Great Teacher Onizuka

Great Teacher Onizuka

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

GTO
GTO - The Animation

Japanese

グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ

English

Great Teacher Onizuka

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Jun 30, 1999 to Sep 17, 2000

Episodes

43

Duration

25 min per ep

Broadcast

Wednesdays at 19:30 (JST)

Studios

Pierrot

Licensors

Discotek Media
Tokyopop

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Genres

Comedy

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

68

Score

8.68

Scored by

421492

Popularity

218

Members

858174

Favorites

27089

External Links

Synopsis

Twenty-two-year-old Eikichi Onizuka—ex-biker gang leader, conqueror of Shonan, and virgin—has a dream: to become the greatest high school teacher in all of Japan. This isn't because of a passion for teaching, but because he wants a loving teenage wife when he's old and gray. Still, for a perverted, greedy, and lazy delinquent, there is more to Onizuka than meets the eye. So when he lands a job as the homeroom teacher of the Class 3-4 at the prestigious Holy Forest Academy—despite suplexing the Vice Principal—all of his talents are put to the test, as this class is particularly infamous. Due to their utter contempt for all teachers, the class' students use psychological warfare to mentally break any new homeroom teacher they get, forcing them to quit and leave school. However, Onizuka isn't your average teacher, and he's ready for any challenge in his way. Bullying, suicide, and sexual harassment are just a few of the issues his students face daily. By tackling the roots of their problems, Onizuka supports them with his unpredictable and unconventional methods—even if it means jumping off a building to save a suicidal child. Thanks to his eccentric charm and fun-loving nature, Class 3-4 slowly learns just how enjoyable school can be when you're the pupils of the Great Teacher Onizuka. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

First episode has a duration of 48 minutes, standard length is 24 minutes.

Characters

Related

Adaptation

GTO