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Great Teacher Onizuka (TV)

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ⓒTohru Fujisawa ? KODANSHA ? Fuji TV ??SME Visual Works ? Studio Pierrot

[ adapted from GTO (manga) ]

Alternative title:

El Gran Profesor Onizuka (Spanish)

GTO

Крутой учитель Онизука (Russian)

?????? ?????? ???????? (Arabic)

グレ?ト?ティ?チャ??オニヅカ (Japanese)

反抗하지마 (Korean)

Genres: action , comedy , drama , slice of life

Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)

Plot Summary: Onizuka is an ex-biker and gang leader who has one goal, to become the greatest teacher. He learns of the power and respect possible as an intern teacher, using his strength and connections to get his students to respect him. Now, graduated, he gets a job at a prestigious private school to handle their 'problem class' that made the past few teachers quit. He must handle a different sort of trouble when the trouble makers include some of the smartest kids in Japan who prefer a more cerebral approach to torturing their teacher. Onizuka must slowly win his students over and deal with their mistrust of teachers while handling the distrust of his fellow teachers.

User Ratings: 2530 ratings have been given [ details ]

Masterpiece: 833 votes (sub:586, dub:177, Spa.sub:24, raw:13, ?:8, Por.sub:6, Ger.sub:3, Fre.dub:3, Rus.sub:3, Pol.sub:2, Pol.edit.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, English:1, Ita.edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)

Excellent: 857 votes (sub:600, dub:201, Spa.sub:27, ?:8, raw:4, Por.sub:4, Ita.dub:4, Pol.sub:3, Rus.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, Fre.dub:1, Pol.dub:1)

Very good: 453 votes (sub:333, dub:87, Spa.sub:8, ?:6, raw:4, Ita.dub:4, Fre.sub:4, Rus.sub:3, Ger.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Kor.sub:1)

Good: 210 votes (sub:150, dub:47, raw:6, Fre.sub:3, Rus.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)

Decent: 98 votes (sub:67, dub:19, Fre.sub:3, Fre.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, Ita.dub:2, Tag.dub:1)

So-so: 30 votes (sub:20, dub:6, Tag.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)

Not really good: 20 votes (sub:14, dub:5, raw:1)

Weak: 13 votes (sub:12, dub:1)

Bad: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)

Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)

Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:1, dub:1, ?:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 4418 users, rank: #59
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.7286 (Excellent-.27), std. dev.: 1.427, rank: #84
Weighted mean: 8.5782 (Excellent-.42), rank: #102
Bayesian estimate: 8.57443 (Excellent-.42), rank: #40

Running time: 27 minutes

Number of episodes: 43

Episode titles: We have 43

Vintage:

1999-06-30 to 2000-09-24

2003-11-03 to 2004-01-01 (USA)

2005-01-02 (Philippines, GMA-7)

Releases: We have 23

Opening Theme:

#1: "Driver's High" by L'Arc~en~Ciel (eps 01-16)

#2: "Hitori No Yoru" by Porno Graffiti (eps 17-43)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Last Piece" by Kirari (eps 01-16)

#2: "Shizuku" by Miwaku Okuda (eps 17-33)

#3: "Cherished Memories" by Hong Kong Knife (eps 34-43)

#4: "Driver's High" by L'Arc~en~Ciel

Official website:

GTO (SPE Visual Works) (Japanese)

GTO - French Official website (French)

GTO?ぴえろ (Japanese)

Madman's Official GTO Website

Tokyopop - GTO Anime Official

Links: We have 3

Trivia: We have 9

DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2

In the news 2 times:

2008-12-09 Russian Government Censors to Investigate GTO Anime

2006-06-29 Tokyopop Takes on Digital Music

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Related reviews:
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Related releases:

Great Teacher Onizuka (DVD 1) 2002-03-19

Great Teacher Onizuka - The Bully (DVD 2) 2002-05-21 (from $22.46)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Outcasts (DVD 3) 2002-06-18 (from $14.49)

