GAG MANGA BIYORI ANIME EPISODE GUIDE

The anime adaptation of Gag Manga Biyori is where a lot of people first got a taste of this madness we're now scanlating, so I thought I'd put together a semi-comprehensive guide to the whole series for old and new fans alike. It's important to note that our group will not be working on any part of the manga that has featured in the (subbed) anime in order to focus on the large backlog of unseen material, so we strongly recommend you watch it. The fansubbers do a great job and the show is very faithful to the manga, which is to say it's all kinds of crazy, and each episode is only five-minutes long so the novelty doesn't wear thin.

Under the cut you'll see:

• a list of all the episodes from all 4 seasons and specials
• if english subtitles are available
• links to the fansubber's sites
• the manga chapter(s) each episode originates from
• episode synopses I straight-up nicked from Wikipedia and elsewhere
• episodes that feature popular recurring characters are colour-coded for easy reference
• a lot of gifs to keep it interesting

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Episode Colour Codes
Shotoku Taishi & Ono no Imoko episodes
Matsuo Bashou & Sora-kun episodes
Usami-chan episodes

Jump Festa Special
Spoilers: Not actually Masuda Kousuke
Subbed?	Complete?	Fansubber
YES	YES (1/1)	HETA SUBS
Episode	Title	Chapter
OVA	Gyagu Manga Biyori Jump Festa 2002 Special	vol 01 ch 06 vol 01 ch 07 vol 01 ch 08 vol 02 ch 24
Saki, an up and coming idol, holds an autograph session and no one shows up, her hapless manager doesn't know how to cope. In his infinite wisdom, the young man decides that threatening a nearby elementary school kid is the best thing to do! Also in this episode: when a reckless teenager makes a bungled attempt to summon Satan, he and his friends must try and send the devil back to the underworld - but with their attempts just making Satan all the more infuriated, will they emerge from the experience unscathed?

SEASON 1 Masuda Kousuke Theater Gag Manga Biyori
Subbed?	Complete?	Fansubber
YES	YES (12/12)	AYU ANIME
Episode	Title	Chapter
01	Sticker Sticker 2	vol 03 ch 32 vol 04 ch 46
The CEO of the Uki-Uki Confectionary complains to his product development team about a chocolate snack that is selling poorly because the promotions all depict a depressed boy. In the second part, the CEO of the Macho Bread Corp complains to an artist because the promotions for their latest snack focus on one character at the expense of others.
02	Yang-Ti Gets Angry! The Sovereign Letter	vol 03 ch 41
Prince Shōtoku along with Ono no Imoko have become Kenzuishi, imperial consuls to China. They were to meet the Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui and were heading to Luoyang by ship. They are, however, suffering from long-term travel insanity.
03	Yang-Ti Gets Angry! Luoyang's Volume	vol 03 ch 41
Prince Shōtoku and Ono no Imoko arrive at their destination: Luoyang. They go to meet the Chinese Emperor Yang of Sui (who is really an alien from the planet Octopus pretending to be human and manipulating the people's minds) to give him the letter from the Emperor of Japan. However, in doing so, things go quickly and horribly wrong.
04	The End	vol 06 ch 92
It is only three more mere hours till a giant meteor hits the Earth, wiping out all life forever. The world is in total chaos and insanity with the knowledge that in three hours the apocalypse will come. A TV station has invited four celebrities to talk about the end of the planet Earth - unfortunately, they are also affected by the worldwide chaos, as they show their true colors.
05	Down the Narrow Road, Episode I	vol 03 ch 35 vol 03 (pg 66)
In 1689, the well-known poet (and wimpy looney) Matsuo Bashō and his apprentice, Sora "the demon diciple" Kawai, traveled along the narrow road of the deep north. This is the beginning of their story - and, in extension, their madness.
06	Harris Impact - Surprise Plan	vol 05 ch 66
Consulate Townsend Harris and his dutch personal secretary Henry Heusken go to Japan to finalize the Treaty of Peace and Commerce. However, Harris is more absorbed in his plan to leave a historic impact on the Japanese - something that only results in madness. He made a plan for their trip in Edo - which is actually insane pictures of his visions of failure and success, including a drawing of Heusken smiling - while blood is flowing down from his mouth.
07	Harris Impact - Chapter Marching in	vol 05 ch 66
Harris and Heusken are ready to finalize the treaty, and they are going with a strange vehicle that Harris already made. Will Heusken survive this abominable invention? Will the treaty be passed? Or is this the ultimate death knell for the Treaty of Peace and Commerce - and the world's sanity?
08	Go Omusubi-kun Light Speed Rider Mach Ryou	vol 05 (extra) (pg 196-199) vol 06 ch 102
The first part of this episode is a Doraemon parody about an alien called Omusubi-kun and the boy he lives with, Hebota, as they live together until Omusubi-kun, after having his insides revealed, leaves the planet Earth for good. The second part is about Mach Ryou, a motorbike racer who challenges a punk on a deadly cliff road. The resulting race escalates into an all-out tilt-off as Ryou and the punk vie for the ultimate prize.
09	Birth of the Magical Girl	vol 04 ch 51
The Ramen Fairy, one of the fairies that are sent to the degenerating Japan by the Queen of Fairies, is found inside a ramen cup by a girl - with a chopstick-stabbing first contact. He asks her to become a magical girl - which yields unexpectedly disastrous results.
10	Saiyuki: The End of the Journey	vol 05 ch 75
Xuanzang and his comrades are at the end of their journey to India, and they are racing to reach the goal first. Xuanzang tries to keep his comrades from cheating by reminding them of their dead friend Zhu Bajie. However, during these events, total chaos erupts and the truth about how Zhu Bajie died is revealed.
11	I Am Dead and I Scream at the Sun Unlucky Friends	vol 04 (extra) (pg 185-189) vol 05 ch 82
Sayuri, who died while saving a cat from being run over by a car (a falling swordfish pierced her stomach), asks the Grim Reaper to let her live again for a few seconds to say her last words. The second part is about a girl called Ishii, her friends and neighbors, and the dangers of weakened balconies.
12	You're a Detective Usami-chan? She's a Great Detective!	vol 03 ch 44 vol 04 ch 48
This final episode of the season is about Usami-chan, a rabbit girl who is known for her detective abilities and sharp intuition that expose criminals. She solves unusual and perverted cases that happen around her and her prime suspect, the bear boy Kumakichi.

