Dai-Guard (TV)
Alternative title:
Chikyū Bōei Kigyō Dai-Guard (Japanese)
Dai-Guard: Terrestrial Defense Corp.
Earth Defence Enterprise - Dai Guard
地球防衛企業ダイ・ガード (Japanese)
Objectionable content:
Mild
Plot Summary:
Thirteen years after their sudden disappearance, an alien race known as the Heterodyne resurface without warning. To combat the Heterodyne, three office workers from the 21st Century Security Corporation operate Dai-Guard—a giant robot no longer regarded as an oversized paperweight. Unfortunately, Dai-Guard is somewhat obsolete and in disrepair. It's a tough job, but salarymen can also save the world.
User Ratings:
342 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
Half Hour per episode
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
1999-10-05 to 2000-03-28
2002-05-03 (France)
2003-02-27 to 2003-02-28 (USA - Eps. 1-2 on Cartoon Network)
Opening Theme:
"Rojiura no Uchū Shōnen" (路地裏の宇宙少年; "Back Alley Space Boy") by The Cobratwisters (eps 2-25)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hashire Hashire" (走れ走れ; "Run, Run") by Kyoko Endou (eps 1-25)
#2: "Rojiura no Uchū Shōnen" (路地裏の宇宙少年; "Back Alley Space Boy") by The Cobratwisters (ep 26)
Official website:
Victor Entertainment's Dai-Guard Page (Japanese)
Reviews:
Dai-Guard DVD 2 (Jun 14, 2003)
Dai-Guard DVD 1 (Feb 26, 2003)
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| Dai-Guard - Complete Collection (DVD) 2016-04-26 |
| Dai-Guard - Hostile Takeover (DVD 1) 2002-09-17 (from $7.95) |
| Dai-Guard - To Serve and Defend but Not to Spend (DVD 2) 2002-11-12 (from $11.98) |
| Dai-Guard - Checks and Balances of Terror (DVD 3) 2003-01-07 (from $11.98) |
| Dai-Guard - Red Tape and Proud Hearts (DVD 4) 2003-02-18 (from $11.12) |
| Dai-Guard - In the Red (DVD 5) 2003-04-01 (from $3.39) |
| Dai-Guard - The Bottom Line (DVD 6) 2003-05-27 (from $9.49) |
| Dai-Guard - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-6) 2005-02-01 (from $68.34) |
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Director: Seiji Mizushima
Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo
Script:
Akihiko Inari (5 episodes eps 5, 15-16, 21, 24 )Akihiro Inari Fumihiko Shimo (5 episodes eps 1-2, 14, 25-26 )Hidefumi Kimura (eps 14, 19-20) Hiroaki Kitajima (eps 4, 18) Hiroaki Kitazaki Junko Okazaki (ep 6) Katsuhiko Koide (eps 7, 13, 22) Kurō Hazuki (5 episodes eps 10-11, 17, 19-20 )Manabu Ishikawa (4 episodes eps 3, 8, 12, 23 )Mitsuyasu Sakai (ep 9)
Storyboard:
Hideki Takayama (ep 10) Hiroyuki Imaishi (ep 3) Ken Nakatsu Marurou Hatsuki Nobutake Ito (ep 22) Seiji Mizushima (6 episodes eps 1, 8, 13-14, 16, 26 )Shigeru Ueda (eps 5, 19, 24) Shinichiro Kimura (6 episodes eps 2, 6, 12, 16, 21, 25 )Shouji Saeki (ep 7) Takahiko Hoshiai (ep 16) Takahiro Hoshiai Tamaki Nakatsu (eps 18, 20) Tatsuo Satō (ep 23) Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 11) Yoshiaki Iwasaki (4 episodes eps 4, 9, 15, 17 )Yusaku Saotome (ep 8)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (ep 13) Jiro Fujimoto (ep 18) Kōichi Sugitani (ep 23) Kōji Yoshikawa (ep 10) Makoto Sokuza (ep 21) Seiji Mizushima (eps 1, 14, 26) Shigeru Ueda (eps 5, 19, 24) Shinichiro Kimura (eps 2, 12, 25) Takashi Sudō (eps 7, 15, 22) Tamaki Nakatsu (ep 20) Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 11) Yoshiaki Iwasaki (eps 4, 9, 17) Yukio Suzuki (eps 3, 6) Yusaku Saotome (ep 8)
Original Character Design: Hiroshi Kanno
Character Design: Mitsuru Ishihara
Art Director: Hachidai Takayama
Animation Director:
Akio Takami (ep 7) Doutoku Chiba Eiji Asahara Eiji Uhara (ep 6) Eiko Saitō (ep 11) Hirohide Shikishima (ep 13) Kazuhiko Ishii (ep 18) Ken Ōtsuka (eps 1-2, 12, 26) Makoto Uno Meiju Maeda (eps 16, 20, 25) Michinori Chiba (eps 5, 19, 25) Minoru Ueda (eps 9, 17, 23) Mitsuru Ishihara (eps 1, 12, 26) Nobutake Ito (ep 22) Shinichiro Kajiura (ep 10) Shuichiro Matsuda Tadashi Matsuda Takashi Tomioka (ep 2) Takeshi Matsuda (eps 21, 24) Toshi Shishikura (ep 3) Toshiko Sasaki (ep 8) Toshiyuki Kono (4 episodes eps 4, 15, 21, 23 )Yoshiaki Itō (ep 11)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Hirose
