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Di Gi Charat (TV)

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Alternative title:
デ　ジ　キャラット (Japanese)
鈴鐺貓娘 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: DiGi Charat is a series of shorts created as advertisements for "Digital Gamers," a store in Akihabara. The series follows Dejiko, princess of DiGi Charat planet, and her companions, Puchiko and Gema, as well as Dejiko's rival, Rabi~en~Rose through daily ordeals they encounter while working at Gamers.
User Ratings: 537 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 28 votes (sub:26, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 50 votes (sub:40, dub:4, raw:2, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 120 votes (sub:97, dub:17, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 121 votes (sub:103, dub:12, raw:1, ?:1, others:4
1 Indonesian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 101 votes (sub:79, dub:13, ?:4, raw:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 46 votes (sub:39, dub:4, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 20 votes (sub:14, dub:4, raw:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:4, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Bad: 14 votes (sub:12, dub:2)
 Awful: 8 votes (sub:6, raw:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 1507 users, rank: #816 (of 9775)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.631 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.0383, rank: #5390 (of 9918)
Weighted mean: 6.563 (Good−), rank: #5531 (of 9918) (seen all: 6.90 / seen some: 6.03 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 6.585 (Good−), rank: #5074 (of 7496)
Running time: 4 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 16
Episode titles: We have 16
Vintage: 1999-11-29 to 1999-12-23
Opening Theme:
"Only One, No. 1" by Masami Okui
Ending Theme:
"Happy Day" by Asami Sanada, Miyuki Sawashiro, and Kyoko Hikami
Official website:
Di Gi Charat | Starchild
Di Gi Charat (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Review:
Di Gi Charat DVD 1 (Dec 28, 2005)
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Metreon Free Anime Screenings (Nov 11, 2004)
Anime Boston Friday Licensing (Apr 9, 2004)
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Di Gi Charat Theater manga and more (Jul 30, 2003)
New Sakura-Con Guests (Apr 2, 2003)
More Mahoromatic and Digi Charat (Mar 29, 2003)
Manga Paperbacks Crush Competition (Again) (Mar 5, 2003)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Di Gi Charat - Ultimate Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2019-09-17 (from $17.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Di Gi Charat - The Original Series (DVD) delayed/cancelled (from $25.99)
    Di Gi Charat - The Original Series [Limited Edition] (DVD) 2005-07-26
    Di Gi Charat - The Complete TV Series (DVD) 2013-10-22 (from $15.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
Screenplay:
Hiroaki Sakurai
Nobuharu Kamanaka
Storyboard:
Hiroaki Sakurai
Tatsuo Satō
Music: Yusuke Sakamoto
Original creator: Koge-Donbo*
Character Design:
Koge-Donbo*
Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
Art: Takafumi Nishima
Animation Director:
Daijirō Sakamoto
Makoto Takahoko
Yoshinobu Yamakawa
Yuji Nakao
Director of Photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Producer:
Tetsuo Gensho
Yoshiyuki Ochiai

Animation:
Hajime Watanabe (ED)
Hiromi Kato (OP/ED)
Keiji Gotō (ED)
Shinya Hasegawa (ED)
Something Yoshimatsu (ED)
Takaaki Wada (OP)
Takahiro Toshimatsu (OP)
Yoshinobu Tamakawa (ED)
Yukihiro Kitano (OP)
Animation producer: Masao Morosawa
Color Check:
Yoshinori Horikawa
Yukiko Tozuka
Color design: Tomoko Yamamoto
Key Animation:
Akemi Kobayashi
Akio Watanabe
Eiichi Tokura
Hideki Hashimoto
Hideyuki Hamada
Hiromi Niioka
Hiroto Tanaka
Kenji Tojo
Koichiro Ueda
Kunio Takahide
Masahiko Sasaki
Masahiro Emoto
Masato Tamagawa
Yuichiro Araki
Yukihiro Kitano
Marketing:
Seiji Suzuki
Tomohiro Nakata
Negative Editing:
Harutoshi Ogata
Kashiko Kimura
Satoshi Terauchi
Photography:
Atsurō Saitō
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Shōji Nagao
Yukihiro Masumoto
Planning:
Akinaga Yoshida
Masao Maruyama
Takaaki Kidani
Toshimichi Ootsuki
Planning Assistant:
Atsushi Moriyama
Daisuke Ooka
Hitomi Koshiki
Rie Tanabe
Production Chief:
Bansei Sen
Teiji Ono
Production manager: Akira Shinohara
Screenplay Assistant: Kenji Sugihara
Sound Effect Director: Kazuya Tanaka
Sound Effects: Mitsuru Kageyama (Fizz Sound Creation)
Sound Effects Production: Tetsu Hirata
Special Effects:
Chie Tanimoto
Kumiko Taniguchi
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masaki Iwamoto (ED)
Toshiro Yabuki
Theme Song Composition:
Ritsuko Miyajima (ED)
Toshiro Yabuki
Theme Song Lyrics:
Masami Okui
Yoko Nezu (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Asami Sanada (ED)
Kyōko Hikami (ED)
Masami Okui (OP)
Miyuki Sawashiro (ED)
Video Editing:
Hiroyuki Kasahara
Shinichi Sugawara
Asami Sanada as Dejiko/Di Gi Charat
Kyōko Hikami as Hikaru Usada/Rabi~en~Rose
Miyuki Sawashiro as Puchiko/Petit Charat
Yoshiko Kamei as Gema

