'What is a Man?' Showa's Hardcore Anime Asks Reiwa! Bookstore Bonus is the 'Otokojuku Three Precepts' Clear File! Publication of 'Sakigake!! Otokojuku COMPLETE DVD BOOK' Confirmed!!
Pia Corporation will publish the 'Sakigake!! Otokojuku COMPLETE DVD BOOK' (4 volumes in total) starting April 30. It includes all anime episodes and a movie, plus a booklet with interviews.
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It has been decided that Pia Corporation will publish the 'Sakigake!! Otokojuku COMPLETE DVD BOOK' on Thursday, April 30.
Thank you for waiting! The long-awaited latest addition to the 'COMPLETE DVD BOOK' series—a split-volume series that has surpassed 1.15 million copies in cumulative distribution, allowing you to obtain nostalgic popular anime mainly from the Showa era at an affordable price—will deliver all 34 episodes + the movie version of the representative 80s TV anime series 'Sakigake!! Otokojuku' in 4 volumes on a monthly basis.
The original work is a hardcore battle manga representing the 80s by Akira Miyashita, which started serialization in Shueisha's 'Weekly Shonen Jump' in 1985 and has reached its 40th anniversary. In 1988, towards the end of the Showa era, it gained such popularity that it was adapted into a TV anime and even a movie version was produced.
The setting is a gathering place for delinquent boys collected from all over the country, appropriately named 'Otokojuku' (Men's Private School). The story of polishing friendship and becoming a true 'man' through mortal combats and superhuman spartan education was enthusiastically supported mainly by elementary, junior high, and high school boys of the time.
Also, the theme song by Issei Fubi Sepia, which included Toshio Yanagiba and Show Aikawa, became a hit. Since then, including sequels and spin-off works, stage adaptations and web anime streaming have been developed, making it a work that has continued to fascinate fans for 40 years.
The DVD contains 10 episodes spanning about 4 hours, and the 16-page collectible booklet introduces story explanations and checkpoints for each episode. Vol.1 will feature a valuable interview with voice actor Hideyuki Hori, who played the protagonist Momotaro Tsurugi. Furthermore, it contains a lot of drool-worthy content for enthusiasts, such as many setting illustrations revealed for the first time.
Furthermore, to commemorate the publication of this work, a bookstore campaign has also been decided! An original clear file will be presented in limited quantities only at 6 selected bookstores in Tokyo and Osaka. The front features a truly manly design with the characters drawn entirely in red, centering around the protagonist Momotaro Tsurugi and the principal Heihachi Edajima. And on the back, the 'Otokojuku Three Precepts', which fans should remember, are inscribed.
Please enjoy the DVD of a masterpiece anime that you should watch at least once, and the booklet that explains its charm.
Thank you for waiting! The long-awaited latest addition to the 'COMPLETE DVD BOOK' series—a split-volume series that has surpassed 1.15 million copies in cumulative distribution, allowing you to obtain nostalgic popular anime mainly from the Showa era at an affordable price—will deliver all 34 episodes + the movie version of the representative 80s TV anime series 'Sakigake!! Otokojuku' in 4 volumes on a monthly basis.
The original work is a hardcore battle manga representing the 80s by Akira Miyashita, which started serialization in Shueisha's 'Weekly Shonen Jump' in 1985 and has reached its 40th anniversary. In 1988, towards the end of the Showa era, it gained such popularity that it was adapted into a TV anime and even a movie version was produced.
The setting is a gathering place for delinquent boys collected from all over the country, appropriately named 'Otokojuku' (Men's Private School). The story of polishing friendship and becoming a true 'man' through mortal combats and superhuman spartan education was enthusiastically supported mainly by elementary, junior high, and high school boys of the time.
Also, the theme song by Issei Fubi Sepia, which included Toshio Yanagiba and Show Aikawa, became a hit. Since then, including sequels and spin-off works, stage adaptations and web anime streaming have been developed, making it a work that has continued to fascinate fans for 40 years.
The DVD contains 10 episodes spanning about 4 hours, and the 16-page collectible booklet introduces story explanations and checkpoints for each episode. Vol.1 will feature a valuable interview with voice actor Hideyuki Hori, who played the protagonist Momotaro Tsurugi. Furthermore, it contains a lot of drool-worthy content for enthusiasts, such as many setting illustrations revealed for the first time.
Furthermore, to commemorate the publication of this work, a bookstore campaign has also been decided! An original clear file will be presented in limited quantities only at 6 selected bookstores in Tokyo and Osaka. The front features a truly manly design with the characters drawn entirely in red, centering around the protagonist Momotaro Tsurugi and the principal Heihachi Edajima. And on the back, the 'Otokojuku Three Precepts', which fans should remember, are inscribed.
Please enjoy the DVD of a masterpiece anime that you should watch at least once, and the booklet that explains its charm.