B't X(ビート・エックス), pronounced "beat X", is a sci-fi mecha manga series, written and illustrated by Japanese mangaka Masami Kurumada. It ran for 16 volumes in manga and was later adapted to anime with 25 episodes, then concluded with an 14 episode OVA (called B'T Neo). The manga was released in America by Tokyopop. The anime was released in America by Westlake Entertainment. When B't X was released in America by Tokyopop, all of the sound effects in the manga were done in Japanese, just as in the original version and in most other Tokyopop Manga.