Cromartie High School May 2026

A silent, muscular man who looks exactly like Freddie Mercury. He frequently rides a giant horse to school and never speaks.

A literal gorilla that attends classes. Most characters ignore the fact that he is an animal, though he is often more competent than the human students.

Sakigake!! Cromartie High School is a Japanese comedy manga and anime series known for its surreal, deadpan humor and subversion of the "juvenile delinquent" genre. It follows Takashi Kamiyama, an average, polite student who somehow ends up enrolled at Cromartie High—a school infamous for housing the toughest, most dim-witted delinquents in Japan. 🏫 Series Overview Eiji Nonaka Cromartie High School

Serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2000 to 2006

The protagonist. A "normal" kid who inadvertently becomes the toughest guy in school by applying simple logic to absurd situations. A silent, muscular man who looks exactly like

The series is defined by its bizarre cast, many of whom are accepted as "normal" students despite being anything but:

A student who is clearly a small, tin-can-shaped robot. Only Kamiyama seems to notice he isn't human; the others just think he has a "tough" voice. Most characters ignore the fact that he is

Kamiyama's first friend, recognizable by his massive purple mohawk (which is revealed to be a clip-on).