High School Girls
High School Girls is a Japanese manga series, created by Towa Oshima, which was originally serialized in Futabasha's Weekly Manga Action magazine from 2001, and then subsequently Comic High! from 2004.
It was adapted in 2006 into an anime television series, entitled Joshikōsei Girl's High, which premiered in Japan on April 3, 2006, and completed its 12-episode run on June 19, 2006. It was produced by Genco, animated by ARMS, written by Hideki Shirane, and directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto.
A Girl's High PlayStation 2 video game, Joshikōsei Game's High was made and released in late September 2006.
The manga series was published in North America by DrMaster, whereas the anime was distributed across the region by Media Blasters, which released the series under the name Girl's High with no English dub available. The series premiered on Toku in the United States in January 2016.
Plot
Eriko and her friends Yuma and Ayano are excited about entering their first year of high school at Yamasaki Academy. Their excitement leads to their breaking of the rules when they toured the school before the opening ceremony. They find out their preconceptions about the school may not be as true as they had first thought. Despite that, Eriko and her friends are joined by new friends. They aim to get through high school life together.Characters
Main characters
; Eriko Takahashi; Yuma Suzuki
; Ayano Sato
; Akari Kouda
; Kyoko Himeji
; Ikue Ogawa
Supporting characters
; Yuichiro "Idol" Odagiri; Root Hara
; Kamei
; Kaoru "Macho" Matsuo
; Hitler Iwato
; Takanori Shimotakatani
; Momoka Suzuki
; Fumino Sato
; Taeko "Choko" Sato
; Takeshi Kouda
Minor character
; Daichi Takahashi; Mari Saionji
; Professor Nakagawa
; Yurika Kinashi
; Yuuya Kinashi
; Nao Koshiba
Nao is often depicted as akin to a perfect Takarazuka boy's actress and she was seen in the 52nd period and in the class trip to Okinawa as doting over Sayaka. They also starred in several four-panel comics published in the sixth manga volume.
; Sayaka Mouri
Sayaka is a person who prefers natural treatments to wounds and health care. In volume 9, Sayaka was shown to have missed a year of school due to being hospitalized for an extreme case of eczema. Because of her missing a year, Sayaka is actually one year older than everyone else in the class, a secret that Nao keeps for her.
; Miyoko Honda
; Miss Takagi and Miss Toyoizumi
; Arisa Ohnishiki
; Miss Matsuyama
; Riku Sotoike, Kai Akasaka and Rin Inukai
; Mitsuru Yamato
; Wakana Satomi and Honoka Inaba
; Haruna Nagakubo and Runa Hirota
; Nene Shiina and Nana Sakurada
; Towa Oshima
Episodes
Music
;Opening theme: Kirameku performed by yozuca;Ending theme: incl. performed by meg rock
ISBN
English translations published by ComicsOne- Volume 1:
- Volume 2:
- Volume 3:
- Volume 4:
- Volume 5:
- Volume 6:
- Volume 7:
- Volume 8:
- Volume 9: