Harenchi Gakuen | |
Cover of Harenchi Gakuen Volume 1, 1988 edition.
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ハレンチ学園 | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Published by |
Shueisha Kodansha Tokuma Shoten Goma Books Koike Shoin |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Shōnen Book Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Original run | August 1, 1968 – September 25, 1972 |
Volumes | 13 |
Live-action film | |
Directed by | Yuji Tanno |
Written by | Gan Yamasaki Tatsuhiko Kamoi |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Studio | Nikkatsu |
Released | May 2, 1970 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
Live-action film | |
Harenchi Gakuen: Shintai Kensa no Maki | |
Directed by | Yuji Tanno |
Written by | Gan Yamasaki Tatsuhiko Kamoi |
Music by | Naozumi Yamamoto |
Studio | Nikkatsu |
Released | August 1, 1970 |
Runtime | 85 minutes |
Live-action film | |
Harenchi Gakuen: Tackle Kiss no Maki | |
Directed by | Isao Hayashi |
Produced by | Sanehiko Sonoda Kunifumi Tokieda |
Written by | Tatsuhiko Kamoi |
Music by | Hajime Kaburagi |
Studio | Nikkatsu |
Released | September 12, 1970 |
Runtime | 83 minutes |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Yoneyuki Shibata Yuji Tanno |
Written by | Keishi Kubota]] Tatsuhiko Kamoi |
Studio | TV Tokyo Medianet |
Original network | Channel 12 Tokyo (now TV Tokyo) |
Original run | October 1, 1970 – April 1, 1971 |
Episodes | 26 |
Live-action film | |
Shin Harenchi Gakuen | |
Directed by | Isao Hayashi |
Produced by | Sanehiko Sonoda Kunifumi Tokieda |
Written by | Gan Yamasaki Tatsuhiko Kamoi |
Music by | Hajime Kaburagi |
Studio | Nikkatsu |
Released | January 3, 1971 |
Runtime | 83 minutes |
Manga | |
Heisei Harenchi Gakuen | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Published by |
Nihon Bungeisha Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Weekly Manga Goraku Weekly Manga Sunday |
Original run | May 13, 1994 – December 12, 1995 |
Original video animation | |
Heisei Harenchi Gakuen | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Muramatsu |
Studio | Pink Pineapple |
Released | February 2, 1996 |
Runtime | 47 minutes |
Live-action film | |
Heisei Harenchi Gakuen | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Muramatsu |
Written by | Junki Takegami |
Studio | GAGA Communications Tokuma Japan Communications |
Released | February 2, 1996 |
Runtime | 82 minutes |
Manga | |
Harenchi Golfer Jubei | |
Written by | Go Nagai |
Published by | Gakken |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Big Golf |
Original run | August 14, 2003 – 2003 |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
Harenchi Gakuen ~The company~ | |
Written by |
Go Nagai Teruto Aruga |
Illustrated by | Teruto Aruga |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Business Jump |
Original run | March 1, 2007 – April 16, 2008 |
Volumes | 3 |
Harenchi Gakuen (ハレンチ学園?, lit. "Shameless School") is a Japanese media franchise created by Go Nagai. Harenchi Gakuen was one of the manga serialized in the very first issue of Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. The series was the first big success for Go Nagai. It is also considered as the first modern erotic manga, sometimes considered the first hentai manga, though Nagai never used explicit sexual situations in the original run of the manga.
There are many works around Harenchi Gakuen, including numerous manga series, one live-action TV series, five live-action movies and one anime OVA. The first manga series was not adapted into an anime, but rather a live-action TV series; only the opening sequence to this television series was animated. This is not the only show of Go Nagai where live action and anime are combined: Pro-Wres no Hoshi Aztecaser features completely animated action sequences when the hero uses his powers, even though the show itself is tokusatsu.
Many comedies of Go Nagai use a similar setting as Harenchi Gakuen, while changing the situation. An example of this is his series Supeope Chu Gaku, a space school modeled in a similar fashion to Star Wars.
In 1968, while Shueisha was getting prepared to launch its first manga publication, Shōnen Jump, in order to compete with other magazines from rival companies (like Shōnen Magazine from Kodansha and Shōnen Sunday from Shogakukan), Nagai was invited to be one of the first manga artists publishing in the new magazine. He contemplated this, since he had to design a long-running series instead of the autoconclusive short stories that he had been developing until that point. He accepted and the series became a big success, being the first for Nagai and making Shōnen Jump sell more than one million copies. With Harenchi Gakuen, Nagai became the originator of ecchi manga, opened the door for a series of taboo-shattering gag comics and also became the symbol of an entire generation. This work has influenced the world of manga, effecting both social mores and what was considered appropriate for manga.