Grrl Power, known in Japan as is an independently produced

Independent film

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 original video animation

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 by Akitaro Daichi

Akitaro Daichi

is an anime director, producer, and photography director.-Biography:Akitaro Daichi is a native of Gunma Prefecture and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic University...

. The animated

Anime

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 short film was released simultaneously in Japan

Japan

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 and North America

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 on June 10, 2004. This anime was licensed for North America 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
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  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.
• Riku is a student who refuses to go to school. He seems somewhat pompous, and is quite ignorant.

Reception

Grrl Power received an Excellence Award for animation at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival

Japan Media Arts Festival

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