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Sukeban Deka
Volume 1 from Hakusensha
スケバン刑事 (Delinquent Girl Detective)
Genre	Action, Detective fiction
Manga
Author	Shinji Wada
Publisher	Hakusensha (original) Media Factory (republished)
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Hana to Yume
Original run	January 1976 – December 1982
Volumes	22 (original) 12 (republished)
TV drama
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	April 11, 1985 – October 30, 1985
Episodes	24
TV drama: Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	November 7, 1985 – October 23, 1986
Episodes	42
TV drama: Sukeban Deka 3
Network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 30, 1986 – October 29, 1987
Episodes	42
Live action film: Sukeban Deka: The Movie
Licensor	Media Blasters
Released	February 14, 1987
Runtime	93 minutes
Live action film: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters
Licensor	Media Blasters
Released	February 11, 1988
Runtime	90 minutes
OVA
Director	Hirota Tadashi
Studio	Toei
Episodes	2
Released	1991
Live action film: Yo-Yo Girl Cop
Director	Kenta Fukasaku
Licensor	Magnolia Pictures
Released	September 30, 2006
Runtime	98 minutes
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Sukeban Deka (スケバン刑事, Sukeban Deka^? trans. Delinquent Girl Detective) is a manga series written and illustrated by Shinji Wada.

The series follows a delinquent schoolgirl ("sukeban") who is taken in by the government and forced to fight crime to redeem herself. Using a metal yo-yo that doubled as a Badge, she would infiltrate high schools and investigate strange happenings.

Sukeban Deka has been adapted into three live-action television series, an original video animation series and three feature films, the latest of which released in 2006 as Yo-Yo Girl Cop.

Plot

The series follows a delinquent schoolgirl who is taken in by the government and forced to fight crime to redeem herself. She is given the codename "Saki Asamiya" and a metal yo-yo that doubled as a badge and made to infiltrate high schools around Japan to investigate and stop the criminal activities.

Characters

Saki Asamiya

The bitter heroine of the story. Saki is a natural born fighter who enjoys getting into scuffles with various people. She never backs down and is very stubborn.

Agura

Saki's rival in prison. Agura is a tough, masculine looking woman who dislikes Saki at first but then begins to respect her.

Chi

Saki's kind friend in prison.

Kaoru

Saki's hyper friend whom is also very vulnerable and ends up being attacked a lot by the other girls in the prison. To help Saki escape from prison, she ends up seducing the prison warden who is a lesbian.

Mio

Jin's partner

Hikudori

A scheming, sly cell mate of Saki's. She has a mole under one eye. Hikudori becomes friends with Saki at first but then betrays her and turns out to be an informant of Remi's.

Publication

The creation of Sukeban Deka was the result of a misunderstanding between the author Shinji Wada and the editors at Hakusensha. Wada was developing a highschool drama, but the publisher expected detective story starring a high school student. At an impasse, Wada decided to combine the two concepts.

Sukeban Deka was published from January 1976 to December 1982, making Shinji Wada a popular manga artist during the late 1980s and the early 1990s. The manga had contributed to the creation of the Sukeban Deka series before it faded into obscurity for a short time from the late 1990s to 2006, when Sukeban Deka: Codename = Asamiya Saki was shown in theaters on September 30, 2006.

As of 2007, the manga has been reprinted by Media Factory, who acquired the rights from Hakusensha. Media Factory collected them into 12 volumes; the original edition was 22 volumes.

Adaptations

Television series

The television series, though technically one series made up of three seasons, are essentially self-contained and separate, aside from sharing the same basic themes and premise.

The first series starred Yuki Saito as the titular character. Sukeban Deka II starred Yoko Minamino as the second "Sukeban Deka", and the third series starred Yui Asaka.

Original video animation

Released in 1991.

Saki Asamiya is given a chance delay her mother's execution by working as an undercover cop and infiltrating Takanoah High School to investigate some mysterious deaths among the student body. Once there, she comes face-to-face with the powerful Mizuchi sisters, who moved in and have taken control after her previous expulsion.

Feature films

Three feature films have been produced: the first two follow the TV series, with the same actresses: Sukeban Deka - the Movie (1987, with Yoko Minamino and Yui Asaka), and Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters (1988, with Asaka). The latest movie was released in 2006 as Yo-Yo Girl Cop, directed by Kenta Fukasaku and starring Aya Matsuura.

External links

• Sukeban Deka (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Movies and TV series on the IMDB
• Fan site about the TV series

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