Osu! Karate Club

Osu! Karate Club
First tankōbon volume cover
押忍!!空手部
(Osu!! Karate-bu)
Manga
Written byKoji Takahashi [ja]
Published byShueisha
English publisherBeaglee [ja]
ImprintYoung Jump Comics Special
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run1985 – 1996
Volumes43
Live-action film
Directed byTōru Murakawa
Written byYuichi Higurashi [ja]
Music byTōru Hasebe [ja]
Studio
Released
  • March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
Runtime96 minutes
Original video animation
Directed byOsamu Sekita
Written byHideo Nanbu [ja]
Music byAkira Yamazaki [ja]
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 [ja]. 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 [ja], 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 [ja] 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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  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. 7 (9). Warner Publishing Services: 80. September 1994. ISSN 1058-918X.