Kirarin☆Revolution

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.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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

Yukino, Noel Supporting

Kitahara, Sayaka Japanese

Naa-yan Supporting

Kouzuki, Miwa Japanese

Tsukishima, Subaru Supporting

Asanuma, Shintaro Japanese

Hanasaki, Cobeni Supporting

Kikkawa, You Japanese

Minami, Akane Supporting

Yoshida, Sayuri Japanese

Hatta, Shinsaku Producer

Furuichi, Naohiko Producer

Oozora, Masaki Director, Storyboard

Chiba, Shigeru Sound Director

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Mar 29, 2014

SwordsmanDan

Recommended

Preliminary (65/153 eps)

Story: 7
In the beginning I had an idea where the show was going and I pretty much nailed it on the head. The difference, however, lies in the execution. The series redelivers comedy, inspirational, heart-warming moments in many different ways, some of them pretty creative. If you're looking for any kind of realism look elsewhere. All the problems in the show are solved by Kirari giving a little to a lot of kindness and hard work over a day to a few weeks. The antagonists introduced in the show almost always end up having some personal circumstances that we discover ... later on make their actions more excusable (and sometimes downright funny).

I can see how, if you are the target audience for this show, this could make kids dangerously idealistic and bound for a rude awakening. Sometimes people just suck and there's no amount of kindness you can give and no excuse they can provide that will make it better. Also, the people with good intentions putting in hard work don't always reap the rewards. As long as its taken with a grain of salt anyone should be fine.

Art: 6
The artists succeed in making Kirari cute and they don't resort to cheap means like Rosario Vampire (I like that show too but you can't go five minutes without an up-skirt shot). They do resort to using sparkles ALOT. The main character sparkles. Get used to it. Backgrounds and side characters are decent. The amount of detail is lacking but it gets the job done. Many of the animations that are simple have a comedic effect though.

Sound: 8
Any show that makes half-way decent pop songs for half of their main characters deserves at least a 7. The songs in Kirarin Revolution, especially Kirari's are pretty good. Voice acting is hilarious. I thought they did a pretty decent job. Some one liners get repetitive. It's amazing how many times Hiroto calls Kirari an idiot.

Character: 7
As of episode 65 Hiroto's character is pretty three-dimensional. Seiji is pretty much an air-head with a decent heart when he remembers. Kirari is one of the cutest characters in anime that I've encountered. Hiroto actually balances her character because she's too nice and Hiroto will actually reprimand people who are acting out of line. As for how deep Kirari is, she definitely has her moments. I wouldn't call her character monochromatic. The antagonists of the show are pretty solid. It's nice when you get to the show, knowing that things are going to work out in the main character's favor, I started to actually like the antagonists and find them amusing. Most of them have decent reasons for being antagonists as well.

Enjoyment: 8
This show makes me laugh very often. I find it clever in its execution and I like the good feeling I get when things work out for Kirari and the people she tries to help. Even though I know most of those things don't, or rarely happen in real life, its nice to visit a world where they do. There's also undertones of romance that are well done and appropriate.

Overall: 7
One Warning, there are a few episodes that are clearly fillers. There are a few more that are filler-ish. I couldn't find a list of them but I could pick them out pretty easily, so you can safely skip the ones that don't look like they're adding anything important to the mix. Other than that I have no real complaints. I like long series that continue to deliver. I'm happy I'm watching Kirarin Revolution. I can care less that I'm not the target audience.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 13, 2016

A_Dying_Ghost

Mixed Feelings

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) ... --God is good to whoever can enjoy the anime without noticing the art
Overall: (5)--I enjoyed how the anime began but.....damn. It's a fair score, I am even thinking that I am too nice to give such a high score


That is all; my long held anger is finally being spoken and released.
(Btw most of my anger came from how they made Seji and Hiroto ugly. Such a horrendous crime cannot go unseen. )

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 17, 2017

AngelShiva

Not Recommended

Preliminary (118/153 eps)

*Before you decide to watch this anime, be informed that there is no Eng sub for the last episodes (116-153). I was able to finish this with French dub*

--In a hurry ? Read that important notice : Change of art style and seyuus in the middle of the series for CGI and younger seyuus. No story developpement. Don't waste your time.-- Exemple of the magnificent art style in the late episodes : https://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=63023020170517130837Kilaripisode125VFYouTube.png

==Story== (2) : Kirarin☆Revolution is about a cute girl with a big heart and a beautiful smile. The story revolves around her idol career and the other characters that get in her ... way for diverse reasons. There's aelso a love triangle between Kirarin and 2 guys (which are also idols).

Honestly, my score for the story wouldn't be *that* low if the anime was shorter. The first 30 episodes were entertaining. Damn, even the first 60 manage to make me smile ! But after that... the story was a repetition of a repetition of a repetition. No developpement of the characters. No improvement of the love story.

Oh, and I almost forgot. After episode 100, almost 6 minutes (excluding opening/ending) were kirarin singing the same. f*king. song. (Because she's popular and sings in her shows for her fans, you see ?)

==Art/Animation== (1) : Oh. My. God. Why no reviews about this ?! Art was good for the first 103. At episode 103, I thought I was watching a video made for April Fool. I seriously thought that. They F*ucing changed the art style for CGI. Honestly, I don't know why they thought it was a smart move to change the art style in the middle of the series, but I would've accept it if it was well made (I had no problem with Ajin and Kingdom !), but damn, the movement of the characters were awkward, the shape of the mouth was, well... the mouth was in the place of the nose and weirdly moving. Everything was ugly, except when they were dancing. At least, they were dancing often.

==Sound== (4) : I liked some Seyuu's voices acting. Some were bad (especially the "villains") but we can manage that, eh ? What I have a difficulty to manage is the change of Seyuu's in the middle of the series. Wait for the reason : apparently, they wanted younger seyuus so they can perform in front of IRL fans. Really ? Who made that stupid decision ? Clearly not people that were planning to make an anime of quality.

==Character== (3) : I loved the characters, at first. Funny, cute, made me smile. I shipped Kirarin x Hiroto. But NO DEVELOPEMENT of the characters. At episode 153, they are at the same developpement than at episode 10. Seriously.

==Enjoyment== (3) : The first episodes ? 7. But, but, ... watching the last episodes in CGI was pure torture.

==Overall== (3) : And then again, I'm feeling generous.

*Hope you found my first review helpful !*

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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