Crunchyroll is adding another series to its lineup of JDrama simulcasts with the announcement of GTO 2014. The live-action drama kicks off with its first episode on July 8 at 9:00pm Pacific Time for premium members, and free members will be able to watch one week later. Future episodes will be broadcast every Tuesday at 9:00am Pacific Time.
GTO 2014 will be available in the following territories: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Netherlands, Central and South America including the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, France and DOM/TOM, and Andorra.
Additionally, all GTO 2012 episodes are available now.
Crunchyroll's synopsis:
A high-school comedy drama with an ex-delinquent-turned-highschool-teacher. His unique way of being with students causes changes in the minds of students. Onizuka is sent as a temporary teacher to the high school he graduated from in Shonan, Japan. At the high school, he faces difficult problems including a teenage pregnancy and a student refusing to attend school. Onizuka's past is also revealed through people who knew him from his past.
AKIRA, from the Japanese dance and music group EXILE, reprises his role as the titular Onizuka, while Yu Shirota is cast as Ryuji Danma, Yusuke Yamamoto plays Toshiyuki Saejima, Ryosei Tayama stars as Hiroshi Uchiyamada, and Hitomi Kuroki is Ryoko Sakurai.
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.
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