As of July 2026, Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 aired in 1999 with 43 episodes — streaming now on Netflix. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1

1999 43 Episodes Animation · Comedy ⭐ 8/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 is available on and right now. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. An 8/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Wataru Takagi leads a cast with real comic timing. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 earns its spot. Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 1 of Great Teacher Onizuka includes 43 episodes. It aired from June 1999 to September 2000. This season stars Wataru Takagi, Junko Noda and Isshin Chiba. Wataru Takagi and Junko Noda lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1999. What keeps Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Wataru Takagi's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

📡 Where to Watch Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1

🇦🇺 Australia

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Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

🇺🇸 United States

Amazon Prime Video

Peacock Premium

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Netflix Standard with Ads

🇨🇦 Canada

Amazon Prime Video

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

Netflix Standard with Ads

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Crunchyroll Amazon Channel

🎬 Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1 — Episode Guide

GTO – The Legend Begins

Eikichi Onizuka begins his career as a teacher-in-training expecting that he will get a class of attractive, nubile high school girls. When he is assigned the problem "Class O", a group of delinquents and blackmailers, only his tough love is able to win them over.

Enter Uchiyamada!

On the day of the teacher employment exam, Onizuka, who failed to take the exam due to a misunderstanding, feels like a dong. At that time, my best friend "Danmari Ryuji" will be interviewed by the prestigious "Seiringakuen", a private school where you can become a teacher even if you fail the teach...

Late Night Roof Diving

In the new semester, Onizuka was able to become a teacher at Seirin Gakuen on a sunny day, but the first class he was in charge of was not the high school he admired, but the middle school. Onizuka is disappointed to hear that he is a homeroom teacher for junior high school students, but rumor has i...

The Secret Life of Onizuka

A metamorphosis photo of Onizuka was posted all over the school. Onizuka, which I don't remember at all, is crazy. When I saw it, I was beaten in Fuyutsuki, and I was just stepping on and kicking. Anxious, Onizuka wonders, "If I'm a multiple personality, I might be doing such a ridiculous act withou...

An Eye for an Eye, a Butt for a Butt

　Noboru Yoshikawa, a student of 3rd grade and 4th grade, has come in and out of Onizuka's room recently. Onizuka and Yoshikawa had become game friends. 　One day, Yoshikawa is called by a girl in the same class, Anko Uehara, and her friend, and is bullied to be naked and take a picture of her lower ...

Conspiracies All Around

　Uehara's mother, the PTA chairman of Seirin Gakuen, boarded the school. Uehara, who was terrified by the revenge of the Yoshikawa bullying, told his mother, who is also an education critic. Onizuka, in a crisis of desperation, Yoshikawa, who is usually weak, makes a decision after worrying that "Is...

The Mother of All Crushes

　Kunio Murai, a student in the 3rd grade and 4th class, lives with his mother. Moreover, her mother "Juria" is a beautiful woman, and she is still in her twenties. 　One day, when Murai heard from the girls in the class that "I saw Onizuka and Murai's mother together," Murai became anxious about Jur...

Bungee Jumping Made Easy

　Onizuka, Murai, Fujiyoshi, and Kusano who will be bowling at the setting of Juria. However, on the way, Juria, who was urgently needed, disappears and the game continues in a terrible mood. 　Meanwhile, Murai's mischief prevents Onizuka's fingers from coming out of the ball. Murai and his friends l...

Onizuka and the Art of War

　"Fukuroda Hajime" is a physical education teacher who is proud of his physical strength. One day, Fukuroda, who was hazzled in front of the students because of Onizuka, challenges Onizuka, but no matter how desperate he is, he cannot beat Onizuka and is depressed. 　At that time, an incident occurr...

Outside Looking In

　"Tomoko Nomura" is a dropout of 4 groups in 3rd grade. Toro is always failing no matter what he does, and his nickname is "Toroko". It was Miyabi Aizawa, a classmate from elementary school, that Toroko had longed for. However, Ya who failed due to Toroko in the Onizuka fall operation during this ti...

