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The Daichis - Earth Defence Family (TV)

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ⓒ Shoji Kawamori ? G.TAC/BANDAI VISUAL, Group TAC


Alternative title:
Chikyu Bouei Kazoku (Japanese)
Earth Defence Family
The Family Defensive Alliance
地球防衛家族 (Japanese)
Genres: action , comedy , science fiction
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: The Daichis are a family in danger of tearing itself apart. Dissatified and money obsessed mom Seiko has served wimpy and otaku dad Mamoru with divorce papers. Daughter Nozomi who has always been saddled with all the housework, feels pained that everyone is using her. The youngest albeit most foul mouthed, Dai is forced to watch all this as everything is going to pieces. However when the Galaxy Federation recruits the Daichis to combat alien threats to the wellbeing of the Earth, it will be a chance for the family to save the world and maybe themselves.
User Ratings: 39 ratings have been given [ details ]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Good: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (raw:1, dub:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 80 users, rank: #2287
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.4474 (Decent+.44), std. dev.: 2.0609, rank: #2448
Weighted mean: 6.4226 (Decent+.42), rank: #2321
Bayesian estimate: 6.63121 (Good-.36), rank: #1781
Running time: half hour
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 14
Vintage: 2001-01-09 to 2001-03-29
Opening Theme:
"Samurai" by Rolly (eps 2-13)
Ending Theme:
"Hana no Katachi" by Akino Arai
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Japanese staff  
Japanese cast  

Director : Tetsu Kimura

Script :
Hiroshi Ohnogi (ep 0,8,11)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa (ep 9)
Mamehei Mgatta (ep 7,10)
Shoji Kawamori (ep 1-6,11-13)

Storyboard :
Satoshi Kimura (ep 1-2,7-10,13)
Soichi Masui (ep 3)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 6)
Takuya Sato (ep 4)
Tomomi Kyoda (ep 11-12)
Tsuneo Kobayashi (ep 0,5)

Episode Director :
Atsushi Yano (ep 10)
Nobuaki Nakanishi (ep 7)
Satoshi Kimura (ep 1-2)
Soba Kasagi (ep 8)
Soichi Masui (ep 3)
Takayuki Inagaki (ep 4)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 5)
Tomomi Kyoda (ep 0,11)
Waruro Suzuki (ep 9)
Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 6)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 12)

Music : Shigeo Naka

Original creator : Shoji Kawamori

Character Design : Kazuaki Moori

Art director :
Takashi Miyano
Takashi Nakamura

Animation director :
Hideaki Maniwa (ep 3)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 7)
Hisafumi Nakahara (ep 2)
Kazuaki Moori (ep 0-2,13)
Kazumi Ikeda (ep 6)
Koichiro Sohtome (ep 9)
Minoru Miwata (ep 10)
Nobuaki Nagano (ep 10)
Takamitsu Kondou (ep 12)
Toshi Shishikura (ep 4)
Toshiharu Sugie (ep 8)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (ep 11)
Yuji Moriyama (ep 5)

Mechanical design :
Kazuki Miyatake
Shoji Kawamori
Tomoki Kyoda

Director of Photography : Yasuyoshi Toyonaga

Producer :
Hiroshi Sakurai (Group TAC)
Minoru Takanashi (Bandai)
Tsutomu Onishi (Group TAC)

Assistant producer : Naoko Ueki (Bandai)

Chief animator : Nobuhiro Oosugi

Color Coordination : Keiko Goto

Creature Design :
Kazuki Miyatake
Shoji Kawamori
Tomoki Kyoda

Editing : Tadashi Furukawa

Key Animation : Tadashi Hiramatsu

Layout : Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 13)

Music producer :
Masao Fukuda
Shiro Sasaki

Series Concept : Shoji Kawamori

Sound director : Yota Tsuruoka

Theme Song Performance : Akino Arai (ED)

 

Akira Kamiya as Mamoru Daichi

Kaori Shimizu as Nozomi Daichi

Mami Koyama as Seiko Daichi

Motoko Kumai as Dai Daichi

Akiko Yajima as Shiratori Eren

Sachi Matsumoto as Haruka Kyoda

Yuko Mizutani as Junko Ejima

Chiaki Takahashi as
announcer (ep 6)
child B (ep 7)
child C (ep 5)
girl C (ep 1)
Sanae's voice (ep 8)
student (ep 12)
student C (ep 4)
student G (ep 2)

Japanese companies  

Animation Production : Group TAC

Broadcaster : WOWOW

Music Production : Victor Entertainment

Production : Bandai Visual

English cast  
English staff  

Executive producer : Hideki 'Henry' Goto

Producer : Hiroe Tsukamoto

Assistant producer : Sawako Furuya

Dialogue Editing :
Aaron MacDonald
Cisco McLaren
Marc Matsumoto

Production Coordination :
Aaron Pessin
Dennis Hrehoriac

Re-Recording Mixing : Keith A. Goddard

Recording engineer : Ryan Olszewski

Script Adaptation : Chris Eng

Subtitle Coordination : Warren Opheim

Subtitle Script :
Karen Chrcek
Karen Willems

Video Post-Production :
Keith Crosley
Michael Hey

Voice Direction : Rob Bakewell

Anna Cummer as Nozomi Daichi

Danny McKinnon as Dai Daichi

John Murphy as Mamoru Daichi

Lisa Ann Beley as Seiko Daichi

Alexandra Carter as Haruka Kyoda

Jocelyne Loewen as Junko Ejima

Kirby Morrow as Hayakawa

Alistair Abell as Public Announcement, Fighter Pilot

Andrew Toth as
Newscaster (Ep. 7)
Shoichi Masui (Ep. 9)

Anna Cummer as Lieutenant (Ep. 9)

Brad Swaile as
Pokemaru Seller (Ep. 8)
Yashiro (Ep. 9)

Brian Dobson as
Military Officer (Ep. 9)
Mr. Alien
TV Voice (Ep. 11)

Chris Kalhoon as Galaxy Federation Voice

Colin Murdock as Newscaster (Ep. 13)

Fred Henderson as Military Commander (Ep. 9)

Gabe Khouth as
Alpha 3 (Ep. 7)
Tetsuo
Weird, Classmate

Kirby Morrow as
Alpha 1 (Ep. 7)
Yashiro's Underling (Ep. 9)

Matthew Erickson as Yashiro's Underling

Michael Dobson as
Alpha 2 (Ep. 7)
School Announcement, Newscaster

Nicole Bouma as
Concert Announcer (Ep. 6)
Ellen Shiratori

Scott Perrie as
Reporter (Ep. 10)
Yoshihiro Tamada (Ep. 12)

Sharon Alexander as Newscaster

Tabitha St. Germain as
Artist (Ep. 10)
Pokemaru (Eps. 8,11)
TV Voice (Ep. 11)

Ward Perry as Newscaster (Ep. 9)

English companies  

Broadcaster : Animax-asia

DVD Production : Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Licensed by : Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

Recording Studio : The Ocean Group


Tagalog staff  
(none)
Tagalog companies  

Broadcaster : Hero

Tagalog cast  
(none)
 
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