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GTO (1999)
| GTO | |
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| Premiere | June 30, 1999 |
| Finale | September 24, 2000 |
| Creator | Tohru Fujisawa |
| Network/Provider | Fuji TV (1999-2000) Showtime Next (2003-2004) |
| Style | 30 minute anime comedy |
| Company | SPE Visual Studio Pierrot |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 43 |
| Origin | Japan |
Great Teacher Onizuka is a comedy anime program based on a manga published in Shonen magazine starting in 1997. The manga also inspired an extremely popular live-action drama program.
The series follows the adventures of Eikichi Onizuka, a former gang member who has decided he would like to become a teacher so he could sleep with attractive young co-eds. Quickly realizing this is a very bad idea that will get him in trouble, he opts instead to become the world's greatest teacher. He gets a job at the private Holy Forest Academy, where the principal decides to make him homeroom teacher for the most troublesome class in the school. They were once betrayed by a teacher they trusted, and now the entire group has vowed to make life a living hell for every homeroom teacher that crosses their path. It's up to Onizuka to win them over by any means necessary... one student at a time.
Cast
| Japanese Voices | English Voices | Character | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Cast | |||
| Wataru Takagi | David Lucas | Eikichi Onizuka | |
| Fumiko Orikasa | Wendee Lee | Azusa Fuyutsuki | |
| Junko Noda | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | Miyabi Aizawa | |
| Tomokazu Seki | Dick Smallberries | Kunio Murai | |
| Yoshiko Okamoto | Wendee Lee | Mrs. Sakurai | |
| Yuuichi Nagashima | John Smallberries | Hiroshi Uchiyamada | |
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showtime Next | |||
| Season One | November 3, 2003 | January 1, 2004 | 43 |
DVD Releases
| Title | Release Date | # |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Discs (USA) | ||
| Great Teacher Onizuka | March 19, 2002 | 1 |
| The Bully | May 21, 2002 | 1 |
| Outcasts | June 18, 2002 | 1 |
| The Test | September 24, 2002 | 1 |
| Betrayal | November 12, 2002 | 1 |
| Holy Forest | January 14, 2003 | 1 |
| Showbiz | March 11, 2003 | 1 |
| Transformations | May 13, 2003 | 1 |
| Field Trips | July 15, 2003 | 1 |
| Accusations | September 16, 2003 | 1 |
| Special Collections | ||
| Box Set 1 | December 2, 2003 | 5 |
| Box Set 2 | October 12, 2004 | 5 |
