Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san | |
セクシーコマンドー外伝 すごいよ!!マサルさん (Sekushī Komandō Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kyosuke Usuta |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 1995 – September 1997 |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Akitaro Daichi |
Produced by | Satoshi Dezaki |
Music by | Harukichi Yamamoto |
Studio | Magic Bus |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | January 6, 1998 – April 3, 1998 |
Episodes | 48 + 2 specials |
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san ( Japanese: セクシーコマンドー外伝 すごいよ!!マサルさん, Hepburn: Sekushī Komandō Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san, lit. "Sexy Commando Side Story: That's Amazing!! Mr. Masaru") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyosuke Usuta. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1997, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 48 episodes of seven minutes each, animated by Magic Bus and directed by Akitaro Daichi, was broadcast on TBS's late night programming block Wonderful in 1998.
Wakame High School's extracurricular Sexy Commando Club consists of 5–6 male members including the principal, a female manager, and a small mysterious pet. The strange art of Sexy Commando (which extends back to Japan's Muromachi period) is a martial one; however, instead of focusing on how to defeat an opponent with physical force, the art focuses on how to distract the opponent to the point he is unable to fight. There are many techniques, though the club tends to favor the unzipping of the trousers technique, known as Erīze no Yūutsu (エリーゼのゆううつ). The club fills up with an eccentric and quirky crowd as it gains popularity.
Written and illustrated by Kyosuke Usuta, Sexy Commando Gaiden was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1995 to September 1997. [4] [a] Its 79 chapters were collected by Shueisha in seven tankōbon volumes, released from June 4, 1996, to December 4, 1997. [7]
An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 48 episodes of seven minutes each, animated by Magic Bus and directed by Akitaro Daichi, was broadcast on TBS's late night programming block Wonderful from January 6 to April 3, 1998. [8] [9] [10] [11] The series' opening theme is "Romance" (ロマンス, Romansu) by Penicillin. [12] Bandai Visual later released the episode on three DVD sets on January 25, 2001. [2] [13] [14]
It is considered a hit in Japan; its seven volumes have sold over 7 million copies. [15] It ranked fourth on a 2017 poll of the "strongest" gag manga to ever appear in Weekly Shōnen Jump, conducted by Goo Ranking website. [16]
Jonathan Bethune, in Publishers Weekly said, "Usuta's writing consistently avoids the obvious gags found in typical shonen comedy and instead challenges readers with its clever satire and wit." [1] Commenting on the anime adaptation, Justin Sevakis of Anime News Network called the series Akitaro Daichi's magnum opus in terms of "ridiculous, spastic comedy." [17]
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san | |
セクシーコマンドー外伝 すごいよ!!マサルさん (Sekushī Komandō Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san) | |
---|---|
Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Kyosuke Usuta |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 1995 – September 1997 |
Volumes | 7 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Akitaro Daichi |
Produced by | Satoshi Dezaki |
Music by | Harukichi Yamamoto |
Studio | Magic Bus |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | January 6, 1998 – April 3, 1998 |
Episodes | 48 + 2 specials |
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san ( Japanese: セクシーコマンドー外伝 すごいよ!!マサルさん, Hepburn: Sekushī Komandō Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san, lit. "Sexy Commando Side Story: That's Amazing!! Mr. Masaru") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyosuke Usuta. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1997, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 48 episodes of seven minutes each, animated by Magic Bus and directed by Akitaro Daichi, was broadcast on TBS's late night programming block Wonderful in 1998.
Wakame High School's extracurricular Sexy Commando Club consists of 5–6 male members including the principal, a female manager, and a small mysterious pet. The strange art of Sexy Commando (which extends back to Japan's Muromachi period) is a martial one; however, instead of focusing on how to defeat an opponent with physical force, the art focuses on how to distract the opponent to the point he is unable to fight. There are many techniques, though the club tends to favor the unzipping of the trousers technique, known as Erīze no Yūutsu (エリーゼのゆううつ). The club fills up with an eccentric and quirky crowd as it gains popularity.
Written and illustrated by Kyosuke Usuta, Sexy Commando Gaiden was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 1995 to September 1997. [4] [a] Its 79 chapters were collected by Shueisha in seven tankōbon volumes, released from June 4, 1996, to December 4, 1997. [7]
An anime television series adaptation, consisting of 48 episodes of seven minutes each, animated by Magic Bus and directed by Akitaro Daichi, was broadcast on TBS's late night programming block Wonderful from January 6 to April 3, 1998. [8] [9] [10] [11] The series' opening theme is "Romance" (ロマンス, Romansu) by Penicillin. [12] Bandai Visual later released the episode on three DVD sets on January 25, 2001. [2] [13] [14]
It is considered a hit in Japan; its seven volumes have sold over 7 million copies. [15] It ranked fourth on a 2017 poll of the "strongest" gag manga to ever appear in Weekly Shōnen Jump, conducted by Goo Ranking website. [16]
Jonathan Bethune, in Publishers Weekly said, "Usuta's writing consistently avoids the obvious gags found in typical shonen comedy and instead challenges readers with its clever satire and wit." [1] Commenting on the anime adaptation, Justin Sevakis of Anime News Network called the series Akitaro Daichi's magnum opus in terms of "ridiculous, spastic comedy." [17]