Kirarin☆Revolution (Kirarin Revolution)

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English: Kirarin Revolution

Japanese: きらりん☆レボリューション

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Type: TV

Episodes: 153

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 7, 2006 to Mar 27, 2009

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Fridays at 18:00 (JST)

Producers: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, VIZ Media, G&G Entertainment, MediaNet, Sony Music Entertainment

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: SynergySP

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 22 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.06¹ (scored by 9,622 users)

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Ranked: #3484²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3419

Members: 27,178

Favorites: 213

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Synopsis

Kirari Tsukishima, a gluttonous 14-year-old beauty, is a girl who does not care about idols and the entertainment world because her mind is occupied by food. Her obsession with food only causes her to be clueless about love.

One day, after saving a turtle that is stranded in a tree, Kirari meets with a handsome and gentle boy named Seiji, who gives her ticket to a SHIPS (a popular idol group) concert to show his gratitude for her saving his pet. Kirari then storms off to the concert and runs into another boy, who tears up her ticket and warns her to stay away from Seiji because she and Seiji live in different worlds. The outraged Kirari then sneaks into the concert, only to discover that Seiji and the boy who tore her ticket, named Hiroto, are actually members of SHIPS.

Finally understanding the meaning of "different worlds" (Seiji is a popular idol while she is an average middle school student), Kirari refuses to give up. Filled with determination to be with Seiji, she declares that she will also become an idol.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tsukishima, Kirari

Main

Kusumi, Koharu
Japanese

Kazama, Hiroto

Main

Suyama, Akio
Japanese

Naa-san

Main

Ikeda, Chigusa
Japanese

Hiwatari, Seiji

Main

Hoshi, Souichirou
Japanese

Mizuki, Hikaru

Supporting

Hagiwara, Mai
Japanese

Tsukishima, Subaru

Supporting

Asanuma, Shintaro
Japanese

Naa-yan

Supporting

Hanasaki, Cobeni

Supporting

Kikkawa, You
Japanese

Toudou, Fubuki

Supporting

Shitaya, Noriko
Japanese

Kumoi, Kasumi

Supporting

Neya, Michiko
Japanese

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Staff

Okuwaki, Masaharu

Director, Storyboard

Watanabe, Shinichi

Script

Nakase, Rika

Script

Suenaga, Mitsuyo

Script

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Opening Theme

#1: "Koi☆Kana (恋☆カナ)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 01-26)
#2: "Balalaika (バラライカ)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 27-51)
#3: "Happy (ハッピー☆彡)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 52-67)
#4: "Hana wo Puun (はなをぷーん)" by Kira*Pika (eps 68-77)
#5: "Chance! (チャンス!)" by Kirarin Revolution starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 78-102)
#6: "Anataboshi (アナタボシ)" by Milky Way (eps 103-128)
#7: "Taan Taan Taan! (タンタンターン!)" by MilkyWay (eps 129-153)

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Ending Theme

#01: "SUGAO-flavor (Genuine Flavor)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 01-17)
#02: "Ooki na Ai de Motenashite (大きな愛でもてなして)" by ℃-ute (eps 18-26)
#03: "Mizuiro Melody (水色メロディ)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 27-38)
#04: "Love Dayo☆Darling (Loveだよ☆ダーリン)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 39-51)
#05: "Koi no Mahou wa Habibi no Bi! (恋の魔法はバビビのビ!)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 52-64)
#06: "Hana wo Puun (はなをぷーん)" by Kira*Pika (eps 65-67)
#07: "Futari wa NS (ふたりはNS)" by Kira*Pika (eps 68-77 )
#08: "Ramutara (ラムタラ)" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 78-90)
#09: "Olala" by Kirari Tsukishima starring Koharu Kusumi (eps 91-102)
#10: "Sansan GOGO (サンサンGOGO)" by MilkyWay (eps 103-115)

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Nov 8, 2015

153 of 153 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

vassalord- (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

Shoujo anime like this is the reason people hate weaboos. The term "weaboo" wouldn't have such a negative connotation if people didn't imagine them as a neet with an obsession for disproportionate twelve year old girls (or boys) with eyes that take up half of their face, and prepubescent squeaking voices. This show was just all kinds of bad.

Shall we start with the horrifyingly cliche plot of becoming an idol? Talk about overkill. I don't know what prompts Japanese people to believe that you can wake up one day with zero experience or talent, and then happen to strike a deal with a record company. But there's fantasy anime, so I won't be overly analytical.

The characters were so horrid it was almost laughable. That's right—I exceeded the cringing stage, and just had to laugh knowing there were some people who thought this anime was a good idea. For starters, Kirari, our naive idol sensation, is so irritating it's almost unbearable. Being hopeless and clumsy is charming in some heroines, but she is just over the top. The only character who seems to understand her questionable actions is her cat thing "Naa-san" who ALWAYS manages to have a dumbfounded expression and only cares about fish shaped takoyaki.

The only decent characters are Hiroto and Seiji, her main love interests, and consequential rival idols. If they're idols they need music right? The music... I think I've exhausted all of my negative synonyms already, but you get the idea. In the first 30 episodes, Kirari had two songs only. One of them was the opening which had so many flashing lights and spontaneous bursts of sparkle and color, I nearly had epilepsy. She continuously struck the "kawaii" pose and the lyrics were sadly composed.

Her second song, "Balalaika", brought up some questions for me. I was so curious I did some research, and it turns out it's Russian. So I'm just wondering how she learned Russian overnight and performed this song, and more importantly, why would the creators make her sing a Russian song? As you can imagine face palming was an action I performed several times during this series. These two songs were played at least once per episode, and it became a painful ritual.

I honestly couldn't handle it anymore after about forty some episodes. (Keep in mind there are over one hundred), so I dropped the series, but I didn't need to see more to know it was only downhill from there. I don't recommend you pick this up, but if you're ever in an internet argument and the other party starts insulting how you watch anime, after watching Kirarin Revolution, you'll understand why.

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Aug 13, 2016

153 of 153 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

A_Dying_Ghost (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

I think the animators should know that their art begins to deteriorate after each big problem is overcame by Kirari. What is worse is that Kirari matures, which kind of loses the comedy as time goes by.

Story: (2) --Because it can only gets more realistic and not comedic
Art: (1) -- Must I say, a rectangle face shaped Kirarin suits the world of Minecraft rather than the anime world
Sound: (4) --I had some opening and ending songs I liked so I'd say this is a decent score I'll give
Character: (6) --Naa-san is a character that is way past worthiness to be worshipped.....
Enjoyment: (4) read more

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Jul 8, 2012

153 of 153 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

weiluntong (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

This show had a great way of building up a single character fame, fortune, and story. I myself wasn't much of a fan of it though.

Story - 6. The story definitely shows you what it means to build from ground up. It showed all the tasks and hardships endured by Kirari as she worked her way up to the higher ranks of her overall goal. The reason why I believe it's fair and not any better though is because the story itself is VERY close minded and selfish.

Art - 4. A lot of scenes weren't animated at all, in fact, baby faces replace the characters read more

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Apr 26, 2008

18 of 153 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Spades-Deuce (All reviews)

63 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Kirarin Revolution is about a young girl called Kirari who becomes an idol because she wants to follow her crush, Seiji. However, as the story progresses, she wants to be an idol for more than that reason.

Story:

I gave the story a 4 because it doesn't develop much and far too many of the episodes are fillers. I can understand that the writers would find it hard to keep up a decent storyline for over 100 episodes, but still.. in each episode an event happens that would usually take a quarter of an episode in most other series, hence making the series feel very dragged out.
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