is a Japanese

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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

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

s and two

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s. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (''

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'') 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

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series was broadcast on

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from April 11 to September 26, 1988.

Cast

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) *

Megumi Odaka , is a former Japanese idol, actress and singer. She is best known for the role of Miki Saegusa in six Godzilla films from 1989 to 1995. Biography Megumi Odaka was born on May 9, 1972 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She graduated from Horikoshi H ...

(Asuka) *

Natsuki Ozawa ; born April 19, 1972) is a Japanese singer, actress and AV actress who has appeared in mainstream films and adult videos. Life and career As a teenager, Ozawa had roles in two 1987 films, the youth action comedy '' Be-Bop High School: Koko yotar ...

(Miko)

Live action films

Two

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films have been produced: the first, directed by

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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!''
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Shodensha is a Japanese publisher of mostly non-fiction magazines and books, though it has recently begun publishing light novels and manga, including magazines which contain both. Shodensha publishes magazines such as '' Feel Young'' (a josei all-manga m ...

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