B: The Beginning is an anime series directed by Kazuto Nakazawa and Yoshiki Yamakawa and produced by Production I.G. It began streaming on Netflix on March 2, 2018. The second season, B: The Beginning Succession was released on Netflix on March 18, 2021.
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Cast
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
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Keith Flick | Hiroaki Hirata | Ray Chase |
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Koku | Yūki Kaji | Kyle McCarley |
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Hōko Kuwashima (young) |
Erica Mendez | |
| Royal Investigation Unit | |||
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Lily Hoshina | Asami Seto | Faye Mata |
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Eric Toga | Hiroki Tōchi | Jalen K. Cassell |
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Boris Meyer | Minoru Inaba | Doug Stone |
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Kaela Yoshinaga | Ami Koshimizu | Allegra Clark |
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Mario Luis Zurita | Shintaro Tanaka | Patrick Seitz |
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Brian Brandon | Toshiyuki Toyonaga | Khoi Dao |
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Jean Henry Richard | Atsushi Goto | John Snyder |
| Royal Police | |||
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Gilbert Ross | Toshiyuki Morikawa | John DeMita |
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Minatsuki / Reggie | Kaito Ishikawa | Johnny Yong Bosch |
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Yūko Sanpei (young) | ||
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Yuna | Satomi Satō | Brianna Knickerbocker |
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Cristina Valenzuela (young) | ||
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Laica / Minatsuki | Yū Kitada | Xander Mobus |
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Yō Taichi (young) |
¿? | |
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Izanami | Mitsuki Saiga | Marin Miller |
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Kamui | Kazuya Nakai | Benjamin Diskin |
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Takeru | Nozomi Kameda | Cristina Valenzuela |
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Kukuri | ||
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Quinn | Macoto Awane | Todd Haberkorn |
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Kirisame | Takuma Terashima | Billy Kametz |
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Junko Minagawa (young) |
Casey Mongillo | |
| Other Characters | |||
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Dead Kyle | Hidenobu Kiuchi | ¿? |
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Red | Katsumi Fukuhara | Sean Chiplock |
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Blue | Akihiro Mine | Edward Bosco |
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Julian | Derek Stephen Prince | |
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Kai Hoshina | Takahiro Mizushima | Joe Zieja |
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Yukio Hoshina | Tomomichi Nishimura | Jake Eberle |
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Ian Reyes / Yellow | Go Shinomiya | Keith Silverstein |
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Abbott | Wataru Hatano | Ezra Weisz |
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Erika Kazama Flick | Yukine Yaehata | Cristina Valenzuela |
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Heath Kazama Flick | ¿? | Ray Chase |
| King | Katsuhisa Houki | John Eric Bentley | |
| Prince | Shunsuke Sakuya | J. Michael Tatum | |
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Kazan | Azuki Shibuya | Zeno Robinson |
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Additional Voices
- Brian Anderson
- Edward Bosco
- Marc Diraison
- Dorah Fine
- Todd Haberkorn
- Billy Kametz
- Marin Miller
- Xander Mobus
- Joe Ochman
- Maureen Price
- Keith Silverstein
- J.D. Zelman
- Christina McBride
- Jake Eberle
Credits
Transmission via Streaming
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | |
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March 2, 2018 (Season 1) |
Anime / Netflix Original Series |
Digital | 12 eps | 16+ | United States | 
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| March 18, 2021
(Season 2) |
6 eps | ||||||
Video Releases
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Shout! Factory | 2020 | 
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Season 1 | A DVB-T |
United States |
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External Links
- B: The Beginning (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- B: The Beginning at the Internet Movie Database
