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. 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 (magazine), ''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 Square Enix'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''
==''High School! Funny-face Club''
==''Flash! Funny-face Club''
=Anime
A 86-episode anime adaptation produced by Nihon Ad Systems, NAS and Fuji Television was broadcast in Japan from October 12, 1985, to September 21, 1987, on Fuji TV. Remow licensed the series in English and started streaming it on its It's Anime YouTube channel.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 *Opening themes 6–7, ending themes 7–8 by Onyanko Club, Ushirogami Hikaretai *Ending theme 2 by Onyanko Club and Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi *Ending theme 5 by Musukko ClubOpening 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'' :Geneon, 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, 2008-02-22Video 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 Master System, an adventure game *''High School! Kimengumi'' for the MSX2, a port of the Master System game *''High School! Kimengumi: The Table Hockey'' for PlayStation There is also a series of pachinko games based on the series manufactured by MaruhonReception
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
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