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is a Japanese
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series written and illustrated by
Motoei Shinzawa is a Japanese manga artist born June 10, 1958, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His debut manga was '' Sannen Kimen-gumi'', published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' beginning in 1980. After ''Sannen'' ended in 1982, he began publishing '' ...
. 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 serialized in the same magazine from April 1982 to July 1987. An anime television series aired from October 1985 to September 1987 and an animated film premiered in July 1986. A sequel manga, titled ''Flash! Funny-face Club'', was published in
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's '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 2001 to 2005.


Summary

''High School! Kimengumi'' is an episodic chronicle of the bizarre adventures of a group of misfit junior high school (and later high school) boys who form a club known as the "Kimengumi". All of the character names in the series are puns. For example, "Kawa Yui" is another way of saying " kawaii", and "Uru Chie" is a slang form of "urusai", meaning "obnoxious" or "annoying".


Media


Manga

''High School! Kimengumi'' is written and illustrated by
Motoei Shinzawa is a Japanese manga artist born June 10, 1958, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His debut manga was '' Sannen Kimen-gumi'', published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' beginning in 1980. After ''Sannen'' ended in 1982, he began publishing '' ...
. A first series titled was published in Shueisha's '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 13, 1980, to April 12, 1982. Shueisha collected its chapters in six '' tankōbon'' volumes published between August 15, 1981 and January 8, 1983. ''High School! Kimengumi'' was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from April 19, 1982 to July 6, 1987. Shueisha released the individual chapters into twenty volumes published between April 8, 1983 and February 10, 1988. Another series titled was published by ''Popeye'' on December 1, 2000. Shueisha later released the series into a single volume on February 4, 2004. A fourth series, titled , was serialized in
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's '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' from 2001 to 2005. It was compiled into three ''tankōbon'' volumes published from July 22, 2002 and July 22, 2005.


Volume list


=''Third Year Funny-face Club''

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=''High School! Funny-face Club''

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=''Flash! Funny-face Club''

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Anime

A 86-episode anime adaptation produced by
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and Fuji Television was broadcast in Japan from October 12, 1985 to September 21, 1987 on Fuji TV.


Songs

The theme songs, with the exceptions of the fifth ending and insert ''Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi'', were performed by various sub-groups or former members of Onyanko Club: *Opening themes 1–5, ending themes 1, 3–4, 6, insert songs 1–2 by
Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi was a female Japanese pop music duo consisting of Yukiko Iwai and Mamiko Takai, formed in 1985. In parallel to their membership in this duo, Iwai and Takai were at the same time members of Onyanko Club, a large pop group widely seen as a precurso ...
*Opening themes 6–7, ending themes 7–8 by Ushirogami Hikaretai *Ending theme 2 by Onyanko Club and Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi *Ending theme 5 by
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Opening themes

#''Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi'' #''Zō-san no Scanty'' #''Nagisa no "..." (Kagi Kakko)'' #''Waza Ari!'' #''Kashiko'' #''Toki no Kawa wo Koete'' #''Anata wo Shiritai''


Insert songs

*''Abunai Sa·ka·na'' *''Watashi ha Chie no Wa (Puzzling)'' *''Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi''


Closing themes

#''Jogakusei no Ketsui'' #''Banana no Namida'' #''Neko Jita Gokoro mo Koi no Uchi'' #''Not Only ★ But Also'' #''Chotto Karai Aitsu'' #''Pythagoras wo Buttobase'' #''Ushirogami Hikaretai'' #''Tatsutori Ato wo Nigosazu''


Video releases

''Kimengumi'' has been released on DVD in Japan in two different box set releases. The movie was released as part of the second DVD set in 2008. ;''High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 1'' : Pioneer LDC, 2001-05-25 ;''High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 2'' :Pioneer LDC, 2001-07-25 ;''High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 3'' :Pioneer LDCA, 2001-09-21 ;''High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 1'' : E-Net Frontier, 2007-12-21 ;''High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 2'' :E-Net Frontier, 2008-02-22


Video games

There is a traditional boardgame based on the series titled ''High School! Kimengumi Game'', released by Bandai. Three video games have been based on the series: *''High School! Kimengumi'' for the MSX2, an adventure game *''High School! Kimengumi'' for the Sega Master System, a port of the MSX 2 game *''High School! Kimengumi: The Table Hockey'' for
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There is also a series of pachinko games based on the series manufactured by
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Reception

In a 2006 survey of celebrities by TV Asahi, ''High School! Kimengumi'' was listed as #87 on a list of the top 100 favorite anime series.


References


External links


''High School! Kimengumi'' official anime website at Fuji TV
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