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The Daichis - Earth Defence Family (TV)

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© Shoji Kawamori • G.TAC/BANDAI VISUAL, Group TAC


Alternative title:
Chikyū Bōei Kazoku (Japanese)
Earth Defence Family
地球防衛家族 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
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: 68 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:10, dub:6)
 Good: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:6)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 So-so: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (dub:1, raw:1, sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 141 users, rank: #4517 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.985 (Good), std. dev.: 2.1591, rank: #3989 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.926 (Good), rank: #3988 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.20 / seen some: 5.25 / won't finish: 5.14)
Bayesian estimate: 7.021 (Good), rank: #3266 (of 7268)
Running time: half hour per episode
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
Official website:
Reviews:
The Daichis DVD 3 (Sep 1, 2005)
The Daichis DVD 2 (Jun 22, 2005)
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Daichis - Dysfunctional Heroes (DVD 1) 2004-12-14 (from $9.85)
    The Daichis - Debt-Doomed (DVD 2) 2005-03-01 (from $44.00)
    The Daichis - Pay Day (DVD 3) 2005-05-03 (from $36.78)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tetsu Kimura
Script:
Hiroshi Ohnogi (eps 0, 8, 11)
Katsuyuki Sumisawa (ep 9)
Mamehei Mgatta (eps 7, 10)
Shōji Kawamori (eps 1-6, 11-13)
Storyboard:
Satoshi Kimura (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-10, 13
)

Sōichi Masui (ep 3)
Takashi Kobayashi (ep 6)
Takuya Satō (ep 4)
Tomomi Kyoda (eps 11-12)
Tsuneo Kobayashi (eps 0, 5)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Yano (ep 10)
Nobuaki Nakanishi (ep 7)
Satoshi Kimura (eps 1-2)
Soba Kasagi (ep 8)
Sōichi Masui (ep 3)
Takayuki Inagaki (ep 4)
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 5)
Tomomi Kyoda (eps 0, 11)
Waruo Suzuki (ep 9)
Yasuhiro Takemoto (ep 6)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (ep 12)
Music: Shigeo Naka
Original creator: Shōji Kawamori
Character Design: Kazuaki Mōri
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Director of Photography: Yasuyoshi Toyonaga
Producer:
Hiroshi Sakurai (Group TAC)
Minoru Takanashi (Bandai)
Tsutomu Onishi (Group TAC)

