Gals! is a shōjo manga written by mangaka Mihona Fujii. The manga was serialized in Ribon and published in the U.S. by CMX.
An  anime adaptation, Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran (超GALS!寿蘭, Sūpā Gyaruzu!  Kotobuki Ran?), aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between 2001 and 2003,  running a length of 52 episodes. The anime series was produced by Studio  Pierrot, and the first season (episodes 1-26) has been licensed and  dubbed for North American distribution by ADV Films under the name Super  Gals!. Distributor The Right Stuf International announced that they  have licensed the second season (episodes 27-52) at Anime Expo 2006 and  released a subtitled boxset containing all 26 episodes on January 10,  2007.