Kirarin Revolution (anime) (2024)

Kirarin☆Revolution (きらりん☆レボリューション / Sparkling☆Revolution) is a Romantic-Comedy, Idol anime series adapted from the manga of the same name.
The adaption was co-produced by Japan and South Korea, and the first episode premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2006. The show ran from then to March 27, 2009.

There are three seasons total in the anime. The second is called "2nd Tour" and the third "3rd Tour". Each DVD is categorized by stages, thirteen stages to each season, thus totaling up to 39 stages in the anime. There are about three episodes per DVD. There are 51 episodes per season, therefore totaling up to 153 episodes in the anime.

Plot[]

Tsukishima Kirari is a 14-year-old girl who only has her mind set on food. One day on her way home from school, she saving a turtle belonging to a boy named Hiwatari Seiji. She immediately falls in love with him. Kirari later discovers that Seiji is a member of the popular duo SHIPS with an another boy named Kazama Hiroto. To see him again, she decides to enter the world of show business herself and become an idol. Despite many obstacles, and with the help of her little cat Na-san and her friends, she manages to make a name for herself as an idol.

Seasons[]

Season 1
Composed of 51 episodes.
Aired from April 7, 2006 to March 30, 2007.

Season 2: 2nd Tour
Composed of 51 episodes.
Aired from April 6, 2007 to March 28, 2008.

Season 3: 3rd Tour
Composed of 51 episodes.
Aired from April 8, 2008 to March 29, 2009.

Production[]

For the first two seasons, the animation was in 2D, otherwise known as traditional or hand-drawn animation. Traditional animation is a technique in which a person draws a frame by hand to create animation (although, in some cases, it is drawn on a computer). In the third and final season, the animation is changed to 3D, or CGI. CGI is another technique in which a person creates a frame using computers to make it look three-dimensional.

The character of Tsukishima Kirari is voiced by a real-life idol: Kusumi Koharu of Morning Musume, who also performs the series' songs under the heroine's name, releasing multiple singles and albums as Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume), which serve as the anime's theme songs.

The series' bands, MilkyWay, Kira☆Pika, and SHIPS, are also adapted as real bands. Every member of each group voices their own character. MilkyWay and Kira☆Pika was voiced by Hello! Project idols: Hagiwara Mai of ℃-ute, Kitahara Sayaka and Kikkawa You. SHIPS was voiced by Ide Takuya and Kanai Shikou. They also play their characters in shows, concerts and TV programs.

Production Staff[]

• Director: Masaharu Okuwaki (season 1 and 2), Yoshitaka Fujimoto (season 3)
• Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya
• Script: Michihiro Tsuchiya
• Storyboard: Masaharu Okuwaki
• Episode Director: Yoshinori Odaka
• Music: Bice
• Original Manga: An Nakahara
• Character Design: Yoshihiro Nagamori
• Animation Director: Hiroshi Wagatsuma
• Sound Director: Shigeru Chiba
• Photographer Director: Eun Hee Kim
• Producers: Hiroshi Tsuzuki, Yasuyuki Uchida, Yukio Kawasaki and Yutaka Saito
• Animation Producers: DU YEOL JUNG and Yasuhiro Higuchi
• Background Art: SUN GEUN HAN
• Editor: Hiromi Komine
• Planning: Nobumasa Sawabe and Toshihiro Nakazawa
• Publicity: Kenji Takahashi and Machiko Ishii
• Theme Song Arrangers: Masaki Iehara, Yasuji Goto and Yoichiro Yasuoka
• Theme Song Composition: Tetsuro Oda and Tsunku
• Theme Song Lyric Writers: Makoto Furuya, Michito and Tsunku
• Theme Song Performers: Tsukishima Kirari starring Kusumi Koharu (Morning Musume), ℃-ute, Kira☆Pika and MilkyWay

Cast[]

Main Characters[]

• Kusumi Koharu asTsukishima Kirari
• Suyama Akio (ep 1-102) and Ide Takuya (ep 103-153) asKazama Hiroto
• Hoshi Souichiro (ep 1-102) and Kanai Shikou (ep 103-153) asHiwatari Seiji
• Ikeda Chigusa asNa-san

Supporting Characters[]

• Mitsui Aika as Gurossan
• Miyake Kaya as Sayaka
• Sakaguchi Koichi as TanTan
• Itou Kumiko as Miku
• Joh Masako as Ogura Erina
• Nozawa Masako as Obaa-chan
• Neya Michiko as Kumoi Kasumi
• Kouzuki Miwa as Na-yan
• Chiba Susumu as Producer Muranishi
• Kawakami Takafumi as Amamiya Arashi
• Tsunematsu Ayumi as Tina Garland
• Asakura Azumi as Tomo
• Saito Chiwa as Kirisawa Aoi
• Yamawaki Chomenori as Tsukishima Takashi
• Mochizuki Hisayo as Mya-san
• Izaki Hisayoshi as Manager Shakujii
• Yoshizawa Hitomi as Hitomi
• Sakata Ito as Girl
• Takiguchi Junpei as Mr. Dancho
• Kosugi Juurouta as Tanba Suzutarou
• Hagiwara Mai as Mizuki Hikaru
• Katsuki Masako as Mizora Seiko
• Shinkawa Megumi as Mr. Na
• Kumai Motoko as Higuchi Yasuhiro
• Matsui Naoko as Chairwoman Higashiyama
• Shitaya Noriko as Todou Fubuki and Mii-tyan
• ​Kitahara Sayaka as Yukino Noel
• Kikkawa Yuu as Hanasaki Cobeni
• Asanuma Shintaro as Tsukishima Subaru
• Aono Takeshi as Crossing over house steward
• Ohta Tetsuharu as Kamata Tomo
• Kakihara Tetsuya as Nii-kun
• Takagi Wataru as Scoop Gotou
• Sasamoto Yuku as Haruno Tsurara
• Nishikawa Hazuki (un-credited)

Merchandise[]

To see all the merchandise, check the dedicated article.

DVD[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Gallery[]