Ultimate Otaku Teacher#Other characters

{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}

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| image = Denpa cover.jpg

| caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover, featuring siblings Junichiro (left) and Suzune Kagami (right)

| ja_kanji = 電波教師

| ja_romaji = Denpa Kyōshi

| genre = Comedy,{{cite web|title=Ultimate Otaku Teacher Casts Daisuke Namikawa, M.A.O., Ayahi Takagaki|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-09/ultimate-otaku-teacher-casts-daisuke-namikawa-m.a.o-ayahi-takagaki/.89067|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 12, 2018|date=June 9, 2015|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718212047/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-09/ultimate-otaku-teacher-casts-daisuke-namikawa-m.a.o-ayahi-takagaki/.89067|url-status=live}} slice of life{{cite web|title=Ultimate Otaku Teacher|url=https://www.funimation.com/shows/ultimate-otaku-teacher/|publisher=Funimation|access-date=August 12, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206095637/https://www.funimation.com/shows/ultimate-otaku-teacher/|url-status=live}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = Manga

| author = Takeshi Azuma

| publisher = Shogakukan

| demographic = Shōnen

| imprint = Shōnen Sunday Comics

| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Sunday

| first = November 2, 2011

| last = March 29, 2017

| volumes = 26

| volume_list =

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{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = Masato Sato

| producer =

| writer = Atsushi Maekawa

| music = Ryuuichi Takada (Monaca)

| studio = A-1 Pictures

| licensee = {{English anime licensee

| AUS = Madman Entertainment

| NA = Funimation

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| network = NNS (ytv)

| network_en =

| first = April 4, 2015

| last = September 26, 2015

| episodes = 24

| episode_list = List of Ultimate Otaku Teacher episodes

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{{Nihongo|Ultimate Otaku Teacher|電波教師|Denpa Kyōshi|lit. "Electromagnetic-wave Teacher"{{efn| {{Nihongo|"Electromagnetic-wave"|電波|denpa}}, is used in Japanese to refer to a person who acts bizarrely, such as extreme otaku, or holds odd beliefs, similar to the English term "tin foil hat".}}|lead=yes}}, subtitled He Is an Ultimate Teacher, is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from November 2011 to March 2017, with its chapters collected in 26 {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes.

A-1 Pictures produced two short anime clips, serving as promotion for the manga, and a 24-episode anime television series adaptation, which was broadcast on Yomiuri TV from April to September 2015. In North America, the series has been licensed by Funimation.

Plot

{{main|List of Ultimate Otaku Teacher characters{{!}}List of Ultimate Otaku Teacher characters}}

The story follows Junichiro Kagami, whose sister Suzune is angry at him because of his complete disinterest in the real world. As Junichiro is interested in nothing but anime, manga and games, Suzune forces him to go on a job as a physics teacher substitute at the same high school from which he graduated. Junichiro proves himself a capable and hardworking teacher who comes with unorthodox methods based on the seemingly useless knowledge he obtained as an otaku to teach and motivate his students.

Media

=Manga=

Written and illustrated by Takeshi Azuma, Ultimate Otaku Teacher was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2, 2011,{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/59020|script-title=ja:「超弩級少女」の東毅、新連載の主役はギークな高校教師|language=ja|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=October 2, 2011|access-date=June 12, 2013|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064503/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/59020|url-status=live}} to March 29, 2017.{{Cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-11/denpa-kyoshi-he-is-a-ultimate-teacher-manga-finale-slated-in-3-chapters/.113301|title=Denpa Kyōshi - He Is a Ultimate Teacher Manga's Finale Slated in 3 Chapters|website=Anime News Network|date=March 11, 2017|access-date=April 27, 2017|archive-date=April 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429000638/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-11/denpa-kyoshi-he-is-a-ultimate-teacher-manga-finale-slated-in-3-chapters/.113301|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:東毅「電波教師」最終回、元ニートのオタク教師が主人公の学園マンガ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/226634|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=April 27, 2019|language=ja|date=March 29, 2017|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714100113/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/226634|url-status=live}} Shogakukan collected its chapters in 26 {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes, released from March 16, 2012, to April 18, 2017.

==Volumes==

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| VolumeNumber = 1

| OriginalRelDate = March 16, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123570|script-title=ja:電波教師 1|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216062758/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123570|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-123570-1

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| VolumeNumber = 2

| OriginalRelDate = June 18, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123699|script-title=ja:電波教師 2|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216132950/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123699|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-123699-9

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| VolumeNumber = 3

| OriginalRelDate = September 18, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123817|script-title=ja:電波教師 3|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215231057/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09123817|archive-date=December 15, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-123817-7

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| VolumeNumber = 4

| OriginalRelDate = November 16, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124008|script-title=ja:電波教師 4|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031647/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124008|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124008-8

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| VolumeNumber = 5

| OriginalRelDate = February 23, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124180|script-title=ja:電波教師 5|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216004556/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124180|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124180-1

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| VolumeNumber = 6

| OriginalRelDate = April 23, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124283|script-title=ja:電波教師 6|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216000355/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124283|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124283-9

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| VolumeNumber = 7

| OriginalRelDate = July 18, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124352|script-title=ja:電波教師 7|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216125933/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124352|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124352-2

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| VolumeNumber = 8

| OriginalRelDate = August 16, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124401|script-title=ja:電波教師 8|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215231240/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124401|archive-date=December 15, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124401-7

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| VolumeNumber = 9

| OriginalRelDate = November 18, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124498|script-title=ja:電波教師 9|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216000021/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124498|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

