Miss Machiko

Miss Machiko,^[1] also known as Maicching Machiko-sensei^[2] (まいっちんぐマチコ先生, lit. "The Shame of Miss Machiko") is a manga series written by Takeshi Ebihara. It was serialized in Japan in Shōnen Challenge from May 1980 through February 1982. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight tankōbon volumes by Gakken.

The series was adapted into a 95 episode anime series by Studio Pierrot that aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 8, 1981 to October 6, 1983. It was also adapted into four live-action OVAs, and two full-length live-action films.

Plot

The series revolves around Miss Machiko, a new elementary school teacher who wears a revealing red mini-skirt, and regularly finding herself in accidental sexual situations. Machiko is very popular with her students, especially the boys, who take delight in lifting up her skirts and devising traps to catch her in various stages of undress. Rather than get angry, Machiko responds by laughing it off and uttering her trademark phrase, "Maicchingu!" (roughly meaning "Embarrassing").^[3] Machiko is generally a very kind and patient woman who cares about her students and does her best to help them with their problems.

Media

Manga

The manga was created by Takeshi Ebihara, and consists of 8 volumes that were published between 1980 and 1985 in Japan, and serialized in the Gakken magazine Shōnen Challenge. As with the anime TV series, the manga series was known for its overt sexual humor. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight tankōbon volumes by Gakken.

Anime

Studio Pierrot, with assistance from Studio Gallop, adapted the manga into an anime television series which premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 8, 1981, where it ran for 95 episodes until its conclusion on October 6, 1983. The episodes were written by Shiori Adachi and directed by the manga's author, Ebihara. Rihoko Yoshida provided the voice of Miss Machiko.

Cast

• Machiko Mai: Rihoko Yoshida
• Kenta Ikegami: Masako Nozawa
• Tamao Kameyama: Noriko Tsukase
• Kinzo Yuki: Naoki Tatsuta
• Kunio Yamagata: Shigeru Chiba
• Principal: Hiroshi Otake
• Vice-principal: Yoneko Matsukane
• Mr. Fukuoka, Mr. Kagoshima: Kaneto Shiozawa

Mr. Fukuoka flew to another country in episode 52, then another character, Mr. Kagoshima, was introduced in episode 56

• Mr. Aomori: Mahito Tsujimura
• Madoka: Kumiko Takizawa
• Tenko: Sanae Takagi
• Hiromi: Shinobu Adachi, Chihoko Shigeta

Shigeta is understudy due to maternity leave of Adachi

• Maruko: Mie Suzuki
• Hiroshi: Tomiko Suzuki
• Machiko's Grandfather: Masaru Ikeda → Yasuo Muramatsu
• Machiko's Grandmother: Miyoko Aso

