7.423 minSeason 1 • Episode 43
LatestWithout any solid evidence, the battle between Onizuka, the students of the 3rd grade and 4th grade, and the teachers of Seirin Gakuen began against the domineering board of education who decided that the criminal of the Saito teacher stab injury case was elegant. .. Onizuka, who bets his life as a teacher and pursues the board of education with a flashy performance, makes a ridiculous remark about the incident this time.
A former gang member wants to be Japan's best teacher. When he's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases, it's his chance to prove himself.
Writing
Balances slapstick with genuinely devastating student arcs
Acting
Takagi's voice work sells every unhinged monologue
Direction
Visual gags that break reality then punch you in the gut
Wataru Takagi
Eikichi Onizuka (voice)
Junko Noda
Miyabi Aizawa (voice)
Isshin Chiba
Ryuuji Danma (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Kouji Fujiyoshi (voice)
Kazuhiro Nakata
Hajime Fukuroda (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Azusa Fuyutsuki (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi
Urumi Kanzaki (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Yoshito Kikuchi (voice)
Naoki Yanagi
Tadaaki Kusano (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Kunio Murai (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Tomoko Nomura (voice)
Yoshiko Okamoto
Ryouko Sakurai (voice)
Katsumi Suzuki
Tadashi Sakurai (voice)
Cho
Hiroshi Uchiyamada (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Anko Uehara (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
GTO helped define the 'great teacher' subgenre in anime, influencing Assassination Classroom and beyond. Its critique of Japan's exam-obsessed education system was controversial in 1999.
The anime outpaced the manga and invented its own ending; creator Tohru Fujisawa was reportedly furious and the 'true' conclusion came years later in the manga's final volumes.
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