Podcasts about Onizuka

Dans ce nouvel épisode, Mathieu et Nico mettent en lumière un problème grave de la société japonaise : l'ijime, ou harcèlement par humiliation. Qu'il s'agisse d'élèves moquant un camarade « gros lard » ou « chauve », de collègues isolant un salarié en entreprise, ou des dynamiques de groupe où la hiérarchie écrase l'individu, l'ijime revêt de nombreux visages et peut profondément marquer les victimes.Pour illustrer leurs propos, nos animateurs s'appuient sur des œuvres qui dépeignent avec justesse ce fléau culturel. Dans L'été de Kikujiro de Takeshi Kitano, le jeune Masao subit indifférence et moqueries, tandis que la version animée de GTO montre le professeur Onizuka confronté à la cruauté d'acteur à l'école. Ces références permettent de saisir comment la pression du groupe et le respect aveugle des normes sociales peuvent alimenter l'humiliation et le silence.Mathieu et Nico explorent ensuite les spécificités culturelles de l'ijime au Japon. Ils expliquent comment la recherche d'harmonie sociale peut consolider le silence autour des victimes et renforcer la peur de briser la cohésion du groupe. L'impact du contexte urbain versus rural est également analysé, soulignant la difficulté pour les victimes d'échapper aux regards oppressants des petites communautés, et l'anonymat parfois salvateur des grandes villes.Enfin, l'épisode se conclut sur les conséquences psychologiques de l'ijime et les initiatives naissantes pour en venir à bout : lignes d'écoute, formations pour enseignants et managers, campagnes de sensibilisation. Mathieu et Nico invitent les auditeurs à réfléchir aux moyens de repérer, prévenir et soutenir celles et ceux qui souffrent en silence.Rejoignez-nous pour cette discussion essentielle, abonnez-vous à Kaiwa, et partagez cet épisode.Extrait : « Sanctuary» série disponible sur Netflix.Générique : « tiger & dragon » Crazy Ken Band.Sortie le 8 juin 2025#Japon #日本 #société #虐め #ijime #ハラスメント #harcèlement #社会

In this episode we return to Dean's senior year and find him sitting in science class watching the shuttle take off just before it exploded 73 seconds later.  We discuss the Challenger itself, the crew, NASA at that time and the launch and what happened.  Arthur also talks Genshin Impact, and we talk about Settlers of Catan in this nerdy yet tragic episode of the Family Plot Podcast!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.

Em mais um episódio do podcast de anime velho, vamos de GTO, um dos melhores animes de comédia escolar de todos os tempos, mas que é acima de tudo, um anime do seu tempo, com suas peculiares e coisas que fariam ele ser cancelado no Twitter, porém, ele ainda vale a pena ser visto? Descubra dando play agora!

Yohann, mon hôte du jour, fait partie de la génération Y, autrement dit de la génération Club Dorothée. Il fut en partie élevé par la télévision, et parmi ses premiers héros de l'Empire animé du Soleil Levant, citons Nicky Larson et les Chevaliers du Zodiaque. Il embrassa alors cette culture populaire du Japon en dévorant ses premières mangas, Dragon Ball Z et Great teacher Onizuka en tête, et en se faisant de la corne aux doigts sur la Playstation n°1  puis sur la Dreamcast de Sega. Aujourd'hui il bosse chez Ubisoft France, et c'est au travers de jeux vidéos, d'animes, et lors de quelques pèlerinages en terre sainte tokyoïte, qu'il se decouvrit une autre passion, celle de la musique japonaise vintage aussi appelée Wamono ou City pop quand celle-ci prend des accents funk, disco ou boogie.  Au départ Yohann se contenta de YouTube pour découvrir des artistes inconnus dans nos contrées, mais lors du premier confinement de la pandémie de COVID 19, il sauta le pas et se mit aux vinyles, support indispensable pour approfondir ses connaissances et assouvir sa soif de découvertes  Je suis allé à sa rencontre interroger sa mélomanie débordante et m'abreuver de ses quelques 300 disques souvent d'origine dans un état impeccable et maniés avec grand soin.

