The TV anime series Kiddy Girl-and continues the Kiddy Grade franchise as a spin-off that leaps further into the future, to the Star Century year 0379. The classic yuri'esque couple formed by Lumiere and Eclair is replaced by two new characters: the playful Asukuru and the more serious Ku Fiyu, who are training to become members of ES - the finest secret agents with special abilities of the galactic government GTO. The story is created by gimik (one of the original production companies), and the animation work is done by Satelight, instead of Asread who was supposed to do the now-abandoned Kiddy Grade 2 sequel. With Kiddy Girl-and begins airing in Japan on October 16, 2009.