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An Exceptional Anime
GTO is a wonderful anime. As soon as I saw the first couple of episodes, I knew I was hooked. The story is so funny. The characters are so wonderfully developed. You get to learn a lot about the personality of Onizuka Eikichi (22 years old ^_^) by watching the actions he takes. This is not a typical anime. GTO is one of the first anime's which I found EXTREMELY funny. It brings a smile to my face and at least one loud laugh with every episode. There are also some dramatic moments as well, such as some student's who try to committ suicide. Onizuka's "fantasies" are also quite entertaining to watch. When I first started watching this anime, I had no idea what to expect going in. After seeing the first 17 episodes, I can safely say that this is definetly in my top 10 anime series of all time. Watch this and I guarantee, you will not be dissappointed. The subs by Tokyopop were right on, and never once failed to please. My only gripe is that it's going to be september 2003 before the whole series finally gets released on dvd in the US. Even though it's only volume 1, a great buy. The series only continues to get better with each episode ^_^!

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If only Onizuka was a real teacher!
I first heard of GTO over half a year ago when a friend of mine came across one of the Manga's. After I read it I was immediately hooked. And when I found out later on that there was an anime series based on it, I was very interested. So I went and bought the Hong Kong DVD's of the series (Hong Kong DVD's have the option of English subtitles on them.)

Great Teacher Onizuka is a Comedy/Drama series and is 44 episodes long.
The series is about Eikichi Onizuka, a 22 year old man that is an Ex-gang leader that decides he wants to become a teacher. His main drive for this? So he can be around young School girls.
Sound promising doesn't it ^__^?
When Onizuka truly begins his teaching career he finds that the class he teaches has had a problem with teachers not lasting to long because most of the students have it in for all teachers because of something that happened in the past ( Which I shall not mention.)
Right from day one Onizuka has to deal with problems from the students in his class. His first real problem has to do with phony pictures being made of him, which he deals with in a way that surprises the culprit and eventually wins him over to Onizuka's side.
As the series goes on Onizuka will have to deal with many more problems, as well as attempts to make him lose his job. And as he deals with these problems he wins more and more of the students to his side.

I felt that all of the characters were done very well. Both the good and the bad ones. The main Character Onizuka is almost impossible not to like and has some of the funniest facial expressions I've ever seen on any anime character.
And I couldn't help but like most of the other characters.
Here are some of my personal favorites.
Azusa Fuyutsuki: She is a fellow teacher that begins teaching at the same time Onizuka does and she makes for a very believable love interest for Onizuka.
Kikuchi(Sorry I can't remember his full name.): This guy is the genius in the class. It's very hard to say exactly why I like him, except that he is a very cool looking character and that he was the first to really understand Onizuka.
Urumi Kanzaki: My personal favorite character in the whole series and the one that I feel has the most interesting personality. She is a blond haired girl with Two different colored eyes and an IQ of over 200 making her smarter than even Kikuchi and all of the teachers in the school. When she first appears she poses many problems, and not just for Onizuka. Mainly due to her high intelligence she makes the teachers feel insignificant because she knows more than they do. And even when Onizuka finally wins her over, she still stays pretty much the same.

Despite the fact that I read the manga before the anime and saw that there were a fair amount of differences between the two I still like the anime a whole lot.
Here are few differences.
In the manga Onizuka deals with the picture incident a lot more swifly.
And in anime one of the characters that appears early on in the Manga doesn't appear till over halfway through the series and her role is completely different.
And lastly, when Onizuka challenges Kunio in the arcade in the Manga he destroys him at every single game there is there.

The music is also used very well and always works to fit the mood. My favorite tune is the 1st opening music "Driver's High".

If you like anime at all I suggest you at least give this one a try because it's something a bit different than you might expect.

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That is a very good Anime :D
My rate is 5. Why? Because that anime is different like anyone.
This anime is Funny, amazing, dirty, and fantastic. (Itt élek ebben a h...e oszágban, olyan dolgokat nézek, láttok, amiket évek múlva se látnék a net nélkül :P)

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