- Prefectural Earth Defense Force
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Prefectural Earth Defense Force
caption = Cover of volume 1
ja_name = 県立地球防衛軍
ja_name_trans = Kenritsu Chikyū Bōeigun
genre = Comedy, Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =Kōichirō Yasunaga
publisher = flagicon|JapanShogakukan
demographic =
magazine =Shōnen Sunday Super
first = May 1983
last = September 1985
volumes = 4Infobox animanga/OVA
title =
director =Keiji Hayakawa
studio =Gallop
episodes = 1
released =March 21 ,1986 nihongo|"Prefectural Earth Defense Force"|県立地球防衛軍|Kenritsu Chikyū Bōeigun is a
manga series byKōichirō Yasunaga which ran inShōnen Sunday Super beginning in 1983. The manga was written as aparody gag manga inspired by thetokusatsu series "Ultra Seven ". Ananime OVA based on the manga was released in 1986. The anime was released on DVD inNorth America byADV Films in 2006.ummary
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 acyborg transfer student fromIndia .The Telephone Pole Gang is commanded by Chilthonian (full name nihongo|Kisoya Chilthonian Bunzaemon Jr.|木曽屋チルソニアン文左衛門Jr.|Kisoya Chirusonian Bunzaemon Junia). Her staff includes nihongo|Colonel Baradaki|バラダギ大佐|Baradaki Taisa as well as nihongo|Ryūko Harataki|原滝龍子|Harataki Ryūko, who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School.
Manga
There are four volumes collecting this story.
*Volume 1, ISBN 4-09-121181-X, first released November1984
*Volume 2, ISBN 4-09-121182-8, first released March1985
*Volume 3, ISBN 4-09-121183-6, first released July1985
*Volume 4, ISBN 4-09-121184-4, first released January1986 Anime
Cast
*Baradaki:
Hiromi Tsuru
*Kamir Santin:Hirotaka Suzuoki
*Takei Sukekubo:Tesshō Genda
*Chilthonian:Shūichi Ikeda
*Hiroaki Narita:Tōru Furuya
*Toshiyuki Roberi:Hideyuki Tanaka
*Miyuki Ōyama:Keiko Han
*Dr. Mafune:Kōji Kutani
*Shokutsū: Kōji Satō
*Dr. Inoue:Kōhei Miyauchi
*Akiko Ifukube:Rika Fukami
*Scope Tsuruzuki:Takeshi Aono
*Yūko Inoue:Toshiko Fujita taff
*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 byShogakukan External links
*ja icon [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1986/dj000620.htm JMDB entry for "Prefectural Earth Defense Force"]
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* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=5490 Anime News Network] (manga)
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