Super GALS

This is a great show! It is an excellent Slice of Life Anime, filled with both comedy and drama! Nostalgic retro animation with great voice acting and good story line.

I remember I first started watching this anime On Demand for Comcast around 2007. I was curious to see what it was because I had been on a Sailor Moon kick, so I started with episode 18 cause that was the first one available. After those 22 minutes were over I had fallen in love! Super Gals is undoubtedly my favorite anime show ever! Now as other people are saying, it might be because I was a preteen girl when I first started watching it, but after a decade, I decided to buy the DVD series on a nostalgic whim and I still love it. Even though Ran is a fictional character, I'll admit to envying her as a person! I think learning about the whole "gal" or "kogal" culture is super interesting too! I haven't gotten a chance to look at the DVD extras yet, but they seem pretty interesting.At the very least, they need to do an English dub of the second season or bring it back for another season because this show is literally one of the best animes I've ever seen. PLEASE ADV FILMS! DUB THE SECOND SEASON!

This series is about the amazing adventures of Ran Kotobuki and her friends, who are high school freshmen and live in the hip, trendy Shibuya district of Tokyo. Ran is the self-proclaimed "world's greatest Gal" [SEE: "kogal" subculture], and she's more than willing to take on any challengers. She hangs out with her friends, Miyu (speaks in the third person most of the time) and Aya (excellent scholar). This trio has frequent run-ins with a pair of "teen idol" boys, Okahata (very cool and laid-back) and Yuya (spastic, major crush on Ran), a trio of heavily-tanned "ganguro" [SEE: "ganguro" facet of "kogal" subculture] gals, and a pair of gals from another district who are always making trouble.Defying her family (mostly police officers, including her mom, dad & brother), Ran's goal in life is to live each moment to the fullest, and let the future take care of itself. Don't miss an episode; that's an ironclad rule for gals! My rating: 10/10.

i got this really cheap! i thought i was only getting vol1 with boxart i got the whole damn series lol

I have to admit I hesitated over started this series for a while until there was nothing else out there that I really wanted and decided to give this a shot. Now, I have to wonder what I was hesitating for because this is one wild, funny, and at times, thought provoking anime.I don't think I've laughed as much at any one time as I did when I first sat down to watch the first five episodes of this series. Just watching Ran do her thing and try to live her life as a gal, as her family tries to convince her to follow in the tradition of the family and become a police officer, is a real hoot. Ran also demonstrates a serious side as she tries to convice a fellow classmate not to sell herself short or to sell her body, that it's all right not to have much money and that you can still have fun.All five episodes maintain an almost frantic pace except for the last one where things get a little serious and it seems like the group is going to be split up. However, Ran is never one to back off from a challenge or to give up on her friends without a fight.All the characters in this show are great, from Ran, the terminal gal, her best friend, Miyu who's in love with Ran's police officer brother, to Aya, their new friend, who is the class brain and the last person anyone thought would be selling herself. The male characters are funny too, especially Yuya, whom Ran dubs as second place since he came in second place in a teen idol popularity contest. Rei, his best friend, is also hilarious, especially when he tried to caution Yuya away from Ran, whom he dubs as being trouble.This anime is rated 15+, mainly for some violence and a bit of vulgar language. If you fall in the proper age group, this is one anime that I can highly recommend. You won't find any giant robots or attacking aliens here but just some good old fashioned crazy fun. I highly recommend it.

Yeah I admit, I was a little embarressed to be buying this anime. But it also looked so cute I just couldn't help myself. After watching the first DVD I was impressed. Not only is the Super Gals alot of fun but you also see a different side of the "Kogal" lifestyle. In reading the manga "Peach Girl" I was given a brief understanding of Kogals; they were stupid tanned bimbos who were easy and might sell themselves to you. In Super Gals I saw in Ran that not all Kogals are like that. She shows it's possible to have fun being a Kogal while also keeping her dignity. I also really enjoyed the fact that there are cultural notes on the backside of the poster. Something I have not seen many anime distributors do except for fansubbers and I always thought there should be more of instead of just trying to "Americanize" it for us. So yeah, all and all I really enjoyed Super Gals because not only is it fun but it actually provides some pop culture education about one side of Japan.