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A manga adaptation by Mosuke Mattaku started serialization in the manga magazine ''Shōnen Ace'' on April 25, 2009. Another manga adaptation by namo started serialization in the male oriented web comic magazine ''Famitsu Comic Clear'' on October 30, 2009. An anime adaptation by Media Factory was announced the same month.<ref name="announcement">http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-11/baka-to-test-to-shokanju-light-novels-to-be-animated Anime News Network</ref> A promotional trailer was released for streaming in August 2009.<ref name="trailer">http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-08-14/baka-to-test-to-shokanju-anime-promo-streamed Anime News Network</ref> The anime began airing on January 7, 2010.

==Series Details==

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==Plot==

On the day of the placement test, a intelligent girl named Mizuki Himeji suffers from a fever and is unable to complete her test, hence her reigning in a score of zero. As a result, she is pigeonholed into Class F together with Akihisa Yoshii. Akihisa, who worries for her health, pitches an idea to his class to rule over the higher-level classes by doing a Summoned Being War for both Mizuki's sake and to get more and more privileges. Aside from Mizuki (who happens to be the second-ranked student in the year), there is also the class representative Yūji Sakamoto, the bishōnen Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the perverted Tsuchiya Kouta, and the tomboyish Shimada Minami (whom Akihisa claims is his worst enemy).

==Characters==

====Class F====

The worst class with the worst facilities, including decrepit tables(later changed into orange containers) and under-stuffed sitting cushions. Comprises 48 male and 2 female students. There is a total of 149 boys enrolled in the second year class, so it equates to approximately 1/3 being in F Class.

;{{Nihongo|Yoshiko Mikami|三上 美子|Mikami Yoshiko}}

;{{Nihongo|Yūsaku Tsunemura|常村 勇作|Tsunemura Yūsaku}}

:Yōko Takahashi is the Head Teacher of Year 2 and the homeroom teacher of class A. She is bespectacled, probably the smartest person in Fumizuki, but is really bad at baseball. Her total score on all subjects is 7800, nearly twice as much as Shōko. Her Shōkanjū is clad in black military officer's uniform that resembles a German officer of World War I and she is armed with a whip.

;{{Nihongo|Hazuki Shimada|島田 葉月|Shimada Haduki}}

:Minami's younger sister. Grade 5. Calls Akihisa {{nihongo|Idiotic Elder Brother|バカなお兄ちゃん}}. She has also expressed her wish to become Akihisa's bride in the future.

;Miharu's Father

:Full name unknown. Runs a popular coffee shop at the station.

==Media==

*Baka to Test to Shōkanjū 1 ISBN 978-4-7577-3329-9 (January 29, 2007)

*Baka to Test to Shōkanjū 2 ISBN 978-4-7577-3505-7 (April 28, 2007)

===Anime===

A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by the animation studio Silver Link and directed by Shin Ōnuma began airing in Japan on January 7, 2010. The anime's opening theme is "Perfect-area Complete!" by Natsuko Aso. The first ending theme is "Baka Go Home" by Milktub and BakaTest All Stars. The second ending theme is "Hare Tokidoki Egao" by Hitomi Harada, Kaori Mizuhashi, Emiri Katou and Tomomi Isomura. On March 4, 2010, Funimation Entertainment announced that it has acquired the anime and will stream and offer simulcast subtitled episodes days after they aired in Japan under the title ''Baka and Test – Summon the Beasts''.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-04/funimation-adds-baka-and-test-dance-in-the-vampire-bund Anime Network News]</ref>

==References==

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*[http://www.bakatest.com/ Official website in Japanese]

*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10816 Baka to Test to Shōkanjū at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia]