Osu! Karate Club

Osu! Karate Club
First tankōbon volume cover
押忍!!空手部
(Osu!! Karate-bu)
Manga
Written byKoji Takahashi
Published byShueisha
English publisherBeaglee
ImprintYoung Jump Comics Special
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run1985 – 1996
Volumes43
Live-action film
Directed byTōru Murakawa
Written byYuichi Higurashi
Music byTōru Hasebe
Studio
Released
  • March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
Runtime96 minutes
Original video animation
Directed byOsamu Sekita
Written byHideo Nanbu
Music byAkira Yamazaki
StudioJ.C. Staff
Released October 1, 1990 – July 25, 1992
Runtime50 minutes
Episodes4

Osu! Karate Club (Japanese: 押忍!!空手部, Hepburn: Osu!! Karate-bu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koji Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1985 to 1996, with its chapters collected in 43 tankōbon volumes. A live action film adaptation premiered in March 1990. A four-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation by J.C. Staff was released from 1990 to 1992.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Koji Takahashi, Osu! Karate Club was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1985 to 1996.[1] Shueisha collected its chapters in 43 tankōbon volumes, released from June 1986 to May 1996.[2][3]

The manga was published digitally in English by Beaglee from September 16, 2017,[4] to June 11, 2019.[5]

Another manga, titled Osu! Mahjong Club (押忍!!麻雀部, Osu!! Mājan-bu), was first published in two-parts in Takeshobo's Kindai Mahjong Original on April 8 and May 8, 2013,[6][7] and due to its popularity,[8] it was later serialized in Kindai Mahjong starting on July 15 of that same year.[9] Two tankōbon volumes were released on November 27, 2013,[10] and April 26, 2014.[11]

Live action film

A live action film adaptation, directed by Tōru Murakawa, produced by Excellent Creative and distributed by Shochiku, premiered in Japan on March 17, 1990.[12]

Original video animation

A four-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation, animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Osamu Sekita, was released from October 1, 1990, to July 25, 1992.[13][14][15]

Video game

A video game was released by Culture Brain for the Super Famicom on August 26, 1994.[16][17]

References

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  2. ^ 押忍!!空手部 1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  3. ^ 押忍!!空手部 43. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Osu! Karate Club: Volume 1". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (June 13, 2019). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 9–15". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  6. ^ 近代麻雀オリジナル 5月号　本日発売！. Kindai Mahjong The Web (in Japanese). Takeshobo. April 8, 2013. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  7. ^ 近代麻雀オリジナル 6月号　本日発売！. Kindai Mahjong The Web (in Japanese). Takeshobo. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  8. ^ 押忍！！空手部：外伝「麻雀部」で17年ぶり連載復活. Mantan Web (in Japanese). May 12, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  9. ^ 「押忍!!空手部」が17年ぶり復活、舞台は大学の麻雀部に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 16, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  10. ^ 【11月27日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 27, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  11. ^ 【4月26日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 26, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  12. ^ 押忍！！空手部. Japanese Cinema Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. ^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2015). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation (3rd ed.). Stone Bridge Press. p. 787. ISBN 978-1-61172-018-1. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  14. ^ 押忍!!空手部1. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  15. ^ 押忍!!空手部4. suruga-ya.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  16. ^ 押忍!! 空手部. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "Osu!! Karate Club". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 7, no. 9. Warner Publishing Services. September 1994. p. 80. ISSN 1058-918X.
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