Golden Boy (anime and manga)
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Cover of the first volume of the original Japanese version of the manga.
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ゴールデンボーイ さすらいのお勉強野郎 (Golden Boy - Wandering Student) |
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| Genre | Comedy |
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| Written by | Tatsuya Egawa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Super Jump |
| Original run | 1992 – 1998 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Kitakubo |
| Produced by | Yoichi Ishikawa Takao Asaga Kazufumi Nomura |
| Music by | Joyo Katayanagi |
| Studio | A.P.P.P. |
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| Released | 27 October 1995 – 28 June 1996 |
| Runtime | 183 minutes (total) |
| Episodes | 6 |
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| Golden Boy II ~ Sasurai no O-Benkyō Yarō: Geinō-kai Ōabare-hen | |
| Written by | Tatsuya Egawa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Business Jump |
| Original run | September 15, 2010 – May 18, 2011 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Golden Boy (Japanese: ゴールデンボーイ Hepburn: Gōruden Bōi) is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa about a 25-year-old freeter, pervert, and "travelling student" named Kintaro Oe (大江 錦太郎 Ōe Kintarō). The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Super Jump starting in 1992, with the first collected volume released the following year. Parts of the manga were adapted into a six episode OVA series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995, which was subsequently released through ADV Films in North America in December 1996. ADV's license of the series expired in 2007, however, and in November 2007, Media Blasters acquired the license to it. Media Blasters has confirmed that the dub produced by ADV was kept. In 2012, Media Blasters lost the license to Golden Boy and the license was acquired by Discotek Media.
Kintaro, despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Golden Boy depicts his living the life of a free spirit, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt.
The Golden Boy OVA has been positively received by English-language reviewers, but it is widely known for its mature content: while the OVA is not strictly a hentai animation, it does feature instances of partial female nudity, orgasms, and female masturbation. In contrast, the manga becomes almost pornographic starting in the second volume.
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