Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! (世紀末リーダー伝たけし!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It started in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1997. It was suspended from the magazine in August 2002, following Shimabukuro's arrest for violating child prostitution laws. Its chapters were collected in 24 volumes. The series briefly resumed in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump in 2005, with the added subtitle. In 2001, the series won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's manga category.

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.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! started in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump on July 15, 1997. Following Shimabukuro's arrest for violating child prostitution laws on August 7, 2002, the series was suspended from the magazine, finishing with its 237th chapter, released on August 13 of that same year. Shueisha collected its chapters into individual volumes; the first volume was released on December 29, 1997, and, prior to the suspension, the 24th and last volume was released on July 9, 2002. The series briefly resumed in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump in 2005, with the added subtitle Kanketsu-hen (完結編), and Shueisha re-released the series in 13 volumes from August 4, 2004, to December 2, 2005.

Film

A pilot film was shown as part of the "Jump Super Anime Tour" of 1998 alongside pilots for One Piece and Hunter × Hunter.

Reception

In 2001, the series won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's manga category.