Due to the great popularity of GTO, the English edition of Shonan Junai Gumi! was released under the title GTO: The Early Years.
23-year-old Kanichiro (Daiki Tasaki in The Anthem of the Heart live-action film) is cast as the protagonist Eikichi Onizuka, while 23-year-old Daichi Kaneko (Tsumugu Katsragi in the SCHOOL-LIVE! live-action film) plays his partner Ryuji Danma.
A live-action web drama adaptation of Tooru Fujisawa’s action comedy manga Shonan Junai Gumi! will start streaming on Amazon Prime Video on February 28, 2020.