High School Girls (女子高生, Joshi Kōsei?) is an ecchi comedy 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 a television anime series, entitled Joshikōsei Girl's High (女子高生 GIRL'S-HIGH, Joshikōsei Gāruzu Hai?), 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, and directed by Yoshitaka Fujimoto (director of the anime Cyber Team in Akihabara and Nuku Nuku TV).
A Girl's High PlayStation 2 video game, Joshikōsei Game's High (女子高生 GAME'S-HIGH!!, joshikōsei gēmuzu hai?) was made and released in late September, 2006.
The manga series was published in North America by DrMaster (formerly ComicsOne), whereas the anime was distributed across the region by Media Blasters. Media Blasters released the series under the name Girl's High, removing "High School Girls" from the title.
Character Description:
Akari Kouda is a music crazed girl. She dreams to be an actress, a singer or a very famous women. She's funny, crazed, excentric and sometimes, ditzy. When she was in secondary, she was the leader of the group. She's the richest girl of the anime, and she has "posh" looks (sometimes). She wears expensive marks like Prada or Gucci.