The Cartoncast has an image to uphold, you know. We can't just have any old podcaster on staff, coming in half-cocked off of a bender, ranting about upskirt shots in video games and confessing actual, literal crimes on camera. But every so often you run into a true problem in the podcast world that can't be solved with a meeting or a suspension. No, sometimes you need a man like Onizuka, who finds the people responsible for trolls hacking into our website, and reminds them about proper netiquette via German suplex. Just, uh… don't talk to him on bring your daughter to work day. * The Cask of Amontillado * Professional Casual Network * Happosai is the least okay thing about Ranma * Early Installment Weirdness * Japan's relationship with suicide * Co-coconut gun! * Waiting for Superman * …and Waitin' for Superman * Ugly Bastard tag * Onizuka Faces * Garbage Roof

The New Guys by Meredith BagbyI am delighted to welcome author and space historian Meredith Bagby to our show today. Meredith has just released her latest book, "THE NEW GUYS: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel". In this captivating work, Meredith delves into the story of the first class of civilian astronauts for the space shuttle, and their enduring impact on the American space program.The first class of civilian astronauts for the Space Shuttle program was selected in 1978, as part of NASA's effort to diversify the astronaut corps and bring in more non-military personnel. The class included two women, Sally Ride and Judith Resnik, as well as three men, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, and Gregory Jarvis. The civilian astronauts brought a range of expertise to the space program, from physics and engineering to medicine and social sciences. Their selection marked an important shift in the space program, demonstrating NASA's commitment to opening up space travel to a broader range of Americans. Tragically, two members of the class, Resnik and Onizuka, were among the crew of the Challenger space shuttle that was lost in the 1986 explosion, underscoring the risks and challenges of space exploration. However, their legacy lives on, inspiring new generations of astronauts and space enthusiasts to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible in space travel.As a historian and expert on space exploration, Meredith's research and insights are second to none. Her book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of space travel, and for those who are inspired by the courage and determination of the early pioneers of spaceflight. 

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.02.27.530371v1?rss=1 Authors: Candray, K., Nakagama, Y., Masamichi, I., Nakagama, S., Tshibangu-Kabamba, E., Takeda, N., Sugiura, Y., Nitahara, Y., Michimuko-Nagahara, Y., Kaku, N., Onizuka, Y., Arias, C.-E., Mejia, M., Alas, K., Pena, S., Maejima, Y., Komuro, I., Nakajima-Shimada, J., Kido, Y. Abstract: Chagas disease can lead to life-threatening cardiac manifestations that occur more frequently in geographic areas more prevalent with the TcI/II circulating genetic strains. To elucidate the differential transcriptomic signatures of the cardiomyocyte resulting from infection with TcI/II or TcVI T. cruzi strains and explore their relationships with pathogenesis, HL-1 rodent cardiomyocytes were infected with TcI/II or TcVI T. cruzi trypomastigotes. RNA was isolated serially post-infection for microarray analysis. Enrichment analyses of differentially expressed genes (fold-change greater than or equal to 2 or less than or equal to 0.5) highlighted the over-represented biological pathways. We found that Oxidative stress-related GO terms, 'Hypertrophy model', 'Apoptosis', and 'MAPK signaling' pathways (all with p less than 0.01) were upregulated. 'Glutathione and one-carbon metabolism' pathway, and 'Cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process' GO term (all with p less than 0.001) were upregulated exclusively in the cardiomyocytes infected with the TcI/II strains. Upregulation in the oxidative stress-related and hypertrophic responses are shared hallmarks with viral myocarditis, another inflammatory cardiac pathology. Nitrogen metabolism upregulation and Glutathione metabolism imbalance may implicate the relation of nitrosative stress and poor oxygen radicals scavenging in the unique pathophysiology of chagasic cardiomyopathy development. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

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Dans ce mini jeu, l'équipe Onizuka composé de Youjacks , Chris (notre invité ) et de Shiro fera face à l'équipe Shin composé de Bobby , Saykonis et Eryn. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lesblabladumanga/message

