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series by Koichi Endo which first appeared in ''

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'' in issues 49–50 in 1984, and then ran from 1985 (issue 14) through 1989 (issue 22). There are 18 volumes of the manga. The manga was adapted into a 43–episode

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series which was produced by

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and

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and ran on Fuji TV from October 10, 1987 through October 1, 1988. ''Tonchinkan'' aired directly following ''

High School! Kimengumi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series ''Third Year Funny-face Club'' was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1980 to April 1982. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was se ...

''.

Anime

Cast *Leader / Nukesaku Aida:

Yō Yoshimura was a Japanese voice actor who was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As a youth, he was a member of a performing arts troupe. Yoshimura was diagnosed with subarachnoid hemorrhage in March 1990, and died on November 27, 1991, at 37 years old, fr ...

*Red / Tonpū Chun (Zhong Dongfeng):

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*Gurin / Chinpei Hatsuyama:

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*Shiron / Kanko Shirai:

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*Police Chief:

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*Akuzō Dokuoni:

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*Muyō Amachi:

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*Ibarakishi:

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*Andy Jones:

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*Pon Honda:

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*Yatsu Akashi: Tomimichi Nishimura *Kyōko Yoshizawa:

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*Shūzō Dokuoni:

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*Nanashi no Gonbee:

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*Taika no Babaa:

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*Alien:

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*Nuke-chan Robo: Yō Yoshimura

Theme songs

;Opening: #''Gomen ne Cowboy'' (

Ushirogami Hikaretai Ushirogami Hikaretai (うしろ髪ひかれ隊) was a Japanese idol J-pop band, active from 1987 to 1988. It was the third sub-group of Onyanko Club, consisting of three of its members: Shizuka Kudō, Akiko Ikuina, and Makiko Saitō, the group debu ...

) #''Hora ne, Haru ga Kita'' (Ushirogami Hikaretai) #''Mugiwara de Dance'' (

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) ;Ending: #''Möbius no Koibito'' (Ushirogami Hikaretai) #''Dare mo Shiranai Blue Angel'' (Ushirogami Hikaretai) #''Yume ni Aitai'' (Akiko Ikuina)

References

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