Great Teacher Onizuka - The Test (DVD 4) 2002-09-24 (from $22.46)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Betrayal (DVD 5) 2002-11-12 (from $14.31)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Showbiz (DVD 7) (from $11.90)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Transformations (DVD 8) 2003-05-13 (from $22.46)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Fieldtrips (DVD 9) 2003-07-15 (from $22.46)

Great Teacher Onizuka - (DVD 10) 2003-09-16 (from $20.21)

Great Teacher Onizuka - 1st Semester (DVD box 1) 2007-09-18 (from $36.49)

Great Teacher Onizuka - 2nd Semester (DVD box 2) 2007-09-18 (from $36.49)

Great Teacher Onizuka - Box Set 1 (DVD 1-5) 2003-12-02

Great Teacher Onizuka - Box Set 2 (DVD 6-10) 2004-10-12 (from $71.99)

Great Teacher Onizuka (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-03-19

Great Teacher Onizuka - The Bully (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-05-21

Great Teacher Onizuka - Outcasts (Dub.VHS 3) 2002-06-18

Great Teacher Onizuka - The Test (Dub.VHS 4) 2002-09-24

Great Teacher Onizuka (Dub.VHS 5) 2002-11-12

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director :
Naoyasu Hanyu
Noriyuki Abe

Script : Masashi Sogo

Storyboard : Noriyuki Abe

Music : Yusuke Honma

Original Manga : Tohru Fujisawa

Art director : Yuji Ikeda

Animation director :
Masaya Onishi
Ryoji Nakamori

Producer :
Hideo Katsumata (SPE Visual Works)
Ken Hagino (Studio Pierrot)
Yoshihiro Suzuki (Fuji TV)

A.I.C. :
Aya Onishi
Ayami Minowa
Chieko Hibi
Miyo Onishi
Terumi Ito

Assistant Art Director : Shinobu Takahashi

Background Art :
Hideaki Kudo
Hideyuki Ueno
Hitoshi Nagasaki
Iori Takagaki
Junichi Takagi
Junichi Tashiro
Michiko Taniguchi
Midori Sakurauchi
Mio Ishiki
Norihiko Yokomatsu
Rieko Ohiwa
Sawako Takagi
Takafumi Nishima
Tomoyuki Shimizu
Toshiyuki Hashimoto
Yuko Kobayashi

CG :
Kazuko Oyanagi
Kiyoshi Hirayama
Megumi Saito
Megumi Tomizawa
Shinji Yaginuma
Takaki Okuyama
Yoko Kobayashi
Yoshiko Nishimura

Color design : Hideo Kamitani

Color Plan :
Tetsuharu Eguchi
Yoshiko Takiguchi

Editing :
Haruhiko Kuriyakawa
Junichi Uematsu

Ending Animation :
Hiroki Takagi
Jun Kamiya
Tetsuya Nishio

Episode Director, Storyboard : Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP 2)

In-Between Animation :
Chie Hashimoto
Kayano Tomizawa
Mamoru Otake
Toshinobu Terashima

In-Between Animation Checker : Reiko Yamada

Key Animation :
Akio Kawamura
Atsushi Aono
Daisuke Kusakari
Eitaro Abe
Fumio Matsumoto
Hideki Hashimoto
Hiroki Takagi
Kan Ogawa
Kazuhiko Wanibuchi
Kazuyuki Ikai
Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Kenji Kodama
Kiyoshi Nochi
Kyoko Matsubara
Manabu Fukazawa
Masaki Hosoyama
Masaya Onishi
Masayuki Fujita
Mitsumasa Kimura
Osamu Sato
Sewon Joung
Toshiyuki Kono
Yoshiaki Mizuno
Yoshinari Saito
Yoshitaka Kato

Literary Coordinator : Hideko Ikeda

Mat & Paint Critic :
Hideki Tozawa
Mikina Kasahara

Mixing : Hakaru Narikiyo

Music Director : Takashi Kodama

Opening Animation :
Hiroki Takagi
Jun Kamiya
Tetsuya Nishio

Photography :
Hajime Noguchi
Harutoshi Miyakawa
Hironobu Horikoshi
Jun Sato
Junko Nagai
Masuyama Sato
Naoko Kurihara
Satoshi Shoji
Takeshi Ogawa
Tomohiro Takahashi
Tomoko Fukuda
Yukiko Maruhashi

