| Story: The GALS! storyline is lighthearted, humorous, and doesn't really have much of a focal point other than the day-to-day lives of its starring charcters, their passion for shopping, their guy worries...things like that.If you want something dark, mysterious and thought-provoking, it's not your best bet. But if you're looking for something new and cute that shows the lives of Japanese teens, here's your manga! Series Info: GALS! has been going in Ribon magazine since February of 1999. It's created by Fujii Mihona, and so far 6 tankubon have been released. It's also been made into an anime as of April 1st 2001! It airs on Sunday mornings at 8:30 am on TV Tokyo. Seiyuu: Ran- Toyoguchi Megumi Miyu- Ikezawa Haruna Aya- Ichimura Oma Rei- Kamiya Hiroshi Yuuya- Suzumura Kenichi Tatsuki- Obi Yukimasa Yamato- Nakahashi Hiroki Sayo- Kugimiya Rie Ribon: Ribon is the monthly magazine that contains GALS!, as well as some others. Because of all the manga that's inside, Ribon is near the size of a phonebook! Other series inside Ribon include Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Mint na Bokura, Hime-chan no Ribbon, Marmalade Boy, Nurse Angel Ririka, Time Stranger Kyoko, Girl Crazy, and probably a couple more. ^_^ See why it's so big? Mangaka: Fujii Mihona is the creator of GALS! Birthday: November 12th (Scorpio) Blood Type: O Birthplace: Tokyo-to Other stories: Start, Spicy Girl, Passion Girls, Ryuu Ou Mahoujin, Yuki no Hanabaira, Himitsu no Hanazono, Super Princess What's a Ko-gal? A ko-gal is a Japanese teenage girl that keeps up with all the latest trends, wears platform shoes, loose socks, super short skirts, tons of makeup and really stylish clothing. They often wear dark foundation or go to tanning salons so that their skin looks darker and they look black (bizarre, huh?). Ran is too poor to go to a tanning salon so she stays out in the sun a lot. Lots of kogals also dye their hair, and they all talk differently from other Japanese people. Kogals are pretty much only in big cities, though. A mago-gal is a younger, wannabe kogal, like Ran's sister Sayo. A suto-gal is an older, more sophisticated ko-gal. Often ko-gals have little money because they spent it all shopping and they sell their bodies. Ran, fortunately, discourages this. Otherwise, this series might not be in a magazine like Ribon! ^_^;;; |