Great Teacher Onizuka
School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 8/10RedemptionThe long road to earning back a lost self.This show: 7/10HopefulPersistent optimism in the face of adversity.This show: 7/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Steve BlumKirk ThorntonJun'ichi SuwabeWataru TakagiTom FahnRussell Wait
Starring
Steve BlumKirk ThorntonJun'ichi SuwabeWataru TakagiTom FahnRussell Wait
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| S1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
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About
"A delinquent turned teacher, chaos turned into heart"
A former biker-gang delinquent with zero teaching credentials talks his way into a job at a middle school stuffed with the worst-behaved kids in the system. Great Teacher Onizuka follows him as he wins over one troubled class after another through sheer stubbornness, dumb luck, and genuine loyalty. It's loud, crude, and frequently absurd, swinging from slapstick to surprisingly sincere emotional payoffs. Episodes follow a rough kid-of-the-arc rhythm, but the show's oddball charm and its lead's unshakable decency carry it through even its silliest stretches.
Watch it for
the way absurd comedy keeps landing on genuinely moving moments about being seen.
Maybe skip if
you dislike episodic problem-of-the-week structure or broad, exaggerated humor.
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Season 11999
7.814K4317h 39m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Legend Begins | 8.0 | 604 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Enter Uchiyamada | 7.7 | 452 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Late Night Roof Diving | 7.7 | 420 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Secret Life of Onizuka | 7.6 | 395 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | An Eye for an Eye, a Butt for a Butt | 7.8 | 397 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Conspiracies All Around | 7.8 | 379 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Mother of All Crushes | 7.6 | 369 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Bungee Jumping Made Easy | 7.7 | 359 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Onizuka and the Art of War | 7.4 | 351 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Outside Looking in | 7.3 | 344 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | To Be Idolized by a Nation | 7.8 | 347 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | The Formula for Treachery | 7.4 | 329 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Only the Best Will Do | 7.4 | 318 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | 7.7 | 319 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | The Great Sacrifice | 8.5 | 387 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Beauty + Brains = A Dangerous Mix | 7.8 | 311 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Falling for the Great Onizuka | 8.2 | 340 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | How to Dine and Dash | 7.6 | 298 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Private Investigations | 8.5 | 358 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Love Letters | 7.6 | 297 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Revolution Everywhere | 7.3 | 287 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | The Art of Demolition | 7.5 | 291 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Superstition | 7.9 | 296 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Compromising Positions | 7.9 | 298 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Playing Doctor: GTO Style | 7.6 | 280 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Onizuka Meets His Match | 7.6 | 276 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | GTO: Agent to the Stars | 7.6 | 272 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | Whatever Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong | 7.7 | 271 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Studies in High Finance | 7.6 | 267 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | Money Talks, GTO Walks | 7.8 | 266 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | Destination: Okinawa | 8.0 | 282 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | The Law of Probability | 7.9 | 267 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Search and Rescue | 8.3 | 293 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | Good Cop/Bad Cop | 7.3 | 254 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | Wedding Bell Blues | 7.2 | 263 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | Self Improvement: Fuyutsuki's Transformation | 7.1 | 262 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Living Together | 7.9 | 270 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | Great Treasure Onizuka | 7.5 | 269 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | Alone in the Dark | 7.7 | 263 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Matters of the Heart | 7.9 | 268 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | Confessions | 8.6 | 337 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | Old Wounds Revisited | 7.9 | 261 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Onizuka's Final Battle | 8.8 | 403 | 25 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Steve Blum Eikichi Onizuka
Kirk Thornton Koji Sannomaru, Punk, Announcer
Jun'ichi Suwabe Koji Fujiyoshi
Wataru Takagi Eikichi Onizuka
Tom Fahn CM Director, Mutou, Student
Russell Wait Eikichi Onizuka (Animax Asia dub)
Tony Oliver Kunio Murai
Dorothy Elias-Fahn Anko Uehara
Wendee Lee Miyabi Aizawa
Philece Sampler Chikako Shirai
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