Majisuka Gakuen Explained

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Kanji:マジすか学園
Alt Name:Majisuka Academy
Genre:Teen drama
Action
Comedy
Creator:Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48
Director:Futoshi Sato
Keisuke Toyoshima
Yoichi Matsunaga
Starring:AKB48
Theme Music Composer:Yasushi Akimoto
Open Theme:"Majisuka Rock N' Roll" (Season 1)
"Yankee Soul" (Season 2)
"Ponkotsu Blues" (Season 3)
"Majisuka Fight" (Season 4)
"Yankee Machinegun" (Season 5)
"Yuri wo Sakaseru ka? (Season 7)
End Theme:"Sakura no Shiori" (Season 1)
"Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (Season 2)
"Douki" (Season 3)
"Yankee Rock" (Season 4)
"Gunzou"(Season 5)
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese
Num Seasons:8
Num Episodes:58
Producer:Junpei Nakagawa
Shinji Okabe
Kazuhiko Abiru
Yuji Ishida
Saya Hidemi
Runtime:30 Minutes
Company:TV Tokyo (Seasons 1-3)
Dentsu
AKS
Channel:TV Tokyo Seasons 1-3
Nippon TV Season 4 & part of Season 5
Hulu Japan Season 5

(lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48.

The first season aired in 2010 on TV Tokyo.[1] A second season Majisuka Gakuen 2 was aired the following year.

The third season is set in a different continuity from the previous seasons, and was aired on July 13, 2012.

In 2015, the series moved to NTV and the fourth season, which returned to the same continuity as seasons 1 and 2, was aired on January 19, 2015. On the same year, a fifth season was announced and for the first time will be aired exclusively on internet, by the streaming site Hulu Japan, because NTV only broadcast the first two episodes on August 24 due to various scenes of violence, which did not justify full season showing on TV.[2]

A special spin-off from the fourth and fifth seasons of the series, titled, is a prequel to season 4. It was the first to feature members of HKT48 as the main cast and was produced in collaboration with the rock band Kishidan. It was aired on November 28, 2015, on NTV at 25:05 JST and run for half an hour.[3]

Another spinoff titled Kyabasuka Gakuen aired in 2016. It is set after the events of season 4, and is an alternate continuity to season 5. In a departure from the fist-fighting theme of previous seasons, it saw the cast opening and running a hostess club.

The latest iteration of the series is Majimuri Gakuen, aired in July 2018, which features an entirely new cast and continuity, and was set at a different school.[4]

Seasons

Season Episodes Premiere Finale Main character Network
112January 9, 2010March 27, 2010Atsuko MaedaTV Tokyo
212April 16, 2011July 2, 2011Jurina Matsui
Atsuko Maeda
TV Tokyo
312July 14, 2012October 6, 2012Haruka ShimazakiTV Tokyo
410January 20, 2015March 30, 2015Sakura Miyawaki
Haruka Shimazaki
Nippon Television
512August 24, 2015October 27, 2015Sakura MiyawakiHulu
Spin-Off: 01November 28, 2015November 28, 2015HKT48Nippon Television, Hulu

1st Season Cast

Majisuka All-Girls High School

Homeroom 2-C

Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"

Other Students

Faculty

Yabakune All-Girls High School

Yagi All-Girls High School

Atsuko's family

2nd Season Cast

Majisuka All-Girls High School

Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"

Tsu no Ji Rengō

Other Students

2nd Year

Faculty

Majisuka Graduates

Yabakune All-Girls High School

Other Students

Yabakune Graduates

Sutegoro High School

Others

3rd Season Cast

Prison "HOPE"

Team Habu

Team Mongoose

Other Prisoners

Prison Staff

Others

4th Season Cast

Majisuka All-Girls High School

Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"

Team Hinabe (2nd Year)

Kamisori & Zombie (1st Year)

3rd Year

2nd Year

Gekioko High School Nursing Department

3rd Year

2nd Year

Year Unknown (Most Likely 1st Year)

Casual Diner: Asobina

Majisuka Graduates

Yabakune All-Girls High School

4th Season Gaiden

Episodes

5th Season Cast

Majisuka All-Girls High School

Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"

Team Hinabe

1st Year Students

Other students

Gekioko High School Nursing Department

Yabakune All-Girls High School

Casual Diner: Asobina

Majisuka Graduates

Cameo appearance

5th Season Gaiden

Episodes

Spin-Off Season: 0: Kisarazu Rantōhen

Shekarashika Joshi Shōgyō

In prior to change school to Majisuka All-Girls High School, her hair is a long ponytail before it was cut short. She also tried to avoid fighting other Yankee.

