Grrl Power Explained

Grrl Power
Ja Kanji:	まかせてイルか!
Ja Romaji:	Makasete Iruka
Genre:	Comedy

Type:	ova
Director:	Akitaro Daichi
Producer:	Akitaro Daichi
Music:	Double Oats Jun Abe Seiji Muto
Studio:	CoMix Wave
Released:	June 10, 2004

Grrl Power, known in Japan as is an independent produced original video animation by Akitaro Daichi. The anime short film was released simultaneously in Japan and North America on June 10, 2004. It was licensed by ADV Films.

Plot

Sora, Umi and Ao are three school-aged girls who will tackle any job: delivering lunches, to doing your homework and cleaning smokestacks, in order to amass enough money to buy a nearby island and make their own country. However, they have encountered their biggest challenge yet: to convince a boy, Rikku, to go back to school when they themselves do not go.

Characters

• Sora is the de facto the leader of the group. She is the most energetic.
• Umi is child very much like a business woman. Specializing in beauty and planning, she believes money can solve everything.
• Ao is confident in reaching the ultimate goal of buying the island. She is cutely hilarious and intelligent despite her impaired hearing. She communicates using sign language, which is authentically recreated in the anime.
• Riku is a student who refuses to go to school. He seems somewhat pompous, and is quite ignorant.

Reception

The series received an Excellence Award for animation at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 Excellence Prize: Makasete Iruka! . . 2008-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071019031544/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2004/animation/000457/index.php . 2007-10-19.