Gal Circle
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| alt_name = ギャルサー
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| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| num_episodes = 11
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| channel = Nippon Television
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|4|15|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|6|24|df=y}}
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{{nihongo|Gal Circle|ギャルサー|Gyaru Sā}} is a Japanese television drama series that was aired on Nippon Television. The series started on 15 April 2006 and ended with 11 episodes on 24 June 2006.{{cite web|title=Gyarusā|url=http://www.tvdrama-db.com/drama_info/p/id-39098|website=Terebi Dorama Dētabēsu|accessdate=14 September 2014|language=Japanese}} It was the first drama in which Naohito Fujiki played a lead role.{{cite journal|script-title=ja:藤木直人 2週連続企画 1回 主演ドラマ『ギャルサー』インタビュー|journal=Oricon Style|date=22 May 2006|pages=30–31|trans-title=Fujiki Naito 2-week Interview No. 1: Starring Drama Gal Circle|language=Japanese}}{{cite journal|script-title=ja:藤木直人 2週連続企画 1回 主演ドラマ『ギャルサー』インタビュー|journal=Oricon Style|date=29 May 2006|pages=40–41|trans-title=Fujiki Naito 2-week Interview No. 2: Starring Drama Gal Circle|language=Japanese}} It also starred Erika Toda and Aragaki Yui.{{cite journal|title=ビバテレ 春のドラマだ!女のコ祭り 『ギャルサー』 戸田恵梨香|journal=Seventeen|date=15 May 2006|page=133|trans-title=Spring Drama! Gal Circle Girl Festival: Erika Toda}}
Story
Geronimo III sends Shinosuke across the ocean to Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on a quest to find a girl named Imoko. Shinosuke stirs up commotion in the shopping district with his eccentric, misplaced cowboy attitude as he disrupts the town with his lasso. On his adventure, he meets the girls of Angel Heart.
Characters
- Naohito Fujiki as {{nihongo|Shinosuke Kitajima|北島進之助|Kitajima Shinosuke}}, cowboy, 33 years old
= Members of Angel Heart =
- Erika Toda as {{nihongo|Saki|サキ}}, member of Angel Heart's white group, 16 years old
- Emi Suzuki as {{nihongo|Remi|レミ}}, leader of Angel Heart, 18 years old
- Mari Yaguchi as {{nihongo|Yurika|ユリカ}}, member of Angel Heart's black group, 23 years old, posing as 16
- Yui Aragaki as {{nihongo|Nagisa|ナギサ}} leader of Angel Heart's black group, 18 years old
- Mayuko Iwasa as {{nihongo|Rika|リカ}}, candidate to be the next leader of Angel Heart, 17 years old
- Aimi Satsukawa as {{nihongo|Shizuka|シズカ}}, member of Angel Heart's white group, 16 years old
- Natsuko as {{nihongo|Sumire|スミレ}}, member of Angel Heart's white group, 16 years old
= Characters in America =
- Arata Furuta as Geronimo III, a perplexing Native American, 40 years old
- Nanami Hinata (Nana Yamauchi) as {{nihongo|Momo|モモ}}, Geronimo's daughter, 8 years old
- Kenji Anan as George, Geronimo's friend, 43 years old
Reception
Gal Circle was a modest ratings success, earning an average 12.94% rating over the series.{{cite web|title=April-June 2006|website=Audience Rating TV|url=http://artv.info/ar0604.html|accessdate=14 September 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ntv.co.jp/gal/ ギャルサー] (official Japanese site)
Category:2006 Japanese television series debuts
Category:2006 Japanese television series endings
Category:Japanese drama television series