Staff

• Written by: Mamoru Take for example Bihara
• Planning: Tatsuji Mishina (Gakken)
• Music: Yuki Inui
• Chief Director: Osamu Masami plan
• Character Design: Kazuya Kaminashi
• Art Director: Koki Nakamura
• Director of Photography: Sugo Sugimura
• Recording Director: Shigeharu Shiba
• Production staff: Hiroshi Hirai, Kawano Tsutomu
• Producer: Heita Ezu (TV Tokyo), Matsue Jinbo, Tsuneyuki Morishima (Gakken)
• Screenplay: Taguti Shigemitsu, Shiota Tigusa, Terada Kenzi, Hanako 奈井 addition, Hoshikawa Hiroko, Yota star relations, Hidaka Rei, Kaoru goods ten Masayo Sato, Suga Yoshiyuki
• Director: Osamu Masami plan, investment Yu Takahashi, Tashiro Humio, Hasegawa Yasuo, Nishimaki Hideo, good position, Katsumi Endo, Mori Hidaka, H. Tai, Nomura Kazushi, Mitsuo Kusakabe, Takao Yotsuji, Yahiro, Asahi, Fuji Mine you, Jo roadside Takashi Itirou Mochizuki, Oonuki Shinobu, Yokoyama Hiroyuki, K. Ikegami, you Yoshitaka Higuchi, Hisashi Tatsuki mediocre, Nishimati Gorou, A. Shigeno, Hazime Susumu Ishida, Yamasaki Masatomo victory Sasaki, Nagao
• Animation Director: Yuichi Department, Shishikura Satoshi, Oonuki Shinobu, Hirayama Norio, Osaka, Ryou Hiroshi, Masami Abe
• Video Check: Tomoko Taguchi, Yoshino Yaeko, Huzisawa Satiko, Nakashima Toyoaki, Kyoko Nakajima, Araki Sumiko, Kyoko Higurashi, Uda Hatiroo, Sakamoto Tsuneo, Junko Takama, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Masahiro Hutoshi Tani
• Costume design work: Oono Keiko
• Original: Tanaka Susumu, Daisuke Takahashi, investment, Endou, Hiroshi Kawabata, Shishikura Satoshi, Yamagishi Hiroshi, victory Kobayashi, Toshio Takagi, Muta Kiyoshi, Satoshi Shrine, Mutou Terumi, Iwata Mitiyo, Takahashi Tiyoko, Junzo Chiba, Ken Takeshi Mihara, Tsuyoshi Makoto Kanazawa, Kuni Yuki Ishii, Yamasaki Shigeru, Kyoko Sugiyama, Sato Haruhiko, Shima Hiromitsu and Shigeru Ono, Takeda Masao, Yamasaki Takao, Ogata Yasuhiko, Kanda Akira, Takeshi Tamaki, Rin Takahumi, Riyuu Shigeru Kawaguchi, Saitou Hiroyuki, Suzuki Eizi, Toru Tani, Kawaguchi, Sasaki Toshiko, Kusuda Satoshi, Inoue Kazuo, Seo Tamotsu, Keiko Abe, Hukushima Toyoake, Keiko Abe, Hirayama Norio, healthy Horiguchi, Toi Kazuhiro, Houzyou Masako, Huzii Mitsuaki, beautiful sun Tamano, Makoto Taku Noda, Hukuyama Masatoshi, Noriko left Kobayashi, Amano Kimiko, Yumiko Takahashi and Mori Yasuo, Gotou Takayuki, Konno Tomoyuki, Shiro Murata, Honda Akira, Tsukamoto Tetsuya, Ken Ueno, Kobari Akira, Kozono Hazime, three Takeuti Hiroshi, S. Kashiwa Hiroshi sweet, high- Hazama Yukiko, Hamada Tsuyoshi, H. Yamagishi, Yuki Kinoshita, Toshiaki Motoya, Yoshi Akira Miyazaki T. eight, Makoto Hattori, Fumio Department ancient writing, Koyama Yoshitaka, Mori Shigekazu, Boku Yoshimasa, Miyao Takeshi, Seki Mieko, Kigawa Zyuniti, Kobayashi Mitsuo, Maeshima Wako, Furuhashi Sachiko
• Video: Tri-studio, studio colony, random junk studio, Dragon Productions
• Art Set: Okada Kazuo, Aoki Tatsuo, Katsui Wako, Yokoze
• Background: The mechanical design office man, apple, Artland, Studio Easter, Noah's Art, please Jatsu studio, beetle, mini art
• Coloring: Chieko Ishiguro, Mihashi Youko, Idzuki Haba, Junko Koizumi, Inokuti Noriko, Nishimaki Tamiko, Yokogawa Izumi, Yamasaki Sumio, Horie Keiko, Naoko Tsushima
• Inspection: Koiso Eiko, Anzai Hiromi, Masuko Kaoru, Tamada Rika, Yoshida Hiromi, Nakamura Masako, Mayumi Matsushita, self Yoshizawa, Yamada Noriko, Mariko Tanaka, Aizawa Miho, Kubota Mitsutoshi, Kotaki Masami child Hattori, Toshiaki Suzuki, Tanno Kouiti, Hiroko Shimizu, Mitsugi Kiyoe, Katsunuma Madoka
• Finish: Art Katz, shafts, Yapusu Sutajioji, Dragon Productions, Easy World
• Special Effects: Township Abe, K. Hasegawa, Sotozaki Kiyoshi, Makoto Miura, Yuji Takiyama, Tamada Rika, Hiro Yuki Maehara, Uda Hatirou, Tokuda Satoshi
• Opening Ending Animation: Emura Toyoaki
• Title Design: Sawa Hideki cedar
• Photographer: Studio Gallop, Sanko production, imagination and utility Nishimura
• Editor: Reiko Toda, Komatsu Midori, Kawase Midori, Yoshiko Miyauchi season, Kawano Atsuko
• Moderator: Arai Masahiko, Rin Yoshihiro, Hirara Abiko, Shuichi Hosokawa, Hasegawa Takashi, Hagino Takashi, Kikawada Kiyokazu, Yoshida Hidezirou, Yoshida Akira, Akira Ishii, Hiraide Masayuki, Ishida Teruo, Mori Kenzi on Sunaga Tsukasa, Katou Masaru, Honma Mitiyuki, Tetsuro Amino
• Recording Studio: Ban Shin
• Adjustment: Kuwahara Kunio
• Effect: Aya Yoda Yasushi
• Developing: Toukyou processing station
• Technical team: Aki Masa yield River, Arai Masahiko, Kimura Husayo
• Advanced settings: Kimura Husayo
• Assistant Manager: Itou Kazunori, Kimura Husayo
• Production Cooperation: Dragon Productions, ACT
• Animation: Studio Pierrot
• Production Manager: Matsumoto, Yuko Akira Mori
• Production: Tokyo, Gakken

Live action

Total Media Corporation adapted the series into seven full-length live action films^[4][5] and King Records adapted the series in one film.^[6] In the first two films that were released in 2003, Machiko is played by Kaori Nakata and in the third released in the next year she is played by Haruka Nanami. This three films are directed by Minoru Kawasaki.^[4] The first film released by King Records and the fourth in total, Maicching Machiko! Begins (まいっちんぐ! マチコ ビギンズ, Maicching Machiko! Biginzu), was released in September 2005, with Sayaka Isoyama playing titular character Machiko and Kosuke Suzuki as the director.^[6] The fifth full-length film, Maicching Machiko-sensei: Toudai o Juken Dai Sakusen!! (まいっちんぐマチコ先生 東大お受験大作戦!!), was released theatrically in Japan on February 22, 2006.^[7] In this film, directed by Minoru Kawasaki, Hanako Nanjo plays Machiko.^[2] Yuri Morishita stars the sixth film as well the seventh film with both directed by Tenkaku Naniwa.^[4] In 2009, a ninth film was released, this time with Hitomi Aizawa playing Machiko and Chū Ueda directing the movie.^[5]

Reception

The anime series placed in #97 on "Celebrity List" of TV Asahi's survey of Japan's 100 favorite animated television series.^[8] It was also a frequent target of the Japanese PTA, who campaigned against such raunchy content in an alleged "children's show".

References

External links

• Miss Machiko
• Maicching Machiko-sensei (Japanese)
• Takeshi Ebihara's Maicching Machiko-sensei Homepage (Japanese)
• Official TMC Maicching Machiko-sensei live-action website (Japanese)
• Miss Machiko (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Maichingu Machiko-Sensei at the Big Cartoon DataBase