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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)
المعلم العظيم أونيزوكا (Arabic)
グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ (Japanese)
麻辣教師GTO (Chinese (Taiwan))
반항하지마 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or 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: 3172 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1040 votes (sub:747, dub:224, ?:7, raw:6, Eng:2, others:54
24 Spanish subtitled
8 Portuguese subtitled
5 German subtitled
4 French dubbed
3 Polish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish edited dub
1 Italian edited dub
1 French edited dub
)
 Excellent: 1046 votes (sub:745, dub:232, ?:8, raw:5, others:56
33 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
4 Italian dubbed
4 Russian subtitled
3 Russian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
)
 Very good: 596 votes (sub:429, dub:124, raw:6, ?:5, others:32
11 Spanish subtitled
5 Italian dubbed
5 French subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French dubbed
2 German subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Good: 274 votes (sub:194, dub:64, raw:5, edit.dub:1, others:10
5 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:83, dub:22, raw:2, others:12
3 Spanish subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 French dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:28, dub:7, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Tagalog dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:16, dub:6, raw:1)
 Weak: 17 votes (sub:15, dub:2)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:7, dub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 5500 users, rank: #64
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.694 (Excellent-.30), std. dev.: 1.4191, rank: #122
Weighted mean: 8.583 (Excellent-.41), rank: #123 (seen all: 8.80 / seen some: 7.43 / won't finish: 5.63)
Bayesian estimate: 8.580 (Excellent-.41), rank: #42
Running time: 27 minutes per episode
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
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 9
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 2
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Reviews:
    Great Teacher Onizuka DVD 1
    Great Teacher Onizuka

DVD
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Holy Forest (DVD 6) 2003-01-14 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka (DVD 1) 2002-03-19 (from $23.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - The Bully (DVD 2) 2002-05-21 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Outcasts (DVD 3) 2002-06-18 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - The Test (DVD 4) 2002-09-24 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Betrayal (DVD 5) 2002-11-12 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Showbiz (DVD 7) 2003-05-27 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Transformations (DVD 8) 2003-05-13 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Fieldtrips (DVD 9) 2003-07-15 (from $14.44)
    Great Teacher Onizuka (DVD 10) 2003-09-16 (from $16.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - 1st Semester (DVD box 1) 2007-09-18 (from $27.99)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - 2nd Semester (DVD box 2) 2007-09-18 (from $27.99)
    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 $55.99)
VHS
    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 (from $1.01)
    Great Teacher Onizuka - The Test (Dub.VHS 4) 2002-09-24
    Great Teacher Onizuka - Betrayal (Dub.VHS 5) 2002-11-12
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Script: Masashi Sogo
Storyboard: Noriyuki Abe
Original Manga: Tohru Fujisawa
Character Design: Koichi Usami
Art Director: Yuji Ikeda
Animation Director:
Masaya Onishi
Ryoji Nakamori
Producer:
Hideo Katsumata (SPE Visual Works)
Ken Hagino (Studio Pierrot)
Yoshihiro Suzuki (Fuji TV)

Assistant Art Director: Shinobu Takahashi
Color design: Hideo Kamitani
Episode Director, Storyboard: Toshiyuki Tsuru (OP 2)
In-Between Check: Reiko Yamada
Literary Coordinator: Hideko Ikeda
Mat & Paint Critic:
Hideki Tozawa
Mikina Kasahara
Music Director: Takashi Kodama
Planning:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Ryuzo Shirakawa (SPE Visual Works)
Yuji Nunokawa (Studio Pierrot)
Production Coordination:
Masahiro Okubo
Naoto Matsuzawa
Production manager: Tetsuya Arao
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
Fumiko Orikasa as
Kyoko Sasaki
Mikan
Harumi Terada as Momoi
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
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
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 (eps 7, 35)
Miki Nagasawa as Hitomi Kizaki (eps 21-22)
Misa Watanabe as Fujimori-sensei (eps 18-19)
Mitsuki Saiga as Female Student (ep 21)
Rie Tanaka as Akane Fujita
Sachiko Hattori as Sagara (eps 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)
Tesshô 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 (eps 21-22)
Yuko Miyamura as Nanako Mizuki (ep 1)
Yuri Shiratori as Megumi Asakura (ep 40)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Studio Pierrot
Backgrounds: Studio Waiesu
Broadcaster: Fuji TV
Editing: Falcon Inc.
Film Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory
Music Collaboration: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Music Production: SPE Visual
Recording: Seion Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Recording Production: Zack Promotion
Video Editing: Glovision
English cast 
English staff 
Art Director: Matt Alford
Associate producer: Daisuke Kinouchi
Creative Director: Jennifer Wagner
Graphic Design: Gary Shum
Production Coordination: Daisuke Kinouchi
Production manager: Jennifer Wagner
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 9-43)
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 (eps 34-43)
John Smallberries as Hiroshi Uchiyamada
Kate Davis as
Chikako Shirai (ep 16)
Mayuko Asano (eps 37-43)
Mia Bradly as Naoko Izumi (eps 37-43)
Michelle Ruff as
Miyabi Aizawa (ep 43)
Urumi Kanzaki
Midge Mayes as
Anko Uehara (eps 5-43)
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 3-43)
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 (eps 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)
Skip Stellrecht as Committee Member (ep 43)
Terry Stone as
Floor Person (ep 35)
Masked Man (ep 33)
Young Man (ep 33)
Tom Fahn as News Reporter (ep 43)
Wendee Lee as
Examinee
Mother (ep 13)
Nanako's Mother
Ryoko Uchiyamada (ep 5)
Takahama
Teacher (ep 12)

