Last week, the live-action drama version of Prison School debuted. This adaptation of Akira Hiramoto's manga comes courtesy of Noboru Iguchi, AV  (as in "adult video") filmmaker turned director of over-the-top and gross-out flicks like Zombie Ass, Machine Girl and Robogeisha. So, how gratuitous is this version compared to the anime and how much can it get away with? 

Well, there might be a bit of a double standard...

【規制の闇】実写は見せてもOK、アニメはNG #prison_drama pic.twitter.com/1otJIKWWXI

— ゆたか (@yutaka0626) October 27, 2015

As they put it in Mr. Osomatsu

And some cast comparisons

【監獄学園】ドラマとアニメ比較 #prison_drama pic.twitter.com/ewY2FaVe2U

— ゆたか (@yutaka0626) October 27, 2015

 Kiyoshi Fujino: Taishi Nakagawa (GTO's Noboru Yoshikawa)

Shingo Wakamoto: Masato Yano (GTO's Suguru Teshigawara)

Jōji Nezu: Daiki "Dyki" Miyagi 

Takehito Morokozu: Tokio Enomoto (All Esper Dayo!'s Yasu, 2010 Girl Who Leapt Through Time's Satoru Motomiya)

Reiji Andō: Galigaligalixon (commedian)

Chiyo Kurihara: Rena Takeda

Mari Kurihara: Hirona Yamazaki (Lesson of Evil's Yuuki Tsukahara, Orange's Yuuki Tsukahara)

Hana Midorikawa: Aoi Morikawa (live-action xxxHoLic's Dojo Ame)

Meiko Shiraki: Asana Mamoru (Zombie Ass: The Toilet of the Dead's Maki)

やっぱりアニメの方が良い #prison_drama pic.twitter.com/BjuAZtZAYn

— ゆたか (@yutaka0626) November 3, 2015

via @yutaka0626 and CUPO

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.