is a Japanese
manga series by Maya Miyazaki. An
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
television series by LMD aired in Japan between January and March, 2012.
Plot
The series follows the exploits of Aya Akabane, a busty and arrogant high school girl who is constantly trying to outdo her classmates in everything (especially anything topic related to sex), only to make a fool of herself in the process. The show is set at Gokuraku High School, an all-girls boarding school.
Characters
;
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:The main protagonist, a loud mouthed girl with an eye for looking sexy and a short fuse.
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:Aya's friend, who is often used as an outlet for Aya's rage, most often being grabbed by her ponytail.
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:Konatsu's best friend who is pretty normal compared to everyone else.
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:A mysterious girl who often talks about spiritual phenomenon. She appears to be romantically interested in Aya.
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:A wildly perverted girl who has various fantasies and constant nosebleeds.
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:A teacher at Aya's school and the head of a
bosozuko biker gang.
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:Aya's older sister who is a gang member alongside Kaname and is greatly feared by Aya, despite her sweet and gentle personality and always having a smile on her face.
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:A wealthy transfer student who looks down on others, often calling them 'potato girls'; she prefers being called by her nickname "Minamin". She used to live in
France
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and later
Los Angeles
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until her father got a job transfer back in Japan. Upon her recent transfer, she's been assigned as the school's health officer and refers to Aya as "Aya-cchi"-(much to the latter dismay). She has an
electric toothbrush that she calls "Francois".
Media
Manga
''Gokujyo'' is written and illustrated by Maya Miyazaki. It started in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
's ''
Super Jump'' in 2009. After ''Super Jump'' ceased its publication in 2011, the manga was transferred to ''
Grand Jump
is a Japanese semi-monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under their ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched in November 2011 as a merging of '' Business Jump'' and ''Super Jump'', it carried over nine series from the former and thre ...
''. It was also published in ''Grand Jump'' website, where its most recent chapter was published in November 2015.
Anime
The manga has been adapted into an anime series by LMD. The series began airing on
Chukyo TV from January 23, 2012. Certain episodes containing explicit content were not broadcast and were instead streamed on
DMM's website from January 30, 2012. An additional
original video animation episode was released on BD/DVD on June 26, 2013.
The opening theme is by
Yōko Hikasa
is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise.
Biography
Hikasa became interested in acting while watching ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. She attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyūjo, a voice actor traini ...
,
Maaya Uchida
is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for I'm Enterprise. She won the Best Rookie Actress Award at the 8th Seiyu Awards. She is best known for her roles such as Rikka Takanashi in '' Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'', Ranko Kanzaki ...
,
Ayana Taketatsu
is a Japanese voice actress and singer.Doi, Hitoshi"Taketatsu Ayana" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
Biography
She attended Nihon Narration Engi Kenkyujo, a voice actor training school before becoming affili ...
and
Satomi Akesaka
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and former singer affiliated with the Amuleto talent agency. She voiced main characters Hina Satou in ''Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono'', Taeko Nomura in '' Coppelion'', Mutsuki in '' Danchigai'', krkr in ''Gdgd Fairi ...
, whilst the ending theme is by Hikasa, Uchida, Taketatsu and Akesaka.
Episode list
References
External links
Official manga site
Official anime site
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2009 manga
2012 anime television series debuts
Comedy anime and manga
Japanese LGBT-related animated television series
Seinen manga
Shueisha manga
Japanese webcomics
Yuri (genre) anime and manga
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