Groove High S

***Groove High S***, known in Japan as ***Ashita! Groove High S*** (明日!グルーヴハイ S *Ashita! Gurūvu Hai Esu*?, roughly *Tomorrow! Groove High S*) or *GHS* for short, is a magical girl live action series based on the British animated television series *Groove High*. The series is co-produced by Disney Channel Japan and OLM Inc. and was filmed by Toei Company.

The 52-episode series aired in Japan on Fuji TV between April 2nd, 2005 and March 25, 2006. From April 1st, 2006 to March 31, 2007, the second season entitled ***Groove High S Grand Harmony***, known in Japan as ***Ashita! Groove High S Grand Harmony*** (明日!グルーヴハイ S グランドハーモニー *Ashita! Gurūvu Hai Esu Gurando Hāmonī*?, roughly *Tomorrow! Groove High S Grand Harmony*).

From January 1st, 2006 to December 29, 2007, the program airs on Disney Channel in Japan. An English-dubbed version produced by HiT Entertainment aired by Disney Channel Philippines on their Jetix channel in November 2007, though has not yet been released in United Kingdom, and at this point, most likely never will, except for France (and Italy as well) where it airs on Disney Channel. A manga of the same name ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine between April 2005 and March 2007. The manga was illustrations by Naoko Takeuchi.

## Plot

The plot of the series differs much from the original series. The series is taking a place the fictional city of New Oxfordshire, 14-year-old Zoe Myer befriends Yumiko, a talking stuffed doll assemble a team of fellow Groove High students, a shy school girl Vic Solis, Lena Rougedieu, a ballerina dressed ballet, Tom Muler, a worst nemesis boyfriend of Zoe, Ed Kauffmann, a babysitting boy, Luke and Kim Vandenberg, two frenemy couples, transforming them into Groove Team who fight the enemies to save who was danger.

## Characters

### Groove Team S

* Moeka Aimoto/Lovely-Zoe
* Tensaimi Shimizu/Serene Vic
* Amane Jinja/Crystal Lena
* Kokennin Nakamura/Hyper Tom
* Yukito Kurosawa/Frozen Ed
* Maki Fujisaki/Majestic Luke
* Reina Fujisaki/Shining Kim

### Other Protagonists Present in Both Adaptations

* Hayate Kurosawa/Floral Zach
* Shingo Kurosawa/Deadly Kevin
* Ryoku Ootori/Passionate Andrew
* Yumiko Suzukawa/Ako Yamabiko/Harmonious Yumiko
* Miyuki and Hitori/Gleaming Angie and Clarisse
* Mrs Myer
* Mr. Myer
* Iris Berens
* Henry Fountain

### GHS Exclusive Protagonists

* Hayley Berens
* Yuriko Aimoto/Lulu Myer
* Mrs Berens
* Hinata Shimizu

### Villains

* The Western Gang S
* Osamu Amenomori

### GHS Exclusives

* Imari Amenomori
* Bethany
* Katie
* George
* Max
* Jess

## Episodes

### Groove High S (2005 - 2006)

1. The First Command
2. Freaky Thursday
3. Send Me No Waves
4. Miss Lena Rougedieu
5. The Trouble With Tom
6. Hello, Ed!
7. Groove Team Over Broadway
8. Cobra Man
9. Girlz N The Hood
10. Viva New Oxfordshire
11. Against All Olds
12. Son Of Ali Zoe
13. Project S
14. Red Thunder
15. Dramatic University
16. The Fortune Cake
17. Meet Queen Zoe
18. Cancer One
19. Old Frontier
20. Artists And Dolls
21. The Bowling Inferno
22. Hey There, It's Luke Vandenberg
23. Swiss Family Rougedieu
24. Chariots Of Wind
25. Dear Husband
26. Tom Bravo
27. Gangs Of New Oxfordshire
28. Point Break
29. Arabian Frights
30. For Your Hands Only
31. In The Heat Of The Day
32. Damn Bookies!
33. Light Star
34. The Saddest Story Ever Told
35. Luke's First Wife
36. Every Which Way But Loser
37. How To Succeed In Not Business Without Really Trying
38. Three Texas Stealers
39. The Insider
40. Honky Tom
41. Pound For Glory
42. Sands Of Iwo Kima
43. Mutiny On The Thirsty
44. Black Collar
45. Dancing Fathers
46. The Dominantly Principle
47. Coat Comrades
48. New Oxfordshire Cop
49. Tom-Hur
50. Captain Darkfoot
51. Adventure In Hawaiians
52. Raiders Of The Last Battle

### Groove High S Grand Harmony (2006 - 2007)

1. Good Morning, Kim
2. The Lemonade Drop Kid
3. Drums Along The New Oxfordshire
4. Seas Aweigh
5. Mean Boys
6. P Is For Pink
7. Low Plains Drifter
8. Young Mr, Travis
9. It's The New Amy Game
10. Hope Foots
11. The Enemy From 20,000 Fathoms
12. Strangers On A Subway Train
13. Bend Of The Forest
14. Dirty Rotten Scrambler
15. Kiss Me Vic
16. Romeo And Yumiko
17. Brother Act
18. Life In Sometown, France
19. The Three Lives Of Yumiko-Chan
20. You're Got Book
21. From The Ends Of The Planet
22. Dr. Kauffmann Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pump
23. The Crowded Sunlight
24. Light City
25. In A Gloomy Place
26. You Can't Take That With You
27. Shadow Sheet
28. Planet Of The Horses
29. Hair Force
30. Murders In The New Oxfordshire
31. Pink Kevin - The Wall
32. The Slipper And The Pose
33. Macaroni Flat
34. Rock-Heads
35. They Were Respectable
36. Hidden Silver
37. Mama's Delicate Condition
38. From Rusher With Love
39. Consenting Kids
40. Malcolm W
41. Three Flags West
42. Fantastic Cook
43. Paper Tom
44. Victorella
45. Now We Are Thirteen
46. Silent Racing
47. Gunfight At The New Oxfordshire
48. The Picture Of Bella The Terrible
49. Appointment With Cold Sore
50. Frontier Andrew
51. Creation Of Life
52. Thank God It's Saturday

## Songs

### Opening Themes

* Kokoro no Melody (season 1)
* Saigo Uta de Grand Harmony (season 2)

### Ending Themes

* Powerful Musical (season 1, episodes 1-26)
* Rainbow Pop (season 1, episodes 27-52)
* Kirakira no Ongaku (season 2, episodes 1-26)
* Let's Go Dream Team (season 2, episodes 27-52)

## Manga﻿

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, was published in Shueisha's *Ribon* magazine between April 2005 and March 2007.