Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!

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Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!
Cover of the first manga volume
世紀末リーダー伝たけし! (Seikimatsu Rīdā den Takeshi!)
Manga
Written by	Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Published by	Shueisha
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 15, 1997 – August 13, 2002
Volumes	24
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Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (Japanese: 世紀末リーダー伝たけし!, Hepburn: Seikimatsu Rīdā den Takeshi!, lit. "A Tale of a Leader in The End of the Century Takeshi!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. The manga was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1997 until 2002. The series received the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.^[1]

Plot[]

From the moment he was born, Takeshi was born to be a leader. His first word upon birth was "leader", and his father, Hiroshi, was a "leader" among salarymen. After Hiroshi suddenly dies, Takeshi makes it his life goal to be a leader like his father, so he joins his new first grade class and hopes to become a true leader to his classmates.

Characters[]

Takeshi's family[]

Takeshi (たけし)

Voiced by: Chō

Hiroshi (ヒロシ)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue

Natsue (夏絵)

Kojirou (小次郎)

Takeshi's grandmother (たけしのおばあちゃん)

Poppo Elementary School[]

Gonzou (ゴン蔵)

Eiji Kobayashi (小林英二)

Hiroshi (ヒロシ)

Mitsuru Imai (今井 みつる)

Tendou Takashi (天堂 貴史)

Media[]

Manga[]

The serialized manga was collected by Shueisha into 24 tankōbon volumes between December 1997 and September 1, 2002.^[2][3] Between June and November 2005, the series resumed in Super Jump with the added subtitle Kanketsu-hen (完結編). The entire series was re-released by Shueisha in 13 bunkoban volumes between August 4, 2004 and December 2, 2005.^[4][5]

Film[]

Although no anime series of Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! exists, a pilot film was shown as part of the "Jump Super Anime Tour" of 1998 alongside pilots for One Piece and Hunter × Hunter.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Shueisha Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! website (in Japanese)
• Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia