The show that ended a genre

There was nowhere else to go but down so they just stopped making them. Originally planned as a sequel to a series of hit TV dramas, it quickly became it's own series about a terminator girl with a rocket launcher. Part Bionic woman, part terminator, it's a show that could only come out of the 80s. It was so off the wall they simply couldn't top it & it ended up being the last in this series of dramas. An ongoing series of reviews where kenny lauderdale discuss dramas about delinquent girls with crazy weapons.

Title: The Most Dangerous Schoolgirl

Twitter: @KennyLauderdal3

#少女コマンドーizumi ,#recommendation,#sukeban

[spartan]

"They brainwashed her into unlocking the full potential of the human body, and turned her into the perfect weapon using a combination of hypnosis and exploding obstacle courses."
Jesus christ, it's Jason Bourne.

[elgritton]

80’s America: Care Bear


80’s Japan: Girl with Rocket Launcher

[Zemity_]

No Wiki page, no IMDB, Kenny, cheers for digging out and showing the world these gems.

[ThePandaPhotographer]

I've grown up in Japan and this was the show for like a month and I always want to be Izumi to be my dream girl. Shoujo Commando Izumi is still lives in my memories

[emperorfaiz]

Michael Bay's first waifu.

I'm not surprised if she somehow inspired the creation of Lady in Devil May Cry series.

[Leifenguard]

There's also the "Girl with a machine gun" series in Japan, it's pretty neat, just add girl with a weapon and everything is just gold.

[ProbableKoz]

Love how the phrase “Fire and Forget” is on her Bazooka. Really plays into the whole Lost Identity and Memory angle they seem to have been going for.

[reececrump]

i like to imagine that when izumi went to school she kept on accidently using her heightened combat instinct on students or teacher who made the mistake of sneaking up on her. like imagine izumi's friend coming up trying to be cute, she attempts to cover izumi's eyes and say 'guess who?', but izumi just snaps her arm.

[Enzo_Matrix]

So overpowered she'd make Solid Snake blush.

[apetheory]

The 80’s had it all. Predator, Terminator, Alien, Evil Dead, Commando, Rambo, and this.

[ScorePN]

I wonder how much further they would have taken the sukeban series, would we have seen a girl with her own gundam wing?

[azuroslazuli]

Such a shame the show lost its way after a few eps. Honestly the idea of a super warrior trying to live a normal life, only to have it intruded on constantly by her dark past, would have been amazing if they’d focused on the psychology of it. It sounds like it had a lot of potential. Maybe it should’ve been a movie instead of a series.

[marball]

This is it. I now feel like all Japanese media is one uniform away from high-school drama madness, no exceptions.

[girdielbohmer]

Man, that´s a Michael Bay directed, Jason Bourne, Sailor Moon mixup! Fire and Forget, what catch phrase! Genious!

[homeristro]

Yep
A girl dressed like the protagonist of shenmue and also with the fighthing style and plus a rocket luncher was a normal day in the 80s my dude

[BlueCreatesKun]

*for izumi’s neutral special she wields a rocket launcher*

[VagabondTE]

Ok hear me out.. Sukeban Isakai

A 1980's Sukeban school girl is magically transported to a mideval fantasy kingdom. But she refuses to touch any weapons or magical items (because she thinks it's a setup) and just beats the crap out monster's and dragons with a gang leader attitude and her mits.

[vie]

Hollywood: We have the best CGI
Izumi: Hold my practical effects

[gutsmcgordan]

I love the crazy world of retro J dramas

[FirstNameLastName-ktzn]

Yet another reason why Japan is a cultural powerhouse.