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series written and illustrated by
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and published in
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's ''
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'' from August 2000 to May 2006. It follows the everyday life of Takashi Kamiyama and his odd classmates at Cromartie High School, an infamous school for delinquents. The series is a parody of Japanese "''
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''" (
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) manga of the 1970s and 1980s. The style of art resembles
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's works such as ''Otoko-gumi'' and ''Otoko Ōzora''. Both the manga and anime have been released in North America by
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and
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respectively. However, the manga was not completely published in North America due to restructuring issues at ADV.
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has since licensed the anime, after ADV's closing in 2009. The series aired in the United States on the cable network G4 on its Barbed Wire Biscuit late-night block and on the UK satellite channel
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. The manga won the 2002
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for the ''shōnen'' category. It was followed by a spin-off sequel titled ''Cromartie Kōkō Shokuinshitsu'' in 2018, launched on Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' app.


Characters


Main characters

; : : :Originally just another above-average student until he decided to enroll at Cromartie. Everyone else at Cromartie assumes that he is the toughest kid in school, since a rabbit would never go into a den of lions. He has ambitions to change the school for the sake of bettering its student body. In secret, he is an amateur comedian who writes and sends jokes to be heard on special radio stations under the
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of . In later episodes, he becomes the number one boss in Japan after winning the National Boss Championship, only winning after being the only one to answer the first question correctly. He later defeats the legendary biker Sadaharu in a race. ; : : : Kamiyama's first friend at Cromartie, noted for his purple
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. Hayashida is the one delinquent that helps Kamiyama blend into the bewildering environment of Cromartie High. Although streetwise, he is dumber than the gorilla and does not even understand basic math. His signature purple mohawk was revealed to be fake in episode 17, but in episode 8 one can see him take it off for a brief second. ; : : : A delinquent who claims he was always getting into fights and never lost a single one (he claims to have won a 5-against-1 fight), he is ignored and disrespected because he lacks a nickname. (In the manga, he chooses the nickname "Dragon of Razors" with the help of Hokuto's lackey, who himself decides on "The American Dream", though no one else seems to acknowledge those names.) Often the most conservative of Kamiyama's friends (and really, quite possibly the only one who actually possesses common sense), he is also frequently abducted by delinquents from Bass High School and is often the unwilling host of Cromartie High gatherings at his house. He bears a great resemblance to his mother, whose appearance normally horrifies everyone else. His name is a reference to a famous Japanese wrestler. ; : : : One of the most notorious delinquents of Cromartie. Though there is a rumor that he may be perhaps a robot, no one but the main characters (Kamiyama, Hayashida, Maeda, etc.) seems to notice, including himself. At one point he ends up in a motorcycle accident and is repaired, only to end up combined with his motorcycle into an even stronger motorcycle, complete with missiles and rocket boosters. He is also known as a smooth-talker and is considered very charismatic, regularly getting first place in popularity polls. He has a little brother, identical but one-fifth his size, named Beta, also known as Mini Mechazawa. ; : : A
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with a nearly uncanny resemblance to
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,
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of the band
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. Hayashida claimed that as long as he attended, Cromartie would be the "Olympics for delinquents". Although he never speaks and people assume he is a mute, Freddie actually has a good singing voice and the only occasion people can hear his voice is when he sings (as seen in the manga episode of Mechazawa's birthday). The bottom of the microphone stand is broken, referring to Freddie Mercury's gimmick. He also rides to school on an incredibly large, incredibly powerful, possibly wild horse named Black Dragon (Kokuryu in Japan, a reference to
