Prefectural Earth Defense Force

• Name — Prefectural Earth Defense Force • Ja Kanji — 県立地球防衛軍 • Ja Romaji — Kenritsu Chikyū Bōei Gun

• Type — manga • Author — Kōichirō Yasunaga • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Shōnen Sunday Zōkan • First — March 25, 1983 • Last — July 25, 1985 • Volumes — 4

• Type — ova • Director — Keiji Hayakawa • Writer — Kazunori Itō • Music — Kentaro Haneda Masahiru Komatsu • Studio — Studio Gallop • Released — March 21, 1986 • Runtime — 50 minutes Prefectural Earth Defense Force is a Japanese manga series by Kōichirō Yasunaga which ran in Shōnen Sunday Zōkan beginning in 1983. The manga was written as a parody gag manga inspired by the tokusatsu series Ultraseven. An anime OVA based on the manga was released in 1986. The anime was released on DVD in North America by ADV Films on April 18, 2006.

The evil secret society known as the Telephone Pole Gang seeks to take over the world by first taking over a certain prefecture on Kyūshū (they never specify which one). In order to thwart the evil plans of the Telephone Pole Gang, Imazuru High School creates the Prefectural Earth Defense Force, composed of problem teachers and students from the school. They are also joined by a cyborg transfer student from India. The Telephone Pole Gang is commanded by Chilthonian (full name Kisoya Chirusonian Bunzaemon Junia). His staff includes Ryūko Harataki, also known as Colonel Baradagi, who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School, and Karmi, a transfer student from India.

There are four volumes collecting this story. • Original release • Re-release

• Illustration — EP album cover for anime soundtrack.

• Baradagi: Hiromi Tsuru • Karmi Santin: Hirotaka Suzuoki • Takei Sukekubo: Tesshō Genda • Chilthonian: Shūichi Ikeda • Hiroaki Morita: Tōru Furuya • Toshiyuki Roberi: Hideyuki Tanaka • Miyuki Ōyama: Keiko Han • Dr. Mafune: Kōji Totani • Shokutsū: Masaharu Satō • Dr. Inoue: Kōhei Miyauchi • Akiko Ifukube: Rika Fukami • Scope Tsurusaki: Takeshi Aono • Yūko Inoue: Toshiko Fujita

• Original Manga: Kōichirō Yasunaga • Script: Kazunori Itō • Character Design: Katsumi Aoshima • Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi • Animation Director: Katsumi Aoshima • Music: Kentarō Haneda • Director of Photography: Jurō Sugimura • Color Coordinators: Atsuko Takahira, Hiromi Fujita • Sound Director: Masahiru Komatsu • Director: Keiji Hayakawa • Animation Production: Studio Gallop • Produced by Shogakukan