Planning :
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Ryuzo Shirakawa (SPE Visual Works)
Yuji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot)

Production Coordination :
Masahiro Okubo
Naoto Matsuzawa

Production manager : Tetsuya Arao

Public Relations :
Keiko Asami
Sachio Tamenaga

Recording Director :
Katsunori Shimizu
Noriyuki Abe

Sound Effects : Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Recording Production : Yuko Suzuki

Special Effects :
Fumie Taguchi
Kenji Ikeda

Theme Song Performance :
Kirari (ED 1)
L'Arc-en-Ciel (OP 1)
Miwako Okuda (ED2)
Miwaku Okuda (ED 2)
Porno Graffiti (OP 2)

Wataru Takagi as Eikichi Onizuka

Fumiko Orikasa as Azusa Fuyutsuki

Junko Noda as Miyabi Aizawa

Tomokazu Seki as Kunio Murai

Yoshiko Okamoto as Mrs. Sakurai

Yuuichi Nagashima as Hiroshi Uchiyamada

Akemi Okamura as Anko Uehara

Atsuko Bungo as Yoshiko Uchiyamada

Atsuko Tanaka as Nanako's mother

Ayako Kawasumi as
announcer
Female Student (ep 20)
Naoko Izumi
Tomoko Nomura
young wife

Daisuke Gouri as Director Shirosawa (ep 22)

Daisuke Hirakawa as Male Student (ep 21)

Emi Kobayashi as
Chikako Shirai
Miki Wakamatsu
Takahama
Takahama

Fumiko Orikasa as
Kyoko Sasaki
Kyoko Sasaki
Mikan

Harumi Terada as Momoi

Hideo Ishikawa as Hideo

Hikaru Midorikawa as Yoshito Kikuchi

Hirohiko Kakekawa as
Assistant Director (ep 22)
Koji Sanomaru

Ikuko Tani as Uehara's Mother

Isshin Chiba as
Hiroshi Kochatani
Ryuji Danma
Staff (ep 22)

Junichi Suwabe as Koji Fujiyoshi

Junko Noda as Female Student (ep 21)

Kae Araki as
Nagisa (ep 16)
Nagisa Nagase (ep 16)

Katsumi Suzuki as Tadashi Sakurada

Kaya Matsutani as Nao Kadena

Kazuhiro Nakata as Hajime Fukuroda

Kazuki Yao as Toshiyuki Saejima

Kazusa Murai as Mizuki Yokoyama

Kentarou Itou as
Kamioka
Noboru Saitou
Noboru Saitou

Kiyomi Asai as
Female Student (ep 20)
Mayuki Asano

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Nanako's father

Kotono Mitsuishi as Urumi Kanzaki

Kouji Ishii as
Board of Education member
Tomoko's father
Tomoko's father

Kousuke Okano as
Male Student (ep 21)
Noboru Yoshikawa

Kyoko Hikami as Motoko Ohashi

Manami Nakayama as Kumiko Fukada

Masami Kikuchi as Kadena Takashi (ep 26)

Masumi Tsuda as Ryoko Uchiyamada

Megumi Kobayashi as
Chikako Shirai
Takahama

Megumi Ogata as Julia Murai (ep 7,35)

Miki Nagasawa as Hitomi Kizaki (ep 21-22)

Mitsuki Saiga as Female Student (ep 21)

Rie Tanaka as Akane Fujita

Sachiko Hattori as Sagara (ep 21-22)

Shinichiro Miki as Hidero Ohsawa

Sumi Shimamoto as Chizuru Ohta

Takako Honda as
Fuyumi Kujirakawa
Saeko Iijima

Takasi Kuritsu as Male Student (ep 20)

Tessho Genda as Kouichi Igarashi

Tohru Furuya as Suguru Teshigawara

Tomoe Hanba as Hidemi Ohta

Tomoki Yanagi as
Staff (ep 22)
Tadaaki Kusano

Tomoko Kawakami as Megumi Hoshino (ep 28)

Unshou Ishizuka as Kizaki (ep 21-22)

Yuko Miyamura as Nanako Mizuki (ep 1)

Yuri Shiratori as Megumi Asakura (ep 40)

Takeshi Kusao

Japanese companies

Animation Production : Studio Pierrot

Backgrounds : Studio Waiesu

Broadcaster : Fuji TV

CG : Digital Animation Room

Copyright :
Fuji TV
Kodansha
SME Visual Works
Studio Pierrot

Editing : Falcon Inc.

