Honō no Tenkōsei

Honō no Tenkōsei
Cover of Honō no Tenkōsei volume 9 as released in Japan by Shogakukan
炎の転校生
Genre	Martial arts, Parody
Manga
Written by	Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1983 – 1985
Volumes	12
Original video animation
Directed by	Katsuhiko Nishijima
Studio	Gainax
Released	May 21, 1991
Episodes	2

Honō no Tenkōsei (炎の転校生, lit. "Blazing Transfer Student") is a manga written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It was serialized in the Shogakukan manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1983 to 1985. Honō no Tenkōsei was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) anime series in 1991 by Gainax. The Honō no Tenkōsei OVA parodies anime of the 1970s, particularly Tomorrow's Joe, and is complete with intentionally jerky animation, dirty-looking cels, thick black lines, and retro character designs, much like Shimamoto's drawing style.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

In this series, Takizawa Noboru transfers to a school where all disputes are settled through fighting. He quickly runs afoul of the school bully, Ibuki Saburo, who has a boxing match with "God's Hall Monitor", Jonichi Koichi, to determine who will date the lovely Yukari. Takizawa is enraptured with Yukari, and decides to intervene in the fight which Ibuki managed to win by bending the rules. Takizawa loses the fight in the first OVA to Ibuki's deadly deathblow punch, but in the second OVA Takizawa develops his own deathblow punch and eventually wins the day.

Release

Honō no Tenkōsei was released to laserdisc only, instead of to both VHS and laserdisc, as had been the usual custom with OVAs.

Cast

• Toshihiko Seki: Takizawa Noboru
• Noriko Hidaka: Takamura Yukari
• Tesshō Genda: Ibuki Saburo

External links

Honō no Tenkōsei (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia