Summary
Based on the comedy manga by Abe Shuji, "Elite Yankee Saburo" tells the story of Ookochi Saburo (Ishiguro Hideo), a plain and shy boy entering high school. Unfortunately for him, his two older brothers had built a reputation as legendary troublemakers at that school. When Saburo arrives, he is immediately misunderstood and treated as an "elite yankee."
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 50
IMDb5.8
Time to watch it all
5 h 30 min
11 episodes, about 30 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
First aired
2007
April 13, 2007
Ended 2007
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 15 more23 people
- Hideo IshiguroSaburo11 episodes
- Toshiyuki Itakura11 episodes
- Kana KurashinaHaruna Asai11 episodes
- Jun Hashimoto11 episodes
- Mitsuki Koga11 episodes
- Kazuyoshi Ozawa11 episodes
- Hitoshi Ozawa11 episodes
- MIMeiken Itô11 episodes
- KTKosaku Tsuda11 episodes
- Sotaro11 episodes
- RSRyôtarô Shimizu11 episodes
- GIGô Ibusuki11 episodes
Kenji Kodama11 episodes
Tetsuhiro Ikeda11 episodes
Misa Kikouden11 episodes
Haruka Nishimoto11 episodes
Mitsuho Ōtani11 episodes
Yukie Nakama11 episodes
Tsukasa Minami11 episodes
Shou Nishino11 episodes
Mei Itoya11 episodes
Yosuke Ito11 episodes- YSYoji SasakiEvil High School Student 21 episode
Directing · 1
- Kōji Shintoku Director
Writing · 1
- Yoshikazu Sugiyama Writer
Production · 4
- Sachiko Ikeda Producer
- Noboru Morita Producer
- Shinji Okabe Producer
- Osamu Ogawa Producer
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