Film Laboratory : Tokyo Laboratory

In-Between Animation :
Far Eastern Animation Ltd.
Flying Dragon Cartoon Studio
Studio Pierrot Fukuoka
Studio Pierrot Lab

Mat & Paint : Far Eastern Animation Ltd.

Music Collaboration : Fuji Pacific Music Publishing

Music Production : SPE Visual

Photography : Takahashi Production

Production :
SPE Visual
Studio Pierrot

Recording : Seion Studio

Sound Effects : Sound Box

Sound Recording Production : Zack Promotion

Titles : Miki Production

Video Editing : Glovision

English cast

English staff

Director :
Bob Buchholz
Olivia Venegas

Art director : Matt Alford

Translation :
Alethea Nibley
Yurika Dennis

Executive producer :
John Parker
Ron Klamert
Stuart Levy

Producer :
Joel Baral
Olivia Venegas

Adaptation :
Bob Buchholz
Jeff Nimoy

Associate producer : Daisuke Kinouchi

Creative Director : Jennifer Wagner

Final Mix :
Dustin Harrison
John Wayde
Justin Kohler
Zoli Osaze

Graphic Design : Gary Shum

Production Coordination : Daisuke Kinouchi

Production manager : Jennifer Wagner

Recording engineer :
Dustin Harrison
Gabriel Smith
John Wayde
Justin Kohler
Michael Clark
Troy Smith
Zoli Osaze

Script Writing :
Kevin Rubio
Matthew Lewis
Tom Wyner

Translation Supervisor : Daisuke Kinouchi

David Lucas as Eikichi Onizuka

Brad Rowen as Tadaaki Kusano

Christine Ruprecht as
Naoko Izumi (ep 14)
Saeko Ijima (ep 7)

Cindy Robinson as
Anko Uehara (ep 14)
Julia Murai
Saeko Ijima (eps 32 - 43)

Dave Lelyveld as
Koji Sannomaru (eps 16 - 17)
Ryuji Danma (ep 19)
Tadashi Sakurada (eps 13 - 43)
Yoshito Kikuchi (eps 15 - 19)

David Lucas as Koji Fujiyoshi

Debbie Rothstein as
Mayuko Asano (eps 5 - 6)
Saeko Ijima (eps 10 - 31)

Debra Cunningham as
Chikako Shirai (eps 9 - 16, 17 - 43)
Saeko Ijima (ep 9)
Tomoko Nomura

Dick Smallberries as Kunio Murai (ep 4)

Doug La Rosa as
Noboru Yoshikawa (eps 15 - 19)
Suguru Teshigawara

Jack Aubree as Toshiyuki Saejima (ep 34 - 43)

John Smallberries as Hiroshi Uchiyamada

Kate Davis as
Chikako Shirai (ep 16)
Mayuko Asano (eps 37 - 43)

Mia Bradly as Naoko Izumi (ep 37 - 43)

Michelle Ruff as
Miyabi Aizawa (ep 43)
Urumi Kanzaki

Midge Mayes as
Anko Uehara (eps 5 - 14, 15 - 43)
Miyabi Aizawa
Nao Kadena

Rafael Antonio Oliver as
Ichiro Okinoshima
Kunio Murai (eps 5 - 43)
Tadashi Sakurada (ep 6)

Richard George as Hajime Fukuroda

Ron Allen as
Koji Sannomaru (eps 3 - 17, 18 - 43)
Noboru Yoshikawa (eps 3 - 14, 20 - 43)
Ryuji Danma
Yoshito Kikuchi (eps 4 - 14, 20 - 43)

