Golden Boy (manga)

Golden Boy
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Madame President and Kintaro Oe
Genre	Erotic comedy[1]
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	Yōichi Ishikawa Takao Asaga Kazufumi Nomura
Written by	Tatsuya Egawa
Music by	Jōyō Katayanagi
Studio	A.P.P.P.
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
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.