GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

It was a great pleasure to subtitle this series. What is most striking is the careful choice of actors and the maturity and experience of so many young talents. Entering into the details of each scene with a technical eye reveals a particular attention to timing and balance of themes for successive scenes; the alternating of action/philosophy/romance/laughter etc. Only today i went on Youtube to watch Akira's (Onizuka's actor) interviews and he is such a charming, simple person; noted also the naive sexiness of actress Miori Takimoto, always fresh, always perfectly into the scene; not to forget the impressive performance of Urumi Kanzaki, young actress Tsubasa Honda (20) paying in most episodes but taking the lead in episode 07 with a historical scene that may be remembered as "Honda on the Wheel" (on the ferris wheel) for generations to come. If you don't like the youth drama genre, just check ep07 and see the creativeness and the potential of such cultural niche. Eric Paroissien