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Sakigake!! Otoko Juku (TV)

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Alternative title:
Be a Man! Samurai School
Charge!! Boy School
魁！！男塾 (Japanese)
Themes: martial arts, school
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Otokojuku, a private school for juvenile delinquents that were previously expelled from normal schools. At this school, Japanese chivalry is taught through the feudal and military fundamentals. Similar to an action film, the classes are overwhelmed by violence. Only those who survive it become true men.
User Ratings: 45 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Excellent: 9 votes (sub:8, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 12 votes (sub:11, dub:1)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 89 users, rank: #5662 (of 10090)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.400 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0913, rank: #2271 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 7.539 (Very good−), rank: #1599 (of 10250) (seen all: 7.77 / seen some: 6.92 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.524 (Very good−), rank: #1344 (of 7728)
Number of episodes: 34
Episode titles: We have 34
Vintage: 1988-02-25 to 1988-11-14
Opening Theme:
"Yogorechimatta Kanashimi ni... (汚れちまった悲しみに・・・)" by SEPIA
Ending Theme:
"Ikujidai Arimashite (幾時代ありまして)" by SEPIA
Official website:
魁！！男塾 @ Toei Animation (Japanese)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Nobutaka Nishizawa
Script:
Higashi Shimizu (13 episodes
eps 5-6, 9, 12, 15-16, 21-22, 25, 29-32
)
Hiroshi Toda (18 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 19-20, 23-24, 26-28, 31-34
)
Susumu Takaku (eps 1-3)
Yukiyoshi Ōhashi (eps 17-18)
Episode Director:
Hideaki Ōba (5 episodes
eps 7, 10, 14, 19, 25
)
Hiromichi Matano (7 episodes
eps 5, 11, 16, 22, 28, 32-33
)
Jōhei Matsuura (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 31
)
Jutarō Ōba (eps 4, 10)
Kiyotaka Kantake (eps 20, 26)
Nobutaka Nishizawa (ep 1)
Toshihiko Arisako (7 episodes
eps 2, 8, 13, 17, 23, 29, 34
)
Yasuo Yamayoshi (5 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24, 30
)
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Original Manga: Akira Miyashita
Character Design: Masami Suda
Art:
Fumihiro Uchikawa (ep 9)
Kenji Matsumoto (12 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 18, 22, 25, 28, 31, 33-34
)
Masato Horiuchi (ep 4)
Motoyuki Tanaka (eps 8, 29)
Tomoko Yoshida (7 episodes
eps 19-20, 23-24, 26, 30, 32
)
Toshihisa Tōjō (ep 15)
Toshikatsu Sanuki (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 7, 10, 12-13, 16-17
)
Toshikazu Yamaguchi (eps 21, 27)
Animation Director:
Akinobu Takahashi (eps 19, 25)
Hironobu Saitō (eps 9, 21)
Hirotoshi Kaneko (eps 3, 15, 27)
Junichi Hayama (8 episodes
eps 5, 10-11, 16, 22, 28, 32-33
)
Masami Suda (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 29
)
Nobuhiro Masuda (7 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 33-34
)
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (8 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 31
)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 4)
Art design: Kenji Matsumoto
Executive producer: Chiaki Imada
Producer:
Iriya Azuma
Yoshio Takami

Art Advancement: Hiroshi Misono
Background Art:
Mayumi Hodotsuka
Yukiko Iijima
Documentation: Yōko Okamoto
Editing: Masaaki Hanai (TAVAC)
Finish Advancement: Kazumitsu Matsusaka
In-Between Animation:
Kazuya Shimokawa
Mariko Fujita
Tōru Ōtsuka
Yoshihiko Umakoshi (ep 22)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Enomoto (eps 19, 25)
Hiromi Naganawa (eps 6, 24, 30)
Hironobu Saitō (5 episodes
eps 15, 27, 32-34
)
Hisashi Kagawa (5 episodes
eps 5, 11, 22, 28, 33
)
Hitoshi Inaba (eps 14, 17, 31)
Junichi Hayama (ep 1)
Kōichi Arai (eps 1, 10)
Makoto Shinjō (5 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24, 30
)
Makoto Takahoko (7 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 32, 34
)
Masami Suda (eps 7, 13, 29)
Minoru Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 8, 17, 23, 26
)
Nobumichi Kawamura (eps 12, 18)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (ep 7)
Osamu Ishikawa (eps 2, 20)
Shigeyuki Suga (eps 5, 11, 16)
Takashi Sogabe (eps 3, 10)
Takashi Sokabe (曽我部孝)
Tomohiro Koyama (ep 31)
Yoshitaka Koyama (eps 19, 25)
Yumi Nakayama (ep 4)
Music Selection: Hideyuki Tanaka
Paint:
Hiromi Yoshikawa
Keiko Nemoto
Norikata Suzuki (スズキノリカタ)
Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe
Planning:
Yoshinobu Nakao
Yoshio Takami
Production Advancement: Atsunori Kazama
Production manager: Tokiji Kaburaki
Recording: Tanekichi Imaseki (TAVAC)
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō (E&M)
Special Effects:
Kiyoshi Asanuma (ep 3)
Kō Yamamoto (6 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 26, 31
)
Masayuki Kawachi (ep 1)
Masayuki Nakajima (25 episodes
eps 5-7, 9-13, 15-19, 21-25, 27-30, 32-34
)
Noriyuki Ohta (ep 4)
Theme Song Performance:
Fuyukaze Matsumura
Kakei Nishimura
Shigemitsu Ogi
Shihō Harumi
Show Aikawa
Toshirō Yanagiba
Hideyuki Hori as Momotarō Tsurugi