SEASON 2 Masuda Kousuke Theater Gag Manga Biyori 2
Subbed?	Complete?	Fansubber
YES	NO (7/12)	AYU & SPOON
Episode	Title	Chapter
01	It's The Detective! Usami-chan	vol 07 ch 129
Usami-chan, the detective rabbit girl, continues solving more far out of the ordinary and perverted cases in her school, this time with the help of the transfer student Pensuke-kun – whose detective abilities involve exposing his hideous teeth.
02	The Private Tutor Won't Come!	vol 06 (extra) CHAPTER
A father hired a private tutor for his son, tempted by the fact that the tutors were advertised as hot college girls. There's only one problem, though: the private tutor doesn't come despite repeated phone calls, cakes, meditation, etc. by the father and son for several days.
03	Prince Shōtoku's Fun Wooden Building	vol 04 ch 49
Prince Shōtoku returns from his trip to China and after the Luoyang incident to check on the construction progress of the Hōryū-ji temple, only to find it to be still on the planning stage. He forces the only worker to finish the building in a day - although in a severely altered form - so he can invite Ono no Imoko over.
04	Neko-chan's Abs Family With Quintuplets	vol 07 ch 11 vol 07 ch 116
The first part is about a humanoid cat who trains his abdominal muscles, but he, unfortunately, broke them when training, so he shared the muscles with his grandmother in order to recoup his ab losses. The second part is about a television crew trying to film the quintuplets of a family by all means and at all costs, who appear to be far, far more hyperactive than usual.
05	Fight, Urashima Tarō!	vol 05 ch 71
Urashima saves a turtle and gets invited to the Ryūgū-jō (the undersea palace), where the inhospitable Princess, Otohime, gives him the lowest quality service possible - just to drive him insane.
06	Swordmaster Yamato (Typos) Swordmaster Yamato (End)	vol 05 ch 85
A manga artist phones his editor to complain about the outrageous and insane typos that appear in his manga, Swordmaster Yamato. In the second part, a new editor, Takara-san, phones the manga artist to tell him that his manga has to end abruptly because of its low popularity, despite the story becoming intense. The manga artist is allowed three pages to end it - which, for a manga becoming intense, is absolute madness to the manga artist.
07	Collect the early Summer Rain, The Fast Mogami River	vol 05 ch 83
Matsuo Bashō and his apprentice Sora continue their journey to the north, this time crossing Mogami River. Unfortunately, still suffering from his inferiority complex, thinking he is strong enough to block the river, and having seen his teddy bear sabotaged by Sora, Matsuo jumps into the rapid river, causing more insanity than ever before.
08	Akio - You Still Live Inside My Heart Goodbye, Grandpa	vol 05 ch 78 vol 05 ch 88
This episode involves the tragic, inevitable and final moment in life that is death. In the first half, Reiko-chan must cope with the death of Akio, the weird, four-legged, three-eyed, severely malfunctioning robot she loved so much, with her still-functioning partner, the centauroid Mamoru who also suffers from the same symptoms Akio did. In the second half, a dying grandfather recalls the memories he had with his old friends - only to encounter severe and weird anomalies.
09	Eyepatch -Real Momotarō- Ikkyū-san Top 5 Forbidden Dajare	vol 02 ch 28 vol 05 ch 74 vol 07 (pg 6)
An elderly couple slices open a giant peach and finds Date Masamune's eyepatch inside; they fight over it while keeping it a secret from the one-eyed Lord of Sendai, who becomes a public laughingstock with his flower patch replacement. The second part reveals that the witty Ikkyū gets his inspiration by summoning the god of wit. This time, however, the god of sexual harassment gets summoned when Ikkyū is tested by a daimyo, resulting in an awkward situation. The final part is a list of dajare (dad's jokes).
10	The Legend of the Manga Prep School: Hurricane Jun	vol 08 ch 142
Wherever there is corrupt manga forces causing madness and chaos, Hurricane Jun, the so-called "legend of the manga prep school", will be there to stop it before it's too late - using powerful manga pages that turns the pain involved in them into reality for the enemy.
11	Black Mountain Climbing	vol 02 ch 17
A student is forced to join his teacher's "black mountain climbing" club, where its members (just the two of them) do erratic and weird things to distract other mountaineers, putting them in grave danger in the process.
12	Love E	vol 03 ch 36
A single man buys a robot girlfriend for himself, but, unfortunately for him, it turns out the product wasn't what he expected – resembling a trash can on wheels instead of a real gynoid. The robot then proceeds to help him get a real girlfriend, scaring random bystanders and causing severe damage to his physical health in the process.