In today's episode, Amy interviews two special friends and colleagues from Japan, Madoka and Chiaki. Japan is Amy's favorite places on earth and she had the good fortune of being hosted in Japan by Madoka and Japan Yoga Therapy Society (JYTS) in 2018. In this talk we discuss many topics and give you an overview of all things to do with Yoga Therapy in Japan.   They talk about the following:Madoka describes how the Global Yoga Therapy Society was conceived in 2017 The Japan Yoga Therapy Society had a global meeting in 2018 with friends from many countries coming together to create the “Sendai Declaration”Yoga Therapy in Japan is defined as Isometric Yoga and we talk about the technique and share a You Tube link to a class (class given in English)How Isometic Yoga is showing promising research results for Chronic Fatigue SyndromeHow Isometric Yoga is being used by Dentists in JapanThe USA arm of Isometric Yoga: Yoga Nikatan in AZ with Masayo & ChiakiHow Madoka and business partner Yukiko started a Yoga for Business Course in JapanThe bias against creating a business from spiritual teachings and how Madoka overcame her prejudice to create a successful course in Japan If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF's for download.Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health• Yoga Therapy & Physical Health• Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy• Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox• Yoga & Indian Philosophy• Global & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today's podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month's payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourThe new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd    https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website: https://amywheeler.com/ Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.www.OptimalStateApp.comwww.GoldZoneBook.comFacebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler     https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler    Pinterest: TheOptimalState    https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState www.globalyogatherapy.comwww.yogatherapy.jp/Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQngCHfrvk (You Tube Class on CFS)www.yoganikatan.usawww.bijayogaroom.com

Onizuka Eikichi é um rapaz de 22 anos que no seu tempo de escola era líder de uma gangue de motociclistas da pesada e faixa preta em Karate. Depois de se formar numa faculdade de quinta-categoria em Estudos Sociais, resolve exercer a profissão de lecionador, mesmo não tendo a mínima aptidão para o cargo. Com muito sacrifício, Onizuka consegue um emprego em um colégio e vai dar aula para uma turma fora do normal. Utilizando métodos pouco convencionais, ele procura colocar seus alunos na linha, tornando-se amigo, compreendendo-os e mostrando á eles que um professor também possui sentimentos (do modo mais difícil para eles). E claro, aproveitando pra ver as garotas de uniforme escolar e tentar conquistar Azusa Fuyutsuki, uma professora da mesma escola. Neste mangá escrito e ilustrado por Tohru Fujisawa, publicado pela editora NewPOP no Brasil, foi lançado entre os anos de 1997 e 2002, irá te envolver com a ética de Onizuka e sua dedicação em sempre ensinar o certo aos seus alunos, mesmo que algumas vezes seja por linha tortas! Quer ficar atualizado sempre que sair algum conteúdo novo? Gostou do nosso conteúdo? Siga nosso perfil no Instagram, visite nosso site para se integrar mais sobre os episódios e se quiser pode apoiar nosso projeto através do Apoia-se: Site: https://cantinhocast.com.br Apoia-se: https://apoia.se/cantinhocast Instagram: https://instagram.com/cantinho_cast/ Dúvidas, sugestões, caneladas? E-mail: zartel@cantinhocast.com

Welcome (back if you're familiar with the show) to The Home For Anime! In this episode, the greatest podcaster in America (joking!...?) will talk about the (undisputed) greatest teacher in Japan - Eikichi Onizuka - and his dope anime, GTO or Great Teacher Onizuka. It's a show full of heart, laughs, and some of the most detailed funny faces anime has to offer, but don't let this blurb alone convince you, take a listen to this episode! Also, no matter what anyone says (myself included), Onizuka is 22 years old!

Join middle school delinquents Jay and Aaron as they discuss the anime classic GTO Great teacher Onizuka!

