G announced on October 24 that its B: The Beginning animated series won the Jury Prize in the TV & Commissioned Films competition category at the 20th Bucheon International Animation Film Festival (BIAF) in South Korea.
A wide variety of characters race through the fortified city as it is beset by the serial killer, Killer B, and a chain of crimes in this suspense drama by director Kazuto Nakazawa and Production I.G. Kazuto Nakazawa (Kill Bill’s animated segment, Moondrive, Parasite Dolls) and Production I.
The first episode screened at the festival on October 20 and October 21.
The show’s theme song “The Perfect World” is a collaboration between Marty Friedman (song-arrange-guitar), MAN WITH A MISSION’s Jean-Ken Johnny (vocals), KenKen (bass), and Kōji Fujimoto (arrange-programming).