Sket Dance

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The manga follows the shenanigans and day-to-day activities of the Sket-dan (スケット団, Suketto-dan, "SKET Brigade" in the Animax broadcast), a high school club dedicated towards helping other people in the campus of Kaimei High School, whether teacher or student, with whatever request they have – completely free of charge.

The club consists of three members: Bossun, the immature yet reliable "jack-of-all-trades" leader of the group; Himeko, the aggressive yet delicate "muscle" of the group who wields a hockey stick as her weapon; and Switch, the tech-savvy otaku and the "brains" of the group who only speaks through his laptop with speech synthesis software. Together as the Sket-dan, the trio take on requests from different kinds of individuals around their school, and no matter how big or small the request, no matter how mundane or absurd, the Sket-dan manage to always get the job done – all on a mission to improve the lives of the people in their high school.

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Manga

Sket Dance is written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. A one-shot chapter was published in the Winter 2006 issue of Shueisha's Akamaru Jump [4] and another one-shot was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump on August 28, 2006. [5] Sket Dance was later serialized for six years in Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 14, 2007, to July 8, 2013. [6] [7] Its 288 individual chapters were published in thirty-two tankōbon volumes published by Shueisha, released from November 2, 2007, to August 2, 2013. [8] [9]

In June 2018, Shueisha announced a 16-volume bunkoban edition of the series. [10] The first two volumes were released on June 18, 2018. [11] The final bunkoban volume was released on January 18, 2019, [12] and the complete 16-volume box set was released on August 8, 2019. [13] In February 2023, Shinohara drew a crossover between Sket Dance, and his other series, Witch Watch . [14]

Anime

In October 2010, an anime television series adaptation of Sket Dance was announced. [15] Animated by Tatsunoko Production and directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi, the series was broadcast for seventy-seven episodes on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2011, to September 27, 2012. [16]

The series has been published in numerous DVD volumes. The first DVD compilation of Sket Dance was released on August 28, 2011, [17] and the 26th and last on May 24, 2013. [18]

An original video animation (OVA) was released on February 4, 2013, bundled with the 29th volume of the manga. [19] [20]

In September 2021, in commemoration of the anime's 10th anniversary, it was announced that a Blu-ray box set, titled "Sket Dance Memorial Complete Blu-ray", would be released on December 24 of that same year. It included the 2013 OVA. [21] [22]

On October 15, 2021, the first 25 episodes became available for streaming in Japan on Amazon Prime Video. Episodes 26 to 51 were made available on November 15, and episodes 52 to 77 were made available on December 15. [23]

Drama CDs

Shueisha released two drama CD based on the manga series. The first drama CD is named Sket Dance ドラマCD ( ISBN   978-4-08-901169-0), and was released on October 30, 2009. [24] [25] A second drama CD called Sket Dance 2 ドラマCD ( ISBN   978-4-08-901171-3) was released on April 28, 2010. [26]

Light novels

  • Sket Dance Extra Dance 1: Theory true? Seven wonders of school
  • Sket Dance extra Dance 2: Student Council Case Report – The Cook Shell Incident

Video games

Bossun, Himeko, and Switch appear together as a single support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory VS . [27]

Reception

From volume 6 onward, Sket Dance has consistently debuted on the weekly best sellers list for manga in Japan. Volume 6 debuted at number 9. [28] Volumes 7, 9, and 10 debuted at number 11. [29] [30] [31] Volume 8 debuted at number 13 [32] while volume 11 debuted at number 12. [33]

In January 2010, Sket Dance was announced as the winner of the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga. [34]

In September 2009, Japanese publisher Shueisha issued an apology in the 42nd weekly issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump over a depiction of main characters, Bossun and Himeko, inhaling helium to raise the pitch of their voices. The scene drew criticism from online forums and blogs over the danger of suffocation from breathing helium. [35]

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First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Himeko (left), Bossun (center), and Switch (right)
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