Additional Character Design: Takashi Tomioka
Animation: Nobutake Ito (all for ED)
Animation producer: Takatoshi Chino
Arrangement: Yoko Kanno (ED)
Color Coordination: Mitsuko Sekimoto
Conceptual Design: Hidefumi Kimura
Digital Photography:
Akio Kanazawa (Trans Arts) Atsushi Iwasaki (Sanko Production) Hideki Imaizumi (Tokyo Kids) Hiroshi Kubo (Tokyo Kids) Keiji Kittaka (Trans Arts) Masashi Fujino (Tokyo Kids) Mitsuhiro Makuta (Trans Arts) Norimasa Teramoto (Tokyo Kids) Terumi Nakayama (Sanko Production)
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
In-Between Animation: Chizue Nagayasu (Sunshine Corporation; eps 10, 16)
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (eps 20, 23) Akiko Kawashima (ep 10) Akiko Nagashima (ep 17) Akio Takami (5 episodes eps 1-2, 14, 21, 25 )Atsushi Ogasawara (ep 7) Chikashi Kubota (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-6, 12, 16, 20-21, 24 )Daisuke Takemoto (Anime R; 4 episodes eps 4, 15, 20, 24 )Doutoku Chiba (eps 2, 26) Eiji Uemura (ep 10) Eiko Saitō (6 episodes eps 1, 5, 14, 20-21, 26 )Fujio Suzuki (ep 26) Fuminori Kizaki (ep 2) Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 8) Hidenori Fukuoka (ep 11) Hidetoshi Sano (4 episodes eps 5, 12, 19, 25 )Hidetsugu Hirayama (ep 14) Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 10) Hiroaki Ishiyama (eps 10, 16) Hirofumi Masuda (ep 22) Hirohide Shikishima (ep 14) Hiroki Kusuda (ep 10) Hiroki Mutaguchi (ep 13) Hiromi Masuko (ep 7) Hiromitsu Morishita (ep 4) Hiroyuki Imaishi (OP) Hiroyuki Yamamoto (ep 7) Hisashi Saito (eps 1-2) Ikuo Kuwana (eps 2, 5, 12) Jun Fujiwara (ep 20) Kaori Higuchi (ep 19) Kaori Takahashi (eps 1, 21, 24) Kazuhiko Abe (eps 18, 21) Kazuhiko Ishii (eps 18, 21) Kazuhiro Itakura (ep 13) Kazuhiro Ōta (4 episodes eps 9, 17, 19, 23 )Kazuhiro Takamura (ep 1) Kazuo Watanabe (ep 12) Kazuya Komai (ep 11) Kazuya Miura (ep 11) Kazuyoshi Tanaka (Anime R; 4 episodes eps 4, 15, 20, 24 )Kazuyuki Matsubara (ep 13) Keisuke Watanabe (ep 2) Ken Ōtsuka (6 episodes eps 1, 12, 14, 21-22, 26 )Kenji Adachi (ep 17) Kenji Kodoma (Anime R; 4 episodes eps 4, 15, 20, 24 )Kenji Tojo (ep 11) Makoto Furuta (ep 8) Makoto Kohara (ep 11) Mamiko Mizutani (ep 8) Mamoru Abiko (eps 2, 5) Manabu Fukazawa (eps 2, 5, 26) Manabu Miyasaka (ep 11) Mariko Emori (ep 11) Masafumi Sato (ep 10) Masaharu Morinaka (ep 7) Masahiro Takahashi (ep 11) Masahiro Yamane (ep 26) Masakazu Kawazoe (4 episodes eps 5, 12, 19, 25 )Masaki Tamakoshi (ep 13) Masami Murata (ep 4) Masanobu Aoyama (ep 12) Masayuki Katou (7 episodes eps 2, 5-6, 12, 16, 20, 22 )Masumi Hattori (ep 11) Meiju Maeda (eps 1, 5, 26) Michinori Chiba (4 episodes eps 2, 14, 25-26 )Mieko Mitsuhashi (eps 3, 6) Miho Asatani (eps 12, 25) Miho Okiayu (Anime R; eps 4, 15, 20) Minoru Ueda (5 episodes eps 9, 14, 19, 23, 26 )Mitsuko Ohya (ep 13) Mitsuru Ishihara (4 episodes eps 1, 14, 21, 26 )Miwako Shibata (ep 10) Miyako Yatsu (eps 17, 19, 23) Motoki Yagi (eps 8, 18, 21) Naomi Satō (ep 7) Nobutake Ito (eps 2, 22, 26) Nobuyoshi Habara (eps 1-2, 25-26) Noriko Takahashi (eps 21, 24) Rion Kujo (ep 11) Ryō Tanaka (ep 26) Ryō Watanabe (ep 11) Ryota Niino (eps 17, 19, 23) Ryuji Tsuzuku (ep 7) Sachiko Iwamura (Anime R; 5 episodes eps 4, 15, 20-21, 24 )Satoru Iida (ep 18) Satsuki Wada (4 episodes eps 9, 17, 19, 23 )Seiki Tanaka (ep 11) Shigehiro Asaoka (ep 20) Shigemi Aoyagi (ep 16) Shigenobu Nagasaki (ep 7) Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 11) Shingo Adachi (5 episodes eps 1-2, 12, 21, 25 )Shingo Kobayashi (eps 8, 18) Shinichi Takahashi (ep 13) Shinichi Tatsuta (ep 7) Shinichi Yamaoka (ep 25) Shinichiro Kajiura (ep 14) Shinji Takeuchi (ep 1) Shinpei Tomooka (eps 19, 25) Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 13) Sōichirō Matsuda (4 episodes eps 2, 12, 22, 26 )Susumu Yamaguchi (ep 22) Tadashi Fukuda (ep 14) Tadashi Sakazaki (ep 1) Taeko Hori (9 episodes eps 1, 5, 12, 16, 20-21, 24-26 )Takashi Tomioka (5 episodes eps 1, 12, 14, 25-26 )Takashi Yokoyama (ep 10) Takayuki Inagaki (eps 3, 6) Takenori Tsukuma (eps 4, 15, 24) Takeshi Isobe (ep 3) Tatsuya Ichikawa (eps 21, 24) Tatsuya Oishi (ep 11) Tatsuya Oka (4 episodes eps 1, 12, 21, 26 )Tatsuya Urano (Anime R; 4 episodes eps 4, 15, 20, 24 )Tetsuya Takeuchi (4 episodes eps 9, 17, 19, 23 )Tomoaki Sakiyama (eps 4, 15) Tomohiro Kawahara (ep 11) Tomoyasu Kurashima (ep 12) Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 11) Tomoyuki Shitaya (ep 20) Tōru Ōkubo (eps 9, 19) Toshiaki Iino (eps 1, 26) Toshihiro Nakajima (eps 2, 20-21) Toshiko Sasaki (eps 8, 14) Toshiyuki Arai (ep 11) Toshiyuki Kono (eps 4, 14) Toyoake Fukushima (ep 5) Yasuhiro Hayashi (ep 2) Yōko Itō (ep 2) Yoshiaki Itō (eps 11, 14) Yoshihiro Matsumoto (eps 3, 6) Yoshihiro Taniguchi (ep 18) Yoshihisa Sakurai (ep 8) Yoshinori Yumoto (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5, 12, 16, 21-22, 24-25 )Youko Horii (eps 3, 6) Yū Yoshida (eps 7, 11) Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 4, 15) Yuichiro Masuda (eps 8, 18) Yuichiro Miyake (eps 5, 12) Yuji Hosogoe (eps 9, 23) Yukiko Takahashi (12 episodes eps 1-2, 5-6, 12, 16, 20-22, 24-26 )Yūko Kiyoshima (ep 13) Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 24) Yusuke Yamauchi (eps 7, 13)
Opening Animation:
Akio Takami Eiko Saitō Fujio Suzuki Keisuke Watanabe Ken Ōtsuka (Studio Hercules) Ken'ichi Hamazaki Manabu Fukazawa Meiju Maeda Nobuyoshi Habara Taeko Hori Takahiro Yoshimatsu Takashi Tomioka Takuya Matsumoto Tatsuya Oka Toshiyuki Kono Yoshiaki Itō Yuichiro Miyake
Robot Design: Ken Ōtsuka
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Theme Song Composition:
Hiroshi Ichikura ("Rocking Horse of Stars") Yoko Kanno ("Rocking Horse of Stars")
Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai ("Rocking Horse of Stars") Kyōko Endō (ED 1) The Cobratwisters (OP/ED 2)
Vehicle Design: Shinichi Yamaoka
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3D Works:
Digimation Media Vision Sanko Production Sunshine Corporation T. Nishimura Tokyo Kids Trans Arts Co. Xebec
Backgrounds: Production ai
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Digital Paint:
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Digital Photography:
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Editing Studio: Production I.G
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Anime R (ep 20) FAI (ep 10) Plum (ep 10) Studio Wanpack (ep 18) Uni Animation (eps 6, 25-26) Zero-G (eps 8, 18)
Manga Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Original story: Xebec
Production Cooperation:
Digimation (ep 13) Media Vision (eps 3, 6) SHAFT (ep 11) Sunshine Corporation (eps 10, 16) Tokyo Kids (eps 8, 18)
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ADR Director: Lowell B. Bartholomee
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
Project Translator: Beni Axia Hirayama
ADR Engineer: Robert S. Fisher
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Graphics: Larry Koteff
DVD Producer: David Williams
Graphic Design: Larry Koteff
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Sound Design: Paul Killam
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ADR Recording: Monster Island
Distributor: ADV Films (UK)
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Distributor: Dybex (France)
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Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau
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Distributor: Dynamic Iberia (Spain; VHS)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
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