is a Japanese
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
by
Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in ''
Monthly Asuka
, formerly , is a bimonthly Japanese manga magazine published by Kadokawa Shoten, aimed at teenage girls. The magazine was established in 1985. It is released on the 24th of every odd-numbered month as of May 2021. Much like its sibling public ...
''. It was adapted into a television drama series, two live action films, two
OVAs and two
drama CDs. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (''
sukeban'') popular in the 1980s. Two new manga series were published, one from 2003 to 2009 and the other from 2007 to 2008.
Recently, in July 2019, a new manga series was released called ''Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity'' and it ended on November 7, 2021.
Media
Anime
There are two OVAs: ''Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!'', released on June 12, 1987 and ''Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale'', released in 1990. ''Lonely Cats Battle Royale'' was thought to be lost until an anonymous individual mailed a tape of the OVA to anime enthusiast Kenny Lauderdale in 2019.
TV drama
A
television drama series was broadcast on
Fuji Television from April 11 to September 26, 1988.
Cast
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Hikari Ishida
(born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series ''Hana no Asuka-gumi!''. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna ...
(Harumi)
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Megumi Odaka (Asuka)
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Natsuki Ozawa (Miko)
Live action films
Two
live action films have been produced: the first, directed by
Yōichi Sai
was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan.
Life and career
Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean.
Sai won the Best Screenp ...
and released on August 13, 1988 and the second, ''Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo'', directed by Yutaka Tsurita and released on April 25, 2009.
References
External links
''New Hana no Asuka-gumi!''at
Shodensha
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1985 manga
1987 anime OVAs
1988 Japanese television series debuts
1990 anime OVAs
2003 manga
2007 manga
Japanese drama television series
Japanese television dramas based on manga
Japanese webcomics
Josei manga
Juvenile delinquency in fiction
Kadokawa Shoten manga
Live-action films based on manga
Manga adapted into films
Shodensha manga
Shōjo manga
Webcomics in print