Ultimate Otaku Teacher

Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Japanese: 電波教師, Hepburn: Denpa Kyōshi, lit. "Electromagnetic-wave Teacher"[a]), subtitled He Is a Ultimate Teacher, is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from November 2011 to March 2017, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes.

Ultimate Otaku Teacher
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring siblings Junichiro (left) and Suzune Kagami (right)
電波教師
(Denpa Kyōshi)
GenreComedy,[1] slice of life[2]
Manga
Written byTakeshi Azuma
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2, 2011March 29, 2017
Volumes26
Anime television series
Directed byMasato Sato
Written byAtsushi Maekawa
Music byRyuuichi Takada (Monaca)
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (ytv)
Original run April 4, 2015 September 26, 2015
Episodes24 (List of episodes)

A-1 Pictures produced two short anime clips, serving as promotion for the manga, and a 24-episode anime television series adaptation, which was broadcast on Yomiuri TV from April to September 2015. In North America, the series has been licensed by Funimation.

Plot

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The story follows Junichiro Kagami, whose sister Suzune is angry at him because of his complete disinterest in the real world. As Junichiro is interested in nothing but anime, manga and games, Suzune forces him to go on a job as a physics teacher substitute at the same high school from which he graduated. Junichiro proves himself a capable and hardworking teacher who comes with unorthodox methods based on the seemingly useless knowledge he obtained as an otaku to teach and motivate his students.

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma, Ultimate Otaku Teacher was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2, 2011,[4] to March 29, 2017.[5][6] Shogakukan collected its chapters in 26 tankōbon volumes, released from March 16, 2012,[7] to April 18, 2017.[8]

Volumes

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No. Release date ISBN
1 March 16, 2012[7]978-4-09-123570-1
2 June 18, 2012[9]978-4-09-123699-9
3 September 18, 2012[10]978-4-09-123817-7
4 November 16, 2012[11]978-4-09-124008-8
5 February 23, 2013[12]978-4-09-124180-1
6 April 23, 2013[13]978-4-09-124283-9
7 July 18, 2013[14]978-4-09-124352-2
8 August 16, 2013[15]978-4-09-124401-7
9 November 18, 2013[16]978-4-09-124498-7
10 February 18, 2014[17]978-4-09-124564-9
11 May 16, 2014[18]978-4-09-124644-8
12 August 23, 2014[19]978-4-09-125079-7
13 October 17, 2014[20]978-4-09-125372-9
14 January 16, 2015[21]978-4-09-125449-8
15 March 18, 2015[22]978-4-09-125697-3
16 May 18, 2015[23]978-4-09-126025-3
17 July 17, 2015[24]978-4-09-126185-4
18 September 18, 2015[25]978-4-09-126248-6
19 November 18, 2015[26]978-4-09-126500-5
20 February 18, 2016[27]978-4-09-126780-1
21 May 18, 2016[28]978-4-09-127139-6
22 June 17, 2016[29]978-4-09-127268-3
23 September 16, 2016[30]978-4-09-127335-2
24 November 18, 2016[31]978-4-09-127413-7
25 February 17, 2017[32]978-4-09-127498-4
26 April 18, 2017[8]978-4-09-127555-4

Anime

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Two short anime clips, serving as promotion for the manga have been released, and an anime television series was produced, all of them by A-1 Pictures.[3][33] Masato Sato directed the series with scripts written by Atsushi Maekawa. Isao Sugimoto designed the characters and Ryuuichi Takada composed the music. The series aired from April 4 to September 26, 2015.[34] From episodes 1 to 12, the first opening theme is "Youthful Dreamer" by TrySail, and the ending theme is "Dreamin'" by Tokyo Performance Doll. From episodes 13 to 24, the second opening theme is "Vivid Brilliant Door" by Sphere, and the ending theme is "My Only One" by 9nine.[35] Funimation has licensed the series in North America.[36]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Electromagnetic-wave" (電波, denpa), is used in Japanese to refer to a person who acts bizarrely, such as extreme otaku, or holds odd beliefs, similar to the English term "tin foil hat".[3]

References

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