The have been some Kira Melo coverage in the recent magazines.
Maybe they will get more and more popular..
(of course being too popular has its drawbacks too)

Top Speed is a "super idol magazine for camera boys".
It is filled with many color photos of idols (many of minor idols,
not major idols).
But there is also a lot of soft core porn, or nude pictures too.

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Top Speed - January 2000
on sale 1999.11.25
500 yen

[Only seiyuu information included below.]

There is a 5 page article (all color) on Kira Kira Melody Gakuen.

The first page is a full page group shot of the main girls of this
article. Shintani Sayaka, Tokunaga Ai, Tsuchiya Mieko, Kimura Ikue,
Kadowaki Mai, Nagai Nobuko, Sakurai Sara, Takahira Jun, Sawai Natsumi,
Tanabe Miri, Ohgoshi Tomoe, Matsumoto Chiyomi, Hinano Mayo, and Minano
Fuuko. These are the girls who have formed groups, and have songs.

The second and third pages introduce all of the Kira Melo girls. There
is a picture of all 51 girls. But the 14 main girls have larger
pictures. The other girls have small pictures, and the pictures are
the same as those on the Kira Melo web page. The names of the girls,
their character names, and the "class" that they belong to. The
classes are: singer, actor, voice actor, and player.

There are also five small pictures from the Halloween Live.

The next two pages have interviews and larger pictures of the various
groups: Heart Chu, Melo Melo Melon, Dear Me, Muteki Palette, Sawai
Natsumi, and Tokunaga Ai.

This article is probably in the "must have" category for Kira Melo fans.

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[full page 150 DPI scans in the usual magazine scan archive]

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Hitoshi Doi                                               Toshi Nibunnoichi
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel          801 tactical training squadron
http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/                                    doi@win.ne.jp