This television series was based on the popular girl's manga. It was brought to the small screen after the huge success of Sukeban Deka. Hana no Asuka Gumi was set in junior high school though, and therefore featured younger actresses. This is where Megumi Odaka (Asuka) got her start before she went on to star in the new series of Gojira movies. Her co-stars were Hikari Ishida (Harumi) and Natsuki Ozawa (Miko). The enemy was portrayed quite skillfully by Risa Honda. Hmmm... cute, yet evil... but aren't they all?

The show owed a lot to Sukeban Deka, so much that Haruko Sagara guest starred as Asuka Gumi's former throwing teacher. The series wasn't always serious, a funny scene had the girls threatening the enemy with chocolate bars pretending they were dynamite sticks! ("I know this will work - I saw it done in the movies!")

An interesting sub plot in the series was that the main enemies were elementals - Fire, Wind, Water and Earth. All under the command of Risa.

Like Sukeban Deka, each girl had a signature weapon. Megumi threw a gold coin, and Natsuki swung her purse around.

The opening theme song "Get a Chance" was provided by idol duo Babe.

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