| Gals! | |
 The first volume of the manga featuring the three main characters - Ran Kotobuki, Miyu Yamazaki and Aya Hoshino. | |
| ギャルズ！ (Gyaruzu!) | |
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| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mihona Fujii |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | December 29, 1998 – May 1, 2002 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran | |
| Directed by | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Masashi Kubota |
| Music by | Masumi Itō |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002 |
| Episodes | 52 |
| Video game | |
| Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Platform | Game Boy Color |
| Released | July 26, 2001 |
| Video game | |
| Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran 2 ~Miracle -> Getting~ | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Platform | Game Boy Color |
| Released | February 7, 2002 |
| Video game | |
| Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran Special -> Coolmen Get you Gals Party -> | |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Genre | Party |
| Platform | PlayStation |
| Released | August 8, 2002 |
Gals! (Japanese: ギャルズ！, Hepburn: Gyaruzu!) is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in Ribon shōjo manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii announced that the series will continue from November 5 on Shueisha's Manga Mee app, taking off from the manga's ending.[3][4]
An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Pierrot titled Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (超ギャルズ！寿蘭, Sūpā Gyaruzu! Kotobuki Ran) aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 1, 2001 and March 31, 2002, running a length of 52 episodes. The first 26 episodes had been licensed and dubbed for North American distribution by ADV Films under the name Super Gals! and was distributed on DVD from 2003 to 2004. The Right Stuf International announced at Anime Expo 2006 that they had licensed all the episodes, including 27-52[5] and released a subtitled boxset containing the remaining 26 episodes on January 16, 2007. A box set containing all 52 episodes was also released in 2010.[6]
- ^ "Super Gals! - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- ^ Beveridge, Chris (2014-02-28). "'Super Gals' Gets New Anime Clips". The Fandom Post. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "GALS! Shōjo Manga Returns After 17 Years". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ 藤井みほな（11月5日GALS‼︎連載開始‼︎） [@mihona_fujii] (2019-10-28). "うおーい // 11月5日より『GALS‼︎』が集英社マンガmeeにてまさかの連載開始だよーーーっGALS!のスピンオフじゃなくて連載再開のかたちー2002年4月からの話ーwww // ぎえーまじかうそだろ⁉︎って声が聞こえてきそうだけどまじのまじ // 推しCPにもまた会えるぜ // えっ、ホントだよ // #GALS復活pic.twitter.com/LbfuWV9uld" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-29 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Right Stuff International licenses second series of Super Gals!". Super Gals Rightstuf Official website. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Calling the Super GALS!". IGN. June 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2015.