Lesson 1: GTO - The Legend Begins

Lesson 1: GTO - The Legend Begins
Episode Information
Japanese Air Date	June 30, 1999
North American Air Date	November 3, 2003
Running Time	48 Minutes
Manga Chapter(s)	1-6
Episode Credits
Writing	Masashi Sogo
Storyboard	Noriyuki Abe
Art	Yuji Ikeda
Animation	Masaya Onishi & Ryouji Nakamori
Direction	Noriyuki Abe & Naoyasu Hanyu
Themes
Opening	"Driver's High"
Closing	"Last Piece"
Episode Guide
Previous N/A	Next Lesson 2
List of Episodes

Lesson 1: GTO - The Legend Begins is the first episode in Studio Pierrot's Great Teacher Onizuka anime series.

Synopsis

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.

Gallery

One of the delinquents of Class O.

Onizuka is ignored by his students and becomes angry with them.

Nanako Mizuki sitting on Onizuka's motorcycle.

Nanako enjoying her ride through the city.

Nanako rides behind Onizuka through the city.

Onizuka leaves Nanako on the sidewalk after telling her to move on from the past.

Onizuka hammers away at the wall Nanako dreads so much.

Nanako watches in awe as Onizuka hammers away at the wall she dreads so much.

Momoi discussing the future with Takahama.

Takahama discussing the future with Momoi.

Nanako's mother.

Nanako's father.

The wall between Nanako's parents is broken, both literally and figuratively.

Nanako smiles after telling Onizuka she's serious about waiting for him.