Assistant producer: Naoko Ueki (Bandai)
Chief animator: Yoshihiro Ōsugi
Color Coordination: Keiko Goto
Editing: Tadashi Furukawa
In-Between Animation:
Aya Satō (ep 6)
Ayako Takai (ep 1)
Emi Nakano (ep 6)
Hiroaki Karasu (Chaos Project; ep 5)
Hiroyuki Oshima (ep 6)
Hisako Tanabe (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Isako Higashino (ep 6)
Jun Kawai (Chaos Project; ep 5)
Kanako Kajiyama (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Kaori Furukawa (ep 6)
Kazuko Okada (ep 6)
Kazuo Harada (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Kenji Murayama (ep 6)
Masahiro Kogure (ep 2)
Masami Inomata (ep 2)
Masashi Tsuji (ep 6)
Mayumi Noda (ep 4)
Mitsuko Baba (ep 2)
Miyuki Nishimura (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Namie Akiba (ep 1)
Ryōko Mabune (ep 6)
Ryugo Koizumi (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Satomi Hashimoto (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Shingo Ogiso (Artland; ep 9)
Tomohiro Nakamura (Studio Jungle Gym; ep 7)
Yūko Usami (ep 1)
Yumiko Kitajima (ep 1)
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 13)
Akira Takeuchi (OP; DN; eps 0, 8, 13)
Atsushi Yamagata (OP; DN)
Daisuke Agata (eps 3, 5)
Fumiko Yoshida (ep 11)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 5)
Hideki Araki (ep 5)
Hideki Ito (Artland; eps 9, 13)
Hideo Maru (ep 12)
Hideyuki Arao (Artland; ep 9)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 7)
Hirokazu Kaku (ep 5)
Hiroko Kazui (OP; DN)
Hiromasa Amano (ep 7)
Hiroshi Arisawa (Studio Wanpack; eps 0, 13)
Hiroshi Kawaguchi (ep 2)
Hiroshi Motoyama (ep 12)
Hiroshi Nakanishi (Studio 4℃; ep 13)
Hiroto Katō (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Okiura (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Shimizu (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Takahashi (ep 6)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 12)
Hitoshi Kagiyama (ep 12)
Ichirō Itano (ep 2)
Ichiro Ogawa (ep 1)
Isamu Imakake (ep 10)
Jun Kawai (ep 5)
Jun Shibata (ep 5)
Kaori Komori (ep 5)
Kaoru Yabana (ep 2)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 3)
Katsumi Ohnishi (ep 7)
Katsura Yamada (Artland; ep 9)
Katsusuke Konuma (ep 7)
Kazuaki Mōri (ED; eyecatch)
Kazuya Hayashi (eps 1, 3)
Kei Hyōdō (eps 1-2)
Keiji Ishihara (ep 5)
Keiko Hayashi (ep 10)
Kimitake Nishio (Studio Cockpit; ep 13)
Kiyomi Masuda (Artland; eps 0, 9-10, 13)
Kōichirō Ono (ep 2)
Kōji Matsuyama (ep 2)
Koji Taniguchi (ep 5)
Kosuke Machida (ep 5)
Maki Uchida (Studio Kuma; ep 13)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 5)
Mariko Ueno (ep 6)
Masahiko Itojima (ep 10)
Masahiko Ōta (ep 1)
Masahiro Andō (ep 12)
Masahiro Kase (ep 10)
Masako Onozawa (ep 12)
Masao Suwa (eps 0-3, 10, 13)
Masaru Oshiro (ep 7)
Masayuki Sekine (eps 2, 10)
Mieko Mitsuhashi (ep 4)
Minoru Morita (Plum; ep 13)
Mitsuru Sōma (ep 12)
Mizue Ogawa (OP; DN; 7 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 10-11, 13
)

Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 13)
Naoko Ozawa (Artland; ep 9)
Noboru Takahashi (ep 4)
Nobuaki Nagano (OP; DN; eps 1, 11, 13)
Nobuko Shinohara (ep 4)
Noriko Kitazawa (ep 3)
Rie Nishino (OP; DN; eps 1, 11)
Sae Nirazuka (Studio 4℃; ep 13)
Saori Yamamoto (ep 3)
Satoshi Kubo (eps 1-2)
Satoshi Shishido (eps 8, 10, 13)
Sawako Yamamoto (OP; DN; eps 2, 10)
Shigeru Uchihara (ep 12)
Shigeyuki Suga (eps 10, 12)
Shinichi Yoshino (OP; DN)
Shinichirō Fukushima (eps 0, 10, 13)
Shinobu Yoshioka (ep 6)
Shoji Sasai (ep 6)
Shoji Yabushita (ep 12)
Susumu Yamaguchi (OP; DN)
Tadashi Hiramatsu (eps 2, 13)
Takaaki Fukuyo (eps 10, 12)
Takahiro Gotō (ep 12)
Takahiro Kimura (OP; DN)
Takahiro Kishida (ep 2)
Takao Ozone (Studio Cockpit; eps 10, 13)
Takashi Uchida (ep 3)
Takashi Yamazaki (eps 0, 13) 
Takayoshi Hashimoto (ep 5)
Takeshi Isobe (ep 4)
Takushi Satou (ep 8)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 5)
Teruko Takeshima (ep 4)
Tetsuya Tsukamoto (ep 7)
Tomoe Aratani (ep 6)
Tomomi Shimazaki (eps 0, 13)
Tōru Yoshida (OP; DN; eps 0, 2, 8, 12)
Toshiharu Sugie (eps 1, 10, 13)
Toshihiko Shimada (ep 8)
Toshiya Washida (eps 1, 10, 13)
Toshiyasu Okada (ep 2)
Toyoaki Nakajima (ep 4)
Toyohiro Okada (ep 5)
Tsuyoshi Ichiki (OP; DN; ep 2)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 11)
Yoshiaki Tsubata (eps 1-2, 8, 11)
Yoshinobu Ando (ep 12)
Yoshinori Urata (ep 6)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (ep 1)
Youko Horii (ep 4)
Yuichiro Miyake (eps 2, 12)
Yūji Gotō (ep 2)
Yuka Kudō (eps 1, 13)
Yukiko Miyamoto (eps 3, 5)
Yumiko Ishii (Studio Wanpack; eps 3, 13)
Yuuko Hasegawa (Artland; ep 9)
Layout: Tadashi Hiramatsu (ep 13)
Music producer:
Masao Fukuda
Shiro Sasaki
Series Concept: Shōji Kawamori
Theme Song Performance:
Akino Arai (ED)
ROLLY (OP)
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
Mitsuo Iwata as Tetsuya Hayakawa
Sachi Matsumoto as Haruka Kyoda
Yūko Mizutani as Junko Ejima