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's horse Kokuoh in ''
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''), which waits outside the bathroom while he is "doing his business". ; : A
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who appears often at Cromartie High. He sometimes wears a watch and is considered smarter than most of the main characters. It has been revealed that his superior is a monkey. He is also an extremely talented
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chef. His real name is a reference to a famous Japanese singer. He has also a sister who looks just like him but has prettier eyes and red/pink flower on her left ear. ; : : : The leader of Cromartie High's first-year students. Known to be an incredible fighter and a reliable person. His weakness (unknown to everyone else) is
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. Though he loves field trips and excursions in general, he hates having to travel, because he gets sick very easily, and struggles with all of his might not to vomit. His name is a reference to a famous Japanese actor. His parents are unseen. ; : : : A son of a chairman for a major
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, who is also the chairman of the board for several high schools throughout Japan. He used his father's influence to rule every school he goes to, until he came to Cromartie, not knowing that the school is municipal. He also arrives wearing the wrong uniform (white, instead of the standard black). Despite his setbacks, he continues to plot how to rule this school, if not all of Japan or even the world. As a result of his luxurious, extravagant life, he thinks all people below him are pigs. ; : : : Nameless in the series. While he does have a name, no one seems to be interested in knowing it (including Hokuto himself), and they simply refer to him as "you", "other guy", or just "Hokuto's lackey". There was actually a controversy among the students, when he said he did not want to be called "Hokuto's lackey". Every time he tries to say his name though, something generally absurd happens and cuts the event short. In the manga, he helps Maeda come up with the nickname "Dragon of Razors", and Maeda suggests for Hokuto's lackey the nickname . They are both satisfied with their new nicknames, but no one else acknowledges them. ; : : : Before coming to Cromartie, he was a hijacker who tried to commandeer the plane that students of Cromartie High School were taking to go on a field trip to Kyushu. Being agoraphobic, he feels quite uneasy among strangers. When talking with Takenouchi about this problem, he ends up in a situation where he succeeds in the hijacking, but ends up staying in Japan. In the meantime, Takenouchi ends up in the Nevada desert in America. To maintain anonymity, he constantly wears a white wrestling mask, with the kanji character for bamboo, 竹 (The first character in "Takenouchi"), which leaves everyone in Cromartie High with the impression that ''he'' is Takenouchi, although no one questions his presence even after being seen alongside the real Takenouchi. He frequently imparts elderly knowledge (being presumedly in his 30s) to the other students when they face contentious issues. In the manga, he becomes the successor of pillow-jutsu, the fictional technique of softening pillows with a sharp blow with a long stick, but this is given only very brief mention in the opening animation of the anime. ; : : : The leader of Destrade High School's first-year students. He has the nickname of "The Unsinkable Battleship", which is coincidentally the nickname of professional wrestler
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who is extremely popular in Japan, and is mentioned to be a member of a bike gang called "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water" in his spare time. ("Ash, Wind, Fire" in Japan; both are parodies of the American Funk band
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.) His cronies believe that he hates jokes, since he is always so serious. In truth, he is a connoisseur of sophisticated humor, despising the sophomoric jokes that his friends prefer. He is also a postcard comedian (someone who sends jokes in the mail to be heard on the radio). His pen name is "Ajishio Taro" (roughly, "Salt Boy"), and he is rivaled only by Kamiyama, who he initially knows only as "Honey Boy." He is easily recognized by his large afro hairstyle and his ever-constant sunglasses.


