Great Teacher Onizuka

, in short ***GTO***, is a Japanese shōnen manga series. It was created by Tooru Fujisawa. It was originally published in _Weekly Shōnen Magazine_ from May 1997 to April 2002. The story focuses on 22-year-old Eikichi Onizuka. He becomes a teacher at a private middle school, Holy Forest Academy, in Tokyo, Japan. _Shonan Junai Gumi_ (lit. "Shōnan True Love Group") and _Bad Company_ are other manga series by Tooru Fujisawa. They focus on the life of Onizuka before he became a teacher in _Great Teacher Onizuka_.

A twelve-episode Japanese television drama running from July to September 1998 was created based on this manga. A live-action film directed by Masayuki Suzuki and released in December 1999 was also created based on this manga. A 43-episode anime television series based on this manga aired in Japan by Fuji Television and Animax from June 1999 to September 2000. Both the anime and manga have been licensed in North America by Tokyopop. A second live action series aired in Japan during 2012, and two more in 2014. It won the 1998 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen category.

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **name**: Great Teacher Onizuka
- **ja kanji**: グレート・ティーチャー・オニヅカ
- **ja romaji**: Gurēto Tīchā Onizuka
- **genre**: Comedy-drama


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Tohru Fujisawa
- **publisher**: Kodansha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Shōnen Magazine
- **first**: May 16, 1997
- **last**: April 17, 2002
- **volumes**: 25
- **volume list**: List of Great Teacher Onizuka chapters


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: drama
- **director**: Masayuki Suzuki
- **writer**: Kazuhiko Yukawa
- **network**: Fuji TV
Kansai TV
- **first**: July 7, 1998
- **last**: September 22, 1998
- **episodes**: 12 + 1 Special


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: live film
- **director**: Masayuki Suzuki
- **released**: 1999
- **runtime**: 140 minutes


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Noriyuki Abe
- **writer**: Masashi Sogo
- **music**: Yusuke Honma
- **studio**: Pierrot (company), Pierrot
- **network**: Fuji TV
- **first**: June 30, 1999
- **last**: September 24, 2000
- **episodes**: 43
- **episode list**: List of Great Teacher Onizuka episodes


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **title**: GTO Shonan 14 Days
- **author**: Tohru Fujisawa
- **publisher**: Kodansha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Shōnen Magazine
- **first**: June 10, 2009
- **last**: November 16, 2011
- **volumes**: 9


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: drama
- **director**: Imai Kazuhisa
- **producer**: Kasai Hideyuki
Yamamoto Yoshihiko
- **writer**: Masaki Fukuzawa
- **music**: Haneoka Kei
- **network**: Fuji TV
Kansai TV
- **first**: July 3, 2012
- **last**: September 11, 2012
- **episodes**: 11 + 3 Special


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: drama
- **title**: GTO In Taiwan
- **director**: Imai Kazuhisa
- **writer**: Junpei Yamaoka
- **music**: Haneoka Kei
- **network**: Fuji TV
Kansai TV
- **first**: March 22, 2014
- **last**: April 12, 2014
- **episodes**: 4


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **title**: GTO: Paradise Lost
- **author**: Tohru Fujisawa
- **publisher**: Kodansha
- **demographic**: _Seinen manga, Seinen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Young Magazine
- **first**: April 14, 2014
- **volumes**: 11


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: drama
- **director**: Ken Iizuka
- **network**: Fuji TV
Kansai TV
- **first**: July 8, 2014
- **last**: September 16, 2014
- **episodes**: 11


## Infobox (animanga/footer)