arrow Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Someone told me that there was a live action movie of the anime series 'GTO'. When was that released & is it any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I don't know about a movie, but there was a live action GTO TV series. Came out just before or just after the anime (I can't remember for sure). I thought it was actually a much better show than the animated version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladic Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 (edited) Edited December 3, 2004 by Ladic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 The live-action GTO aired in 1998 and ran for 12 episodes. The final episodes drew the highest TV rating in Japanese history. GTO featured Takashi Sorimachi and his wife Naoko Matsushima (Ringu) playing Onizuka and Fuyutsuki, respectively. A TV special followed, which paved the way for GTO: The Movie. Compared to the anime and manga, the live-action GTO is severely toned down. Though Onizuka still looks up girls' skirts, he's much less perverted. There is no nudity and a lot of the ecchi references are downplayed. "Why isn't there a review of this?" you ask? Well, I haven't been able to watch the series yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhyone Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 You can find out more about the live-action TV series at JDorama. Forget about the GTO Movie. It is extremely boring and is waste of time. The TV Special is still okay. I haven't seen the GTO anime nor manga, but I thought the live-action TV series was pretty good and plausible (meaning, looks like it can really happen in real-life). If you like GTO, you can try Gokusen as well. You should be able to find the bittorrent files for them quite easily at D-Addicts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JELEINEN Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Gokusen is definitely another show where the live action trumps the anime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumdumgai Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 GTO the live-action TV series, I loved it. From episode one I couldn't stop watching it because I wanted to know what would happen next! Plus Onizuka in this was really badass, especially with some of his facial expressions that would crack me up. And on the plus side, I didn't have to wince looking at the character design, since the manga/anime looks like butt to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Leader Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I've been a huge fan of GTO ever since I was able to get a hold of the first three issues of the manga from the kodansha bilingual series (LONG before it came out in the US)... these had both the Japanese and a direct-english translation... they kicked ass! I now have most of the manga and I've seen the entire animated series. I have heard good and bad things about the live-action show, but I know it was well-recieved in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druna Skass Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 There's a Japanese restaurant in Santa Barabara called the Taiko, and the manager there looks exactly like Onizuka without the blond hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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