BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad

[Live in Color]

Anyone ever watch this series? It was on Much Music in Canada, and I never got the chance to watch it there, however the past week or so I watched it online and it's now my favourite anime. The characters were amazing and so unique, and the story was pretty different than any other anime.

Yukio, known by his friends as "Koyuki", is a regular 14-year-old Japanese boy who enters junior high school with two childhood acquaintances. One is now a useless pervert, and ironically the other is a highly sought after female student. Koyuki's boring life is changed when he saves an odd-looking dog, named Beck, from some kids. Beck's owner turns out to be an emerging rock musician, Ryûsuke Minami, who soon influences Koyuki to start playing the guitar, and even gives one to him.

The story focuses on the trials and tribulations of their punk and rapcore band named BECK, and an important plot that deals with Koyuki's relationship with Ryûsuke's sister, Maho.

Koyuki, who was plagued by his boring existence, gradually matured through experiences with the band and began to discover who he really was.

The band really sounds like Rage Against the Machine in some of their songs, which I loved a lot since I'm a fan of RAtM.