Golden Boy (ゴールデンボーイ, Gōruden Bōi?) is a manga series by Tatsuya Egawa about a 25-year-old freeter, pervert, and “travelling student” named Kintaro Oe (大江錦太郎 Ōe Kintarō). The manga was originally serialized in Shueisha’s Super Jump starting in 1992, with the first collected volume released the following year. Parts of the manga were adapted into a six episode OVA series produced by Shueisha and KSS in 1995, which was subsequently released through ADV Films in North America. ADV’s license of the series expired in 2006, however, and in July 2007, Media Blasters acquired the license to it, though it’s not-yet confirmed if the dub will be kept or not.

Kintaro, despite having met the requirements for a degree, left Tokyo University without graduating. Golden Boy depicts his living the life of a free spirit, roaming Japan from town to town, job to job. During his travels, Kintaro meets several women whose lives he dramatically changes, despite poor first impressions. He constantly observes and studies the people and events around him, recording his findings in a notebook he carries on his belt.

The Golden Boy OVA has been positively received by English-language reviewers, but it is widely known for its mature content: while the OVA is not strictly a hentai animation, it does feature instances of partial female nudity, orgasms, and female masturbation. In contrast, the manga becomes almost pornographic starting in the second volume
OVA
Adapted by Shueisha and KSS into an animated OVA, Golden Boy was first released in Japan on VHS and later on laserdisc. Kintaro is voiced by Mitsuo Iwata (and Doug Smith in English). The closing theme is “Study A Go! Go!” by Golden Girls. ADV, its North American distributor, first released the series on six video tapes (English-subtitled and -dubbed versions were sold separately), but its was later released on two DVDs, later being reissued as part of ADV’s Essential Anime line. The six episodes (which adapt the first volume of the manga) are as follows:[4]

Kintaro acting out his fetish in “Computer Studies.”"Computer Studies” 
Kintaro obtains a janitorial job at an all-woman software firm led by the Ferrari-driving, skimpily-clad Madame President (voiced by Hiromi Tsuru and Tiffany Grant). An electrical accident jeopardizes the firm’s future, allowing Kintaro to put his newly acquired programming skills to the test.
“Temptation of the Maiden” 
Working as a campaign staffer for a mayoral candidate, Kintaro is assigned to tutor his boss’ attractive teenaged daughter, Naoko Katsuda (voiced by Yuko Minaguchi and Allison Keith), who wants more from him than help with her math homework.
“Danger! The Virgin’s First Love” 
A car accident has left the owner of a soba restaurant temporarily handicapped, and Kintaro is helping out and learning the trade. The owner’s daughter, Noriko (voiced by Yuri Shiratori and Kim Sevier) has a well-heeled boyfriend, but a series of events leads Kintaro to doubt his sincerity.
“Swimming in the Sea of Love” 
Kintaro has challenged the local swimming coach (and former Olympic athlete) to a race, but he first needs to learn how to swim. While training, however, his situation with the coach, Ayuko Haramizu (voiced by Kikuko Inoue and Sue Ulu) is compromised.

“Balls to the Wall” 
Kintaro becomes a servant in a traditional-style mansion of a wealthy family, but is quickly dismissed. He then challenges the daughter Reiko Tarayama (voiced by Sakiko Tamagawa and Laura Chapman), who has a fetish for her motorcycle, to a race.

“Animation is Fun!” 
Chie (voiced by Mika Kanai and Yvonne Aguirre) is a cel-painter at the animation studio where Kintaro works as an errand-boy. Production difficulties ensue, and Kintaro must rely on old friends to pull things through. An animated rendition of Tatsuya Egawa, voiced by the author himself, makes a cameo appearance in this episode.