Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (Animation)
- Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan TV Animation : Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan
陸上 防衛隊 まおちゃん
Synopsis
Animal aliens attacked Japan?! The Defense Forces tries to protect Japan from these enemies, but rather criticizes the Defense Forces for attacking a cute animal doll.
“The only thing that can be opposed to cute things is cute!”
Said ‘Rikushirou Onigawara’, sending elementary school students Mao, Misora, and Silvia. They defend the land, the sky, and the sea in their tanks, fighter planes, and submarines, but they cry sometimes because they are still young children.
Is Japan okay as it is??
TV Anime Info
| Original title | 陸上防衛隊まおちゃん |
| Official site | Starchild |
| Studios | (JP) XEBEC |
| Licensors | (US) Geneon Entertainment USA |
| Ken Akamatsu is in charge of the original character and story | |
ⓒ 赤松健・講談社 / XEBEC・陸まお本部
Staff
| Director | Yoshiaki Iwasaki(岩崎良明) |
| Producer | Atsushi Moriyama, Kiyonori Hiramatsu |
| Series Composition | Yousuke Kuroda(黒田洋介) |
| Character Design | Masahide Yanagisawa(柳沢まさひで) |
| Color design | Mitsuko Sekimoto(関本美津子) |
| Art Director | Chitose Asakura(朝倉千登勢) |
| Art design | Junko Nagasawa(長澤順子) |
| Music | Takayuki Hattori(服部隆之) |
| Sound Director | Hiromi Kikuta(菊田浩巳) |
Cast
| Mao Onigawara(鬼瓦 まお) | (JP) Kimiko Koyama(こやま きみこ) (US) Sandy Fox |
| Misora Tsukishima(築島 みそら) | (JP) Yuuya Yoshikawa(吉川 由弥) (US) Kay Jensen |
| Silvia Maruyama(丸山 シルヴィア) | (JP) Yui Horie(堀江 由衣) (US) Julie Maddalena |
| Kagome Mishima(三島 かごめ) | (JP) Miki Nagasawa(長沢 美樹) (US) Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
| Rikushirou Onigawara(鬼瓦 陸士郎) | (JP) Akio Nojima(野島 昭生) (US) Michael McConnohie |
| Sorajirou Tsukishima(築島 空次郎) | (JP) Kiyonobu Suzuki(鈴木清信) (US) Anthony Mozdy |
| Adalbert von Maruyama(アーダルベルト フォン 丸山) | (JP) Takashi Taniguchi(谷口 節) (US) Ron Allen |
| Chinami Noki(宇 ちなみ) | (JP) Ai Iura(井浦 愛) (US) Kay Jensen |
| Yuriko Oozora(宙 ゆり子) | (JP) Yukiko Mannaka(満仲 由紀子) (US) Wendee Lee |
| Carol Cameron | (JP) Masayo Kurata(倉田 雅世) (US) Michelle Ruff |
OP & ED
- OP : ALL MY LOVE
- Lyrics and Composition : Chika Itô(伊藤 千夏)
- Arrangement : Takao Konishi(小西 貴雄)
- Song : Yui Horie(堀江 由衣)
- ED : It`s my style
- Lyrics, Composition and Arrangement : Yuki Matsuura(松浦 有希)
- Song : Yui Horie(堀江 由衣)
Episodes
| Episodes | Title |
|---|---|
| Episode 1 | “I’ll Protect Japan by Myself!” (“I, Myself, Will Protect Japan!”) |
| Episode 2 | “First Deployment of Mao-chan!” (“Mao-Chan’s First Dispatch!”) |
| Episode 3 | “The Air Defense Force, Misora-chan” (“Misora-chan of the Air Defense Force!”) |
| Episode 4 | “The Sky and Land are One” (“Air and Ground are One!”) |
| Episode 5 | “Sea Defense Force Silvia” (“Silvia of the Sea Defense Force!”) |
| Episode 6 | “Anyways, Let’s Have a Meal” (“Shall We Eat Something For Now?”) |
| Episode 7 | “I’ll Defend Even the Water Striders!” (“We Even Defend Against a Water Skipper!”) |
| Episode 8 | “Project “Defense Barrier!”” |
| Episode 9 | “Formation, Total Defense Party” (“The Unified Defense Force Formed!”) |
| Episode 10 | “Japan Collection Mission” (“Operation Japan Collection!”) |
| Episode 11 | “Put Everything Aside, It’s a Field Day!” (“Before Everything Else, A Sports Meet!”) |
| Episode 12 | “Asleep or Awake, We Must Defend!” (“Awake or Asleep, We Will Defend!”) |
| Episode 13 | “My Mother Came!” (“Mother Has Come, I Say!”) |
| Episode 14 | “Defense Headquarters Crisis” (“Headquarters of the Defense Forces in Imminent Danger!”) |
| Episode 15 | “Kikuchimonji the III Enters!” (“Kikuchimonji the III Debuts!”) |
| Episode 16 | “Mi-kun Ran Away” (“Mi-Kun Has Run Away from Home!”) |
| Episode 17 | “An Actor’s Road is Harsh…” (“The Way of Art is a Thorny Path!”) |
| Episode 18 | “The Cheerful Snow Festival!” (“Heave-Ho at the Snow Festival!”) |
| Episode 19 | “Apples - Tangerines - Melons” |
| Episode 20 | “To the Hot Springs to Pass the Exams for Tokyo U!” (“Let’s Go to the Hot Springs to Pass the Tokyo U Exam!”) |
| Episode 21 | “American Defense Girl” (“American Defense Force Girl”) |
| Episode 22 | “Let’s Defend Happiness!” |
| Episode 23 | “I’m Sorry, Mi-kun” |
| Episode 24 | “The Woman of the Purple Lilies” (“Lady of Purple Lily”) |
| Episode 25 | “Protect the Memories” (“Defense of Memories”) |
| Episode 26(Fin.) | “Today I’ll Defend Loosely as Usual!” (“Today’s Defense is Yuru-Yuru Too!”) |