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Also Known AsGto, Gto - the Animation, グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ

Anime Stats

Score

8.68(450.5K)

Popularity

#221

Ranked

#74

Episodes

43

Duration

25 min. per ep

Details

Studios

Studio Pierrot

Source

manga

Producers

Aniplex, Fuji TV, Zack Promotion

Aired

jun 30, 1999 to sep 17, 2000

Synopsis

Eikichi Onizuka, a twenty-two-year-old former gang leader known for his rowdy past and unconventional motives, takes a position as homeroom teacher for Class 3-4 at the elite Holy Forest Academy. Though he initially seeks the role for personal reasons, his arrival confronts a class notorious for driving teachers away through calculated psychological hostility. Rather than respond with standard discipline, Onizuka employs unpredictable, often outrageous approaches to address deep issues his students face — including bullying, self-harm, and sexual harassment — aiming to treat underlying causes rather than symptoms. Through his irreverent charm and willingness to risk himself for his pupils, he gradually breaks through their defenses and shows them a different, more hopeful side of school life while challenging institutional expectations about what a teacher can be.

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