Osu !! Karatebu

Lolu chungechunge luqale njengokuhlambalaza okuhlekisayo nokungenangqondo kwentsha yaseJapan eseyinswelaboya yamaqembu ezigelekeqe etshelwe ngokombono kaMatsushita Tadashi (obuye alande lezi zindaba zakuqala zeKarate Bu), umfundi wonyaka wesibili eKangokou High futhi oqondiswa njalo ngabahlukumezi abaningi bakaKangokou abamshaya njalo ngemuva kokuphuma kwesikole. Cishe njalo uhamba nomngani wakhe omkhulu uSaitou Takaki, naye ohlala ehlukunyezwa. Njengoba laba sebekhathele ngokwedlulele ukuhlukunyezwa bathatha isinqumo sokujoyina iKarate Club ebizwa ngokuthi yiKarate Club, edume kabi kuzo zonke izigelekeqe zentsha yase-Osaka ukuqeqeshwa nokukhiqiza izigebengu ezisencane kakhulu nezinzima kunazo zonke kuleli dolobha ngenkathi kugcinwa iqembu lezemidlalo elisemthethweni. Kepha lapho bejoyina iklabhu, bazithola sebekhethwa kakhulu noma kungabi kubi kakhulu ngamalungu ekilabhu akhona. Kepha njengoba indaba iqhubeka bayakhula babe yizilwi ezinamandla ngokwengeziwe. Ngokuhambisana nokushintshwa kwesimo sengqondo nohlamvu oluphakathi, abashayeli abahlukahlukene abasebasha kulo lonke lolu chungechunge bakhula beqina ngokwengeziwe futhi baqala nokungena kumakhono we-ki angaphezu kwawabantu, bebeka u-Osu !! IKarate Bu enkampanini yamanye ama-epic Shōnen ama-manga alwa no-Yu Yu Hakusho, i-Dragon Ball, ne-Fist of the North Star. Osu !! IKarate Bu ibidume kakhulu eJapan yakhona, kepha kungenjalo cishe ayaziwa ngokuphelele kwamanye amazwe amaningi. Kuveze isiqephu sesine se-OVA mini-series esikhishwe esikhathini esiyiminyaka emibili kusuka ngo-2-1990, i-movie yesenzo ebukhoma yango-1992, nomdlalo wokulwa we-Super Famicom ka-1990.