last Season
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
| publisher       = Kodansha
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint         = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| published       = June 23, 2001
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Boys Be... Pre-season
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
| publisher       = Kodansha
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = MiChao!
| imprint         = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| first           = April 24, 2009
| last            = October 9, 2009
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Boys Be... Next Season
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
| publisher       = Kodansha
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = [[Magazine Special]]
| imprint         = Shōnen Magazine Comics
| first           = October 20, 2009
| last            = February 20, 2012
| volumes         = 6
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Boys Be… Adult Season
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
| publisher       = Kodansha
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]}}
| magazine        = [[Evening (magazine)|Evening]]
| first           = August 11, 2012
| last            = June 25, 2013
| volumes         = 
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Boys Be... Young Adult
| author          = Masahiro Itabashi
| illustrator     = Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
| publisher       = [[Fujimi Shobo]]
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine        = [[Monthly Dragon Age]]
| imprint         = Dragon Comics Age
| first           = September 8, 2017
| last            = July 9, 2018
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
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'''''Boys Be...''''' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese [[anthology series|anthology]] [[manga]] series written by Masahiro Itabashi and illustrated by [[Hiroyuki Tamakoshi]]. Three different manga series were serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] magazine ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'': ''Boys Be...'' (1991–1996), ''Boys Be... 2nd Season'' (1996–2000), and ''Boys Be... L Co-op'' (2000–2001), totaling 58 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. Four other manga series have been published: ''Boys Be... Pre-season'' (2009), ''Boys Be... Next Season'' (2009–2012), ''Boys Be… Adult Season'' (2012–2013), and ''Boys Be... Young Adult'' (2017–2018). In North America, the second manga series was licensed by [[Tokyopop]].

A 13-episode [[anime]] television series by [[Hal Film Maker]] was broadcast on [[Wowow]] in 2000. The anime series was licensed for English release in North America by [[The Right Stuf International]].