Hana no Asuka-gumi!

Hana no Asuka-gumi! (Japanese: 花のあすか組!, lit. "The Glorious Asuka Gang!") is a Japanese manga by Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in Monthly Asuka. It was adapted into a television drama series, two live action films, two OVAs and two drama CDs. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (sukeban) popular in the 1980s.[1] Two new manga series were published, one from 2003 to 2009 and the other from 2007 to 2008.

Hana no Asuka-gumi!
花のあすか組!
(Hana no Asuka-gumi!)
GenreDrama
Manga
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineMonthly Asuka
DemographicShōjo
Original run1985 – 1995
Volumes27+6
Original video animation
Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!
Directed byAtsutoshi Umezawa
Produced byKadokawa Shoten
Tohokushinsha Film
Toei Video Company
Written byKenji Terada
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedJune 10, 1987
Runtime48 minutes
Television drama
Directed byHideo Tanaka
Toshio Ōi
Morio Maejima
Produced byTakashi Ishihara
Osamu Tezuka
Written byJunki Takegami
Sukehiro Tomita
Kazuhiko Gōdo
Yūichirō Tatsumi
Kenji Kuwata
Music byToshiaki Tsushima
StudioToei Company
Fuji TV
Original networkFuji Television
Original run April 11, 1988 – September 26, 1988
Episodes23
Live-action film
Directed byYōichi Sai
Produced byHaruki Kadokawa
Kazuyuki Satō
Yū Ōkawa
Sōgaku Koga
Written byYōichi Sai
Music byMasahide Sakuma
StudioToho
ReleasedAugust 13, 1988
Runtime100 minutes
Original video animation
Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale
Directed byAtsutoshi Umezawa
Produced byNoriaki Ikeda
Akira Sasaki
Written byKenji Terada
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioToei Animation
ReleasedMarch 23, 1990
Runtime52 minutes
Audio drama
Written byYōko Sugimoto
Original runOctober 23, 1991 – April 23, 1992
Episodes2
Audio drama
Hana no Asuka-gumi! Gaiden
Directed byKazuya Torishima
Written byKazuya Torishima
ReleasedMarch 20, 1997
Manga
New Hana no Asuka-gumi! (新・花のあすか組!, Shin Hana no Asuka-gumi!)
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Published byFeel Young (web comic)
Original run2003 – 2009
Manga
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Original run2007 – 2008
Live-action film
Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo
Directed byYutaka Tsurita
ReleasedApril 25, 2009
Manga
Hana no Asukagumi! BS-hen
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Published byFeel Comics
DemographicJosei
PublishedAugust 9, 2018
Volumes2
Manga
Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity
Written bySatosumi Takaguchi
Published byShodensha
MagazineManga Jam
DemographicJosei
Original runJuly 9, 2019 – present
Volumes3 (on-going)

Recently, in July 2019, a new manga series was released called Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity and it is still going on.[2][3]

Media

Anime

There are two OVAs: Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!, released on June 12, 1987[4] and Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale, released in 1990.[5] Lonely Cats Battle Royale was thought to be lost until an anonymous individual mailed a tape of the OVA to anime enthusiast Kenny Lauderdale in 2019.[6]

TV drama

A television drama series was broadcast on Fuji Television from April 11 to September 26, 1988.[7]

Cast

Live action films

Two live action films have been produced: the first, directed by Yōichi Sai and released on August 13, 1988[8] and the second, Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo, directed by Yutaka Tsurita and released on April 25, 2009.[9]

References
  1. Yuri Manga: Sukeban Deka Review by Erica Friedman of Yuricon in Okazu
  2. "Baka-Updates Manga - Hana no Asukagami! Infinity".
  3. "CDJapan: Hana No Asuka Gumi! Infinity". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02.
  4. 花のあすか組！　新歌舞伎町ストーリー (1987). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  5. 花のあすか組！２　ロンリーキャッツ・バトルロイヤル (1990). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  6. "The Anime With Zero Clips or Screenshots Online - Hana no Asuka Gumi 2".
  7. 花のあすか組！ (1988). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  8. 花のあすか組！ (1988). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  9. "花のあすか組 NEO! (2008)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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