Gokusen

Gokusen
Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Kumiko Yamaguchi
ごくせん
Genre
Manga
Written byKozueko Morimoto [ja]
Published byShueisha
ImprintYou Comics
MagazineYou
DemographicJosei
Original run20002007
Volumes15
Television drama
Directed by
  • Tōya Satō
  • Tarō Ōtani
  • Naoharu Takahashi (S1)
  • Tomoaki Watanabe (S2)
  • Manami Yamashita (S3)
Produced byShōshun Katō
Written by
  • Michiru Egashira
  • Yūko Matsuda
  • Rie Yokota
Music byMichiru Ōshima
Licensed byAmazon Prime Video (streaming)
Original networkNippon TV
Original run April 17, 2002 June 28, 2008
Episodes33 (List of episodes)
Live-action television film
Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi
Directed byTōya Satō
Produced byShōshun Katō
Written by
  • Michiru Egashira
  • Yūko Matsuda
  • Rie Yokota
Music byMichiru Ōshima
StudioNippon TV
ReleasedMarch 26, 2003 (2003-03-26)
Anime television series
Directed byYuzo Sato
Produced by
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Music byTomoki Hasegawa
StudioMadhouse
Licensed by
Original networkNippon TV
English network
Original run January 7, 2004 March 31, 2004
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Live-action television film
Gokusen 3: Graduation Special 2009
Directed byTōya Satō
Produced byShōshun Katō
Written by
  • Michiru Egashira
  • Rie Yokota
Music byMichiru Ōshima
StudioNippon TV
ReleasedMarch 28, 2009 (2009-03-28)
Theatrical film

Gokusen (ごくせん) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kozueko Morimoto [ja]. It was serialized in Shueisha's You from 2000 to 2007, with its chapters collected in 15 wideban volumes. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school.

The manga was adapted into a three-season television drama, with Yukie Nakama in the title role, which was broadcast on Nippon TV from 2002 to 2008, followed by a theatrical film, which premiered in 2009. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse was broadcast on Nippon TV in 2004. The anime series was licensed in North America by Media Blasters.

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  2. ^ a b c Browne, Nicole MacLean (May 27, 2013). "The Gokusen". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2018.