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.11.21.391326v1?rss=1 Authors: FUCHS, R. P., Isogawa, A., Paulo, J. A., Onizuka, K., Takahashi, T., Amunugama, R., Duxin, J. P., Fujii, S. Abstract: Temozolomide, a DNA methylating agent, is the primary chemotherapeutic drug used in glioblastoma treatment. TMZ induces mostly N-alkylation adducts (N7-methylguanine and N3-methyladenine) and some O6-methylguanine (O6mG). Current models propose that during DNA replication, thymine is incorporated across from O6mG, promoting a futile cycle of mismatch repair (MMR) that leads to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). To revisit the mechanism of O6mG processing, we reacted plasmid DNA with N-Methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU), a temozolomide mimic, and incubated it in Xenopus egg extracts. We show that in this system, mismatch repair (MMR) proteins are enriched on MNU-treated DNA and we observe robust, MMR-dependent, repair synthesis. Our evidence also suggests that MMR, initiated at O6mG:C sites, is strongly stimulated in cis by repair processing of other lesions, such as N-alkylation adducts. Importantly, MNU-treated plasmids display DSBs in extracts, the frequency of which increased linearly with the square of alkylation dose. We suggest that DSBs result from two independent repair processes, one involving MMR at O6mG:C sites and the other involving BER acting at a nearby N-alkylation adducts. We propose a new, replication-independent mechanism of action of TMZ, that operates in addition to the well-established cell cycle dependent mode of action. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.30.319921v1?rss=1 Authors: Shiga, M., Seno, S., Onizuka, M., Matsuda, H. Abstract: Unsupervised cell clustering is important in discovering cell diversity and subpopulations. Single-cell clustering using gene expression profiles is known to show different results depending on the method of expression quantification; nevertheless, most single-cell clustering methods do not consider the method. In this article, we propose a robust and highly accurate clustering method using joint non-negative matrix factorization (joint NMF) based on multiple gene expression profiles quantified using different methods. Matrix factorization is an excellent method for dimension reduction and feature extraction of data. In particular, NMF approximates the data matrix as the product of two matrices in which all factors are non-negative. Our joint NMF can extract common factors among multiple gene expression profiles by applying each NMF to them under the constraint that one of the factorized matrices is shared among the multiple NMFs. The joint NMF determines more robust and accurate cell clustering results by leveraging multiple quantification methods compared to the conventional clustering methods, which uses only a single quantification method. In conclusion, our study showed that our clustering method using multiple gene expression profiles is more accurate than other popular methods. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Sedetevi con noi tra i banchi di scuola della classe più pazza del Giappone. A cominciare dal suo mitico insegnante, l'ex teppista Onizuka! Oggi parleremo di un'altra opera del Paese del Sol Levante, una tra le più apprezzate e vendute di sempre, e che ha saputo regalare personaggi e situazioni assolutamente indimenticabili.  Stay tuned!

Aprendemos sobre o belo porém bugado Wolcen, sobre Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection e jogos que envelheceram mal; como se esconder e ainda assim morrer em GTFO e mais algumas impressões sobre Legends of Runeterra.E o que você tem a dizer?Deixe seu feedback acessando o post deste podcast, ou mande um e-mail para contato@jogabilida.deLinks Comentados: Compre: As novas camisetas do Jogabilidade! Assista: Vídeo dos Animes Blocos do Podcast: Wolcen: 00:07:53 Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection: 00:31:20 GTFO: 01:05:01 Email 1: 01:20:30 Email 2: 01:32:15 Trilha do Podcast: “Late Nite Funk Squad”, por David Tobin, Jeff Meegan e Malcolm Edmonstone Álbum "Maverick Rising" disponível em http://ocremix.org

Boom baby ! Aujourd'hui on va aborder l'empereur le plus cool de l'univers, celui qui a le meilleur groove. Je parle bien entendu de Kuzco ! Venez rigoler avec nous les copains ! Références : Benoit Dupac/ Onizuka : Benoit Dupac est le doubleur de Onizuka, personnage principal de GTO, un manga très sympa ! Roger/Guy Chapelier : Roger est l'extra terrestre dans American Dad, et Guy Chapelier est son doubleur français. Mulan/Le Roi Lion/Aladin : Trois des Disney les plus appréciés. Rox et Rouky : Un Disney très enfantin. « Et ça c'est... Pas bien ? » : Réplique de Kuzco. Emmanuel Curtil : Doubleur français assez prolifique que l'on connait, nous, surtout pour être Chandler et Tom. American History X : Film contre la propagande antisémite, dont on a parlé dans notre podcast précédent. La Cité de la Peur : L'un des films majeurs des Nuls qui est absolument génial. Sting : C'est un chanteur du coup j'imagine ? John Goodman : Alors non il est pas mort. Ah, bah Marine le dit après. Zootopie : L'un des Disney les plus récents. Un des meilleurs aussi. « Peur justifiée.... Ca me fait penser à Kaamelott » : Dans une scène de Kaamelott, Arthur dit à Guethenoc qu'il va venir démonter sa cabane pour récuperer du bois, prérogative militaire/ A ce moment Léodagan dit qu'il avait oublié cette loi, et Arthur, disant qu'il ne lui en avait jamais parlé de peur qu'il rase toute les cabanes du coin. Et donc... Peur justifiée ! Ed Wood : Une biopic d'un cinéaste déplorable, c'est interéssant. Pirates de Caraïbes : C'est connu je pense. De tout le monde. Triple Alliance : Grosse comédie romantique bien pourrie que Marine a déjà déconseillé. Jaime Lannister : Personnage interprété par Nikolaj dans Game Of Thrones. David Fincher : Réalisateur de Seven et Fight Club, entre autres. Miaulement de chat : On entend Sweeney miauler dans cette émission. J'aurai pu l'effacer au montage, mais je tiens à le laisser, car, aujourd'hui même, Sweeney, le chat qui miaule, a poussé son dernier miaulement. Paix à son âme. Heavy Rain : Jeu vidéo des studios Quantic Dream qui est vraiment bien ! Cold Case : Série policière américaine vachement bien. Brisby et le secret de Nihm : Un dessin animé qui a une très bonne réputation.

In this video we debate the best Anime mentors of all time using a tournament bracket that features our 16 favorite Anime mentors ever! Featuring: Tekking101, YaroShien, Nux Taku, All Day Anime, AnimeUproar

Today on Bytemarks Café, Burt and Ryan talk to the Boy Scouts not only about including girls in the troops, but evolving the Makahiki into the Onizuka Day of Exploration.

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HellooooooOOO !!!! C’est Baagy qui vous parle !!! Aujourd’hui je suis venu vous présenter le tout nouveau Zapping Télé qui a fait office d’exclusivité à l’Epita convention et sur lequel les visiteurs ont pu enregistrer leur voix à la place des personnages. Je suis content que beaucoup de gens aient aimé cet épisode spécial et maintenant, c’est à votre tour! Pour faire un bref résumé : Imaginez que la personne chargée des fiches des personnages à Japanimation ait un peu bu la veille et mélange toutes les fiches. Ça pourrait donner quelque chose comme ça : Le Zapping des Mangas 322 téléchargements – 6 MB Avec :  Baagy dans les rôles de Baagy, Sacha, Pikachu, Soldat, Kogoro, Hiruma, Kurita, Arbitre, Jean-philippe et Sebastian. Artekyon dans les rôles de Naruto, Onizuka, Jean-Louis et Ken. Erika dans les rôles de Lucy et Alphonse. Richoult dans les rôles de Light, Gendô et Oolong. PrincessMagic dans les rôles de Chopper et Sakura. Paxel dans les rôles de YuGi, Ichigo et Olivier. Vous pouvez retrouvez d’autres Zapping sur le site de Baagy. N’hésitez pas a commenter, critiquer et surtout partager !

HellooooooOOO !!!! C’est Baagy qui vous parle !!! Aujourd’hui je suis venu vous présenter le tout nouveau Zapping Télé qui a fait office d’exclusivité à l’Epita convention et sur lequel les visiteurs ont pu enregistrer leur voix à la place des personnages. Je suis content que beaucoup de gens aient aimé cet épisode spécial et maintenant, c’est à votre tour! Pour faire un bref résumé : Imaginez que la personne chargée des fiches des personnages à Japanimation ait un peu bu la veille et mélange toutes les fiches. Ça pourrait donner quelque chose comme ça : Le Zapping des Mangas ( 6 MB) Cliquez pour télécharger - 564 téléchargements Avec :  Baagy dans les rôles de Baagy, Sacha, Pikachu, Soldat, Kogoro, Hiruma, Kurita, Arbitre, Jean-philippe et Sebastian. Artekyon dans les rôles de Naruto, Onizuka, Jean-Louis et Ken. Erika dans les rôles de Lucy et Alphonse. Richoult dans les rôles de Light, Gendô et Oolong. PrincessMagic dans les rôles de Chopper et Sakura. Paxel dans les rôles de YuGi, Ichigo et Olivier. Vous pouvez retrouvez d’autres Zapping sur le site de Baagy. N’hésitez pas a commenter, critiquer et surtout partager !

