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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998/Japan)
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Ember Power (Malaysia)Length:569 min.Video:Full Frame 1.33:1Audio:Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles:Chinese, English, Other
Great Teacher Onizuka
1.01 Great 1
Cast: Takashi Sorimachi (Onizuka Eikichi), Nanako Matsushima (Fuyutsuki Azusa), Aya Enjôji (Kotani Hiroko), Naohito Fujiki (Saejima Ryuji), Atsushi Harada (Todo Shinichi), Tomoka Hayashi (Tsukushima Erika), Kunihiko Ida (Yuu Teshigawara), Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (Murai Kunio), Tae Kimura (Miyuki), Kirari (Nanako Mizuki), Sôichirô Kitamura (Kenzo), Masahiro Kobayashi (Hakamada Hajime), Yoshimasa Kondô (Nakamata Kouji), Yôsuke Kubozuka (Yoshito Kikuchi), Miki Kuroda (Tomoko Nomura), Erika Mabuchi (Yoshiko Uchiyamada), Rikako Murakami (Tsubasa Murai), Aimi Nakamura (Miyabi Aizawa), Akira Nakao (Uchiyamada Hiroshi), Baku Numata (Fujitomi Makoto), Shun Oguri (Yoshikawa Noboru), Eisuke Sasai (Todo Shinjin), Minami Shirakawa (Oshima Chikako), Yumi Shirakawa (Akira Sakurai), Reiko Tajima (Reiko Aizawa), Reiko Tate-i-shi (Uchiyamada Ryoko), Ryoko Tateishi (Ryoko Uchiyamada), Hidenori Tokuyama (Yoda Kenji), Yuta Yamazaki (Watanabe Masaru)
I have read the original manga, seen the live-action series and the anime adaption. And the live-action series is my favorite of the three. I like how the characters and how they fit the important stuff successfully into a rather short series. Also I like how they handled the love-interest. In the mange she was a minor character which really didn't go anywhere. There she was a new teacher like Onizuka and over time started to look up to him. But here she is already on the teacher staff but hates her job. In the beginning she also despises Onizuka but over time she starts to like him and also through him she starts to the positive side of her position as a teacher. Also interesting is, that the two actors met on this series and married each other a few years later.
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GTO: 1st Semester (1999/Japan)
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(United States)Length:0 min.Video:Full Frame 1.33:1Audio:English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:English
Plot:
Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old virgin and ex-biker. He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a hair-trigger temper. His goal: to be the Greatest High School Teacher in the World! Wait, what?!? GTO is the fan-favorite story of Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member whose goal is to become a teacher to make a difference. Once he's got his foot in the school door...can he squeeze his big head through it?
Watch in awe as Onizuka pummels through his teacher training only to be faced with the mammoth task of actually landing a teaching position. With unusual circumstances on his side, he just might pull it off. Using his street smarts to deal with colleagues, students, and troublemakers, Onizuka finds that he has too many lessons to learn!
Great Teacher Onizuka
1.01 GTO - The Legend Begins
Writer: Tohru Fujisawa (Original Material By), Masashi Sogo (Writer)
Director: Noriyuki Abe, Naoyasu Hanyu
Cast: Japanese Voice Cast), Wataru Takagi (Eikichi Onizuka (voice)), Isshin Chiba (Ryuji Danma (voice)), Yuko Miyamura (Nanako Mizuki (voice)), Shinichiro Miki (Hidero Ohsawa (voice)), Kiyoyuki Yanada (Nanako's Father (voice)), Astuko Tanaka (Nanako's Mother (voice)), Emi Kobayashi (Takahama (voice)), Haruhi Terada (Momoi (voice)), Tomiko Orikasa (Mikan (voice)), Satohiko Nakajima (Homeroom Teacher (voice)), Kazuhiro Oguro (Punk in Class O (voice)), Kosuke Okano (Punk in Class O (voice)), Hisao Egawa (Punk in Class O (voice)), Kenji Hamada (Street Punk (voice)), Tomoki Yanagi (Student (voice)), Ayako Kawasumi (Young Wife (voice)), English Voice Cast), David Lucas (Eikichi Onizuka (voice)), Ron Allen (Ryuji Danma (voice)), Cindy Robinson (Nanako Mizuki (voice)), Ron Allen (Hidero Ohsawa (voice)), John Smallberries (Nanako's Father (voice)), Wendee Lee (Nanako's Mother (voice)), Wendee Lee (Takahama (voice)), Cindy Robinson (Momoi (voice)), Midge Mayes (Mikan (voice)), David Lucas (Homeroom Teacher (voice)), John Smallberries (Punk in Class O (voice)), David Lucas (Punk in Class O (voice)), Ron Allen (Punk in Class O (voice)), John Smallberries (Street Punk (voice)), Ron Allen (Student (voice)), Cindy Robinson (Young Wife (voice))
This anime is good. Though I prefer the live-action series. The anime follows the manga more closely though. Funnily it incoporates a few ideas the live-action series came up with.
The pilot episode is a double-length episode. It covers about the same story as the first live-action episode. Only here Onizuka starts out as a student teacher at another school which he finishes successfully in this episode. This means that the student that he helps here will not be part of the series after this episode. In the live-action version she was. She was his biggest supporter there.
