Dai-Guard

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Title:	Dai-Guard Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard 地球防衛企業ダイ・ガード
Overall:	Buy
Keywords:	1999, 2000, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fighting, Mecha, Sci-Fi, TV
Notables:	R1 License - ADV
Twelve years ago, an alien force known as the Heterodyne attacked earth. In a defensive response, the government contracted to have a robot built to help defeat this monstrous foe. The contract was awarded to the lowest bidder, the Heterodyne never reappeared and now the idle unused Dai-Guard has been assigned to the corporate marketing department as the central attraction to a theme park. And when a Heterodyne does reappear, it falls upon three marketing department employees to activate the Dai-guard robot and engage the enemy. The rash and impulsive Akaji and a reserved and refined Aoyama, team up with Ibuki, a long time coworker and friend to engage and defeat this alien enemy. With a profit/loss margin in mind, the company decides to create a new marketing department sub unit, designed to use the Dai-Guard robot in the defense of Japan. The work relationship between Akaji, Ibuki and Aoyama allow them to be the best of friends, and a most troublesome combat team. Office workers saving the world!! [TV series, 1999-2000, 26 episodes, 23 min; released in English dub by ADV] 1:19min Series Opening - YouTube Video

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Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer

Buy 4	10	10	10			10	Violet D	#
Dai-Guard All I can say if I had a Robot who would do stuff for me I would love it. This is what this story is all about. Ways to protect Japan and yourself. There is a catch though like all Robot animes. There are only a few people who know how to control them. Imaginative and if you like stories about robots this one is the one to see. Last updated Thursday, July 07 2005. Created Thursday, July 07 2005.

Rent 4	7	9	7	7	8		Jan-Chan	#
Dai-Guard Office workers saving the world!! This is a very simple story line of three young (20+ year old) office workers in a PR (public relations) department in an over-bureaucratic company, who through a set of circumstances find themselves having double duty; doing dull office work and having to pilot a 25 meter tall robot against a strange collection of giant alien monsters. At times, the infighting and politics of the company seem more dangerous than the alien enemy. With an eye on the profit-loss margin, the management of 21st Century Defense Security, decides that using Dai-Guard to defend Japan can be both very profitable and great PR. The military gets jealous and tries to steal the Dai-Guard, and of course, they manage to muddle everything up very badly. The alien monsters are pretty simple and silly; flying disks, floating balloons, water based flowers, but they are interesting enough to be challenging to Dai-Guard, and to provide an excuse for another mecha battle. This series is parody, which pokes fun at the stupidity of office politics, and political infighting. At times you wonder who the enemy is .. the alien invaders, or perhaps the managers of the company and army, who seem to have a priority of covering their political a*es. If you liked the humor in Martian Successor Nadesico, or perhaps the story line in Gate Keepers, then you should find a measure of enjoyment in this series. The animation is good and characters are interesting, and the story line is silly at times. In any case, it is correctly rated PG12 by ADV and worth renting. Last updated Monday, September 22 2008. Created Friday, April 30 2004.*

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