Wendee Lee as
Anko Uehara (ep 4)
Azusa Fuyutsuki
Miyabi Aizawa (eps 7 - 42)
Mrs. Sakurai
Tadashi Sakurada

Brad Rowen as
Itagaki
Kizaki
Male Student
Miyabi's Father
Secretary
Staff (ep 22)
Teacher

Cindy Robinson as
Female Student C
Fuyumi Kujirakawa
Momoi
Nanako Mizuki
Young Wife

Dave Lelyveld as
Business Man (ep 6)
Cameraman (ep 22)
Doctor (ep 23)
Futogaki
Guard (ep 14)
Hideo
Janitor (ep 23)
Katsuyama
Kibayashi
Male Student (ep 21)
Mokuba Shirai
Noboru Saito
Pageant Host (eps 10 - 11)
Punk (ep 8)
Radio Announcer (ep 36)
Shiozaki
Takagi
Takashi Kadena
Tomoko's Father (ep 10)

Dave Mallow as Kouichi Igarashi

David Lucas as
Hiroshi Kochatani (eps 12 - 43)
Homeroom Teacher
Kamioka (ep 7)
Punk (ep 8)
Punk in Class 0

Debbie Rothstein as
Chiziru Ohta
Female Student (eps 20 - 21, 29)
Girl #14 (ep 11)
Mother (ep 13)
Uehara's Mother
Woman
Yoshiko Uchiyamada

Debra Cunningham as
Female Student B
Hidemi Ohta
Koji's Mother
Miyabi's Mother (eps 32 - 33)
Mother (ep 13)
Wiki Wakamatsu

Doug Erholtz as
Committeeman A (ep 43)
Punk (ep 8)
Reporter (ep 43)

Doug La Rosa as
Field Supervisor
Guard
Staff
Window Cleaner
Yakuza

Doug Stone as
Police Officer A
Taxi Driver

Jack Aubree as
Anko's Father
Bride's Father (ep 35)

John Daniels as Yakuza (ep 34)

John Smallberries as
Nanako's Father
Punk in Class 0
Staff (ep 22)
Street Punk
Teacher (ep 12)
Truck Driver

Kate Davis as
Akane Fujita
Burger Shop Employee
Female Student (ep 24)
Female Student A
Kumiko Fukada
Kyoko Sasaki
Megumi Hoshino
Miyabi's Mother (ep 31)
Miyako Fujiyoshi
Ms. Sagara
Reporter (ep 16)
Teacher (ep 24)
Yoko Sato
Yoshiko Uchiyamada (ep 24)

Marvin Lee as
CM Director (ep 27)
Mutou
Student (ep 24)

Mia Bradly as Mizuki Yokoyama

Michael Sorich as
Committeeman A (ep 42)
Hiramatsu
Masked Man (ep 33)
Mizushima
Police Chief (ep 34)
Yakuza (ep 34)

Michelle Ruff as
Announcer (ep 26)
Ashira
Heroine (ep 27)
Megumi Asakura
Nurse (ep 38)
Reporter (ep 28)

Midge Mayes as
Bride's Mother (ep 35)
Female Student (eps 20, 29)
Hitomi Kizaki
Mayuko Asano
Mikan
Miss Fujimori (ep 18-19)
Nurse (ep 6)
Reporter
Ryoko Uchiyamada
Yoshiko Uchiyamada (ep 5)

Rafael Antonio Oliver as
Assistant Director (ep 22)
Kamioka (ep 8)
Punk (ep 8)
Salesclerk (ep 7)
Staff (ep 11)
Tomoko's Father (ep 42)

Richard George as
Director (ep 27)
Director Shirosawa
Masked Man
Megumi's Manager
Shaman (ep 23)
Tohru Ohta
Toshiyuku Saejima (eps 30-31)
Waiter (ep 18)

Ron Allen as
Announcer (ep 2)
Burger Shop Manager
Hidero Ohsawa
Hiroshi Kochatani
Punk (eps 2, 8)
Punk in Class 0
Student (ep 1)
Teacher (ep 2)