Afterguidingthe infamous Tokyo Kissho Academy through a crash-courseof his unique brand of life-lessons, a battered and bruised Eikichi Onizuka takes a well-deserved trip to his hometown of sorts, atypically quiet surfers paradise called Shonan. Unfortunately, with child neglect and abuse becoming a global phenomenon the self-proclaimed GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) quickly finds himself back in the saddle for what he hopes is apainless two-week long field trip with some teens in need.And while Onizuka's curriculum may not rely on the reading, writing and arithmetic that is common in most classrooms, he has more than a few good lessons in personal development, fisticuffs and fun to teach a new generation of trouble teens.
Born in 1967, Tohru Fujisawa is a veteran Japanese comic artist and multimillion unit seller. Best known globally for his international sensation Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO), Fujisawa was awarded the 22nd Kodansha Comic Awardin 1998 for his work on the hit series. The GTO property would go on to inspire two animated TV series and an internationally distributed live action TV series by the same name. Since GTO, Fujisawa has gone on to thirteen more comic series, with four of those properties (TOKKO, Rose Hip Rose, Rose Hip Zero and Shonan Junai-gumi) landing on American shores. At 44 the Hokkaido nativecontinues to be one of the most beloved manga artists of this generation.
ISBN: 9781932234886
Author: Toru Fujisawa
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 15 March 2012
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 178 x 136 x 14
Weight (kg): 0.165
