#Crows zero 1 movie series#

Toshiaki HonjЕЌ ( жњ¬еџЋ дїЉжЋ) Also known as 'Pon' Voiced by KЕЌji Tsujitani (OVA), played by RyЕЌ Hashizume (live action) A hotheaded boy usually wearing a face mask after breaking his two front teeth in a bike accident. Managed to get a girlfriend much to BЕЌya's chagrin. Makoto Sugihara ( жќ‰еЋџ иЄ ) Also known as 'Mako' Voiced by JЕ«rЕЌta Kosugi (OVA), played by YЕ« Koyanagi (live action) One of the strongest fighters at Suzuran. After initially clashing with BЕЌya he allied with him to fight against BandЕЌ. Hiromi Kirishima ( жЎђеі¶ гѓ’гѓгѓџ) Voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa (OVA), played by Shunsuke Daito (live action) Leader of the group that included Mako and Pon. Despite being somewhat cowardly he becomes loyal in his own way to BЕЌya. Futoshi Akutsu ( дєњд№…жґҐ е¤Є) Also known as 'Atchan' Voiced by Masashi Sugawara (OVA), played by Issei Okihara (live action) Akutsu is bullying Yasu when he first crosses paths with BЕЌya who quickly teaches him a lesson.

He becomes BЕЌya's closest friend and right-hand man. Yasuo Yasuda ( е®‰з”° жі°з”·) Also known as 'Yasu' Voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi (OVA) Yasu is small and scrawny which makes him an easy target for bullies. His loyalty to his friends and cocky nature often get him into conflict but he is otherwise lazy and laid-back and rejects any leadership role. From there the story follows the exploits of Suzuran students and the teen-aged delinquents of various surrounding schools and gangs.Д¬haracters Suzuran Harumichi BЕЌya ( еќЉе±‹ жҐйЃ“) Voiced by Hidenari Ugaki (OVA) The main protagonist. Quickly enough BЕЌya meets a group centered around Hiromi Kirishima who are trying to challenge the school boss Hideto BandЕЌ. Suzuran is notorious for its delinquent students who are nicknamed 'Crows' because of their dark uniforms and inauspicious nature. The story begins when Harumichi BЕЌya transfers into the second year at Suzuran High School. ДЄ beat-em-up game for the Sega Saturn titled Crows: The Battle Action was released in 1997, which was developed and published by Athena.ДЄn action-adventure video game by Bandai Namco Games for PlayStation 4 titled Crows: Burning Edge was released on 27 October 2016, it sold 9,574 units in its first week of release. The second, Crows Gaiden: Housenka - The Beginning of Housen by ShЕ«hei SaitЕЌ, about the beginning of HЕЌsen Academy, started on November 6. The manga will be finished on October 6, 2020. The first titled Crows: Explode, written by KЕЌsuke Mukai, Rikiya Mizushima and Takashi Hasegawa and illustrated by Tatsuya Kanda, began on October 6.

Two manga spin-offs were released in 2017 in Monthly Shonen Champion.

ДЄ tribute manga called Crows Respect written by various authors was published by Akita Shoten in 2018. Takahashi wrote a one volume side story called Crows Gaiden: Katagiri Ken Monogatari which was published in 2014. Several characters from the manga appear in the movies but not the main character BЕЌya. The films are not direct adaptations but take place before the events of the manga. It inspired three live-action films: Crows Zero in 2007, Crows Zero 2 in 2009 (both directed by Takashi Miike), and Crows Explode (directed by Toshiaki Toyoda) in 2014.

#Crows zero 1 movie series#

The series was adapted into a two episode OVA by Knack Productions in 1994 which covered the first three volumes of the manga.

As of April 2009, it had sold more than 46 million copies worldwide. It has the same setting and also shares some characters with Takahashi's later manga QP and Worst. Crows Gaiden: Housenka - The Beginning of HousenД¬rows ( Japanese: г‚Їгѓгѓјг‚є, Hepburn: KurЕЌzu) is a Japanese high school delinquent manga series by Hiroshi Takahashi.