Kazuya Ichijō as Mishter Manager
Omi Minami as Takuro "Minataku" Minagawa

Masahito Yabe as Customer
Norihisa Mori as Yoshimi
Rei Naitō as Takeshi
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Takuro Kimura/Mr.Longhair
Yūji Ueda as Abarenbou
Japanese companies
Animation: Madhouse
Animation Production: Madhouse
Backgrounds: Studio Wyeth
Broadcaster: Tokyo Broadcasting System
Distributor: King Records
Film Processing: Tokyo Laboratory
In-Between Animation:
DR Movie
Kyong Gang Animation
Mouse
Studio Junio
Key Animation:
Studio Junio
Studio Mu
Music Production: Lantis
Negative Editing: Ogata Editing Room
Photography: Madhouse
Production:
Broccoli
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Production Chief: Office Take Off
Production Cooperation:
Broccoli
King Records
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Dax International
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Fusako Shiotani
ADR Script: Stephanie Sheh
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai re-release)
Hideki Uchino
John Ledford (Sentai re-release)
Kaname Tezuka
Toru Iwakami (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Producer:
David Del Rio (Sentai re-release)
Dietrich Seto
John Ledford (Sentai re-release)
Satsuki Yamashita

Art Manager: Larry Koteff (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Blu-Ray Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Chief Producer: Shizuki Yamashita
DVD Authoring:
Neal Barnes (Sentai re-release)
Nick Lee (Sentai re-release)
DVD Menu Design:
Chris McDougall
Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release)
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai re-release)
Mixing: Rick Tetzlaff
Packaging Design:
Chris McDougall
Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release)
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Janice Williams (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Brittany Deans (Sentai re-release)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai re-release; & Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Holly Dorsett (Sentai re-release)
Jessica Williams (Sentai re-release)
Kayla King (Sentai re-release)
Luke La Padula (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Mariana Valverde (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Natalie Jones (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Paul Mericle (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Ryan Anthony (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai re-release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Sound Engineer:
Ernie Sheesley
Rick Tetzlaff
Subtitle Formatting: Neal Barnes (Sentai re-release)
Subtitle Script: Stephanie Sheh
Subtitle Timing: Christopher Williams (Sentai re-release)
Subtitling: Xavier Hancock (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Supervising Translator: Ian Fagen (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai re-release)
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Genma
Jessica Gee as Di Gi Charat
Mia Bradly as Petit Charat
Michelle Ruff as Rabi-en-Rose

Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Minagawa Takuro
Ethan Murray as Kimura Takuro
Geoffery Fontaine as Abarenbou
Liam O'Brien as Yoshimi
Michael McConnohie as Alien
Sam Regal as Mishter Mangaer
Sandy Fox as Pyocola
T. Axelrod as Takemi

Michael McConnohie
Rick Teztlaff
English companies
Disc Production:
Sentai Studios (Sentai Ultimate Collection SD Blu-ray release)
Seraphim Digital (Sentai re-release)
Distributor: Section23 Films (North America, 2013)
DVD Authoring: Blink Digital
DVD Menu Animation: Blink Digital
Internet Streaming:
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks (2013)
Synch-Point (Expired)
Recording Studio: Synch-Point
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Video Editing: FotoKem
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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