Beck - Mongolian Chop Squad (TV Series)

Aroview: Rock-oriented anime riffs on the high school angst of bored 14-year-old, who, through a chance meeting with a skilled guitarist, embarks on forming the ultimate metal band.

Refreshingly grounded, this avoids digression into fantastical anime tropes, opting instead to dramatise the creative highs, lows and inner-workings of the band, the results of which are performed by way of some catchy and original J-Rock numbers.