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Prison School(監獄学園,Purizun Sukūru) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on February 7, 2011. Yen Press has licensed the manga in North America. An anime adaptation premiered in July 2015, while a live-action drama television series aired in October 2015.
Hachimitsu Academy, one of the strictest girls academies in Tokyo, has decided to admit boys into their system. Kiyoshi Fujino is one of these new boys, but he discovers to his shock that he and his four friends—Takehito "Gakuto" Morokuzu, Shingo Wakamoto, Jouji "Joe" Nezu, and Reiji "Andre" Andou—are the only male students among 1,000 girls. The draconian laws that are still in place make the school even worse, which punishes even the most minor infractions with a stay in the school's prison. The five boys all commit to voyeurism in the school's bathing area with the perverted philosophy of "all for one, one for all". Their capture and "arrest" by the Underground Student Council causes the five boys to receive an ultimatum: either stay a month in the school's Prison Block or be expelled. The boys are incarcerated in the Prison Block together and Kiyoshi is overwhelmed by the discovery that all the other boys are masochists that revel in the punishments handed to them by their attractive but vicious supervisors.
Main characters
Kiyoshi Fujino (藤野 清志,Fujino Kiyoshi)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)Portrayed by: Taishi NakagawaKiyoshi is the main character of the series, having enrolled from the same middle school as Shingo. He is the first boy in Hachimitsu Academy to make contact with a girl when he befriends Chiyo, whom he develops feelings for. So far, he is the only one of the five boys to have been sent to prison more than once.
Takehito Morokuzu (諸葛 岳人,Morokuzu Takehito)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)Portrayed by: Tokio EmotoNicknamed "Gakuto", he is the bespectacled boy in the group. He is an expert strategist with an otaku interest in the Three Kingdoms, having enrolled from the same middle school as Joe. He often uses old-fashioned speech and is highly eccentric. His love interest is Mitsuko.
Shingo Wakamoto (若本 真吾,Wakamoto Shingo)
Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese); Clifford Chapin (English)Portrayed by: Masato YanoShingo is a blonde who looks like a delinquent. His love interest is Anzu, and he is shown to be a strong pessimist. He attended the same middle school as Kiyoshi.
Jōji Nezu (根津 譲二,Nezu Jōji)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese); Chris Bevins (English)Portrayed by: Daiki MiyagiNicknamed "Joe", he is the "misfit" of the five and has a natural interest in ants. He is always seen hooded with his head obscured and has a weak physique, suffering from a bloody cough stemming from a non-fatal form of severe stomatitis. Joe attended the same middle school as Gakuto. His love interest is Sato.
Reiji Andō (安堂 麗治,Andō Reiji)
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Japanese); Sonny Strait (English)Portrayed by: GaligaligalixonNicknamed "Andre", he is the fat one of the group. He cares deeply about his friends, and is also an extreme masochist. He is fixated on Meiko and constantly craves punishment from her.
Underground student council
Mari Kurihara (栗原 万里,Kurihara Mari)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)Portrayed by: Hirona YamazakiMari is the president of the underground student council. She is the daughter of Hachimitsu Academy's chairman and the sister of Chiyo.
Meiko Shiraki (白木 芽衣子,Shiraki Meiko)
Voiced by: Shizuka Itō (Japanese); Whitney Rodgers (English)Portrayed by: Asana MamoruMeiko is the vice president of the underground student council. She is put in charge of watching over the boys while they are in prison. In middle school, she was bullied for her large breasts.
Hana Midorikawa (緑川 花,Midorikawa Hana)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Alexis Tipton (English)Portrayed by: Aoi MorikawaHana is the secretary of the underground student council. She mostly ends up in the worst situations with Kiyoshi, whom she eventually develops feelings for. She is the first to kiss Kiyoshi and to be naked with him. She is also an adept martial artist.
Student council
Kate Takenomiya (竹ノ宮 ケイト,Takenomiya Keito)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese); Kristin Sutton (English)Kate is the president of the actual student council and Mari's rival from middle school.
Risa Bettō (別当 リサ,Bettō Risa)
Risa is the vice president of the actual student council. She harbors a strong love for Andre and employs sadistic techniques to please him.
Mitsuko Yokoyama (横山 みつ子,Yokoyama Mitsuko)
Voiced by: Mikako TakahashiMitsuko is the secretary of the actual student council. She has romantic feelings for Gakuto and is highly clumsy. She writes yaoi manga as a hobby.
Other characters
Chairman Kurihara (理事長,Rijichō)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese); Smokey DeLange (English)Portrayed by: Masahiro TakashimaHe is the chairman at Hachimitsu Academy and father of Mari and Chiyo. He is wealthy but perverted and enjoys visiting South America. He often sympathizes with the boys.
Chiyo Kurihara (栗原 千代,Kurihara Chiyo)
Voiced by: Chinami Hashimoto (Japanese); Kristen McGuire (English)Portrayed by: Rena TakedaChiyo is Kiyoshi's classmate and watches sumo wrestling as a hobby. Kiyoshi has a crush on her, however it is not known whether she reciprocates this or not. She is Mari's sister and has deep respect for her.
Anzu Yokoyama (横山 杏子,Yokoyama Anzu)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)Portrayed by: Yuko ArakiAnzu is a former spy for the underground student council. She has romantic feelings for Shingo.
Satō (佐藤)
Voiced by: Nana Hamasaki
A student at Hachimitsu Academy; the love interest of Joe. She unwittingly stops Joe from returning to imprisonment.
Mayumi Tanaka (田中 マユミ,Tanaka Mayumi)
Voiced by: Ami Nanase (Japanese); Lara Woodhull (English)Portrayed by: Yufu TerashimaChiyo's best friend who is most often seen in her company, and aided her in warning the boys of their impending expulsion.
Manga
Prison School is a manga written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on February 7, 2011. The first tankōbon volume was published on June 6, 2011; 23 volumes have been published as of November 2016. Yen Press has licensed the series in North America, and the first volume was released in July 2015.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation is directed by Tsutomu Mizushima at J.C. Staff with Michiko Yokote as the series scriptwriter and Junichiro Taniguchi as the character designer and chief animation director. The anime was broadcast on Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, TVA and BS11 between July and September 2015. The voice actors of the five male main characters performed the opening and ending theme songs under the group name Kangoku Danshi. An original animation DVD was bundled with the limited edition 20th volume of the manga that was released on March 4, 2016. The OAD adapted the manga's Mad Wax arc.
TV drama
A live-action television drama adaptation was announced in August 2015, directed by Noboru Iguchi at production studio Robot. The series premiered on October 26, 2015, and aired on MBS and TBS. The opening theme song is "Shōdō" (衝動, "Urge") performed by HaKU.
Reception
Over 7.5 million copies of the manga have been sold as of December 2015. Prison School was one of two winners of the Best General Manga award alongside Gurazeni at the 37th Kodansha Manga Award. The broadcast dub version of the anime was criticized for making a reference to the Gamergate controversy.