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The Guild: Season One (2007/United States)
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(United States)Length:42 min.Video:Widescreen 1.78, Full Frame 1.33:1Audio: Subtitles:
The Guild
1.01 Wake Up Call
Writer: Felicia Day (Writer)
Director: Jane Selle Morgan
Cast: Vincent Caso), Felicia Day), Jeff Lewis), Amy Okuda), Sandeep Parikh), Robin Thorsen), Gaby Gantvoort), Kimberly Lewis), Blake Sheridan), Delainey Spillaine)
Not a TV series, but a web series. But I am including it anyway in this marathon. I always enjoyed this little series. Each episode is only a few minutes but always fun. Felicia Day (Penny on Dr. Horrible) also has written and produced this series.
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Gunslinger Girl (2003/Japan)
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(United States)Length:325 min.Video:Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78Audio:English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles:English
Gunslinger Girl
1.01 Fratello (2003-10-08)
Writer: Yu Aida (Original Material By), Junki Takegami (Screenwriter)
Director: Morio Aasaka
Cast: English Cast), Laura Bailey (HENRIETTA (voice)), Luci Christian (RICO (voice)), Caitlin Glass (TRIELA (voice)), Alese Johnson (CLAES (voice)), John Burgheimer ( (voice)), Eric Vale ( (voice)), Phil Parsons ( (voice)), Ian Sinclair ( (voice)), Mark Stoddard ( (voice)), David Trosco ( (voice)), Mark Lancaster ( (voice)), Grant James ( (voice)), Cynthia Cranz ( (voice)), Dameon Clarke ( (voice)), Troy Baker ( (voice)), Bob Carter ( (voice)), Orion Pitts ( (voice)), Christopher R. Sabat ( (voice)), Japanese Cast), Yuuka Nanri (HENRIETTA (voice)), Kanako Mituhashi (RICO (voice)), Eri Sendai (TRIELA (voice)), Ami Koshimizu (CLAES (voice)), Hidenobu Kiuchi (Gioseffo (voice)), Mitsuru Miyamoto (Gian (voice)), Masashi Ebara (Hilscher (voice)), Norihiro Inoue (Marco (voice)), Rie Nakagawa (Ferro (voice)), Masami Iwasaki (Alfonso (voice)), Hiroshi Yanaka (Lorenzoni (voice)), Shingo Hiromori (Dr. Marge (voice)), Harii Kaneko (Boss (voice)), Makoto Tomita (Louie (voice)), Takeshi Maeda (Man A (voice)), Hirofumi Shimozaki (Man B (voice)), Yuuichi Tsuchiya (Man C (voice))
I always enjoyed this series. My favorite Gunslinger Girls are Rico and Triela. Though both have only a small role in this first episode.
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Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino (2008/Japan)
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FUNimation Entertainment (United States)Length:315 min.Video:Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78Audio:English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:English
Plot:
The girls of the Social Welfare Agency are no ordinary children. They are the grizzly remains of human wreckage pieced back together with cybernetic implants and trained to kill by the government. The oldest, Triela, pursues her targets with a ferocious enthusiasm - unwilling to settle for less than total annihilation. Her mirror in this bloody stalemate is Pinocchio, a shell of a boy raised as an assassin by the FRF - a terrorist faction at war with the SWA. Cold and cruelly efficient, he wields sharpened steel as though it were his own hand. Once human, these shattered souls have become murderous machines with only vague recollections of what it meant to be real - and a brutal compulsion to be the last killer standing.
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino
1.01 Distance Between Two: Brother and Sister
Writer: Yu Aida (Original Material By), Yu Aida (Screenwriter), Tatsuhiko Urano (Screenwriter)
Director: Akira Mano
Cast: Laura Bailey (Henrietta (voice)), Caitlin Glass (Triela (voice)), Luci Christian (Rico (voice)), Alese Johnson (Claes (voice)), Eric Vale (Jean (voice)), John Burgmeier (Jose (voice)), J. Michael Tatum (Hilshire (voice)), Brittney Karbowski (Enrica (voice)), Troy Baker (Alfonso (voice)), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Priscilla (voice)), Cynthia Cranz (Ferro (voice)), Mark Stoddard (Lorenzo (voice)), Scott Freeman ( (voice)), Nick Trautner ( (voice)), Ian Sinclair ( (voice)), Justin Cook ( (voice)), Joel McDonald ( (voice)), John Swasey ( (voice)), Phil Parsons ( (voice)), Cris George ( (voice)), Charlie Campbell ( (voice)), Barry Yandell ( (voice)), Japanese Cast), Kana Akutsu (Henrietta (voice)), Anri Shiono (Rico (voice)), Atsuko Enomoto (Triela (voice)), Risa Mizuno (Claes (voice)), Kozo Mito (Giuse (voice)), Takehito Koyasu (Jean (voice)), Masaya Matsukaze (Hirscher (voice)), Masaki Terasoma (Lorenzo (voice)), Mayuko Takahashi (Priscilla (voice)), Rie Nakagawa (Ferro (voice)), Hideo Watanabe (Alfonso (voice)), Yoji Ueda (Master of Antique Shop (voice)), Shinobu Matsumoto (Leader of Terrorists (voice)), Hiroshi Shimozaki (Terrorist (voice)), Takahiro Hirano (Terrorist (voice))
When a second Gunslinger Girl series was announced I was excited. BUt when I first saw it I was very disappointed. Another studio produced this one. They changed the character design, the voice acting and animation style. Everything I thought was great in the first series. The author of the manga was heavily involved in the second series and is responsible for the character design change. I have read that he wanted to bring it closer to the character design of later volumes of the manga. But I always preferred the early chapters.
The "handlers" of the Gunslinger Girls look much too young now in my opinion.
The only thing which I liked from the beginning is the new opening theme:
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