Oira Sukeban (manga/anime/film)

Oira Sukeban (Japaneseおいら女蛮, “I’m a Sukeban”), sometimes called Sukeban Boy, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai, serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1974 to 1976. It is a comedy with several erotic touches, where the protagonist Banji Suke (or Sukeban) has to disguise himself as a girl in order to be able to attend an all-female school to try and clear his name after being left the blame for the chaos all over town, while unaware that his assassins are watching his every move. As Suke Ban is a rebellious boy, this situation creates several comedic troubles.

The manga was adapted to an OVA in 1992, and was released by ADV Films in the US under the name Delinquent in Drag.

It has also spawned two live-action movies, Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō (おいら女蛮 決戦!パンス党) in 1992 starring actor Shinji Takeda, and Oira Sukeban (called mostly Sukeban Boy) in 2006 starring AV idol Asami (亜紗美).

Staff of Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō (1992)

Staff of Oira Sukeban (Sukeban Boy) (2006)

References

  1. Jump up to:ab “Tezuka’s Dororo, Nagai’s Sukeban Boy Films on U.S. DVD”Anime News Network. June 17, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ^ 週刊少年サンデー イナズマン(石森章太郎) (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ “Oira Sukeban”MyAnimeList. Retrieved 2022-10-25.

 

Oira Sukeban

Cover of Oira Sukeban #7 (1976) published by Shogakukan.
おいら女蛮
Genre Comedy
Manga
Written by Go Nagai
Published by Shogakukan
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic Shōnen
Original run August 4, 1974 – January 25, 1976
Volumes 7
Live-action film
Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō
Directed by Teruyoshi Ishii
Produced by Tsuburaya Eizō
Written by Masaki Tsuji
Music by Yoshihiro Kunimoto
Go Nagai (song lyrics)
Studio Taki Corporation
Released July 24, 1992
Runtime 72 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by Yūsaku Saotome
Written by Go Nagai
Studio Studio Signal Club
Licensed by
Released August 21, 1992
Runtime 43 minutes
Live-action film
Directed by Noboru Iguchi
Produced by Yukihiko Yamaguchi
Masaki Takemura
Hiroyuki Yamada
Written by Noboru Iguchi
Music by Masako Ishii
Studio King Records
Licensed by
Released February 4, 2006
Runtime 62 minutes

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