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Alternative name:

English: Great Teacher Onizuka

Synonyms: GTO

Japanese: グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ

Info:

Type: TV

Episodes: 43

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 30, 1999 to Sep 17, 2000

Premiered: Summer 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, School, Shounen, Slice of Life

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Plot Summary: Onizuka is an ex-biker and gang leader who has one goal, to become the greatest teacher. He learns of the power and respect possible as an intern teacher, using his strength and connections to get his students to respect him. Now, graduated, he gets a job at a prestigious private school to handle their 'problem class' that made the past few teachers quit. He must handle a different sort of trouble when the trouble makers include some of the smartest kids in Japan who prefer a more cerebral approach to torturing their teacher. Onizuka must slowly win his students over and deal with their mistrust of teachers while handling the distrust of his fellow teachers.