The Ultimate Teacher (Video 1988)
"Kyofun no byoningen saishu kyoshi" (original title)

Director:

Toyoo Ashida

Writers:

Monta Ibu (screenplay), Atsuji Yamamoto (comic)

Stars:

Naoto Takenaka, Hiroko Kasahara, Yûsaku Yara

Cast

Credited cast:
Naoto Takenaka	...	Ganpachi Chagane (voice)
Hiroko Kasahara	...	Hinako Shiratori (voice)
Yûsaku Yara	...	Burei Karima (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Principal Suzuki (voice)
Shinya Ôtaki	...	Ryuichi Watanabe (voice)
Keiichi Naniwa	...	Umekichi (voice)
Shôzô Iizuka	...	Pine Homeroom Boss (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Dobson	...	Various (voice)
Ryan LaBarge	...	Various (voice)
Scott McNeil	...	Ganpachi Chabane (voice)
Shane Meier	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ward Perry	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kelly Sheridan	...	Hinako Shiratori (voice)
Marc Smith	...	Ganbachi (voice)
Robert O. Smith	...	Burei Karima (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on comic | anime

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1994 (Finland)

Also Known As:

The Ultimate Teacher

Company Credits

Production Co:

Animate Film, J.C. Staff, Sony Music Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Anime Abandon: The Ultimate Teacher (2012)

User Reviews

"I love walls... isn't this a lovely wall?"

I'm usually not a fan of animae, but I do love this quirky, very funny animated adventure comedy from Japan. A lab mishap turns a household cockroach into a mean spirited inner city high school principal. Some of his dialog is just wonderful (Cockroach Principal to Teacher asking why he clings to walls when he walks `I love walls. This is such a lovely wall.') The Cockroach is pitted against a super school girl with extreme crime fighting powers and a weakness for charlie-horses. Totally out of left field and great fun because of it.