The series is a sex comedy that follows Kintaro Oe, a 25 year old freeter and university dropout who roams Japan working various odd jobs.

The series was adapted into a six-episode original video animation (OVA) produced by Shueisha and KSS that was released in 1995.

Recurring gags include Kintaro's fetish for toilets (especially those recently used by beautiful women), his exaggerated facial expressions, and comical entries in his notebook.

The notebook entries include explicit drawings of the women he encounters and bits of wisdom such as "'C' base is not sex", and "The human head cannot turn 360 degrees."

Written and illustrated by Tatsuya Egawa, Golden Boy was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Super Jump from 1992 to 1997.

[10][11] Adapted by Shueisha and KSS into an original video animation (OVA) series, Golden Boy was first released in Japan on VHS and later on laserdisc.

[26] Jeff Ulmer of DigitallyObsessed calls it "hilarious",[27] and Luis Cruz of AnimeOnDVD says it is "surprisingly well-written for an erotic comedy,"[1] and that it "easily deserves the 'Essential' moniker bestowed upon it" by ADV.