Kirarin Revolution
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Kirarin Revolution is a Japanese shōjo manga by An Nakahara. The series' title is the supposed name of Kirari's debut single. As of August 2007, it runs in the shōjo magazine Ciao published by Shogakukan. It won the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The anime adaptation is a Japan and South Korea coproduction, and it premiered on 7 April 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo and ran for 153 episodes until March 27, 2009. Starting from episode 103, this show aired in High-Definition 16:9 with 3D animation. Its airing time was 18:00-18:30 on Fridays.

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Ep 1

Kirarin! Idol Revolution!!

Apr 7, 2006
25m

Kirari Tsukishima is a 14-year old junior high student who has a passion for eating. When she saved a turtle stuck in a tree, its owner,Seiji Hiwatari, gave Kirari a ticket to a SHIPS concert. She tries to get in and there are too many people in front so she goes in the staff entrance. She is met by a young man who gets hostile when she mentions Seiji's name. He rips up her ticket and she runs away. She ends up in the vent over the stage where she sees Seiji and the young man from earlier singing on stage. She falls onto the stage and sets off a cloud of white feathers. Kirari decides to become an Idol.

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Ep 2

Heart Pounding! SHIPS Audition!!

Apr 14, 2006
25m

Kirari attempts to figure out ways to become an idol. Because her ideas are ridiculous, her friends Miyu and Sayaka show an article that SHIPS is holding an audition to find the next idol. Kirari rushes to the place and surprisingly figures out that this audition is for guys. She disguises herself as a male and enters the audition. Although Kirari's identity was discovered, her confidence and persistence allowed her to become an idol.

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Ep 3

Aaah! Aim for a Commercial Debut!!

Apr 21, 2006
25m

Kirari must compete with Ogura Erina in a cake commercial. The girl whose commercial appeals to the staff the most will be able to debut. Of course, Erina secretly tries to make Kirari lose.

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Ep 4

Shock! Papa is Against It!?

Apr 28, 2006
25m

Muranishi assigns Kirari a manager: Kasumi Kumoi. Before Kirari can progress as an idol, Kumoi asks for permission from Kirari's father to become an idol. To Kirari's dismay, her father turns her down. Kirari attempts to find many ways to convince her father to pursue a career in the entertainment world but fails. Seeing Kirari petitioning to become an idol on his way home, Kirari's father decides to approve her request.

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Ep 5

That can't be! The first job!!

May 5, 2006
25m

Director Nezumi chooses Kirari's first job as an idol. Secretly, Erina switches the job to a more ridiculous and difficult task, helper to a group of amateur entertainers. Erina makes the task harder by telling whining and making direct lies at Tomy, the person who runs Kirari's 1st job location. Tomy, originally unsatisfied with Kirari trying to take his place during his shows, finally accepts her.

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Ep 6

So tired! Idol training!!

May 12, 2006
25m

Muranishi eyes Kirari as a marketing model for a company called Rainbow Cosmetics. However, Kirari's unclear and strange mind of being an idol results in a rejection of her modeling for Rainbow Cosmetics. To help Kirari become a proper idol, Muranishi assigns Kirari as the manager of SHIPS for a day.

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