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Prefectural Earth Defense Force

Prefectural Earth Defense Force (県立地球防衛軍) is a Japanese manga series by Kōichirō Yasunaga which ran in Shōnen Sunday Zōkan beginning in 1983. The manga was written as a parody gag manga inspired by the tokusatsu series Ultraseven. An anime OVA based on the manga was released in 1986.[1] The anime was released on DVD in North America by ADV Films on April 18, 2006.[2]

Summary

The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on Kyūshū (they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the Prefectural Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers and students from the school. They are also joined by a cyborg transfer student from India.

The Telephone Pole Gang is commanded by Chilthonian (full name Kisoya Chilthonian Bunzaemon Jr. (木曽屋チルソニアン文左衛門Ｊｒ．)). His staff includes Ryūko Harataki (原滝龍子), also known as Colonel Baradagi (バラダギ大佐), who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School, and Karmi (カーミ), a transfer student from India.

Manga

There are four volumes collecting this story.

  • Original release
  • Re-release

Anime

Cast

  • Baradagi: Hiromi Tsuru
  • Karmi Santin: Hirotaka Suzuoki
  • Takei Sukekubo: Tesshō Genda
  • Chilthonian: Shūichi Ikeda
  • Hiroaki Morita: Tōru Furuya
  • Toshiyuki Roberi: Hideyuki Tanaka
  • Miyuki Ōyama: Keiko Han
  • Dr. Mafune: Kōji Totani
  • Shokutsū: Masaharu Satō
  • Dr. Inoue: Kōhei Miyauchi
  • Akiko Ifukube: Rika Fukami
  • Scope Tsurusaki: Takeshi Aono
  • Yūko Inoue: Toshiko Fujita

Staff

  • Original Manga: Kōichirō Yasunaga
  • Script: Kazunori Itō
  • Character Design: Katsumi Aoshima
  • Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
  • Animation Director: Katsumi Aoshima
  • Music: Kentarō Haneda
  • Director of Photography: Jurō Sugimura
  • Color Coordinators: Atsuko Takahira, Hiromi Fujita
  • Sound Director: Masahiru Komatsu
  • Director: Keiji Hayakawa
  • Animation Production: Studio Gallop
  • Produced by Shogakukan

External links

References

  1. The Vault of Error - Prefectural Earth Defense Force | Otaku USA otakuusamagazine.com, 3 December 2012, retrieved 2014-03-16^
  2. Prefectural Earth Defense Force ADV Films, 2006-04-22, retrieved 2015-04-03^
  3. 県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 １ Shogakukan, retrieved 2015-04-03^
  4. 県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ２ Shogakukan, retrieved 2015-04-03^
  5. 県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ３ Shogakukan, retrieved 2015-04-03^
  6. 県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ４ Shogakukan, retrieved 2015-04-03^