High School! Kimengumi

High School! Kimengumi (Japanese: ハイスクール!奇面組, Hepburn: Haisukūru! Kimengumi, lit. "High School! Funny-face Club") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series Third Year Funny-face Club was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1980 to April 1982. High School! Kimengumi was serialized in the same magazine from April 1982 to July 1987.

High School! Kimengumi
Cast shot from High School! Kimengumi
ハイスクール!奇面組
(Hai Sukūru! Kimengumi)
Manga
Third Year Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 13, 1980 – April 12, 1982
Volumes6
Manga
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 19, 1982 – July 6, 1987
Volumes20
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Fukutomi
Written by
Studio
Original networkFuji TV
Original run October 12, 1985 – September 26, 1987
Episodes86
Anime film
Directed byMakoto Moriwaki
StudioStudio Comet
ReleasedJuly 12, 1986
Runtime51 minutes
Manga
Return of High School! Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published byMagazine House Ltd.
MagazinePopeye
DemographicSeinen
PublishedDecember 1, 2000
Volumes1
Manga
Flash! Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published bySquare Enix
ImprintGangan Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original run2001 – 2005
Volumes3

An anime television series aired from October 1985 to September 1987 and an animated film premiered in July 1986.[1][2]

A sequel to the manga titled Flash! Funny-face Club was published in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2005.

Summary
Main article: List of High School! Kimengumi characters

High School! Kimengumi is an episodic chronicle of the bizarre adventures of a group of misfit junior high school (and later high school) boys who form a club known as the "Kimengumi". All of the character names in the series are puns. For example, "Kawa Yui" is another way of saying "kawaii", and "Uru Chie" is a slang form of "urusai", meaning "obnoxious" or "annoying".

Media

Manga
Return of Highschool! Kimengumi

High School! Kimengumi is written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. A first series titled Third Year Funny-face Club (3年奇面組, Sannen Kimengumi) was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 13, 1980 to April 12, 1982.[3][4] Shueisha compiled the individual chapters into six tankōbon volumes published between August 15, 1981 and January 8, 1983.[5][6] High School! Kimengumi was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 19, 1982 to July 6, 1987.[7][8] Shueisha released the individual chapters into twenty volumes published between April 8, 1983 and February 10, 1988.[9][10] Another series titled Return of High School! Funny-face Club (帰ってきたハイスクール!奇面組, Kaettekita Haisukūru! Kimengumi) was published by Popeye on December 1, 2000.[11] Shueisha later released the series into a single volume on February 4, 2004.[12]

A new series titled Flash! Funny-face Club (フラッシュ!奇面組, Furasshu! Kimengumi) was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2005. It was compiled into three tankōbon volumes published from July 22, 2002 and July 22, 2005.[13][14]

Third Year Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01 August 15, 1981[5]4-08-851341-X
02 November 15, 1981[15]4-08-851342-8
03 March 15, 1982[16]4-08-851343-6
04 July 15, 1982[17]4-08-851344-4
05 October 8, 1982[18][19]4-08-851345-2
06 January 8, 1983[20][6]4-08-851346-0
High School! Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01 April 8, 1983[21][9]4-08-851347-9
02 July 8, 1983[22][23]4-08-851348-7
03 October 7, 1983[24][25]4-08-851349-5
04 December 8, 1983[26][27]4-08-851350-9
05 February 10, 1984[28][29]4-08-851351-7
06 April 10, 1984[30][31]4-08-851352-5
07 July 10, 1984[32][33]4-08-851353-3
08 December 7, 1984[34][35]4-08-851354-1
09 March 8, 1985[36][37]4-08-851355-X
10 March 8, 1985[38][39]4-08-851356-8
11 September 10, 1985[40][41]4-08-851357-6
12 February 10, 1986[42][43]4-08-851358-4
13 May 9, 1986[44][45]4-08-851359-2
14 August 8, 1986[46][47]4-08-851360-6
15 December 5, 1986[48][49]4-08-851365-7
16 February 10, 1987[50][51]4-08-851366-5
17 April 10, 1987[52][53]4-08-851367-3
18 August 10, 1987[54][55]4-08-851368-1
19 August 10, 1987[56][57]4-08-851369-X
20 February 10, 1988[58][10]4-08-851370-3
Flash! Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01 July 22, 2002[13]4-7575-0735-6
02 July 22, 2003[59]4-7575-0981-2
03 July 22, 2005[14]4-7575-1475-1

Anime
Main article: List of High School! Kimengumi episodes

A 86-episode anime adaptation produced by NAS and Fuji Television was broadcast in Japan from October 12, 1985 to September 21, 1987 on Fuji TV.

Songs

The theme songs, with the exceptions of the fifth ending and insert Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi, were performed by various sub-groups or former members of Onyanko Club:

Opening themes
  1. Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi
  2. Zō-san no Scanty
  3. Nagisa no "..." (Kagi Kakko)
  4. Waza Ari!
  5. Kashiko
  6. Toki no Kawa wo Koete
  7. Anata wo Shiritai

Insert songs
  • Abunai Sa·ka·na
  • Watashi ha Chie no Wa (Puzzling)
  • Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi

Closing themes
  1. Jogakusei no Ketsui
  2. Banana no Namida
  3. Neko Jita Gokoro mo Koi no Uchi
  4. Not Only ★ But Also
  5. Chotto Karai Aitsu
  6. Pythagoras wo Buttobase
  7. Ushirogami Hikaretai
  8. Tatsutori Ato wo Nigosazu

Video releases

Kimengumi has been released on DVD in Japan in two different box set releases. The movie was released as part of the second DVD set in 2008.

High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 1
Pioneer LDC, 2001-05-25
High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 2
Pioneer LDC, 2001-07-25
High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 3
Pioneer LDCA, 2001-09-21
High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 1
E-Net Frontier, 2007-12-21
High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 2
E-Net Frontier, 2008-02-22

Video games
Kimengumi boardgame
Pachinko F series

There is a traditional boardgame based on the series titled High School! Kimengumi Game, released by Bandai. Three video games have been based on the series:

There is also a series of pachinko games based on the series manufactured by Maruhon [62]

Reception

In a 2006 survey of celebrities by TV Asahi, High School! Kimengumi was listed as #87 on a list of the top 100 favorite anime series.[63]

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