Other characters

; : :Yamaguchi's right-hand man, often beaten by Yamaguchi for telling crude or banal jokes, which Yamaguchi hates. ; : :One half of a
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and the main character of a variety show, which is very popular among delinquents and others, but is scorned by Yamaguchi for being (in his eyes) painfully stupid. The duo wears fuzzy animal suits. ; : :Glasses-wearing partner of Pootan. He is employed in the show, but he is not allowed to talk about it. ; : : :Mother of Maeda. She only grunts in the Japanese version and never speaks in the English dub. Her face is identical to Maeda's. She apparently uses the net often, going by the name of "
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." ; : :Also known as Mini Mechazawa or just "Beta", he is the little yet older brother of Shinichi Mechazawa. Mechazawa Beta, who can only say "Meka-ratta" despite being "more advanced", is also a cellphone. Meka-ratta is a parody of the lead character from ''
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'', a ghost who is unable to speak human language and hence can only say "bake-ratta." Like Mechazawa, he is often mistaken for something else, such as a tea canister, and is stepped on often due to his small size. ; : :The leader of
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whose puppet named Mick is newly promoted as the right-hand man by Yamaguchi. ; : :The leader of Manuel High School's first-year students. At school, he is a ruthless brawler who likes to use aggressive ways to solve problems. But at home, he is a very generous Internet user with a deep concern for
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. He also runs a web page/
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/forum that he frequently posts in. His polite behavior on the net, and his answering to "The Troll" (Cromartie High student Tanaka), eventually leads to the humiliating branding of Fujimoto as a shut-in (
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in Japanese). ; : :A student from Cromartie High who trolls Fujimoto's website, calling him to be a
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. He is also known as the errand boy. : :A delinquent that got left back. He is 17 years old and older than the regular students at Cromartie High. He is often referred to as "Mr." His name is a reference to popular Japanese artist
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of
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. Unlike Freddie, however, he speaks. He also knows about Takenouchi's motion sickness. He also knows a lot of Japanese sayings despite claiming to never have been to Japan. He appears once in the manga, and in a later episode of the anime. ;Restaurant Owner : :The owner of a small sushi restaurant where the gorilla works. His shop business is going down so his son is trying to get him to sell the shop. The two of them fight until "Gori" shows them how stubborn they are with "banana sushi". ;Restaurant Owner's Son : :The son of the owner of the small sushi restaurant. He wants his dad to sell the shop until "Gori" shows how stubborn they are with "banana sushi". ;Four Kings of Cromartie :A group of second-year students and self-proclaimed leaders of all Cromartie's students, who happen to have five members. All five wear face paints, with four of them resembling members of the rock band
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. (The final member styles his face paint after professional wrestler
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.) This group appears often in manga version, but in only one episode of the anime version. ;Fireball of Junior No. 2 :A delinquent who was said to be so bad that no one could control him. ;Hospitalizer of Junior No. 3 :A delinquent who was said to be so bad that whenever he lost his cool he would beat his opponents until they were a bloody mess. ;Masa "Victory by Default" :The delinquent who ate all of Kamiyama's pencils on the first day. He is said to be so bad that he never had to fight anyone. This is because he looked so tough that anyone he might have fought got scared and tried to get on his good side. ;Ichiro Yamamoto :A friend of Kamiyama's from middle school. He is the whole reason Kamiyama enrolled in Cromartie High School. ;Gerotan :The character of a surreal show that comes on when Pootan does not come on. He is known to throw up easily. ;Tetsuo :A character who slowly drifts into a scene in the first episode of the anime. In the last episode of the anime, he does so again, then apologizes and introduces himself.


Media


Manga

''Cromartie High School'' is written and illustrated by
Eiji Nonaka is a Japanese manga artist and humorist. Eiji writes and illustrates '' shōnen'' and ''seinen'' manga. His work appears in several manga magazines published by Kodansha. His most popular serial, ''Cromartie High School'', ran in ''Weekly S ...
. The series was published in
Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
's ''
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'' from August 2, 2000, to May 24, 2006. The series is a parody of Japanese "''
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''" (
juvenile delinquent Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority. In the United States of America, a juvenile delinquent is a person ...
) manga of the 1970s and 1980s, and the style of art resembles
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's works such as ''Otoko-gumi'' and ''Otoko Ōzora''. Kodansha collected its individual chapters into seventeen ''
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'' volumes released from February 14, 2001, to July 14, 2006. In North America,
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announced the acquisition of the manga in December 2004. The first volume was published on March 7, 2005. ADV released twelve of the original seventeen volumes, and the last volume was published on November 6, 2007. A spin-off sequel titled debuted on October 27, 2018, on Kodansha's ''Magazine Pocket'' app. Nonaka authored the manga while the art was drawn by Ino Ichiban. Kodansha released two volumes on March 15 and October 17, 2019.


Anime

''Cromartie High School'' was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series produced by Production I.G. and aired on
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from October 2, 2003, to March 25, 2004. The series was collected into five DVDs released from February 25 to June 25, 2004. The opening theme is performed by
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and the ending theme is performed by Bi Kyo Ran. The series was licensed by
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in 2004. ADV released the series on four DVDs between March 15 and August 16, 2005. The series aired on G4's Barbed Wire Biscuit (
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) block in 2005. In the UK, ADV Film UK released the series on DVD from April 17 to October 16, 2006, and the series also aired on
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in 2007. ADV Films ceased operations in 2009 and the series was re-licensed by
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in January 2016, and released on DVD on April 26 of the same year.


Reception

''Cromartie High School'' won the 2002
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for the ''shōnen'' category. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 7th
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in 2003. John Oppliger of ''
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'' considered it as one of the best anime comedies of the past 20 years in 2005.


References


External links


Official Cromartie SiteTV Tokyo Cromartie Site
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