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The Best Episodes of Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1

Every episode of Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1!

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Koyuki Tanaka's boring life is changed after meeting Ryusuke Minami, a local musician with a bad attitude, who introduces him to foreign music.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 12 - Secret Live
    8.7/10(63 votes)

    S1:E12

    Dying Breed performs in concert live in Japan, with Koyuki unexpectedly guest singing. Later on, Koyuki and Izumi meet again and she invites him for night-swimming, much to Maho's chagrin when she finds out.

    Director:Hiroshi Hamasaki
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  2. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 24 - Third Stage
    8.5/10(63 votes)

    S1:E24

    After the band seems to break up before their time on the third stage, the band is slowly reforming just in time to play their hearts out for the growing crowd.

    Director:Motonobu Hori
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  3. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 5 - Beck
    8.3/10(78 votes)

    S1:E5

    Koyuki's guitar training is coming along slowly but surely, until Saitou decides to speed things up by entering him to play in the annual summer festival! Meanwhile, Ryusuke and Chiba put their heads together to come up with a name for their new band.

    Director:Shinya Hanai
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  4. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 7 - Prudence
    8.3/10(63 votes)

    S1:E7

    Koyuki tries to memorize the scales at Saitou's place. Later we can see Koyuki talking with the bullies and then scolded in the teacher's office. Maho meets with him, and at Saitou's place, Koyuki tells her why he started to work for the old man.

    Director:Kanji Wakabayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  5. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 9 - Night Before LIVE
    8.3/10(63 votes)

    S1:E9

    Koyuki and Saku become friends. Koyuki gets nominated for the most difficult swimming races in the school's competition. Koyuki takes Saku to see Beck's show.

    Director:Kotaro Miyake
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  6. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 13 - Ciel Bleu
    8.3/10(58 votes)

    S1:E13

    Ryusuke's been bothered by Erica Blige's death and often checks the news. At school, Saku and Koyuki form a band for the cultural festival with Tanabe and a bassist. Tanabe names the band Ciel Bleu. Hyodo tries to ruin Ciel Bleu's practice.

    Director:Nobuharu Kamanaka
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  7. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 20 - Grateful Sound
    8.3/10(62 votes)

    S1:E20

    At the fishing pond the band talks with Kazuo about Greatful Sound. She wants Ryusuke to ask Eddie to come. Ryusuke agrees, but he also wants Beck to play although Ran is strongly against it.

    Director:Nobuharu Kamanaka
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  8. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 23 - Festival
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    S1:E23

    The Greatful Sound festival is on, with Belle Ame on the primary stage, Malcolm (a Sykes-managed rapper) on the second stage, and Beck on the smallest third stage.

    Director:Toshiharu Sato
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  9. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 25 - Slip Out
    8.3/10(56 votes)

    S1:E25

    As Beck's set finishes up, the reality that it's Beck's last performance finally sets in.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  10. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 8 - Broadcast in the School
    8.2/10(63 votes)

    S1:E8

    Koyuki visits an instrument shop and practices some more. The school year ends. Next Momoko meets Koyuki accidentally going in Saitou's place and decides to go with him to check whether he works there. Koyuki tries to sell off Saitou's pornographic magazines.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  11. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 10 - FACE
    8.2/10(64 votes)

    S1:E10

    Koyuki and Saku become friends. Koyuki gets nominated for the most difficult swimming races in the school's competition. Koyuki takes Saku to see Beck's show.

    Director:Jun Shishido
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  12. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 11 - Summer Holidays
    8.2/10(59 votes)

    S1:E11

    The band tries to raise some money and Chiba finds out that Dying Breed is coming to Japan. Later on Koyuki talks to a teacher about his decreasing grades. Momoko asks the band to enter the school festival.

    Director:Shinya Hanai
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  13. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 18 - Leon Sykes
    8.2/10(55 votes)

    S1:E18

    Koyuki talks with his boss about his band. Saku then joins Koyuki at Saito's swimming practice. Beck is allowed to perform at the Marquee's evening show as Hitode's support, because the manager really liked Koyuki's singing.