Kisarazu Yankee Corps

Kyabasuka Gakuen (2016)

See main article: Kyabasuka Gakuen.

Majimuri Gakuen (2018)

The story is set at Utopia Arashigaoka, a new town created by the real estate company Gosaki Land. In the Arashigaoka Gakuen private school, the students are divided into and statuses with a strict social hierarchy, with Aran Gosaki, also known as Kaiser (Hinata Honma), at the top as the student council president. Sayuri "Lily" Shimizu (Yui Oguri), a mysterious girl with formidable fighting skills, transferred to the school and become friends with Hina Asahi (Rin Okabe), Ikumi "Bara" Kuwabara (Mion Mukaichi), and Sumire Yamamoto (Narumi Kuranoo). Calling themselves the, they fight to put an end to the school hierarchy and Kaiser's tyranny, while also facing the impending threat from the Arechi Technical School led by Manji (Yumiko Takino).[5]

Unlike previous installments, this season features co-educational schools and brawls between female and male students. Some of the male fighters are portrayed by real-life pro wrestlers and martial artists, such as kickboxer Yasuhiro Kido, pro wrestler Yukio Sakaguchi, and former Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito.[6]

The series was adapted into a stage play, which was performed on October 19–28, 2018 at the Nippon Seinenkan Hall, Tokyo. The stage play returned to an all-female cast lineup, and with the exception of Yui Kojina of HKT48 and the guest stars, all the named characters were portrayed by AKB48 members. Nana Okada portrayed the main antagonist, Nero.[7]

Majimuri Gakuen: Rai (2021)

In February 2021, it was announced that a second stage play, titled would be produced and performed in the end of March. This stage play would be part of the seventh anniversary celebration of AKB48 Team 8, of which most of the series' main cast are members, and all the regular characters would be portrayed by members of that team.

The play is set two years after the events of the first stage play, when the Hana-gumi have become senior students and gone their separate ways. While Lily is still the highly respected leader of the Hana-gumi, Hina has become the new student council president under the name "Null" and Sumire has reinvented herself as and formed her own group, the .[8] [9]

Majimuri Gakuen: Loudness (2021)

In July 2021, a third stage play was announced, titled, and will be presented as a combination of stage play and concert.

The play is set two years after the events of the drama, with Nero and König set to confront Null, who has become the leader of Arashigaoka Student council.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=335869. ja:マジすか学園 (2010). Allcinema.net . ja . August 25, 2011.
  2. Web site: 島崎遥香が単独主演『マジすか学園5』過激すぎて地上波は無理!?全話はHulu独占配信 . 2023-04-09 . plus.tver.jp . July 17, 2015 . ja.
  3. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061277/full/. ja:マジすか学園0 (2015). Oricon.co.jp . ja . November 8, 2015.
  4. News: AKB48小栗有以、「マジムリ学園」撮影現場で見せた"超真面目&努力家"の素顔 (1/5) テレビ・芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. August 2, 2018. ja.
  5. Web site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/majimuri/story/. ja:マジムリ学園. 日本テレビ. ja-JP. August 2, 2018.
  6. News: AKB48小栗有以、「マジムリ学園」撮影現場で見せた"超真面目&努力家"の素顔 (1/5) テレビ・芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. August 2, 2018. ja.
  7. Web site: Inc. Natasha. 小栗有以・岡田奈々W主演、舞台「マジムリ学園」横山由依ら全キャスト発表. January 28, 2021. ステージナタリー. ja.
  8. Web site: February 26, 2021. AKB48・小栗有以、『マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-』で主演 舞台とライブの2部構成. March 14, 2021. マイナビニュース. ja.
  9. Web site: 舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト. March 14, 2021. 舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト. ja.
  10. Web site: July 9, 2021. AKB48による舞台「マジムリ学園」第3弾は岡田奈々、岡部麟、村山彩希のトリプル主演. May 24, 2022. ステージナタリー. ja.