Sakigake!! Otokojuku

Sakigake!! Otokojuku
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Momotarou Tsurugi (front) and the rest of Otokojuku students
魁!!男塾
Manga
Written by	Akira Miyashita
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Renta! (digital) Manga Planet (digital)
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	1985 – 1991
Volumes	34
Further information Anime television series Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa Produced by Iriya Azuma Yoshio Takami Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi Studio Toei Animation Original network Fuji TV Original run February 25, 1988 – November 14, 1988 Episodes 34 (List of episodes) Anime film Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa Produced by Iriya Azuma Yoshio Takami Music by Ichiro Nitta Studio Toei Animation Released July 23, 1988 Runtime 75 minutes Manga Sora Yori Takaku Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Shueisha Magazine Weekly Playboy Demographic Seinen Original run 1995 – 2002 Volumes 27 Manga Akatsuki! Otokojuku: Seinen yo, Daishi wo Idake Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Shueisha Magazine Super Jump Demographic Seinen Original run 2001 – 2010 Volumes 25 Manga Tenkamusou Edajima Heihachi Den Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Shueisha Magazine Oh Super Jump Demographic Seinen Original run 2003 – 2010 Volumes 10 Manga Shiritsu Kiwamemichi Kōkō 2011 Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Nihon Bungeisha Magazine Weekly Manga Goraku Demographic Seinen Original run 2011 – 2012 Volumes 3 Manga Goku!! Otokojuku Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Nihon Bungeisha Magazine Weekly Manga Goraku Demographic Seinen Original run April 4, 2014 – November 25, 2016 Volumes 8 Manga Shin!! Otokojuku Written by Akira Miyashita Published by Nihon Bungeisha Magazine Weekly Manga Goraku Demographic Seinen Original run December 9, 2016 – April 26 2019 Volumes 6 Original net animation Sakigake!! Reiwa no Otokojuku Directed by Frogman Written by Naotoshi Nakajima Frogman Music by Kyōhei Matsuno Studio DLE Released December 18, 2023 – present Live-action film Be a Man! Samurai School

Sakigake!! Otokojuku (Japanese: 魁!!男塾, lit. "Charge!! Men's Private School"), also known as simply Otokojuku, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Miyashita. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1991. It is staged in an all-boys school that teaches how to be true men. The students are trained to "revive the Spirit of Japan" and mainly engage in events where they will polish their manhood and push through with their guts.