High School! Kimengumi

High School! Kimengumi
Manga volume 1 cover
ハイスクール!奇面組
(Hai Sukūru! Kimengumi)
Manga
Third Year Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
Original runOctober 13, 1980 – April 12, 1982
Volumes6
Manga
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
Original runApril 19, 1982 – July 6, 1987
Volumes20
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Fukutomi
Produced by
Written byKatsuhiko Chiba
Kenji Terada
Michiru Shimada
Naruhisa Arakawa
Shigeru Yanagawa
Takao Koyama
Takashi Yamada
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run October 12, 1985 – September 26, 1987
Episodes86 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Directed by
Produced by
Written by
  • Takao Koyama
  • Motoei Shinzawa
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
StudioStudio Comet
ReleasedJuly 12, 1986
Runtime51 minutes
Manga
Return of High School! Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published by
  • Magazine House Ltd. (magazine)
  • Shueisha (volume)
ImprintJump Comics Deluxe
MagazinePopeye
PublishedDecember 1, 2000
Volumes1
Manga
Flash! Funny-face Club
Written byMotoei Shinzawa
Published bySquare Enix
ImprintGangan Comics
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
Original runOctober 2001 – June 2005
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Kazuaki Seki
  • Takashi Nishikawa
Written byShigeru Murakoshi
Music byTaku Iwasaki
StudioSeven
Licensed by
Original networkFNS (Fuji TV)
Original run January 9, 2026 – March 27, 2026
Episodes12 (20 segments) (List of episodes)
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High School! Kimengumi (Japanese: ハイスクール!奇面組, Hepburn: Hai Sukūru! Kimengumi; lit. 'High School! Funny-face Club') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa. The first series, Third Year Funny-face Club, was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1980 to April 1982. High School! Kimengumi was serialized in the same magazine from April 1982 to July 1987. An anime television series aired from October 1985 to September 1987, and an animated film premiered in July 1986. A sequel manga, titled Flash! Funny-face Club, was published in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2005. A second anime television series adaptation produced by Seven aired from January to March 2026.

Summary

Cast shot from High School! Kimengumi

High School! Kimengumi is an episodic chronicle of the bizarre adventures of a group of misfit junior high school (and later high school) boys who form a club known as the "Kimengumi". All of the character names in the series are puns. For example, "Kawa Yui" is another way of saying "kawaii", and "Uru Chie" is a slang form of "urusai", meaning "obnoxious" or "annoying".

Media

Manga

Return of High School! Kimengumi

Written and illustrated by Motoei Shinzawa, High School! Kimengumi started as a series titled Sannen Kimengumi (3年奇面組; "Third Year Funny-face Club"), which was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 13, 1980, to April 12, 1982. Shueisha collected its chapters into six tankōbon volumes published between August 15, 1981, and January 8, 1983.

High School! Kimengumi was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 19, 1982, to July 6, 1987. Shueisha collected its chapters into twenty tankōbon volumes published between April 8, 1983, and February 10, 1988.

Another manga titled Return of High School! Kimengumi (帰ってきたハイスクール!奇面組, Kaettekita Haisukūru! Kimengumi; Return of High School! Funny-face Club) was published in Popeye on December 1, 2000. Shueisha later released it in a single volume on February 4, 2004.

A fourth manga, titled Flash! Kimengumi (フラッシュ!奇面組, Furasshu! Kimengumi; Flash! Funny-face Club), was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan from October 2001 to June 2005. It was compiled into three tankōbon volumes published from July 22, 2002, to July 22, 2005.

Volume list

Third Year Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01August 15, 19814-08-851341-X
02November 15, 19814-08-851342-8
03March 15, 19824-08-851343-6
04July 15, 19824-08-851344-4
05October 8, 19824-08-851345-2
06January 8, 19834-08-851346-0
High School! Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01April 8, 19834-08-851347-9
02July 8, 19834-08-851348-7
03October 7, 19834-08-851349-5
04December 8, 19834-08-851350-9
05February 10, 19844-08-851351-7
06April 10, 19844-08-851352-5
07July 10, 19844-08-851353-3
08December 7, 19844-08-851354-1
09March 8, 19854-08-851355-X
10March 8, 19854-08-851356-8
11September 10, 19854-08-851357-6
12February 10, 19864-08-851358-4
13May 9, 19864-08-851359-2
14August 8, 19864-08-851360-6
15December 5, 19864-08-851365-7
16February 10, 19874-08-851366-5
17April 10, 19874-08-851367-3
18August 10, 19874-08-851368-1
19August 10, 19874-08-851369-X
20February 10, 19884-08-851370-3
Return of High School! Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01February 4, 20044-0885-9419-3
Flash! Funny-face Club
No. Release date ISBN
01July 22, 20024-7575-0735-6
02July 22, 20034-7575-0981-2
03July 22, 20054-7575-1475-1

Anime

A 86-episode anime television series adaptation produced by NAS and Fuji TV aired from October 12, 1985, to September 21, 1987, on Fuji TV and its affiliates. Remow licensed the series in English and streams it on the "It's Anime" YouTube channel.

A second anime television series adaptation was announced on October 17, 2025. It was produced by Seven with planning and production by Slow Curve [ja] and directed by Kazuaki Seki, with Takashi Nishikawa as chief animation director, series composition by Shigeru Murakoshi, Yuka Abe designing the characters, and Night Tempo producing the anime's songs. The series aired from January 9 to March 27, 2026, on the Noitamina programming block on Fuji TV and its affiliates. Amazon Prime Video is streaming the series in North America.

Songs

The theme songs, with the exceptions of the fifth ending and insert Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi, were performed by various sub-groups or former members of Onyanko Club:

Opening themes

  1. Ushiroyubi Sasare-gumi
  2. Zō-san no Scanty
  3. Nagisa no "..." (Kagi Kakko)
  4. Waza Ari!
  5. Kashiko
  6. Toki no Kawa wo Koete
  7. Anata wo Shiritai

Insert songs

  • Abunai Sa·ka·na
  • Watashi ha Chie no Wa (Puzzling)
  • Nakuko mo Warau Kimengumi

Closing themes

  1. Jogakusei no Ketsui
  2. Banana no Namida
  3. Neko Jita Gokoro mo Koi no Uchi
  4. Not Only ★ But Also
  5. Chotto Karai Aitsu
  6. Pythagoras wo Buttobase
  7. Ushirogami Hikaretai
  8. Tatsutori Ato wo Nigosazu

Video releases

Kimengumi has been released on DVD in Japan in two different box set releases. The movie was released as part of the second DVD set in 2008.

High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 1
Pioneer LDC, 2001-05-25
High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 2
Pioneer LDC, 2001-07-25
High School! Kimengumi DVD Box 3
Pioneer LDCA, 2001-09-21
High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 1
E-Net Frontier, 2007-12-21
High School! Kimengumi Complete DVD Box 2
E-Net Frontier, 2008-02-22

Video games

Kimengumi boardgame

There is a traditional boardgame based on the series titled High School! Kimengumi Game, released by Bandai. Three video games have been based on the series:

There is also a series of pachinko games based on the series manufactured by Maruhon

Reception

In a 2006 survey of celebrities by TV Asahi, High School! Kimengumi was listed as #87 on a list of the top 100 favorite anime series.

The first episode of the 2026 anime adaptation was watched by 2.0 million households.

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