SEASON 3 Masuda Kousuke Theater Gag Manga Biyori 3
Subbed?	Complete?	Fansubber
YES	YES (12/12)	HETA SUBS
Episode	Title	Chapter
01	Hirata's World Speak of the detective! Usami-chan	vol 05 ch 69
Hirata's realized that he's only a manga character in a barren world, he hopes for a rival to appear like in typical Shōnen manga, and he was granted one - wearing panties on his head. The second part continues Usami-chan's adventures in solving more perverted cases at school.
02	The Wonders of the Sympetrum It's the detective! Usami-chan	vol 02 ch 11 vol 07 ch 129
In the first part, a perverted professor gives a lesson about meadowhawks - with mixed results. In the second part, Usami-chan and friends try to cheer up Pensuke-kun, who has become unpopular because of his hideous teeth.
03	One week of Shōtoku	vol 04 ch 62
Prince Shōtoku digs a pitfall trap, which he hopes that Ono no Imoko will fall into. However Imoko happens to see him laying this trap and spends the whole week spying on Prince Shōtoku as he waits for Imoko to fall into the trap.
04	Magnificent Yoga Is she really a detective! Usami-chan	vol 06 ch 95 vol 07 (extra)
In the first part, a poor yoga master must beg a gangster father for forgiveness when his son accidentally injures the gangster's son. He is unable to beg successfully and ends up doing random yoga poses instead, which enrages the gangster father even more. In the second part, Usami-chan tries to figure out who has stolen Nyanmi-chan's bloomers - till the usual suspect is revealed.
05	Inō Tadataka's Walk	vol 08 ch 131
This episode follows Inō Tadataka as he goes on his journey to complete the map of Japan. In the process he meets up with a sickly dog, an out-of-this-world alien, and a strange old lady. Much hilarity and chaos ensues.
06	Lalami's Reality Shotoku Taishi's Riddle Masterpiece Selection	vol 09 ch 166 vol 08 (pg 176)
Huge anime eyes need equally huge contact lenses, right? That's what one manga artist thinks and it leads to a similarly huge argument between her and her editor about proportions, reality, and sushi lunches. In the second part, Shotoku Taishi has a selection of painfully stupid riddles for everyone to enjoy.
07	Forever Hunter: Masuda Super Combining Warriors Sun God V! Opening Theme!	vol 06 (extra) (pg 196-199) vol 08 ch 150
In the first part of this episode, the sly, fly Masuda rescues a damsel in distress all the while teaching a brutish punk a lesson in humiliation. The second part involves the 3rd member of the Sun God V team and the chain of events that leads him to transform from sore loser to the main villain.
08	Season of Love!! Cupid-kun	vol 08 ch 147
A man attempting to go on a date with his girlfriend is sabotaged and arrowed by a deranged and perverted cupid, turning him into a centaur.
09	Non-stop Matsuo Bashō: A Heartwarming Journey to the Northeast	vol 07 ch 125
After accidentally eating a poisonous mushroom, Bashou suffers the ultimate worst case of insanity known to mankind - something that will jeopardize the peaceful meeting with the local daimyo in the area, resulting in non-stop madness.
10	Decide! Sparkle Shoot!	vol 08 ch 135
Following the cancellation of Swordmaster Yamato last season, the manga artist decides to create a new one entitled "The Super Shooting of the Kirameki", which involves a soccer boy named Kirameki Shoot. However, interference by the head editor and weird ideas, including the dreaded 3-page restriction, melt together to form the ultimate in weird manga, involving moe catgirls, yuurei, soccer boy rivals, and weeds gone wrong.
11	Gang Leader Detective Girl	vol 10 ch 175
As the latest action heroine, Warrior Idol Yoko-chan is about to make her live-action debut, the studio crew decide to rent a stunt-double robot to do the dirty work for her. Unfortunately, what they are about to get will be a malfunctioning, nonsense-vomiting defect that will turn her debut upside down.
12	Gang Leader Detective Girl: Part 2 Shotoku Taishi's Riddle Masterpiece Selection	vol 10 ch 175
The first part continues the story from the previous episode. Also, Shotoku Taishi has more riddles for everyone.

