Golden Boy

Golden Boy (ゴールデンボーイ, Gōruden Bōi?) is a Japanese manga series by Tatsuya Egawa about a 25-year-old freeter, pervert, and "travelling student" named Kintaro Oe (大江錦太郎 Ōe Kintarō). The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha's Super Jump starting in 1992, with the first collected volume released the following year. Parts of the manga were adapted into a six episode OVA series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995, which was subsequently released through ADV Films in North America in December 1996. ADV's license of the series expired in 2007, however, and in November 2007, Media Blasters acquired the license to it. Media Blasters has confirmed that the dub produced by ADV was kept.

Kintaro, despite having met the requirements for a law degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Golden Boy depicts his living the life of a free spirit, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt.

Golden Boys Manga 

Volume 1
(June 1993)

Episode 1
Episode 2 
Episode 3
Episode 4 
Episode 5 
Episode 6 

Volume 2
(December 1993) 

Episode 1 
Episode 2 
Episode 3 
Episode 4 
Episode 5 
Episode 6 
Episode 7 
Episode 8 
Episode 9 

Volume 3
(May 1994)

Episode 1  
Episode 2  
Episode 3 
Episode 4 
Episode 5 
Episode 6 
Episode 7 
Episode 8 
Episode 9 
Episode 10 
Episode 11 


 

Volume 4
(December 1994)

Episode 1
Episode 2  
Episode 3  
Episode 4  
Episode 5  
Episode 6  
Episode 7  
Episode 8  
Episode 9  
Episode 10  
Episode 11  
Episode 12
 

Volume 5
(June 1995)

Episode 1
Episode 2  
Episode 3  
Episode 4  
Episode 5  
Episode 6  
Episode 7  
Episode 8  
Episode 9  
Episode 10  
Episode 11
 

Volume 6
(December 1995)

Episode 1  
Episode 2  
Episode 3  
Episode 4  
Episode 5  
Episode 6  
Episode 7  
Episode 8  
Episode 9  
Episode 10  
Episode 11
 

Volume 7 
(June 1996) 

Episode 1  
Episode 2  
Episode 3  
Episode 4  
Episode 5  
Episode 6  
Episode 7  
Episode 8  
Episode 9  
Episode 10  
Episode 11 

Volume 8 
(December 1996)

Volume 9
(July 1997) 

Volume 10
(January 1998)


 
















Golden Boy OVA
Adapted by Shueisha and KSS into an animated OVA, Golden Boy was first released in Japan on VHS and later on laserdisc. Kintaro is voiced by Mitsuo Iwata (and Doug Smith in English). The closing theme is "Study A Go! Go!" by Golden Girls. ADV, its North American distributor, first released the series on six video tapes (English-subtitled and -dubbed versions were sold separately), but its was later released on two DVDs, later being reissued as part of ADV's Essential Anime line. The six episodes (which adapt the first volume of the manga).

1. "Computer Studies" - Kintaro obtains a janitorial job at an all-woman software firm led by the Ferrari-driving, skimpily-clad Madame President (voiced by Hiromi Tsuru and Tiffany Grant). An electrical accident jeopardizes the firm's future, allowing Kintaro to put his newly acquired programming skills to the test.
2. "Temptation of the Maiden" - Working as a campaign staffer for a mayoral candidate, Kintaro is assigned to tutor his boss' attractive teenaged daughter, Naoko Katsuda (voiced by Yuko Minaguchi and Allison Keith), who wants more from him than help with her math homework.
3. "Danger! The Virgin's First Love" - A car accident has left the owner of a udon restaurant temporarily handicapped, and Kintaro is helping out and learning the trade. The owner's daughter, Noriko (voiced by Yuri Shiratori and Kim Sevier) has a well-heeled boyfriend, but a series of events leads Kintaro to doubt his sincerity.
4. "Swimming in the Sea of Love" - Kintaro has challenged the local swimming coach (and former Olympic athlete) to a race, but he first needs to learn how to swim. While training, however, his situation with the coach, Ayuko Haramizu (voiced by Kikuko Inoue and Sue Ulu) is compromised.
5. "B@!!$ to the Wall" - Kintaro becomes a servant in a traditional-style mansion of a wealthy family, but is quickly dismissed. He then challenges the daughter Reiko Tarayama (voiced by Sakiko Tamagawa and Laura Chapman), who abhors men and has a fetish for her motorcycle, to a race.
6. "Animation is Fun!"- Chie (voiced by Mika Kanai and Yvonne Aguirre) is a cel-painter at the animation studio where Kintaro works as an errand-boy. Production difficulties ensue, and Kintaro must rely on old friends to pull things through. An animated rendition of Tatsuya Egawa, voiced by the author himself, makes a cameo appearance in this episode.