The Gokusen (ごくせん) is a 2004 anime series based on the manga by Kozueko Morimoto. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Josei's You magazine from 2000 to 2007 with a total of 17 volumes.
The anime series was animated by Madhouse, directed by Yuzo Sato, and aired originally on Japan's Nippon TV from January 7 2004 to March 31, 2004, consisting of 13 episodes. An English dub from Media Blasters was released the same year via AnimeWorks, with it produced by NYAV Post, with it released in three DVDs. It also aired in the United States on Encore Wam in 2006.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Kumiko Yamaguchi / Yankumi |
Risa Hayamizu | Carrie Keranen | |
| Shin Sawada | Kenichi Suzumura | Kevin T. Collins | |
| Shirokin High School | |||
| 3rd Year | |||
| Haruhiko Uchiyama / Uchi |
Yōichi Masukawa | Jamie McGonnigal | |
| Teruo Kumai / Kuma |
Hiromi Sugino | Ted Lewis | |
| Yōichi Minami | Takurō Nakakuni | Sebastian Arcelus | |
| Takeshi Noda | Isao Yamagishi | Matt Caplan | |
| Shizuka Fujiyama | Rika Matsumoto | Suzanne Gilad | |
| Ichirō Tsuruta | Tadahisa Saizen | Marc Thompson | |
| Akira Kinoshita | ¿? | Dan Green | |
| Staff | |||
| Gorō Sawatari (Vice Principal) |
Ken Uo | Marc Diraison | |
| Gonzō Shirakawa | Tomohiro Nishimura | James Carter Cathcart | |
| Atsushi Eguchi | Katsushiro Toyokawa | Edward Napier | |
| Kōhei Iwamoto | Hisanori Koyatsu | Sean Schemmel | |
| Kiyoshi Hachida | Hideo Watanabe | ¿? | |
| Kuroda Family/Ōedo Clan | |||
| Ryūichirō Kuroda | Chikao Ōtsuka | Dan Green | |
| Kyōtarō Ōshima / Kyo-san |
Norio Wakamoto | Peter Ganim | |
| Kōzō Wakamatsu | Kenji Anan | Mike Pollock | |
| Minoru Tatsukawa | Hiroaki Yoshida | Sean Schemmel | |
| Tetsu Asakura | Keiji Hirai | Maddie Blaustein | |
| Fuji Kuroda | Seizō Katō | Jon Avner | |
| Carlos | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Sean Kenin | |
| Tomoya Shinohara | Katsuyuki Konishi | Josh Mosby | |
| Other Characters | |||
| Parents | |||
| Gō Sawada (Sawada's Father) |
Akio Nojima | David Moo | |
| Others | |||
| Hiroki Kudō | Chihiro Suzuki | Tom Wayland | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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| Sonomura | Makoto Yasumura | Michael Sinterniklaas | 2 | |
| Ishizuka | Shigeru Mogi | |||
| Sayuri Kumai | Eri Saitō | Erica Schroeder | 3 | |
| Yasue | Yūko Yano | Carol Jacobanis | 3, 5 | |
| Tanaka | Takahiro Fujimoto | Michael Sinterniklaas | 4, 10, 13 | |
| Kakita | Otoya Kawano | James Carter Cathcart | 5 | |
| Chairman | Mugihito | J. David Brimmer | ||
| Ichikawa | Hiroki Shimowada | Michael Sinterniklaas | 7 | |
| Ohashi | Atsushi Imaruoka | Dan Green | ||
| Amuro | Ryūsaku Chijiwa | John Abernathe | 8 | |
| Haraguchi | Makoto Yasumura | Marc Thompson | 10 | |
| Miyata | Wataru Takagi | Josh Mosby | ||
| Professor of Comedy | Tarō Masuoka | J. David Brimmer | ||
| Kamei | Wataru Hatano | Ben McQuail | 12 | |
| Etsurō Kōda | Yōji Ueda | Sean Kenin | ||
| Nekomata | Ikkei Seta | Maddie Blaustein | 13 | |
| Nakanishi | Yasuhiro Fujiwara | J. David Brimmer | ||
| Toda | Makoto Yasumura | Sean Kenin |
Additional Voices[]
- John Abernathe
- Jefferey M. Bender
- Jonathan Boggs
- J. David Brimmer
- Matt Caplan
- James Carter Cathcart
- Marc Diraison
- Michal Friedman
- Suzanne Gilad
- Wayne Grayson
- Dan Green
- Carol Jacobanis
- Sean Kenin
- Ted Lewis
- Tiffany Randol
- Erica Schroeder
- Marc Shanahan
- Marc Thompson
- Tom Wayland
- Jeff Wills
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Media Blasters | 2004-2005 | 
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The Complete Series | 1
NTSC |
United States | 
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| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2005 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2006 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
| 2008 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 3 Discs | ||||||
External Links[]
- The Gokusen at the Internet Movie Database
- The Gokusen (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- The Gokusen on Behind The Voice Actors