is an

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about a high school girl who discovers that she is really part of a royal lineage of aliens from a distant planet. The anime was released in the United States by

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. This anime is part Sci-Fi and part

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similar to

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and Galaxy Fraulein Yuna.

Plot

While Koichi Amagi is making a marriage proposal to his beloved Miki, a space ship fell right in front of them. Inside the space ship there was a little girl who they adopted and named Hikaru. Years are passing by normally while Hikaru is living her life as a normal girl, with a mad scientist as her father. Someday aliens are appearing to retrieve Hikaru back from Earth as she is an Alien and is the last member of a royal familyline of a planet far away.

Video game

A game based on this OVA was released for the

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in Japan which is an action sidescrolling platformer similar to

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and Megaman. The game's plot closely follows the OVA's storyline, except for a few minor differences. Unlike the anime where Hikaru only fights in her standard armor, in the game she gets multiple different styles of armor upgrades after defeating a boss, similar to Megaman ZX's Bio Metal System.

Episodes

There are 3 episodes: # An Eventful Double Date (愛と爆発のグループ交際、''Ai to bakuhatsu no gurūpu kōsai'') # A Heroic Transfer Student (転校生は素敵なヒロイン、''Tenkōsei wa sutekina hiroin'') # Give Me Courage (告白…勇気をください…、''Kokuhaku… yūki o kudasai…'')

Music

;Ending theme: "The Moment When You Softly Swear" (そっと誓う瞬間-とき-、''Sotto Chikau Chunkan Toki'') by Junko Iwao

Reception

Bamboo Dong of

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described Hyper Speed GranDoll as being very predictable, comparing it to a "color by numbers" book. However, said that it was still entertaining enough to warrant a rental. Chris Beveridge of Mania.com expressed similar sentiments, calling the anime "fun" but also "by the numbers".

References

External links

* 1997 anime OVAs Bandai Visual Central Park Media Science fiction anime and manga {{anime-videogame-stub