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New Live-Action GTO Gets New Years Special
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The new live-action EXILE dance/vocal group member Akira (pictured at right) will reprise his role as Onizuka, a former gang member who becomes an unorthodox teacher. The "GTO Oshōugatsu Special" (GTO New Year Special) will follow the show's characters during a "troubled" week between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
The special will guest star another EXILE member, Matsu (pictured far right), as a mysterious cabaret club manager who is observing Onizuka. The special will also star Ren Ōsugi (The Twilight Samurai).
In the special's story, Onizuka throws a Christmas party for his students before the winter break, but Miki (played by Yūsuke Yamamoto) rescues a mysterious woman named Maria while on patrol, and he finds three abandoned infants at Maria's apartment.
The special will air on January 2 at 9:30 p.m.
received a special in October.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