To Be Idolized by a Nation

　Toroko will participate in the audition as told by Onizuka, but she still fails because she is a nerd. Ya, who participated in the same audition with such Toroko as a slapstick, goes through the selection steadily without connecting. Toroko becomes sad. Then, Onizuka says to Toroko, who is trying t...

The Formula for Treachery

　Mathematics teacher Yu Teshigawara is an elite teacher who has distorted feelings in Fuyutsuki. Therefore, I don't like Onizuka, who is close to Fuyutsuki. 　Teshigawara, who wants to get rid of Onizuka from the school, decides to use the help of Mrs. Ota, an influential person in the women's group...

Only the Best Will Do

　Mrs. Ota boarded the school to inspect the Onizuka class. However, Onizuka appears in the crotch as an elephant cosplay, and perhaps the water from the water gun that comes out of his nose is poured on Mrs. Ota. Onizuka is in danger of unemployment again due to a scandal, but the disposition is put...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

　If you don't get the first place in the national mock exam, you will get fired. Fuyutsuki, thinking that he wouldn't let Onizuka get fired, invites Onizuka to his apartment and tries to hold a study session. Onizuka had a delusion that didn't meet Fuyutsuki's offer, but for a short while, a hellish...

The Great Sacrifice

　On the day of the nationwide mock exam, Onizuka, who accidentally witnessed the kidnapping of Mrs. Ota's daughter Hidemi, heads for rescue after the exam. The purpose of the kidnappers was to take a behind-the-scenes video of Hidemi to put pressure on the public works projects of her father, a memb...

Beauty + Brains = A Dangerous Mix

　A beautiful woman named "Urumi Kanzaki" appeared in front of Onizuka who lamented that she wanted a lover. The two stop by a laundromat to dry their soaked clothes, but Onizuka gets caught up in her tricks and is suspected of being molested. 　The next day, Reimi appears again in front of Onizuka, ...

Falling for the Great Onizuka

　Onizuka desperately tries to open her heart when she learns of Reimi's loneliness with her eyes closed. However, Reimi confuses Onizuka by deliberately entwining her with a yakuza, perhaps because she can't believe her heart. 　When Reimi finally thought she was about to open her heart, Onizuka acc...

How to Dine and Dash

　Reimi was safe without any injuries, but Onizuka, who had the weakness of killing her, had no choice but to follow Reimi. Onizuka goes to a sushi restaurant to make Reimi eat Toro, but the actions taken by the poor Onizuka escape. On the way, Onizuka collided with a car, but the opponent who collid...

Private Investigations

　Seirin Gakuen panics due to Reimi's radical class terrorism. Onizuka goes to Fujimori's house to see what happened between Reimi and Fujimori. After hearing from Fujinomori, Onizuka takes Reimi out of the school with the cooperation of Ryuji and her old friends, and gives a ridiculous extracurricul...

One day, there was a love letter with "F" and initials in Murai's shoe box. Actually, it was a girl "Kujirakawa" in 3rd grade and 2nd class who was asked by a friend to give it to Murai. However, the initials of the Whale River are also Fuyumi and "F". I suspect that Kusano and Fujikichi are actual...

🎭 Cast of Great Teacher Onizuka Season 1

Wataru Takagi

Eikichi Onizuka (voice)

Junko Noda

Junko Noda

Miyabi Aizawa (voice)

Isshin Chiba

Isshin Chiba

Ryuuji Danma (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Kouji Fujiyoshi (voice)

Kazuhiro Nakata

Kazuhiro Nakata

Hajime Fukuroda (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Azusa Fuyutsuki (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Urumi Kanzaki (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Yoshito Kikuchi (voice)

Naoki Yanagi

Naoki Yanagi

Tadaaki Kusano (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Kunio Murai (voice)

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