Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard

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Synonyms: Dai-Guard, Daiguard

Japanese: 地球防衛企業ダイ・ガード

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 5, 1999 to Mar 28, 2000

Premiered: Fall 1999

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 18:00 (JST)

Producers: Sotsu, TV Tokyo Music

Licensors: ADV Films, Discotek Media

Studios: Xebec

Source: Original

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Mecha, Military, Sci-Fi

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.21¹ (scored by 1,956 users)

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Ranked: #2755²

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Popularity: #4625

Members: 5,836

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Ranked #2755Popularity #4625Members 5,836

Fall 1999TVXebec

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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.

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Akagi, Shunsuke

Main

Itou, Kentarou
Japanese

Aoyama, Keiichiro

Main

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Momoi, Ibuki

Main

Hiramatsu, Akiko
Japanese

President Ookouchi

Supporting

Hashi, Takaya
Japanese

Domeki, Rika

Supporting

Shintani, Mayumi
Japanese

Irie, Shizuka

Supporting

Kasahara, Rumi
Japanese

Nakahara, Chiaki

Supporting

Oono, Marina
Japanese

Tanigawa, Fuuka

Supporting

Tamura, Yukari
Japanese

Ooyama, Noriko

Supporting

Neya, Michiko
Japanese

Yokozawa, Shinya

Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

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Mizushima, Seiji

Director, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi

Sound Director

Ueda, Shigeru

Episode Director

Iwasaki, Yoshiaki

Episode Director, Storyboard

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"Roji Ura no Uchuu Shounen (路地裏の宇宙少年)" by The Cobratwisters

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#1: "Hashire Hashire (走れ走れ)" by Kyouko Endou (eps 1-25)
#2: "Roji Ura no Uchuu Shounen (路地裏の宇宙少年)" by The Cobratwisters (ep 26)

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Feb 6, 2008

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

zombihead1 (All reviews)

42 people found this review helpful

Ah Daiguard. What to really say? This is less of a mecha anime than more of a comment on the plight of the working stiff dealing with the corporate world. Working for a corporation myself, I see first hand the red tape and paperwork and hoop jumping that seems to involving doing absolutely anything.

If the corporation can make a form for it, you get to fill it in triplicate and woe beunto thee if you write with anything but black pen.

The mech action scenes themselves are simultaneously awesome and hilarious. Daiguard is trying so hard to be a super robot, but it just isn't. But read more

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Apr 4, 2009

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

PKAmmoTroop (All reviews)

35 people found this review helpful

There's one scene in Dai Guard that says it all: While waiting for the Hetrodyne (evil monster) to attack Tokyo the crew is getting bored waiting for the call to action. After several hours of 'hurry up and wait' the pilot of Dai Guard sighs and says "I've been watching giant robot anime all my life and they never mentioned this part."

That one line struck such a cord with me, and sold me on Dai Guard, and Dai Guard immediately became my all time favorite mecha anime the moment it was uttered. XEBEC and director Seiji Mizushima did a wonderful job injecting a lot of hard core reality into the fantasy genre of mecha anime, and they did it with a lot of humor and a lot of heart.

Hard core reality like all that paper work that needs to be done after a mission, or bickering among the best pilots ruins the mission, or what does the military do when they see an insurance company doing their job with military surplus equipment? (They get jealous... big time.)

Dai Guard was built as a military robot to fight Hetrodynes by the 21st Century Defense Corporation, however when Dai Guard was finished the Hetrodyne threat stopped and the military allowed 21st Century Defense Corporation to keep Dai Guard as a cooperate mascot. 13 years later the Hetrodynes return and only 3 office workers can pilot Dai Guard who is in serious need of maintenance.

Some of the show cracks me up like no other; at first they have to truck Dai Guard across Japan in pieces in a multiple truck convoy, assemble it in the path of the enemy only to have the enemy change course and they have to tear down Dai Guard and load it back on the trucks to the next anticipated battle site. If you've ever been in a mobile military outfit you know how painful that is. But a lot of the show is very touching too, it's not all giant robots and evil monsters, there's a lot of human drama going on and quite often Dai Guard doesn't make an appearance.

I give the story a 10 - it's intriguing, humorous, and very fair; meaning there's no deus ex machina waiting to spring out and ruin the plot. What you see is what you get: there's no super powers, no alien interventions that will change the story, no hidden back plot to spring out at the end and change everything.

The art I gave an 8 - the animation could be smoother, but there's no long still shots with the camera rotating to denote action, there's no inappropriate chibi or super deformation when a character becomes embarrassed, and there's no jiggling... actually no fan service what so ever. Hey! This is a large Japanese corporation, I'm sure they have fan service rules.

The Sound is an 8 - surprisingly good for a mecha anime. Mostly I like the music, and the opening and ending songs are very very catchy.

The Characters are solid 10s, every one of them. The characters are very individual and they always stay true to their nature. There's no sudden epiphany that creates a complete and total personality change in any characters, although several do have an epiphany - they end up handling it like any normal person would. There's a few characters there for humor but they're not clowns. Just about every character is very likable and each for a different reason. Even the characters you detest are detestable for appropriate reasons.

Enjoyment is a solid 10 - every episode was and is a celebration.

Overall - a big 10. On the surface this looks like a silly little anime, but wait a few more moments... if you're not hooked when you see how the crew of Dai Guard win their first battle then anime may just not be your thing.

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Jan 7, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

JumpJet27 (All reviews)

6 people found this review helpful

This is actually my first review here, but I thought Daiguard was a pretty interesting anime to write about, even if it wasn't technically brilliant.

Perhaps an 8 is overstating the value here, as this show nothing spectacular, but does a few things well. Something that I quite appreciate is the treatment of the characters. They start out seeming fairly archetypical, but some realistic portrayal keeps them from becoming two-dimensional. Furthermore, they avoid several cliches, such as the leading female falling for the leading male.

The producers could have made this a very dark show, but despite the circumstances, everything remains somewhat happy-go-lucky. Actually, my initial read more

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