| The Drifting Classroom | |
 Manga volume 1 cover | |
| 漂流教室 (Hyōryū Kyōshitsu) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kazuo Umezu |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1972 – 1974 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Studio | Bandai Entertainment |
| Released | July 11, 1987 |
| Runtime | 104 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| The Long Love Letter | |
| Studio | Fuji TV |
| Original run | January 9, 2002 – March 20, 2002 |
The Drifting Classroom (漂流教室, Hyōryū Kyōshitsu) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. It was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1972 to 1974, and published as collected tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The series follows a school that is mysteriously transported through time to a post-apocalyptic future.
In 1987, The Drifting Classroom was adapted into a live-action film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. An American adaptation, Drifting School, was produced in 1995. The Long Love Letter, a Japanese television drama loosely based on The Drifting Classroom, was released in 2002.
The series was critically acclaimed, and won a Shogakukan Manga Award in 1974.