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| VolumeNumber = 10

| OriginalRelDate = February 18, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124564|script-title=ja:電波教師 10|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224209/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124564|archive-date=December 15, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124564-9

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| VolumeNumber = 11

| OriginalRelDate = May 16, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124644|script-title=ja:電波教師 11|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216004124/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09124644|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-124644-8

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| VolumeNumber = 12

| OriginalRelDate = August 23, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125079|script-title=ja:電波教師 12|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216143011/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125079|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-125079-7

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| VolumeNumber = 13

| OriginalRelDate = October 17, 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125372|script-title=ja:電波教師 13|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507194944/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125372|archive-date=May 7, 2019}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-125372-9

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| VolumeNumber = 14

| OriginalRelDate = January 16, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125449|script-title=ja:電波教師 14|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216042725/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125449|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=10 April 2015}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-125449-8

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| VolumeNumber = 15

| OriginalRelDate = March 18, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125697|script-title=ja:電波教師 15|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215231837/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09125697|archive-date=December 15, 2018|date=29 May 2015}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-125697-3

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| VolumeNumber = 16

| OriginalRelDate = May 18, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126025|script-title=ja:電波教師 16|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216005837/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126025|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=26 June 2015}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-126025-3

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| VolumeNumber = 17

| OriginalRelDate = July 17, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126185|script-title=ja:電波教師 17|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103163355/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126185|archive-date=January 3, 2018|date=14 August 2015}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-126185-4

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| VolumeNumber = 18

| OriginalRelDate = September 18, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126248|script-title=ja:電波教師 18|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216034704/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126248|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=16 October 2015}}

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| VolumeNumber = 19

| OriginalRelDate = November 18, 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126500|script-title=ja:電波教師 19|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216080531/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126500|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=18 December 2015}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-126500-5

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| VolumeNumber = 20

| OriginalRelDate = February 18, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126780|script-title=ja:電波教師 20|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215232755/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09126780|archive-date=December 15, 2018|date=18 March 2016}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-09-126780-1

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| VolumeNumber = 21

| OriginalRelDate = May 18, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127139|script-title=ja:電波教師 21|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216021151/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127139|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=17 June 2016}}

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| VolumeNumber = 22

| OriginalRelDate = June 17, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127268|script-title=ja:電波教師 22|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216011614/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127268|archive-date=December 16, 2018}}

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| VolumeNumber = 23

| OriginalRelDate = September 16, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127335|script-title=ja:電波教師 23|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216093556/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127335|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=14 October 2016}}

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| VolumeNumber = 24

| OriginalRelDate = November 18, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127413|script-title=ja:電波教師 24|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829080554/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127413|archive-date=August 29, 2017|date=9 December 2016}}

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| VolumeNumber = 25

| OriginalRelDate = February 17, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127498|script-title=ja:電波教師 25|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225725/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127498|archive-date=December 15, 2018|date=3 March 2017}}

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| VolumeNumber = 26

| OriginalRelDate = April 18, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127555|script-title=ja:電波教師 26|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216072821/https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09127555|archive-date=December 16, 2018|date=2 May 2017}}

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=Anime=

{{main|List of Ultimate Otaku Teacher episodes{{!}}List of Ultimate Otaku Teacher episodes}}

Two short anime clips, serving as promotion for the manga have been released, and an anime television series was produced, all of them by A-1 Pictures.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-17/denpa-kyoshi-manga-2nd-anime-ad-by-a-1-pictures-aired|title=Denpa Kyōshi Manga's 2nd Anime Ad by A-1 Pictures Aired|website=Anime News Network|date=February 17, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2013|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418013307/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-17/denpa-kyoshi-manga-2nd-anime-ad-by-a-1-pictures-aired|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|title=VIDEO: Anime "Denpa Kyoushi " Promo|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/10/03/video-anime-denpa-kyoushi-promo|website=Crunchyroll|date=October 3, 2012|access-date=June 12, 2013|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530105823/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/10/03/video-anime-denpa-kyoushi-promo|url-status=live}} Masato Sato directed the series with scripts written by Atsushi Maekawa. Isao Sugimoto designed the characters and Ryuuichi Takada composed the music. The series aired from April 4 to September 26, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-02/denpa-kyoshi-anime-casts-ske48-idol-rena-matsui-as-suzune/.85517|title=Denpa Kyōshi Anime Casts SKE48 Idol Rena Matsui as Suzune|website=Anime News Network|date=March 2, 2015|access-date=March 2, 2015|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130145908/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-02/denpa-kyoshi-anime-casts-ske48-idol-rena-matsui-as-suzune/.85517|url-status=live}} From episodes 1 to 12, the first opening theme is "Youthful Dreamer" by TrySail, and the ending theme is "Dreamin'" by Tokyo Performance Doll. From episodes 13 to 24, the second opening theme is "Vivid Brilliant Door" by Sphere, and the ending theme is "My Only One" by 9nine.{{cite web|url=http://www.ytv.co.jp/denpa/music/index.html|title=電波教師 music|website=ytv|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903032759/https://www.ytv.co.jp/denpa/music/index.html|url-status=live}} Funimation has licensed the series in North America.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-04/funimation-to-stream-ultimate-otaku-teacher-anime/.86740|title=Funimation to Stream Ultimate Otaku Teacher Anime|publisher=Anime News Network|date=April 4, 2015|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216032705/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-04/funimation-to-stream-ultimate-otaku-teacher-anime/.86740|url-status=live}}

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