Osu !! IKaratebu

Olu luhlu lwaqala njengesiqhulo esingahlekisiyo saseJapan esikwimigulukudu yeqela lemigulukudu exelelwe ngokwembono kaMatsushita Tadashi (ophinde abalise la mabali eKarate Bu), umfundi wesibini e-Kangokou High kunye nokujolisa rhoqo kwabaxhaphazi bakaKangokou ababembetha ngesiqhelo ukuphuma kwesikolo. Uhlala ehamba nomhlobo wakhe osenyongweni uSaitou Takaki, osoloko ekhathazwa. Njengokuba isibini sikhula ngokudinwa kukuxhatshazwa bathatha isigqibo sokujoyina iklabhu yekarate ebizwa ngokuba yiKarate Club, eyaziwa kakhulu ngamaqela olutsha aseOsaka kuqeqesho nasekuveliseni ezona zigebenga zolutsha zinzima kwaye zinzima ngelixa zigcina iklabhu yezemidlalo esemthethweni. Kodwa xa bejoyina iklabhu, bazifumana bekhethwe ngokungangqinelaniyo nokuba mbi ngakumbi ngamalungu eklabhu yangoku. Kodwa njengoko ibali liqhubeka bayakhula babe ngamagorha alwayo. Kunye notshintsho lwe-manga kwisimo sengqondo kunye nomlinganiswa ophakathi, amajoni awahlukeneyo kulutsha lonke kuthotho lwakhula lomelela ngakumbi kwaye aqala nokungena kubuchule be-ki obungaphaya komntu, ebeka u-Osu !! I-Karate Bu kwinkampani yamanye ama-epic Shōnen ama-manga alwa no-Yu Yu Hakusho, i-Dragon Ball kunye ne-Fist ye-North Star. Osu !! IKarate Bu yayithandwa kakhulu kwilizwe laseJapan, kodwa kungenjalo phantse ingaziwa kwaphela kwamanye amazwe. Ivelise isiqephu sesine se-OVA mini-series esikhutshwe kwisithuba seminyaka emibini ukusukela ngo-2-1990, ngemidlalo bhanyabhanya yentshukumo yango-1992, kunye nomdlalo wokulwa we-Super Famicom ka-1990.