Manga Seito Shokun! is a manga written and illustrated by
Yōko Shōji. It is serialized in
Kodansha's
Shōjo Friend from 1977 to 1984.
Kodansha released the manga's 24
tankōbon between February 1978 and June 1985. In September, 1983,
Kodansha released a
one-shot spin-off of
Seito Shokun!, called .
Kodansha re-released the manga in 12
kanzenban volumes, which were released between December 12, 1995, and March 12, 1996.
Kodansha released a sequel of the manga, called . It was serialized in Kodansha's
josei manga magazine,
Be Love. Its first
tankōbon volume was published on April 13, 2004, and its 25th and last was published on August 11, 2011. Another spin-off, , was published between August 2011 and April 2019 issues of
Be Love. Its first
tankōbon was published on August 11, 2011, and the 30th and last on April 12, 2019.
Live action film The manga was adapted in a film released on December 22, 1984, directed by
Katsumi Nishikawa, produced by
Kadokawa Pictues with the script written by
Katsuto Kawabe and
Seiko Mafune, starring
Kyoko Koizumi (in the lead role as Naoko Kitashirou),
Kyoko Kishida,
Kenji Haga,
Yosuke Natsuki,
Ichiro Arishima and
Katsunobu Ito. The film's theme music was written by Ken Takahashi, composed by
Toshihiko Takamizawa, arranged by Akira Inoue and performed by Kyoko Koizumi herself.
Live action dramas The manga was adapted into a 28-episode
live action series, which was broadcast on
TV Asahi between September 1, 1980, and March 30, 1981. Produced by
Toei, the drama was directed by Kimio Hirayama and Takahashi Masaharu, with the script written by
Masaki Tsuji and Ryō Nakahara and Takeyuki Suzuki and Yoshiaki Koizumi as producers. Directed by Mitsuo Kusakabe, it starred
Tomoyo Harada,
Sumi Shimamoto and
Michie Tomizawa. It was directed by Makoto Naito, produced by Masayuki Morikawa, Nobuyuki Kurauchi and Akifumi Takuma, with the script written by Ryo Ishikawa. Directed by Karaki Marehiro and Tamura Naoki, the drama's 10 episodes was broadcast on
TV Asahi between April 20, 2007, and June 22, 2007. The series' ending theme, "
My Generation" was performed by
Yui, who released a CD containing the theme song on June 13, 2007. The soundtrack for the series was released by
Nippon Columbia as a
soundtrack CD on June 20, 2007. The DVD box set for the series was released by
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation on September 26, 2007. It starred
Rina Uchiyama,
Kippei Shiina,
Maki Horikita and
Kanata Hongō. ==Reception==