6.4 /10 1 Votes
First episode date 24 June 2005 Number of episodes 5 Genres Animation, Comedy | 6.4/10 MyAnimeList Music by Koichiro Kameyama Licensed by AnimeWorks Final episode date 24 February 2006 Director Katsuhiko Nishijima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Midori Isshiki, Kiyoshi Sugiyama Released June 24, 2005 – February 24, 2006 Similar Labyrinth of Flames, Stratos 4, Najica Blitz Tactics, Glass Maiden, Strain: Strategic Ard I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kirameki project theme song opening
Kirameki Project (きらめき☆プロジェクト, Kirameki Purojekuto) is an anime OAV produced by Studio Fantasia and directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima.
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Plot
A small european island country called "Gene" is under constant threat of invasion from its neighboring countries using giant robots. They are ruled by three princesses, Kana, Nene and Krone. Krone, the eldest, has a team of guys who are happy to fight for her, but they do not. Nene, the youngest daughter, wears a special outfit that allows her to fight. Kana, the middle child, has designed a secret weapon in the fight: the fighter robot Junerin. Junerin is a 60 meter tall robot that resembles a petite French doll. Kana didn't want her to fight but Junerin must do so to save her country when a robot from Japan appeared and wanted to battle her. Several days after continuing invasions from the Japanese robot, Kana befriends one of the engineers, Ooya, who also had the same fear of robots fighting in his past. After Ooya's failed attempt to defeat Junerin, his boss, Shimada decides to fight her for real, only for Kana to stop worrying about being a coward and fight back by manually controlling Junerin, who was autonomous throughout her fights. She managed to defeat Shimada and his "Perfect" robot and peace is returned in the kingdom
Reception
In his first of two reviews of Kirameki Project Theron Martin of Anime News Network called it a "a cutesy, quirky, fan service-laden giant robot series, one clearly made by hard-core otaku for hard-core otaku." In his review of the last two episodes he commented favorably on the dramatic elements. In his Newtype USA review Sean Sikes commented favourably on the animation techniques stating that "the effect is stunning and adds a great visual punch to all the action–packed fight sequences." Chris Beveridge and Mark Thomas gave Kirameki Project a "C" in their lukewarm reviews at Mania.com. Jeremy Mullin of IGN describes Kirameki Project as "one very weird show" going on to comment on the giant robot Junerin stating that "it literally looks like a giant doll [...] complete with hair, a dress... it even has an umbrella and a purse! [...] She even provides us with fan service, throwing in some panty shots."
