Kirarin Revolution
Kirarin Revolution (Japanese: きらりん☆レボリューション, Hepburn: Kirarin Reboryūshon) is a Japanese manga series by An Nakahara. The series ran in the shōjo manga magazine Ciao from March 2004 to June 2009, with side stories running in Pucchigumi in 2006. The manga sold a cumulative total of over 10 million copies and was awarded Best Children's Manga at the 2006 Shogakukan Manga Awards.
| Kirarin Revolution | |
Cover of the first volume of Kirarin Revolution | |
| きらりん☆レボリューション (Kirarin Reboryūshion) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | An Nakahara |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Ciao Comics |
| Magazine | Ciao Pucchigumi |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | March 2004 – June 2009 |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masaharu Okuwaki |
| Produced by | Susumu Matsuyama (TV Tokyo) Shinsaku Hatta (eps 1–31) Kensuke Sarai (eps 32–68) Takahiro Suzuki (eps 69–102) |
| Written by | Michihiro Tsuchiya |
| Music by | bice |
| Studio | Synergy SP G&G Entertainment |
| Original network | TX, TVh, TVA, TVO, TSC, TVQ, BSJ, QAB, AT-X, TOS, BSS, ABA |
| Original run | April 7, 2006 – March 28, 2008 |
| Episodes | 102 |
| Anime television series | |
| Kirarin Revolution Stage 3 | |
| Directed by | Yoshitaka Fujimoto |
| Produced by | Susumu Matsuyama (TV Tokyo) Takahiro Suzuki Mayumi Sato |
| Written by | Hiroko Fukuda |
| Music by | Yoichi Sakai |
| Studio | Synergy SP SimImage |
| Original network | TV Tokyo Various Broadcast Japanese Networks |
| Original run | April 8, 2008 – March 27, 2009 |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Games | |
An anime adaptation premiered on April 7, 2006, in Japan on TV Tokyo and ran for 102 episodes until March 28, 2008. A second season with the subtitle Kirarin Revolution Stage 3 (きらりん☆レボリューションSTAGE3, Kirarin Reboryūshon Stage 3) aired from April 8, 2008, to March 27, 2009, in high-definition and 3D animation. The anime series stars Morning Musume member Koharu Kusumi, and during the show's run, she released music and made appearances at concerts and crossover television shows as the character. Starting with Kirarin Revolution Stage 3, additional cast members joined her in music activities, such as MilkyWay and Ships.