Gokusen (Live Action)

Title: Gokusen (Live Action) Overall: Rent Keywords: 2004, Action, Action Comedy, Comedy, High School, Live Action, School Comedy, TV Notables: Gokusen tells a story about the young rookie teacher Yamaguchi Kumiko who is brave enough to accept as her first teaching assignment a position at the toughest high school in the district. While appearing to be very young and cute, she has to hide the fact that she is the daughter of a Yukusa leader, and that all of her brothers are active members in the Yukusa. But it is her family background that helps her to deal with the problems that occur at school in her own special way... This is a live-action series, which has strong ties to the manga and anime market. Produced by VAP / Nippon TV Network 2004 TV release with 13 episodes

Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer
Rent 4							Jan-Chan	#
Gokusen (Live Action) I don’t know if this live-action series should rightly be included in an anime review site, but my take is that as this series does have strong roots in the manga market, and as all the characters appear as over-exaggerated and over-dramatic, and are very animated (sic! Word play!), it has a right to be posted and reviewed here. Ok .. I know that someone is going to ask what is live-action? It is a type of TV series (with actors rather than animated characters) that is based on manga series. There are various manga based series that appear not only as anime, but also as live-action series, such as Peach-Girl and Cute-Honey. To over simplify (shutter!! Please forgive me!!), the western equivalent might be compared to how Spiderman is a live-action movie based on the comic book. I have watched the series once, and I really enjoyed it, so I will give it a (rent) rating. I might be inclined to upgrade to a (buy) after a second watch and bit more thought, but it is very interesting and fun to watch. I am also following along with another Korean live-action action series called (The_Nine-tailed_Fox­_-_A_Supplementary_T­ale) which tells a story of magic and mystical martial arts in a police drama setting, based on eastern mythological and folklore. (Any Naruto fans should understand the referance immediately!!) http://www.animesuki­.com/series.php/414.­html Last updated Sunday, January 23 2005.

Other Sites

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Offical Series Web Site	http://www.ntv.co.jp/a-gokusen/