Great Teacher Onizuka

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Great Teacher Onizuka
グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ
(Gurēto Tīchā Onizuka)
GenreComedy-drama[1]
Manga
Written byTohru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
DemographicShōnen
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
Original runMay 16, 1997April 17, 2002
Volumes25 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed byMasayuki Suzuki
Written byKazuhiko Yukawa
Original networkFuji TV
Kansai TV
Original run July 7, 1998 September 22, 1998
Episodes12 + 1 Special
Live-action movie
Directed byMasayuki Suzuki
Released1999
Runtime140 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byNoriyuki Abe
Written byMasashi Sogo
Music byYusuke Honma
StudioPierrot
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
English network
Original run June 30, 1999 September 24, 2000
Episodes43 (List of episodes)
Manga
GTO Shonan 14 Days
Written byTohru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
DemographicShōnen
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
Original runJune 10, 2009November 16, 2011
Volumes9
Television drama
Directed byImai Kazuhisa
Produced byKasai Hideyuki
Yamamoto Yoshihiko
Written byMasaki Fukuzawa
Music byHaneoka Kei
Original networkFuji TV
Kansai TV
Original run July 3, 2012 September 11, 2012
Episodes11 + 3 Special
Television drama
GTO In Taiwan
Directed byImai Kazuhisa
Written byJunpei Yamaoka
Music byHaneoka Kei
Original networkFuji TV
Kansai TV
Original run March 22, 2014 April 12, 2014
Episodes4
Manga
GTO: Paradise Lost
Written byTohru Fujisawa
Published byKodansha
English publisher
DemographicSeinen
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
Original runApril 14, 2014 – present
Volumes11
Television drama
Directed byKen Iizuka
Original networkFuji TV
Kansai TV
Original run July 8, 2014 September 16, 2014
Episodes11

Great Teacher Onizuka (グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ, Gurēto Tīchā Onizuka), in short GTO, is a Japanese shōnen manga series. It was created by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1997 to April 2002. The story focuses on 22-year-old Eikichi Onizuka. He becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. Shonan Junai Gumi (lit. "Shōnan True Love Group") and Bad Company are other manga series by Tooru Fujisawa. They focus on the life of Onizuka before he became a teacher in Great Teacher Onizuka.

A twelve-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998 was created based on this manga. A live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and released in December 1999 was also created based on this manga. A 43-episode anime television series based on this manga aired in Japan by Fuji Television and Animax from June 1999 to September 2000.[2] Both the anime and manga have been licensed in North America by Tokyopop. A second live action series aired in Japan during 2012, and two more in 2014. It won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen category.

References[change | change source]

  1. Toole, Michael (March 25, 2013). "Out of Order - The Mike Toole Show". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  2. "9 J-Dramas for K-Drama Fans to Start Watching | Viu". Viu. 2017-10-20. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2017-10-23.