    Director:Shinya Hanai
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  14. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 14 - Dream
    8.1/10(57 votes)

    S1:E14

    Mitty brings the cover design for the Beck band logo. Izumi meets up with Maho to clear the misunderstanding between them.

    Director:Yasuyuki Shinozaki
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  15. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 15 - Back to School
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    S1:E15

    Koyuki tries to learn for his exams, but it doesn't go well. At school there's a rumor about Momoko working in a lingerie pub.

    Director:Kazuya Komai
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  16. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 17 - Three Days
    8.1/10(55 votes)

    S1:E17

    Ryusuke wants to release Beck's album in America. Koyuki finally buys the Telecaster. Koyuki sees at school the same girl, named Hiromi, who he saw in the doughnut store next to his workplace.

    Director:Jun Shishido
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  17. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 19 - Blues
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    S1:E19

    Ryusuke (along with Beck and Prudence) get kidnapped by Sykes, who takes him to meet his uncle, the bluesman John Lee Davis, who wanted to know who had stolen Prudence.

    Director:Mitsuhiro Yoneda
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  18. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 16 - Indies
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    S1:E16

    Gordie comes to see Eddie about the stolen stuff including Prudence. Then Eddie and Ryusuke talk about it on the phone. Koyuki still works hard to earn cash for the Telecaster and we can see a girl who works next door for the second time. At school, Tanaka finds out that one of Maho's friends is quite famous. Beck performs and is heard by Chicagoan records agent, named Frank Albin, allowing for a possible big break.

    Director:Kotaro Miyake
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  19. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 26 - America
    8.0/10(54 votes)

    S1:E26

    Koyuki plans to revive Beck and sets out to get the band together.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  20. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 21 - Write Music
    7.9/10(52 votes)

    S1:E21

    Ryusuke talks with Chiba and Taira about his talk with Sykes. Back at school, Hiromi talks with Koyuki and Saku about playing guitar.

    Director:Mitsuyuki Masuhara
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  21. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 2 - Live House
    7.7/10(81 votes)

    S1:E2

    When Koyuki accepts Ryusuke's invitation to see his band perform live, he unwittingly sets down a path of self-discovery. But what Koyuki finds both disturbs and intrigues him, as the youngster uncovers the best and worst aspects of human nature.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  22. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 1 - The View at 14
    7.6/10(89 votes)

    S1:E1

    Koyuki Tanaka is in a dead end. At age 14, he has lost his passion for life. But a casual meeting of Koyuki with a young musician named Ryusuke is about to open a new path in front of him.

    Director:Osamu Kobayashi
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  23. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 3 - Moon on the Water
    7.6/10(78 votes)

    S1:E3

    Koyuki hangs out with Ryusuke and finds out more about music, and meets his sister, Maho, who later takes Koyuki to see Beck, her brother's dog.

    Director:Kotaro Miyake
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  24. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 4 - Strum the Guitar
    7.6/10(73 votes)

    S1:E4

    While Koyuki takes his first tentative steps toward learning guitar, Maho suggests that he'd be the perfect lead vocalist for Ryusuke's new band. But an accident threatens to shatter Ryusuke and Koyuki's friendship forever, as well as putting an end to Koyuki's musical aspirations-until help comes from a very unexpected source.

    Director:Jun Shishido
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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  25. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Season 1 Episode 22 - The Night Before The Festival
    7.6/10(52 votes)

    S1:E22

    The band tries to improve the new song and Koyuki tries to write the lyrics, at Ryusuke's request. Saito tries to help Koyuki come up with some lyrics.

    Director:Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
    Writer:Osamu Kobayashi

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Secret Live" is the best rated episode of "Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 63 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and written by Osamu Kobayashi, it aired on 12/22/2004. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Third Stage".