| The Family's Defensive Alliance | |
| 地球防衛家族春 (Chikyū Bōei Kazoku) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
| TV anime | |
| Studio | Group TAC |
| Licensed by | Geneon |
| Network | WOWOW, Animax |
| Original run | January 9, 2001 – March 29, 2001 |
| Episodes | 13 |
The Family's Defensive Alliance (地球防衛家族 Chikyū Bōei Kazoku, lit. Earth Defence Family) is an anime series, created and written by Shōji Kawamori and directed by Tetsu Kimura. The series premiered in Japan on WOWOW between January 9, 2001 and March 29, 2001, spanning a total of 13 episodes. It centers on a dysfunctional family tasked with defending the Earth from alien invaders.
The series was aired by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia under the title The Family's Defensive Alliance.[1] It was released on DVD in North America by Geneon under the title The Daichis: Earth Defence Family, but has not yet been broadcast across the region.
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The opening scenes of the anime show the Daichis in a furious argument over a divorce petition. Suddenly a bright flash of light blinds them completely and they are shown their future roles to be played as defenders of the earth.
Reluctant at first, they are forced to accept the responsibility, as refusal means a court-martial from the Galaxy Federation (their employers) and a hundred years of penal servitude. Seiko always gets infuriated at the end of every mission as every weapon they use costs them more money than they are paid for doing their job(s). In fact, this reason is used as a basis for one of the later episodes in the show.
As earth's defenders, they have to fight against every threat that the earth faces from extraterrestrials. Some of the enemies are bizarre, from floating eyes, to alien toys, to heart shaped spacecraft, to a floating weapons factory, to a giant plant. One of the most hilarious (and blatantly anti-communist) is an alien in the form of the Soviet Emblem that uses a hammer-and-sickle attack! The anime ends in an already-predicted ending, with the Daichis becoming a close knit family once again, despite the hurdles faced by them as earth's defenders and their future responsibility as the same.
| # | Title | Script | Original air date |
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| 1 | "The day the Earth ended" "Chikyū Saigo no Hi" (地球最期の日) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-01-09 |
| 2 | "Everyone torn apart" "Minna Barabara" (みんなバラバラ) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-01-16 |
| 3 | "Yellow Card (?)" "Ierō Kādo" (いえろおかあど) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-01-23 |
| 4 | "Scared! Changing base" "Gyōten! Daichi-ke no Hen" (仰天!大地家の変) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-01-30 |
| 5 | "Intensive training! Sleepless nights" "Tokkun! Nemurenai Yoru" (特訓!眠れない夜) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-02-06 |
| 6 | "Soldier's repose" "Senshi no kyūsoku" (戦士の休息) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-02-13 |
| 7 | "That guy in the rain (?)" "Ame no Naka no Aitsu" (雨の中のアイツ) |
Mamehira Magata | 2001-02-20 |
| 8 | "Lovely aggressor" "Kawaii Shinryakusha" (かわいい侵略者) |
Hiroshi Ōnogi | 2001-02-27 |
| 9 | "The day Love destroyed the Earth" "Ai ga Chikyū o Horobosu Hi" (愛が地球を滅ぼす日) |
Katsuyuki Sumisawa | 2001-03-06 |
| 10 | "Eight p.m., before Hachiko (?)" "Hachikō-mae, Yoru Hachi-ji" (ハチ公前、夜8時) |
Mamehira Magata | 2001-03-13 |
| 11 | "Shudder! The deep darkness of the Daichi family (?)" "Senritsu! Daichi-ke no Fukai Yami" (戦慄!大地家の深い闇) |
Hiroshi Ōnogi | 2001-03-20 |
| 12 | "Berth D in flames" "Honno no Bāsu Di" (炎のバースディ) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-03-27 |
| 13 | "Decisive battle! Flowers for you..." "Kessen! Hanataba o Kimi ni" (決戦! 花束を君に...) |
Shōji Kawamori | 2001-03-29 |
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The EDF has just finished defeating a gigantic plant monster, with some help from Ellen, Daiichi's friend. They have just arrived back at the EDF's apartment and Ellen is not feeling so good. Daiichi brings her some aspirin and some water, but she slaps it out of his hand, exclaiming it won't work. Soon thereafter, she is wracked with pain and she has several small growth spurts in quick succession. Before Daiichi knows what is going on, Ellen gives him a slap and knocks him out of the room so he won't see what happens to her. After Dai's been removed, Ellen keeps right on growing, ripping most of her clothing to shreds in the process. After some intense thought, she deduces the most likely culprit behind her growth; she is having an allergic reaction to the spores that escaped from the plant in its death throes, causing her body to bloat and swell uncontrollably. It would be no problem to restore herself if she had her magic wand, but she has apprently lost it. Without it, she will keep growing and growing until she either becomes too big and dies or dies of embarrassment. Daiichi then brings her some things to clean herself off with, as well as some more aspirin, and she starts wondering what is she going to do. Later on, after having found how to fix the problem, Daiichi returns to the apartment with the flowers needed, and as promised he enters the room with his eyes closed. It's a sad thing for him, because Ellen is naked, five metres tall, and curled up in the room, barely able to move. She tells him to put the nectar from the flowers in his mouth and then walk forward. He does so, walks into one of her breasts, and asks her why she's not wearing any clothes. Before he can ask any more questions she picks him up and gives him a kiss, getting the necessary nectar which causes her to return to her normal size. Afterwards, a mysterious man returns her magic wand to her, and the day returns to normal.[2] |
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| 14 | "Scream! Labyrinth hell of love!" "Zekkyō! Ai no Meikyū Jigoku" (絶叫!愛の迷宮地獄) |
Hiroshi Ōnogi | none |
| Never televised after being called over-violent | |||