B.B. Explosion
| B.B. Explosion |
Cover of B.B. Explosion first tankōbon as published by Shogakukan |
はじけてB.B.
(Hajikete Bī Bī) |
| Manga |
| Written by |
Yasue Imai |
| Published by |
Shogakukan |
| English publisher |
Viz Media |
| Demographic |
Shōjo |
| Magazine |
Ciao |
| Original run |
June 1997 – January 1999 |
| Volumes |
5 |
| Anime and Manga Portal |
B.B. Explosion (はじけてB.B., Hajikete Bī Bī?) is a manga by Yasue Imai licensed in the U.S. by VIZ Media.
The story revolves around little Airi from Okinawa who enters the Actors school dreaming of appearing in the TV show called Boom Boom (hence the B.B. in the title).
Characters
- Airi Ishikawa
- Airi is a girl who dreams of meeting her idol Issa from the boy band Da Pump. She enters actors' school to achieve this dream but later figures out her big passion of becoming a singer that can bring joy to all those who listen. She is very lively and sweet but she sometimes compares herself to many other people.
- Yū Yamada
- Yū is another girl who also dreams of being a brilliant singer-dancer but she is also thinking about becoming a model. Yū can be really over excited and refers to herself in the third person.
- Yumi Kōchi
- Yumi is also attending actors' school. She is older than Yū and Airi but she still hangs out with them. She got into actors while doing an audition with her best friend; only Yumi got in, though. Yumi is more serious and also gets hungry really easily.
- Da Pump
- A boy band that went to actors' school and graduated right when Airi joined. Features a fan-favorite leader named Issa that Was Airi's inspiration for entering in Actors' School.
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