SEASON 4 Masuda Kousuke Theater Gag Manga Biyori +
Season 4 (GMB+) was 26 episodes long, but 14 of those were re-runs from previous seasons. The new episodes were every odd-numbered episode, up until episode 16, when the new episodes switched to even numbers. I don't know why. As a GMB fan you eventually stop asking "why" and just accept the insanity. It will happen to you. Listed here are the 12 new episodes, with their original-run episode number. Sorry if that's confusing. No summaries as it hasn't been subbed -- but Heta is currently working on GMB+ and I'll keep this post updated once they start releasing it.
Subbed?	Complete?	Fansubber
NO	NO (0/12)	HETA SUBS
Episode	Title	Chapter
01	Renoir vs Cezanne	vol 03 ch 31
03	Let's Go to the Bath House!	vol 10 ch 184
05	The Shinsengumi - Ikedaya incident Narrow Road to the Deep North, middle of the Journey (Short Story)	vol 09 ch 155 vol 01 (extra) vol 03 (extra) vol 04 (extra) vol 05 (extra) vol 06 (extra) vol 08 (extra)
07	Hefty Warrior Mentallion	vol 10 ch 192
09	My Best Friend is a Werewolf	vol 09 (extra) (pg 158-167)
11	Mecha Matsuo	vol 02 ch 29
15	The Love Song of Love for You	vol 11 ch 195
18	Teasing Perry	vol 01 ch 01
20	Rogue Alien	vol 10 ch 180
22	Mount Fuji	vol 10 ch 191
24	Because You're a Detective, Usami-chan!	vol 10 ch 181
26	Onmyouji Story	vol 04 ch 58

Congrats for making it all the way to the end! Now that you've seen which chapters were adapted I hope you can appreciate why our "out-of-order" releases are very much in keeping with the spirit of the series. Only GMB would bury their first chapter in the middle of season 4.

Please drop us a line if you know of any other subs out there.