B.B. (manga)

B.B. (ビービーBī Bī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Ishiwata. The manga ran in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1985 issue 24 to 1991 issue 9. The title stands for “Burning Blood” and Ishiwata’s subsequent serial LOVe was a continuation of this series. In 1989, B.B. won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.

Plot

One night after leaving a club where he was playing trumpet Ryō Takagi is jumped by a motorcycle gang. The scuffle spills out into the streets and causes a traffic accident. Ryō eventually gives up his musical career and joins the world of underground boxing as he struggles to overcome his “burning blood” and the anger that easily overtakes him.

Characters

Game

It was adapted into a pachinko game by okamura under the title cr B.B. It was released on 1 April 2000.

 

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Shōnen Sunday featuring B.B.
ビービー
(Bī Bī)
Genre Action
Manga
Written by Osamu Ishiwata
Published by Shogakukan
Imprint Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic Shōnen
Original run 1985 – 1991
Volumes 31
Original video animation
Directed by Osamu Dezaki
Written by Machiko Kondō
Music by Yuuki Nakajima
Studio Magic Bus
Released April 25, 1990 – April 25, 1991
Episodes 3

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