New Live-Action GTO Series Trailer Shows 52-Year-Old Onizuka in a Reiwa-Era School
The sequel moves the story from the Heisei era to the Reiwa era, updating the setting to address modern issues like commercialization of education and social media, while keeping the original lead actor and creative team.
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The staff for the new live-action GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka series released a 90-second trailer and a new visual on Thursday. Takashi Sorimachi returns as Eikichi Onizuka, now 52, working at a school where teachers are ranked by students via tablets. The series premieres July 20 on Kansai TV and Fuji TV.
The new live-action series based on Tohru Fujisawa's GTO manga is a direct sequel to earlier adaptations, jumping the timeline forward to the present day. Onizuka now teaches at Seishin Academy, a school that issues tablets to students and staff and runs a teacher-ranking system. Low-ranked teachers lose their homeroom status. Onizuka's old-school methods have cost him jobs before he arrives at Seishin.
Takashi Sorimachi reprises the role 28 years after his first outing as Onizuka. Director Satoru Nakajima and scriptwriter Kazuhiko Yukawa also return. Meru Nukumi plays Mio Kashiwabara, the assistant homeroom teacher. The series premieres July 20 at 10 p.m. on Kansai TV, Fuji TV, and affiliates.
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