Great Teacher Onizuka

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Great Teacher Onizuka, abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tōru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 1997 to February 2002, with its chapters collected in 25 tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. It is a standalone sequel to Fujisawa's earlier manga series Shonan Junai Gumi and Bad Company, both of which focus on Onizuka's life before becoming a teacher. Due to the popularity of the manga, several adaptations of GTO were created, including a 12-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998; a 1999 live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki, and a 43-episode anime television series produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired on Fuji TV from June 1999 to September 2000. A second live-action series aired in Japan during 2012...

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