Sket Dance

Sket Dance (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. The manga follows the adventures of the Sket-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 the Sket-dan's three members: Bossun, the leader of the group; Himeko, the "muscle" and the only female in the group; and Switch, the otaku and the "brains" of the group. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 2007 to July 2013, with its chapters collected in 32 volumes.

The manga was adapted into an anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Production, and was broadcast on TV Tokyo from April 2011 to September 2012, airing 77 episodes. In 2009, Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in the category.

Synopsis

The manga follows the shenanigans and day-to-day activities of the Sket-dan (スケット団), 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:

Media

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 volumes published by Shueisha, released from November 2, 2007, to August 2, 2013.[8][9]

In June 2018, Shueisha announced a 16-volume 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]

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]

type	tv series
director	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
producer	Ken Yoda
music	Shuhei Naruse
studio	Tatsunoko Production
network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
first	April 7, 2011
last	September 27, 2012
episodes	77
episode list	List of Sket Dance episodes