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Kirara

2000 (estimated) Direct to Video Ashi Productions

Studio
Ashi Productions, Toho

Characters

Konpei, Kirara Imai

Credits

Directing

Director
Kiyoshi Murayama

Writing

Writer
Noriko Hayasaka

Animation

Animator
Shinya Takahashi

Voices

Voice
Chiaki Ozawa (Kirara)

Crew

Design
Shinya Takahashi

Production notes

Based on a 1993 manga by Toshiki Yui in "Young Jump."

A extended version included footage of the 1998 open casting call in which amateur actresses read for the part of the young Kirara. The strategy was boosted as a great method for getting new young voices. However, 16-year-old actress Chiaki Ozawa was 18 years old by the time that the anime was released.