B.B
Shōnen Sunday featuring B.B.
ビービー
(Bī Bī)
GenreAction
Manga
Written byOsamu Ishiwata
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original run1985 – 1991
Volumes31
Original video animation
Directed byOsamu Dezaki
Written byMachiko Kondō
Music byYuuki Nakajima
StudioMagic Bus
Released April 25, 1990 – April 25, 1991
Episodes3

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.

References

  1. ^ "B・B（Burning Blood）". WebSunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  2. ^ 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.

External links

Weekly Shōnen Sunday: 1980–1989
Shogakukan Manga Award – Shōnen
Works directed by Osamu Dezaki
Magic Bus
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