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:
344 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 $8.37) |
| Dai-Guard - To Serve and Defend but Not to Spend (DVD 2) 2002-11-12 (from $10.90) |
| Dai-Guard - Checks and Balances of Terror (DVD 3) 2003-01-07 (from $9.81) |
| Dai-Guard - Red Tape and Proud Hearts (DVD 4) 2003-02-18 (from $4.20) |
| Dai-Guard - In the Red (DVD 5) 2003-04-01 (from $6.98) |
| Dai-Guard - The Bottom Line (DVD 6) 2003-05-27 (from $9.49) |
| Dai-Guard - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-6) 2005-02-01 (from $39.99) |
| DVD (Region 2) |
| Dai-Guard - Complete Collection [ADV Classics Collection] [UK] (DVD) 2007-01-15 (from $267.00) |
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 )Yūsaku 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) Yūsaku 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) Shinichirō 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 3D Work: Keiichi Satō (佐藤啓一; Sunshine Digital; ep 10) Additional Character Design: Takashi Tomioka Animation: Nobutake Ito (all for ED) Animation producer: Takatoshi Chino Arrangement: Yōko 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) Keiichi Satō (佐藤啓一; Sunshine Digital; ep 10) 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 Saitō (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 Satō (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 Katō (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) Shinichirō 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) Taketomo Ishikawa (eps 9, 20, 25) 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) Kenichi 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") Yōko 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 | Akiko Hiramatsu as Kentarō Itō as Shinichirō Miki as Chiharu Suzuka as Hiro Yūki as Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenichi Ono as Makoto Higo as Marina Ono as Masashi Hirose as Mayumi Shintani as Michiko Neya as Rumi Kasahara as Shoji Izumi as Takaya Hashi as Yukari Tamura as Chiharu Suzuka as Hasashi Izumi as Hidenari Ugaki as Hiro Yūki as Hisashi Izumi as Kazue Komiya as Kazuhiko Kishino as Kitaro Yuki as Kōichi Sakaguchi as Kōji Yusa as Mako Hyōdō as Mako Kyoudou as Masahiro Ikezumi as Michihiro Ikemizu as Michihiro Inoue as Naoki Makishima as Norihiro Inoue as Rie Kugimiya as Susumu Chiba as Syunichi Sakaguchi as Taimei Suzuki as Takeshi Watabe as Tomo Saeki as Tomokazu Seki as Tomomichi Nishimura as Tomomichi Shintani as Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Yūji Ueda as | |||
3D Works: Digimation Media Vision Sankō Production Sunshine Corporation T. Nishimura Tokyo Kids Trans Arts Co. Xebec Backgrounds: Production ai Broadcaster: TV Tokyo Digital Paint: AMGA Ani Muse Buyuu (ep 13) FAI K-Production Lee Production Media Vision Phoenix Animation SHAFT Studio Elle Studio March Sunshine Corporation Tokyo Kids Uni Animation White Line Xebec Digital Photography: Digimation Media Vision Sankō Production Sunshine Corporation T. Nishimura Tokyo Kids Trans Arts Co. Xebec Editing Studio: Production I.G In-Between Animation: AIC Ani Muse Anime R Buyuu (ep 13) Daizo Productions FAI K-Production Lee Production M.S.C MI Nakamura Production Phoenix Animation Production I.G SHAFT Studio Cockpit Studio Dub Studio Giants Studio Jungle Gym Studio Live Studio March Studio MAT Studio Takuranke Sunshine Corporation Tokyo Kids Uni Animation White Line Xebec Zero-G Key Animation: 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) Titles: Maki Production | ||||
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 | Joey Hood as Lana Lesley as Steve Metz as Christa Kimlicko Jones as Corey M. Gagne as Dan Dietz as Edwin Neal as Jennifer Haley as Lane West as Larissa Wolcott as Martin Burke as Michael D'Alonzo as Michael Kranes as Mick D'Arcy as Shaneye Ferrell as Siân Rees-Cleland as Anastasia Veltri as Belinda Vaughn as Bill Wise as Brandon Flair as Britt Baker as Carie Esquenazi as Carli McGahey as Catherine Berry as Chris Hertzberg as Chris Sykes as Colin Bardfast as Dan Bisbee as David R. Jarrott as Dempsey Darrow as Dianna Dorman as Don Toner as Ellie McBride as Emma Nicolas as Ev Lunning, Jr. as Grant James as Guy Harvey as Jacques Dauphin as Jenny Larson as Jeremy Carpenter as Joey Hood as John Paul Shephard as Judson L. Jones as Karen Kuykendall as Kayla Ammann as Ken Webster as Loren Peace as Manon Wilson as Margaret Cassidy as Martinique Duchene as Mical Trejo as Michael Biggerstaff as Quinn Bedford as Robert Kraft as eps 5, 10, 12-13, 19, 24-26 )Robert Newell as Robert S. Fisher as Ron Berry as Samantha Inoue-Harte as Shawnna Bass as Simon Blatts as Steve Flanagin as Taylor McGahey as Tildon Westmann as Trevor Revock as Zöe Katherine Keller as Robert Kraft | |||
ADR Recording: Monster Island Distributor: ADV Films (UK) DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. Recording Facility: Monkey Boy Studios | ||||
Brigitte Aubry as Bruno Magne as Frederic Popovic as Bernard Demory as Gilbert Levy as Jacques Albaret as Colette Noel as Tony Joudrier as | ||||
Distributor: Dybex (France) Dubbing: Studio Chinkel | ||||
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau | Carmen Ambrós as Nacho de Porrata as Ana María Camps as Anna Orra as Ana María Camps as Anna Orra as Assumpta Navascues as Ana María Camps Anna Orra Assumpta Navascues Gloria Gonzalez Jordi Pineda | |||
Distributor: Dynamic Iberia (Spain; VHS) Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain) Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Spain dub) TV Distribution: Selecta Visión | ||||
Nanni Baldini as Stella Musy as Franco Zucca as Mauro Gravina as Oreste Baldini as Alessandro Quarta as Alessandro Tiberi as Alida Cappellini as Corrado Conforti as Emanuela Amato as Enrico Di Troia as Federica De Bortoli as Gaetano Varcasia as Gerolamo Alchieri as Giò Giò Rapattoni as Graziella Polesinanti as Ilaria Latini as Luigi Ferraro as Marco Vivio as Massimiliano Alto as Michele Kalamera as Neri Marcore' as Perla Liberatori as Roberta Pellini as Stefanella Marrama as | ||||
Distributor: Dynamic Italia Dubbing: CAST Doppiaggio | ||||
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