Aruno Tahara as Mamoru's boss (eps 8, 13)
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)
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shouichi Masui (ep 9)
Etsuko Kozakura as Pokemaru (eps 8, 11)
Hideki Tasaka as Student Council officer (ep 9)
Hiroaki Miura as
student B (ep 2)
Student Council officer (ep 9)
Hirofumi Tanaka as student D (ep 2)
Hiromi Nishikawa as Lieutenant (ep 9)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Yashiro (ep 9)
Hisayoshi Suganuma as student A (ep 2)
Isshin Chiba as Reporter (ep 10)
Jun Fukushima as
Comedian (ep 11)
Onlooker B (ep 3)
Passerby (ep 10)
Junichi Suwabe as Newscaster (ep 7)
Kanako Hattori as concert audience (ep 6)
Kaori Mizuhashi as
baby (ep 8)
child A (ep 5)
girl A (ep 1)
Resident's Voice B (ep 4)
student E (ep 2)
Kenta Miyake as Student Council officer (ep 9)
Kinryuu Arimoto as Galaxy Federation voice
Kōji Tobe as Yoshihiro Tamada (ep 12)
Kōsuke Toriumi as Panics leader (ep 6)
Kouji Haramaki as School Broadcast (ep 2)
Mayumi Yanagisawa as Voice of Warning (ep 5)
Mizuki Saitō as Pokemaru seller (ep 8)
Nobuyuki Hiyama as
Comedian (ep 11)
Tatsuo (eps 4, 7, 10)
Sachi Matsumoto as Yutaka (ep 7)
Sayaka Aida as
child B (ep 5)
concert audience (ep 6)
girl B (ep 1)
student F (ep 2)
young girl (ep 8)
Showtaro Morikubo as Hoshi (eps 7, 12-13)
Suguru Ōnuma as student C (ep 2)
Tadahisa Saizen as
Pilot A (ep 7)
TV announcememt (ep 1)
Takayuki Yamaguchi as Onlooker A (ep 3)
Takeharu Ōnishi as Pilot B (ep 7)
Takehiro Murozono as TV Caster (ep 5)
Takuo Kawamura as operator (ep 1)
Wasabi Mizuta as
Masao (ep 7)
Weird
Yasuhiko Kawazu as
Osugi (ep 3)
Student Council officer (ep 9)
teacher (ep 2)
TV announcement (ep 8)
U.S. Army announcement (ep 1)
Yasuhiro as Clerk (ep 10)
Yukitoshi Hori as Commander (ep 9)
Yūko Satō as Resident's Voice A (ep 4)
Yurina Hase as concert audience (ep 6)
Japanese companies
Animation Check: Artland (ep 9)
Animation Production: Group TAC
Backgrounds: Studio Uni
Broadcaster: WOWOW
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 13)
Artland (eps 9, 13)
DR Movie (ep 13)
Nakamura Production (ep 13)
Plum (ep 13)
Studio 4°C (ep 13)
Studio Cockpit (ep 13)
Studio Kuma (ep 13)
Studio Wanpack (ep 13)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Original story: Group TAC
Photography: Takahashi Production
Production: Bandai Visual
Production Cooperation:
A.C.G.T (ep 12)
Artland (ep 9)
Chaos Project (ep 5)
Kyoto Animation (ep 6)
Studio Hibari (ep 7)
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Hideki 'Henry' Goto
Producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto

Assistant producer: Sawako Furuya
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
ADR Production: The Ocean Group
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
DVD Production: Geneon Entertainment Inc.
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)

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