| Sket Dance | |
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| Genre | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kenta Shinohara |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | July 14, 2007 –July 8, 2013 |
| Volumes | 32(List of volumes) |
| Light novel | |
| Sket Dance: Extra Dance | |
| Written by | Sawako Hirabayashi |
| Illustrated by | Kenta Shinohara |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump J-Books |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | November 4, 2009 –July 2, 2010 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
| Produced by | Ken Yoda |
| Music by | Shuhei Naruse |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 7, 2011 – September 27, 2012 |
| Episodes | 77(List of episodes) |
| Original video animation | |
| Sket Dance OVA | |
| Directed by | Keiichiro Kawaguchi |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Released | February 4, 2013 |
| Runtime | 27 minutes |
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Sket Dance (stylized inall caps) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated byKenta Shinohara. The manga follows the adventures of theSket-dan, a high school club whose goal it is to help the students and teachers of Kaimei High School with their problems, as they do whatever it takes to help make their campus a better place. The story is mainly told in the perspective of theSket-dan's three members:Bossun, the leader of the group;Himeko, the "muscle" and the only female in the group; andSwitch, theotaku and the "brains" of the group. It was serialized inShueisha'sshōnen manga magazineWeekly Shōnen Jump from July 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 32tankōbon volumes.
The manga was adapted into ananime television series produced byTatsunoko Production, and was broadcast onTV Tokyo from April 2011 to September 2012, airing 77 episodes. In 2009,Sket Dance won the 55th annualShogakukan Manga Award in theshōnen category.
The manga follows the shenanigans and day-to-day activities of theSket-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; andSwitch, the tech-savvyotaku and the "brains" of the group who only speaks through his laptop with speech synthesis software. Together as theSket-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, theSket-dan manage to always get the job done – all on a mission to improve the lives of the people in their high school.
Sket Dance is written and illustrated byKenta Shinohara. Aone-shot chapter was published in the Winter 2006 issue ofShueisha'sAkamaru Jump[4] and another one-shot was published in Shueisha'sWeekly Shōnen Jump on August 28, 2006.[5]Sket Dance was later serialized for six years inWeekly Shōnen Jump from July 14, 2007, to July 8, 2013.[6][7] Its 288 individual chapters were published in thirty-twotankōbon volumes published by Shueisha, released from November 2, 2007, to August 2, 2013.[8][9]
In June 2018, Shueisha announced a 16-volumebunkoban edition of the series.[10] The first two volumes were released on June 18, 2018.[11] The finalbunkoban 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 acrossover betweenSket Dance, and his other series,Witch Watch.[14]
In October 2010, ananime television series adaptation ofSket Dance was announced.[15] Animated byTatsunoko Production and directed byKeiichiro Kawaguchi, the series was broadcast for seventy-seven episodes onTV Tokyo from April 7, 2011, to September 27, 2012.[16]
The series has been published in numerous DVD volumes. The first DVD compilation ofSket Dance was released on August 28, 2011,[17] and the 26th and last on May 24, 2013.[18]
Anoriginal 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 aBlu-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 forstreaming in Japan onAmazon Prime Video. Episodes 26 to 51 were made available on November 15, and episodes 52 to 77 were made available on December 15.[23]
Shueisha released two drama CD based on the manga series. The first drama CD is namedSket Dance ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901169-0), and was released on October 30, 2009.[24][25] A second drama CD calledSket Dance 2 ドラマCD (ISBN 978-4-08-901171-3) was released on April 28, 2010.[26]
Bossun, Himeko, and Switch appear together as a single support character in theJump crossover fighting gameJ-Stars Victory VS.[27]
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 annualShogakukan Manga Award for bestshōnen manga.[34]
In September 2009, Japanese publisher Shueisha issued an apology in the 42nd weekly issue ofWeekly 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]
