Beelzebub (Series)

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by that appeared in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since February 2009. Beelzebub was first published as a one-shot by Tamura in Weekly Shōnen Jump's 2008 volume 37-38, where it won the fourth Gold Future Cup. It was then serialized on the same magazine starting in its thirteenth volume of 2009.

Introduction
The story follows Tatsumi Oga, the "strongest juvenile delinquent". He is a first year student in Ishiyama High School, a school with a heavy presence of delinquents. The story begins as Tatsumi is telling the story of how he found Beelzebub to his best friend Takayuki Furuichi. One day, while taking revenge on people trying to kill him in his sleep, supposedly fishing, he sees a man, revealed as Alaindelon, floating down the river. Tatsumi pulls him to shore and he splits in half, revealing a baby boy. This boy is revealed to be Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, the son of the Demon King, and Tatsumi has been chosen to be the one to raise him with the baby's maid Hilda. The story follows Tatsumi's life with the child and at Ishiyama High. The early chapters of the manga follow Tatsumi as he attempts to pass on Beelzebub to other students at Ishiyama High. The theory is that if Tatsumi can find someone more evil and stronger than him, Beelzebub will attach to that person instead of Tatsumi.

Main characters

 * Tatsumi Oga


 * Beelzebub IV


 * Hilda


 * Takayuki Furuichi


 * Alaindelon


 * Hajime Kanzaki


 * Aoi Kunieda


 * Hidetora Tōjō


 * Tatsuya Himekawa

Manga
The manga version of Beelzebub is written and illustrated by Ryūhei Tamura and was published in the Japanese-language magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since Volume 13 of 2009.

Anime
In July 2010, an OVA was announced and will air on October 23 at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2010 in Fukuoka. An anime series was confirmed in August 2010. The anime series will be produced by Studio Pierrot and will retain all the original cast from the OVA. It begun airing in January 2011 till august 2011.

Official sites

 * YTV Beelzebub website
 * Shonen Jump Beelzebub website
 * Special Shonen Jump Beelzebub website