Banjō Ginga as J (King Battler, Jr.)
Daisuke Gōri as Heihachi Edajima
Hideyuki Tanaka as Jaki Daigōin
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Omito Date
Ikuya Sawaki as
Ninja
Wang Daren
Jūji Matsuda as Taio Matsuo
Katsuji Mori as Gōji Akashi
Kazuhiro Nakata as Kiyomi Tsubakiyama
Keiichi Nanba as Hien
Ken Yamaguchi as Genji Togashi
Kōji Totani as Umanosuke Gonda
Masaharu Satō as Vice Principal
Masato Hirano as Ippei Tazawa
Noriko Tsukase as Hidemaro Gokukōji
Ryōichi Tanaka as Rankiryū
Shigeru Chiba as Oni-hige
Yukitoshi Hori as Gekkō
Yūsaku Yara as Ryūji Toramaru

Ginzō Matsuo as
Brian Jones
Edogawa
Kanto Great Student Alliance B (ep 16)
Patrol Cop A
Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Ōnyūdō
Yakuza B (ep 12)
Hiroshi Takemura as Kanto Great Student Alliance C (ep 16)
Hiroyuki Satō as Patrol Cop B
Hisako Kyōda as Kame (ep 12)
Ikuya Sawaki as Second Year Student B (ep 6)
Isamu Sugaya as Second Year Student (ep 8)
Jūrōta Kosugi as
Eikei
Taiki Morita
Kazumi Tanaka as
Kanto Great Student Alliance A (ep 16)
Maruyama
Third Year Student (eps 22-24)
Keaton Yamada as Danshaku Dino
Kimie Hantani as Female Student (ep 12)
Kōji Totani as Henshōki
Kōzō Shioya as
Fūkai
Henchman (ep 2)
Keith Jackson
Masaharu Satō as
Dokugantetsu
Nightclub Manager (ep 4)
Yakuza A (ep 12)
Masahiro Anzai as
Mick Kong
Oni-Yokozuna (ep 6)
Masako Katō as
Schoolgirl (ep 16)
Store Clerk (ep 4)
Megumi Urawa as Child A (ep 13)
Michihiro Ikemizu as Genkichi Togashi (ep 24)
Minoru Inaba as J.J. George (ep 4)
Motomu Kiyokawa as
Monk
Shura
Naho Yoshida as Female Clerk (ep 12)
Noriko Uemura as Fortune Teller
Saori Suzuki as Child B (ep 13)
Shigeru Chiba as Manjimaru
Shinobu Satouchi as Yakuza C (ep 12)
Shōzō Iizuka as Raiden
Shūhei Murakuni as
Senkū
Yasha (ep 3)
Tesshō Genda as Inoyama (ep 5)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Mohawk (ep 12)
Yasuo Tanaka as Genzō Gokukōji (ep 2)
Yūji Mikimoto as Rinkai
Yuka Ōno as Customer (ep 4)
Yukitoshi Hori as Second Year Student A (ep 6)
Yumiko Shibata as Yōko (ep 4)

Ginzō Matsuo
Hisako Kyōda
Ikuya Sawaki
Jūrōta Kosugi
Keaton Yamada
Kōji Totani
Kōzō Shioya
Masaharu Satō
Masahiro Anzai
Michihiro Ikemizu
Minoru Inaba
Ryōichi Tanaka
Saori Suzuki
Shōzō Iizuka
Tesshō Genda
Tomomichi Nishimura
Yasuo Tanaka
Yūsaku Yara
Japanese companies
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
Production: Toei Animation
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center

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