Summary
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.[2] 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.
| Oira Sukeban | |
 Cover of Oira Sukeban #7 (1976) published by Shogakukan. | |
| おいら女蛮 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| 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 |
The manga was adapted to an OVA in 1992,[3] and was released by ADV Films in the US under the name Delinquent in Drag.[1]
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) edit
- Studio: Taki Corporation
- Director: Teruyoshi Ishii
- Original work: Go Nagai
- Writer: Masaki Tsuji
- Music: Yoshihiro Kunimoto
- Producer: Tsuburaya Eizō
- Song lyrics: Go Nagai
- Cast: Shinji Takeda, Kazuyo Harada, Keiko Hirota, Keiko Hata, Yoshikatsu Fujimoto, Shingo Kazami, Go Nagai, Daijirō Harada, Kuma Leonard, Rie Asai, Yuka Watanabe
Staff of Oira Sukeban (Sukeban Boy) (2006) edit
- Studio: King Records
- Director: Noboru Iguchi
- Producer: Yukihiko Yamaguchi, Masaki Takemura, Hiroyuki Yamada
- Original work: Go Nagai
- Writer: Noboru Iguchi
- Cinematography: Yasutaka Nagano
- Special makeup: Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Art: Shinpei Inoe
- Music: Masako Ishii
- Illumination: Reiji Ōkubo
- Cast: Asami, Emiru Momose, Saori Matsunaka, Shizuka Itō, Demo Tanaka, Chisa Imai, Shō Sawamura, Kaori, Miwa, Kentarō Kishi, Hiroaki Murakami, Beat Arima, Atsuko Miura, Kōichi Ōbori
References edit
- ^ a b "Tezuka's Dororo, Nagai's Sukeban Boy Films on U.S. DVD". Anime News Network. June 17, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ 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]
- ^ "Oira Sukeban". MyAnimeList. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
External links edit
- Oira Sukeban 2006 Review on DeVilDead (in French)
- Oira Sukeban (in Japanese) at The World of Go Nagai webpage
- Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansuto (in Japanese) at allcinema
- Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansuto (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- Delinquent in Drag (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Oira sukeban (OVA) (in Japanese) at allcinema
- Oira sukeban (2006) at IMDb
- Oira Sukeban (2006) (in Japanese) at allcinema
- Oira Sukeban (2006) (in Japanese) at Variety Japan
