I’ve been rounding up OP clips for future “overload” posts, and I’ve been struck by Studio Comet’s run on high school comedies in the 80s (and one post-Dragon Quest one in the 90s). I’ve seen High School Kimengumi, and enjoyed it. These other shows definitely have a similar “look” despite coming from manga by different authors.
High School Kimengumi (1986)
Tsuide Ni Tonchinkan (1987)
Following Kimengumi was this show based on Koichi Endo’s gag manga. There’s some shots in this first opening that look a lot like Kimengumi, but the surreal, rainbow crop dusting from the flying cowboy hat is the sort of whimsy I can get behind.
But the big similarity is the continued use of the 52-strong Onyanko Club members and off-shoot groups for the theme tunes.
Meimon! Dai San Yakyūbu (1988)
That’s a great opening, the best of bunch by my reckoning. I have no idea what on earth this show’s about, as it appears to have slipped down the back of anglophone fandom’s collective sofa.
Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai (1992)
This ran for two years, and yet I can find next to nothing in English about it. And naturally it’s the one I’m most interested in watching on the strength of it’s opening credits…