animé par Thérèse Albert, directrice du SPIP de Saint Martin de Ré, avec Noémie Mahé et Natasjja Gros (Synapse) et la participation du slameur Onizuka

Olá pessoas lindas! Vocês estão bem? Hoje é dia do podcast de GTO. Aliás.  E nesse momento vocês devem se perguntar, onde está então o cast de Accel World? Eu digo à vocês onde está! Aconteceu uma coisa tensa com ele, então tivemos que regravar. Já foi regravado, então esperem mais um pouquinho. Agora para … O post AFS Podcast – 082 – GTO – Great Teacher Onizuka – O Pai dos Memes apareceu primeiro em Anime Freak Show v7.0.

Le pilote vidéo consacré à GTO !

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Manga review of GTO Volume 13 by Tohru Fujisawa. Translated and adapted by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated OT-- Age 16+. So the Holy Forest class trip to Okinawa is happening. Onizuka is having fun with the trip, bunking his class co-ed in the hotel, even sometimes shacking up arch enemies together. But something else got his attention last volume. One of his students, Kikuchi, told him about a legend concerning a Christian missionary that had buried 2 billion yen worth of treasure on Iriomote Jima, a sparsely populated island which is one of the wildest and most unexplored areas of Japan, consisting mostly of subtropical jungle. Deceiving most of his students, Onizuka tells them that they will be conducting research on how sea turtle eggs taste. Yep, that's the excuse he gives to make them start digging for the treasure! As they trek through the jungle, Noboru gets kidnapped by Anko and her cronies and they drag him deep into the wild. They tie him up, thinking that Onizuka will get blamed for his disapperance. Instead, the girls realize they have become lost. When Anko falls into a sea cave, it's Noboru to the rescue, which sets off a chain reaction leading to one of the most unlikely romances I've come across in the series so far.   The cool thing about GTO is that Fujisawa always uses the characters as the focus. Yeah, he puts Onizuka in there with all his rudeness and crudeness, but in the end all the kids and teachers are human beings. Yes, even Uchiyamada, who sets out to bring Onizuka down once again, only to find himself being lapped danced and boob slapped at a strip club and then ending up dredged in a fish net! The spotlight of volume 13 is on the evolving relationship between Noboru and Anko, which goes back to the earliest volumes of GTO. If you remember, Noboru was being bullied by Anko and her crew so much, he attempted to kill himself. My, how far we've come, thanks to Onizuka. Now, thanks to their test of survival, it might be that Anko and Noboru might end up loving each other! In some other manga series, characters are introduced and seem major before they move back into a supporting role forever. You have the sense in GTO that any character can step up into a starring role at any time if it serves the story. It can get repetitive at times because in the end GTO's main purpose is to find a way to reach every kid in his class, no matter how much they may hate him. But finding out how he reaches them is what is fun. My Grade: A You can listen to my podcast review of Volume 1: http://sesho.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=319225 (I will say this. GTO is one of the titles Tokyopop has lost the license to publish, so I wouldn't dally if you want to try this series out. The entire series is now out of print)

