is a gag manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series by Koichi Endo which first appeared in Weekly Shōnen Jump

Weekly Shonen Jump

is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...

in issues 49–50 in 1984, and then ran from 1985 (issue 14) through 1989 (issue 22). There are 18 volumes of the manga. The manga was adapted into a 43–episode anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series which ran on Fuji TV

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

 from October 10, 1987 through October 1, 1988. Tonchinkan aired directly following High School! Kimengumi

High School! Kimengumi

is a manga series written by Motoei Shinzawa which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1982 to 1987. The title literally translates to High School! Funny-face Club or High School! Weird Face Club. An anime TV series and movie based on the series were also released...

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Anime

Cast

• Leader / Nukesaku Aida: Yō Yoshimura
  Yo Yoshimura
  was a Japanese voice actor who was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. As a youth, he was a member of a performing arts troupe. Yoshimura died at age 37 from a subarachnoid hemorrhage in 1991.-TV:*Aoi Blink *F ...
  
  
• Red / Tonbū Chun: Kaneto Shiozawa
  Kaneto Shiozawa
  Kaneto Shiozawa , real name was a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo affiliated with Aoni Production. He had a distinctive cold, calm voice which usually typecast him in roles as villains or anti-heroes....
  
  
• Gurin / Chinpei Hatsuyama: Junichi Kanemaru
  Junichi Kanemaru
  , also Junichi or Jun-ichi, is a Japanese voice actor from Yamanashi, Japan. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce.He is most known for the roles of Hayato Kazami and Sonic the Hedgehog .Kanemaru came in eighth in the Seiyū Grand Prix in 1994, receiving 512 votes.He is also a...
  
  
• Shiron / Kanko Shirai: Noriko Hidaka
  Noriko Hidaka
  , real name , maiden name is a seiyū, or voice actor. Hidaka is most known for the roles of Mikage Matsunaga , Minami Asakura , Akane Tendo , Satsuki Kusakabe , Near , Seta Sōjirō , Jean , Kikyo , and Noriko Takaya .Hidaka...
  
  
• Police Chief: Hiroshi Ōtake
• Akuzō Dokuoni: Takeshi Aono
  Takeshi Aono
  is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō affiliated with Aoni Production. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School....
  
  
• Muyō Amachi: Yoku Shioya
  Yoku Shioya
  is a Japanese voice actor debuting in Umi no Triton . Recently he has done some voice directing in such anime as Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. His real name is Tsubasa Shioya...
  
  
• Ibarakishi: Yusaku Yara
  Yusaku Yara
  is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He is currently affiliated with Vi-Vo. His real name is ', and his former stage name was .He is best known for his roles in Chibi Maruko-chan as Hiroshi Sakura, Kiteretsu Daihyakka as Kiteretsu's Papa, the 1989 version of Sally, the Witch as Sally's...
  
  
• Andy Jones: Saeko Shimazu
  Saeko Shimazu
  is a Japanese voice actress from Isehara. Shimazu is notable for having had voice roles in all four of the major TV anime series based on the works of Rumiko Takahashi - she played Shinobu Miyake in Urusei Yatsura, Sayako Kuroki in Maison Ikkoku, Kodachi Kuno in Ranma ½, and Abi-hime in InuYasha...
  
  
• Pon Honda: Naoko Matsui
  Naoko Matsui
  is a Japanese voice actress from Hakodate. Matsui was a member of Production Baobab for 20 years before becoming a freelancer. She is also a voice acting instructor....
  
  
• Yatsu Akashi: Tomimichi Nishimura
• Kyōko Yoshizawa: Yōko Kawanami
• Shūzō Dokuoni: Naoki Tatsuta
  Naoki Tatsuta
  is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.He is most known for the roles of Buta Gorilla , Daima Jin , Oolong , Ashibe's Father , and Scoop-kun ....
  
  
• Nanashi no Gonbee: Bin Shimada
  Bin Shimada
  is a Japanese voice actor. He is currently affiliated with the talent management firm Aoni Production.-References:* Nakagami, Yoshikatsu et al. "You're Under Arrest: Full Throttle". Newtype USA. pp. 48–49.-External links:...
  
  
• Taika no Babaa: Kazuyo Aoki
  Kazuyo Aoki
  is a Japanese voice actress employed by the talent management firm Kiraboshi.- TV :*Huckleberry Finn in Adventures of Tom Sawyer *Jean in Story of the Alps: My Annette*Susan in the anime version of Himitsu no Hanazono...
  
  
• Alien: Hiroshi Ōtake & Sukekiyo Kameyama
  Sukekiyo Kameyama
  is a seiyū born on November 9, 1954 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He has played many supporting roles in Japanese television dramas. Kameyama is employed by the talent management firm Kiraboshi.-TV:*Anpanman...
  
  
• Nuke-chan Robo: Yō Yoshimura

Staff

• Script: Takao Koyama
  Takao Koyama
  Takao Koyama is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist focusing on anime productions. He was active as 小山 高男 until 1987.-Career:...
  
  , Takashi Yamada, Shigeru Yanagawa, and others
• Chief Director: Yūzō Yamada
• Character Designer: Hiroshi Kanazawa
  Hiroshi Kanazawa
  is an anime character designer and animator who currently works for Studio Comet. Along with Noboru Ishiguro, Norio Yazawa, Tōru Komori and Kazunori Tanahashi, he was a member of the Japan Art Bureau until it folded...
  
  
• General Animation Director: Hiroshi Kanazawa
• Art Director: Jirō Kawano
• Audio Director: Hiro Yamazaki
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
  Shunsuke Kikuchi
  is a prolific Japanese composer from Hirosaki. He specializes in incidental music for media such as television and film.Active since the early 60s, he has been one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working principally on tokusatsu and anime productions for children, as well as...
  
  
• Production Assistance: Studio Comet
  Studio Comet
  is an animation studio based in Tokyo, Japan. It was established January 21, 1986.-Notable staff:*Hiroshi Kanazawa *Kazuo Harada *Shin Misawa...
  
  
• Produced by Fuji TV and NAS
  Nihon Ad Systems
  , NAS for short, is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The "Ad" in its title is an abbreviation for "Animation Development". Along with animation studios Sunrise, Toei Animation and TMS Entertainment, it is...
  
  

Theme songs

Opening:

1. Gomen ne Cowboy (Ushirogami Hikaretai
   Onyanko Club
   was a large all-girl Japanese pop idol group in the 1980s. The group gave a new approach to the idol formula with its 52 official members and three unofficial members...
   
   )
2. Hora ne, Haru ga Kita (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
3. Mugiwara de Dance (Akiko Ikuina
   Akiko Ikuina
   is a Japanese entertainer. She was born on April 28, 1968 in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. She is a left hander but she writes with her right hand. She joined the group Onyanko Club in 1986.-TV programs:* 1996-2003 Obun in Abarenbō Shōgun...
   
   )

Ending:

1. Möbius no Koibito (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
2. Dare mo Shiranai Blue Angel (Ushirogami Hikaretai)
3. Yume ni Aitai (Akiko Ikuina)