Oira Sukeban

Oira Sukeban (Japanese: おいら女蛮; "I'm Sukeban"), sometimes called Sukeban Boy, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Go Nagai, serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1974 to 1976.^[2] It is a comedy with several erotic touches, where the protagonist Banji Suke (or Sukeban) has to disguise himself as a girl in order to be able to attend an all-female school to try and clear his name after being left the blame for the chaos all over town, while unaware that his assassins are watching his every move. As Sukeban is a rebellious boy, this situation creates several comedic troubles. (Note: The school being all-female is a misconception from the first English home media release.)

Oira Sukeban
Cover of Oira Sukeban #7 (1976) published by Shogakukan.
おいら女蛮
Genre	Comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 4, 1974 – January 25, 1976
Volumes	7
Live-action film
Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō
Directed by	Teruyoshi Ishii
Produced by	Tsuburaya Eizō
Written by	Masaki Tsuji
Music by	Yoshihiro Kunimoto Go Nagai (song lyrics)
Studio	Taki Corporation
Released	July 24, 1992
Runtime	72 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by	Yūsaku Saotome
Written by	Go Nagai
Studio	Studio Signal Club
Licensed by	NA: ADV Films
Released	August 21, 1992
Runtime	43 minutes
Live-action film
Directed by	Noboru Iguchi
Produced by	Yukihiko Yamaguchi Masaki Takemura Hiroyuki Yamada
Written by	Noboru Iguchi
Music by	Masako Ishii
Studio	King Records
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Released	February 4, 2006
Runtime	62 minutes

The manga was adapted to an OVA in 1992,^[3] and was released by ADV Films in the US under the name Delinquent in Drag.^[1]

It has also spawned two live-action movies, Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō (おいら女蛮 決戦!パンス党) in 1992 starring actor Shinji Takeda, and Oira Sukeban (called mostly Sukeban Boy) in 2006 starring AV idol Asami (亜紗美).

Staff of Oira Sukeban: Kessen! Pansutō (1992)

• Studio: Taki Corporation
• Director: Teruyoshi Ishii
• Original work: Go Nagai
• Writer: Masaki Tsuji
• Music: Yoshihiro Kunimoto
• Producer: Tsuburaya Eizō
• Song lyrics: Go Nagai
• Cast: Shinji Takeda, Kazuyo Harada, Keiko Hirota, Keiko Hata, Yoshikatsu Fujimoto, Shingo Kazami, Go Nagai, Daijirō Harada, Kuma Leonard, Rie Asai, Yuka Watanabe

Staff of Oira Sukeban (Sukeban Boy) (2006)

• Studio: King Records
• Director: Noboru Iguchi
• Producer: Yukihiko Yamaguchi, Masaki Takemura, Hiroyuki Yamada
• Original work: Go Nagai
• Writer: Noboru Iguchi
• Cinematography: Yasutaka Nagano
• Special makeup: Yoshihiro Nishimura
• Art: Shinpei Inoe
• Music: Masako Ishii
• Illumination: Reiji Ōkubo
• Cast: Asami, Emiru Momose, Saori Matsunaka, Shizuka Itō, Demo Tanaka, Chisa Imai, Shō Sawamura, Kaori, Miwa, Kentarō Kishi, Hiroaki Murakami, Beat Arima, Atsuko Miura, Kōichi Ōbori