GaruGaku. ~St. Girls Square Academy~

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**GaruGaku. ~St. Girls Square Academy~** (ガル学。〜聖ガールズスクエア学院〜;GaruGaku. ~Sei Gaaruzu Sukuea Gakuin~) also known as GaruGaku. is an anime that begun airing on Ohasuta on the April 06th 2020, every Monday and Tuesday, and ended with it's last episode on March 29th.

The main characters of this anime are based on real life Japanese Idol Group, Girls², who at the time, where Ohasuta's "Oha-Girls". Each episode of the anime lasts about 3 minutes.

## Production

The series was first announced on Ohasuta, and made its first appearance in the March issue of the Ciao Magazine, followed by many teasers and trailers on wards. Many famous anime directors contributed their work on to this show, such directors include: Takahito Kyougoku and Hirooaki Akagi. The Oha-Girls at the time, the Girls² have made the opening theme for the anime called: Centimeter. Later, it was announced that the show will get new episodes every Monday.

The first four episodes have been broadcasted on corresponding Mondays, however, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the show had to be put on hold, making the first four episodes get a rebroadcast every Monday again. It wasn't until July 6th, where new episodes started being broadcasted again.

On August 24th of 2020, it was then announced that new episodes will begin to be broadcasted every Tuesday again, making the anime get new episodes every Monday and Tuesday. However, this lasted only through September and October, since from November and so on the episodes will begin to be broadcasted back to the original schedule before hand, which was Monday. Episode 37 was postponed to Tuesday and Episodes 39 (A lot of A.I.s 3) and 40 (The final battle of Fate) got a 2 week delay.

A Chinese translation of the show appeared on the Chinese streaming services since the airing of the first episode. The streaming services include: bilibili, iQiyi and also on Youku's Anime section.

## Synopsis

St. Girls Square Academy is a school that trains their students to become professional star performers. This school can only be attended by those who have passed auditions of girls studio, which are scattered throughout the country. Each students dreams of being able to stand on the stage of the Girls Arena, the biggest event held in the school once a year. Each team/unit works hard everyday aiming towards this goal, but only one team will have honors taking their spot on the Girls Arena. Which team will stand on the stage of dream? This is the story of girls and their dream and friendships, and it's all about to begin.

## Characters

### Main Cast

* **Toa** (原田トア;Harada Toa) is a positive girl who think positive thoughts. She is a new transfer student at St. Girls Square Academy, and longs for a meeting with South2.
CV: Toa Harada

* **Yuzuha** (小田ユズハ;Oda Yuzuha) is a member of East2 who has special skills in acrobatics. She is the shy, yet friendly type, and as a hobby, she enjoys making sweets.
CV: Yuzuha Oda

* **Ran** (石井ラン;Ishii Ran) is a member of East2 whose special skills dancing. She is the type to conduct lesson in a stoic manner and is the rival of Kira.
CV: Ran Ishii

* **Youka** (小川ヨウカ;Ogawa Youka) is a troubled girl. Last years she participated in the Girls Arena as a member of South2. She is the person Toa longs to meet the most.
CV: Youka Ogawa

* **Misaki** (鶴屋ミサキ;Tsuruya Misaki) is a member of South2 and also the president of St. Girls Square Academy's Student Council. As Student Council President she works hard and aims for perfection as to not harm the Student Council's name.
CV: Misaki Tsuruya

* **Kurea** (増田クレア;Masuda Kurea) is a member of South2 and also the vice president of St. Girls Square Academy's Student Council, which she was appointed, by Misaki.
CV: Kurea Masuda

* **Kira** (山口キラ;Yamaguchi Kira) is a member of St. Girls Square Academy's Student Council and also a member of South2. Kira is caring and has skills in dancing. She is the rival of Ran.
CV: Kira Yamaguchi

* **Momoka** (隅谷モモカ;Sumitani Momoka) is a mood maker who is good at comdey and making funny faces. She is a member of West2 and wants to make everyone smile. She is the Bokeh Captain to Minami's Tsukkomi.
CV: Momoka Sumitani

* **Minami** (菱田ミナミ;Hishida Minami) is the Tsukkomi to her partner Momoka, also known as the Bokeh Captian. She is a member of West2 and is a very understanding person. She is the person that understands Momoka the best.
CV: Minami Hishida

### Additional Characters

* **A.I. Toa** (アイトア;A.I. Toa) is Toa's A.I. Companion. She is supportive towards Toa and like Toa, she tries to keep things positive. A.I. Toa keeps tract of Toa's girls points and activities, and unlike other A.I.'s, she doesn't treat Toa as figure of worship, but rather more as a friend.
CV: Live Mukai
* For the full A.I. List, click here.

* **Takuro** (タクロ;Takuro/Takuro-sensei) is a teacher at St. Girls Square Academy and is one of Toa's teachers. He presents himself in a flamboyant manner, and is always there to support and supervise the girls when needed.
CV: Teppei Uenishi

## In other languages:

Mandarin Chinese: 女学。～圣女斯克威尔学院～ (Nǚ xué. ~Shèng nǚ sīkè wēi ěr xuéyuàn~)

## Trivia

* At the end of the shows broadcast, there was a special Takeshita Street event that happened, which resulted in Takeshita Street be fully decorated with all kinds of things from GaruGaku. People could've also purchased a lot of official merch from there.