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GTO - Semester 1 Box Set

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Starting off, the amazon synopsis says this set is just one disc. Well, it isn't, it is five disc. The first five disc of the series in fact, just as if you're buying them separatly but definitly more cheaper.
Now on to the review, the series is about a former biker leader, Onizuka, who wants to be not only a teacher but the best teacher japan has ever seen. Of course their are obstacles such as other teachers, pta, and of course students that want to get rid of Onizuka because of his juvenile behavior, and the students have student-teacher complexes. The animation is quite old school, meaning it has like Lupin animation; nothing like the action animes out. The series is a comedy but does have serious parts, and most episodes have a deep lesson that has been taught. A definite recommendation!

Great Teacher Onizuka is one of the most underated anime's to be licensed in America. If you expect a series about a car driver or biker you are on ball... sorta. In this quirky anime Biker Eikichi Onizuka, 22 years old, stumbles onto a job teaching at an academy called Holy Forest. There a whole lot of insane antics occur and you begin to warm up to what is "Great Teacher Onizuka" he is stupid, he is a man of action, and he is cool. If you like Initial D then you will like this series as jokes are made about Initial D in this anime on occasion. The language and nudity in this show are very tame, not too much is seen throughout. This series caught my attention when I was in the 8th grade, I randomly picked up volume 1 of it on DvD at Sam Goody and I was pleased; so pleased I bought the whole series overtime(I recently got semester 2 of this showGTO Box Set - Semester 2 it was just as good.)

This is a great series. It has some life lessons and makes you think a little. Caution though, there are some suggestive themes seeing that the main character is a slight perv.

Series goes places I haven't seen others go. I have never before seen an anime based around ex-thug teacher. The show starts off very well showing how down hill some kids in school have gone, and how Onizoka can not only relate but actually get respect from what other teachers classify as "trash".

Onizoka is also a bit of pervert, who gets into teaching to meet and have power over high school girls. But as it goes on he develops a sense of morales, and learns that doing that may not be a bright move considering his past gang affiliation.

I'm still watching it sadly, but have put these box sets on my wish list, and plan seriously on adding them to my collection.