Manga Review of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Volume 9 by Tohru Fujisawa (creator of Rose Hip Zero, Rose Hip Rose, GTO: The Early Years, and Tokko).  Translated and adapted by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. Ruraka is still trying to avoid the fated prophecy of her dreams in which GTO became her true love. She and her friends were willing to do anything to break the charm, including using black magic cookies to poison Onizuka. They finally have the last ingredient: GTO's pubic hair! Now they intend to cook up some cursed cookies, but how are they gonna get GTO to eat them? Azusa has some problems of her own as she begins to garner more and more attention from her male students. They think she is very cute and are basically willing to become her lapdogs in order to curry favor. This doesn't sit too well with the female students and their jealousy soon turns to rage as they begin to pull all sorts of pranks meant to hurt Asuza. And don't think that after nine volumes, GTO has made peace with all of his students. Miyabi and her pals are still deadset on getting him fired and blackmail another teacher in order to get his aid in their quest. As always, GTO piles on the humor but also touches on some important issues in education. One of the main themes hit upon in this volume is the lack of a significant age gap in young teachers that are starting their careers in high school. Basically, the closer you are in age to your students, the harder it is for them to respect you as an authority figure. It's probably not a good idea for a young 22-year-old teacher straight out of college to begin their career as a high school instructor. Especially if you're a pretty woman or a handsome guy. It brings all kinds of weird factors into play as seen in GTO. Students can sometimes see you as a romantic interest since you are so close in age. Azusa made no moves on any of the guys in her class. Not in the slightest. It just comes naturally to guys to treat pretty women with more kindness than ugly ones. It's just something in the hormones I guess. Probably everybody male or female had a teacher sometime in their school career that was so good looking or pretty that everyone wanted to be in their class simply to be around them. It doesn't help that Azusa is a very kind person and seems a bit helpless. Again, it plays on the male chivalry gene. Fujisawa's art is sparkling and masterful as always and the humor is deadon hilarious. My Grade: A+  

Manga Review of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Volume 8 by Tohru Fujisawa. Translated and adapted by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. Tohru Fujisawa starts Volume 8 of GTO out pretty cleverly by doing a whole chapter from Onizuka's first person point of view. In fact, we never even hear him talk. All the dialogue comes from Saejima, one of his old motorcycle gang buddies that holds an even more surprising job than GTO. Saejima is a cop! But he's not above swiping seized drugs and hiring call girls. He's probably not the best guy to go to in times of moral crisis. But Onizuka is desperate. He's being driven crazy by Urumi Kanzaki, the legendary school terrorist that GTO almost buried alive last volume. She's basically made him her slave by threatening to tell the authorities about the incident. GTO is looking for a way out of the situation or to reach Urumi and turn her to the good side. Or to at least make her value her life. You see, Urumi lost her faith in not only teachers, but in humanity and life in general back in the 6th grade. GTO and some other students, including Urumi, run into Ms. Fujimori, her 5th and 6th grade teacher. Back then, Urumi was recognized as being gifted and talented with a genius level IQ, and she never caused any trouble. Ms. Fujimori did something pretty horrible to her due to her lack of maturity and teaching experience that has caused a wound inside Urumi that continues to fester to this day. It's up to GTO to heal her soul and, as he quite eloquently states, "open up her butthole", to let out all the crap that she's been holding inside of herself. The cool thing about GTO besides all the great art, vulgarity, and humor, is the fact that it takes up some pretty powerful issues that continue to be argued about in education and probably always will be. This volume takes up the debate about whether teachers coming out of college with no experience are equipped to deal with gifted and talented students. Fujisawa appears to give a big NO as the answer to this question. Everyone can probably recall a classmate sometime during their school career that always seemed to have the answer to a teacher's question. You might have also encountered someone that seemed SMARTER than your teacher as well. Some of them would even argue with the teacher when they found something wrong with their reasoning or a fact they found erroneous. The fact is that a lot of really smart kids are BORED in a typical public school. In the best case, these kids should be placed in more advanced classes, or if they must stay in a regular class, the teacher has to give them more intellectually challenging activities. Ms. Fujimori found herself ill equipped to serve Urumi's needs and started to resent her because she began to fear that maybe Urumi was smarter than her because she came from a second rate college. A teacher should never belittle a student because of their own insecurities. Tohru Fujisawa continues to crank out volume after volume of comedy, drama, action, outstanding art, and great theses on what is wrong with the current state of government run, assembly line education models. Excellent series. My Grade: A

