Golden Boy | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Madame President and Kintaro Oe | |
Genre | Erotic comedy[1] |
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Manga | |
Written by | Tatsuya Egawa |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Super Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1992 – 1997 |
Volumes | 10 |
Original video animation | |
Directed by | Hiroyuki Kitakubo |
Produced by |
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Written by | Tatsuya Egawa |
Music by | Jōyō Katayanagi |
Studio | A.P.P.P. |
Licensed by | |
Released | October 27, 1995 – June 28, 1996 |
Runtime | 183 minutes (total) |
Episodes | 6 |
Manga | |
Golden Boy II | |
Written by | Tatsuya Egawa |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Business Jump |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | September 15, 2010 – May 18, 2011 |
Volumes | 2 |
Golden Boy (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese sex comedy manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump from 1992 to 1997, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. It tells the story of Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old freeter "travelling student", who despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Kintaro is living freely, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt.
Parts of the manga were adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995. In North America, it was first licensed by ADV Films in 1996. ADV's license to the series expired in 2007 and was later acquired by Media Blasters. Media Blasters lost the license in 2012 and it was later acquired by Discotek Media. A sequel to the manga, Golden Boy II, was serialized in Business Jump from September 2010 to May 2011.