Aug 16, 2010
Great Teacher Onizuka is a heart-warming show, it's one of my personal favorites, but I will sincerely try not to be a biased reviewer. That being said, Great Teacher Onizuka is a hilarious, laughable roller-coaster ride centering around a perverse ex-motor-bike gang-leader gone teacher who teaches life-lessons to his students.
GTO maintains an awesome balance between establishing morals such as owning up to your personal mistakes and being more self-confident with humor, which, to me is why it's one of my favorites; one of the shows that I always seem to come back to every other year or so.
While the show
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does have a slow start, once it picks up it's quite funny; Onizuka's straight-forward, semi-gullible attitude allowed the writers to write humor in easily as well as offer a distinctive contrast when Onizuka is serious; that is, teaching his life lessons, though, not always in the most round about ways (which is why it's funny).
The story falls into "Arcs" each with its distinctive person/persona who may or may be having trouble with something with their life. The story itself is fairly average at first, it's nothing "ground breaking", but it's averageness allows for more empathy between the audience and the characters. The beauty of GTO lies in how realistic the situations are.
The art in GTO ranges around a 7-8, (I gave it an eight, first off, because the art fits the story and the persona's of the characters). The animation (may or may not be) akin to around the 80's animation period, once you watch enough anime you may come to the conclusion (as I have), that art/animation is only tantamount to the balance it has with the rest of the show.
Sound wise, the music in GTO is fairly decent, nothing terribly memorable; the sheer wackiness of scenes (such as the beach trip where Onizuka fires a harpoon gun) make up for sound/music. GTO is far more action/drama based than anything else.
Character wise, GTO is average; static characters are brought into perspective through distinctive Arc's that serve to emphasize and tell a greater story or teach a lesson, then sooner than naught the story moves on.
GTO is 43 episodes long, it's a show to compliment others; I wouldn't recommend watching it as a primary show unless you know what your getting yourself in for; it's an extremely enjoyable show once the Arc-format picks up, but it does feel as though it ended early (Well, it did in-comparison to the Manga I hear) which is why my final rating is a 9/10.
The true value in GTO is that it's the story of a fuck-up (excuse my language) who's still able to connect and impart life-knowledge and lessons with a younger generation. Think of GTO (Onizuka) as that teacher that made a difference in your life.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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