Podcast manga review of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka volume 7 by Tohru Fujisawa. Translated by Dan Papia. Originally published by Kodansha in Japan. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. Well, it looks like Onizuka has foiled the plans of Teshigawara and Mrs. Oda. He's become quite the celebrity after rescuing Oda's daughter, Hidemi, from some thugs who had kidnapped her to blackmail Hidemi's father, an important politician. But GTO got shot in the process. Can you believe he not only took the National Scholastic Achievement Test before going to the hospital, but also scored the highest in the country? So his job seems safe for the time being, but a new enemy rears its pretty head in his class. Her name is Urumi Kanzaki, a legendary classroom terror that had dropped out of school, much to the delight of the Holy Forest faculty. Now she's returning with the express purpose of torturing GTO. My Grade: A

Manga Review of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Volume 6 by Tohru Fujisawa. Translated by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. Things were not going very good for GTO at the end of Volume 5. Representatives from "The Mother and Child Victim's Support Group" showed up at school demanding to observe Onizuka's classroom. It seems they have gotten word of inappropriate behavior in his class and they want to check it out for themselves. Wouldn't you know it that GTO is on one of his slightly crazy kicks and is walking the halls wearing nothing but suspenders, a bizarre elephant head tutu around his crotch area, and some boots! In a hard to miss Freudian metaphor, Onizuka sprays some sort of substance, which I can only hope was water, out of his trunk onto the face of the leader of the support group. He's on the verge of losing his position, but Teshigawara, the evil math teacher, wants to make sure Onizuka never gets another teaching job for the rest of his life. He wants to expose him for the unqualified joke that he really is. He proposes a plan to Ms. Oda, the support group leader, in which Onizuka will take the National Scholastic Achievement Test. This is an academic test that students take three times a year. If GTO is able to make the top score in the country, then he will be able to keep his job. If he can't do this then he will have to give up being a teacher forever. Of course, we all know Onizuka is a complete moron so there is little hope he will even pass it, much less ace it. Since he only has a week to prepare, Azusa invites him to stay over at her place so she can coach. You can imagine the fantasies that start going through our hero's head when he hears this proposition. The main thing that this volume and the series as a whole has going for it is its humor. Tohru Fujisawa is a great master of the common joke. He can make you laugh. When Onizuka starts daydreaming about all the fun he's going to have staying over at Azusa's (He actually visualizes the info he has to study being written on her naked body), he is rudely awakened when he finds out the dictatorial study regimen she has laid out for him. And some incredibly horrifying dishes to eat as well. He goes to an almost exclusive diet of grilled tuna head. She even supplies extra tuna eyeballs for him to eat that supposedly increase brain activity. Besides that she has electric head bands, pyramid triangles, wave generators, memoryman headphones, alpha wave music, and computer software to aid him. It doesn't really bode too well for his confidence that she's willing to go to such extreme lengths. The art is great as usual and is drawn very realistically. While there are moments of visual morphing during moments of humor or high emotion, there aren't any chibi figures to be seen in this series. So while the humor can be very funny, it never achieves this through drawing characters in wacky styles. It is done more by having the characters react to certain situations or to each other. Fujisawa also handles the action sequences very well. A great read. A great series.   My Grade: A  

GTO volume 2 by Tohru Fujisawa manga review. Translated by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated Older Teen 16+. Onizuka's training is over and he is all set to become a full-fledged teacher. He thinks he made such a good impression at Musashino High where he student taught that he will be getting a call anytime telling him that he has been hired. He even skips taking the teacher exam because he thinks the position is his. Imagine his shock when his friend brings his attention to a newscast that states that you have to pass the teacher exam to teach at a city school! Onizuka is relieved to learn that he can still teach at a private school and is able to arrange an interview at Holy Forest Private Academy. On the way there he headbutts a man groping a young woman's ass on the train. An ass that Onizuka himself was thinking about squeezing. By coencidence, it turns out that the young lady, Azusa Fuyutsuki, is also interviewing for a teaching job at Holy Forest. Unfortunately, the Vice Principal that interviews him is the very same bald old dude that he headbutted on the train! Will this be the end of Onizuka's teaching career? My Rating: A+