English companies 
DVD Authoring: Cinesite
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Licensed by: TOKYOPOP
French staff 
French cast 
Dubbing Director: François Avisse
Art Director: Eric Peter

Adaptation: William Coryn
Production Website: Sylvie Brevignon
 
Benoit Dupac as Onizuka

Benjamin Pascal as Yoshikawa
Benoît Allemane as
Mizuchima
Mizuchima, père de Miyabi
Père de Miyubi
Réalisateur de cinéma
Chantal Baroin as Nao Kadena
Christelle Reboul as Urumi Kanzaki
Christine Paris as Kujirakawa
Cyrille Artaux as Saejima
Dominique Vallee as Miyabi Aizawa
Eric Etcheverry as Fukorada
Gilbert Levy as Sakurada
Helene Bizot as Tomoko
Isabelle Volpe as Anko Uehara
Naïké Fauveau as Mayuko Asano
Nathalie Homs as Anko Uehara
Olivia Dutron as Mad. Fujimori
Olivier Korol as Murai
Pascale Chemin as Nanako
Philippe Bozo as agent de Tomoko
Philippe Roullier as Fujiyoshi
Sabrina Leurquin as Julia Murai
Taric Mehani as Kikuchi
Tarik Mehani as Kikuchi
Thierry Kazazian as Ryuji Danma
Vincent De Bouard as assistant (ep 27)
Yann Pichon as Taeshigewara
French companies 
Distributor: Kaze
Final Mix: Midisync

Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 
Broadcaster: Canal 13 UC TV (LOW)
Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 
Translation: Motoko Iwasaki

Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Production Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Project Manager: Carlo Cavazzoni
Subtitling: Simona Stanzani
 
Massimo De Ambrosis as Eikichi Onizuka

Corrado Conforti as Kunio Murai
Dario Penne as Hiroshi Uchiyamada
Rita Savagnone as Direttrice Sakurai
Rossella Acerbo as Azusa Fuyutsuki

Cesare Barbetti as Direttore del consiglio (eps 41-43)
Cristina Boraschi as Nao Kadena
Davide Chevalier as Yoshito Kikuchi
Domitilla D'Amico as
Urumi Kanzaki
Watanabe (ep 1)
Eleonora De Angelis as Miyabi Aizawa
Emanuela D'Amico as
Anko Uehara
Nanako Mizuki (ep 1)
Federica De Bortoli as Saeko Ijima
Gaia Bolognesi as Hidemi Ohta
Gemma Donati as Akane Fujita
Giorgio Lopez as Hiramatsu
Irene Di Valmo as Julia Murai
Laura Cosenza as Naoko Izumi
Laura Lenghi as Yushiko Uchiyamada
Marco Baroni as Koji Fujiyoshi
Marco Vivio as Noboru Yoshikawa
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Hitomi Kisaki (eps 21-22)
Massimiliano Manfredi as Suguru Teshigawara
Monica Vulcano as
Fuyumi Kujirakawa
Mayuko Asano
Nanni Baldini as Ichiro Okinoshima
Perla Liberatori as Tomoko Nomura
Pierluigi Astore as Sunnomaru
Pinella Dragani as Chizuru Ohta
Riccardo Rossi as Hidero Ohsawa (ep 1)
Roberto Draghetti as Hajime Fukuroda
Simone Mori as Toshiyuki Saejima
Stefanella Marrama as Sig.ra Uchiyamada
Stefano Crescentini as Tadaki Kusano
Toni Orlandi as Prof. Tadashi Sakurada
Vittorio De Angelis as Ryuji Danma
Italian companies 
Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from February 2008)
GXT (from 2005-05-01)
MTV Italia
Distributor: Dynamic Italia
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
Postproduction: Studio P.V. Milano

German staff 
Producer: Fabien Michaud

Redaktion And Translation: Anita Holdener
German cast 
(none)
German companies 
Distributor: Anime-Virtual
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.
Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 
(none)
Louie Paraboles as Eikichi Onizuka

Candice Arellano as Azusa Fuyutsuki
Rodelia Legaspi as Miyabi Aizawa

Ahlee Reyes as Urumi Kanzaki
Klariz Magboo as
as TOMOKO
Tomoko Nomura
Tagalog companies 
Broadcaster: GMA Network

Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 
Broadcaster: Hyper
Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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