Prefectural Earth Defense Force (県立地球防衛軍, Kenritsu Chikyū Bōei Gun) 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]
| Prefectural Earth Defense Force | |
 Cover of volume 1 | |
| 県立地球防衛軍 (Kenritsu Chikyū Bōei Gun) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kōichirō Yasunaga |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Shōnen Sunday Zōkan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | March 25, 1983 – July 25, 1985 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Keiji Hayakawa |
| Written by | Kazunori Ito |
| Music by | Kentaro Haneda Masahiru Komatsu |
| Studio | Studio Gallop |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | March 21, 1986 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
Summary
editThe 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．, Kisoya Chirusonian Bunzaemon Junia)). His staff includes Ryūko Harataki (原滝龍子, Harataki Ryūko), also known as Colonel Baradagi (バラダギ大佐, Baradagi Taisa), who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School, and Karmi (カーミ, Kāmi), a transfer student from India.
Manga
editThere are four volumes collecting this story.
- Original release
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1984 | 4-09-121181-X |
| 2 | March 1985 | 4-09-121182-8 |
| 3 | July 1985 | 4-09-121183-6 |
| 4 | January 1986 | 4-09-121184-4 |
- Re-release
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 18, 2013[3] | 978-4-09-124532-8 |
| 2 | January 17, 2014[4] | 978-4-09-124533-5 |
| 3 | February 18, 2014[5] | 978-4-09-124534-2 |
| 4 | March 18, 2014[6] | 978-4-09-124535-9 |
Anime
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Cast
edit- 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
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "The Vault of Error - Prefectural Earth Defense Force | Otaku USA". otakuusamagazine.com. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ^ "Prefectural Earth Defense Force". ADV Films. 2006-04-22. Archived from the original on April 22, 2006. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 １". Shogakukan. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ２". Shogakukan. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ３". Shogakukan. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "県立地球防衛軍 完全復刻版 ４". Shogakukan. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
External links
edit- JMDB entry for Prefectural Earth Defense Force (in Japanese)
- Prefectural Earth Defense Force (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia