Sukeban Deka

Sukeban Deka
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Saki Asamiya
スケバン刑事
GenreAction, Detective
Manga
Written byShinji Wada
Published byHakusensha
ImprintHana to Yume Comics
MagazineHana to Yume
DemographicShōjo
Original run19751982
Volumes22
Television drama
Directed by
Written by
  • Noboru Sugimura
  • Tokio Tsuchiya
  • Akira Umino
  • Umihiko Tōno
  • Ichirō Yamanaka
  • Izō Hashimoto
StudioFuji Television
Toei Company
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run April 11, 1985 October 30, 1985
Episodes24
Television drama
Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu
Directed byHideo Tanaka, Toshio Ōi, Tarō Sakamoto, Morio Maejima
Written byTokio Tsuchiya, Izō Hashimoto, Noboru Sugimura, Hiroshi Toda, Ichirō Yamanaka
StudioFuji Television
Toei Company
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run November 7, 1985 October 23, 1986
Episodes42
Television drama
Sukeban Deka III: Shōjo Ninpō-chō Denki
Directed byHideo Tanaka, Toshio Ōi, Tarō Sakamoto, Morio Maejima
Written byTokio Tsuchiya, Izō Hashimoto, Masayoshi Azuma, Junki Takegami, Kazuhiko Gōdo
StudioFuji Television
Toei Company
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run October 30, 1986 October 29, 1987
Episodes42
Original video animation
Directed byHirota Takeshi
Produced byKazuyoshi Hirose
Written byHirota Takeshi
Music byTakatsugu Takao
StudioSido Limited
Licensed byADV Films
Released April 21, 1991 July 21, 1991
Runtime50 minutes each
Episodes2
Live-action films
Manga
Sukeban Deka If
Written byShinji Wada
Published byMedia Factory
ImprintMF Comics
PublishedJune 23, 2004
Volumes1
Manga
Toki o Kakeru Sukeban Deka
Written by
  • Shinji Wada (original story)
  • Saori Muronaga
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original runJanuary 6, 2021 – present
Manga
Re: Sukeban Deka
Written by
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original runFebruary 5, 2021 – present
Manga
Sukeban Deka Pretend
Written by
Illustrated byShingi Hosokawa
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 6, 2021 – present

Sukeban Deka (スケバン刑事デカ, lit. "Delinquent Girl Detective") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Wada. It was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1975 to 1982 and collected into 22 volumes. Sukeban Deka has been adapted into three live-action television series, an original video animation (OVA) series, and three feature films, the last of which was released as Yo-Yo Girl Cop in 2006. It has also inspired four spin-off manga: Sukeban Deka If (スケバン刑事if), a short story collection published in 2004, and Toki o Kakeru Sukeban Deka (時をかけるスケバン刑事), Re: Sukeban Deka (Re:スケバン刑事), and Sukeban Deka Pretend (スケバン刑事 Pretend), three ongoing series that premiered in Monthly Princess in 2021.