Di Gi Charat

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Television series
Original title Di Gi Charat
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1999-2000
length 4 minutes
Episodes 16
genre Comedy , action , science fiction
idea Koge Donbo
production Tetsuo Gensho, Yoshiyuki Ochiai
music Yusuke Sakamoto
First broadcast November 29, 1999 - December 23, 2000 on TBS
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Di Gi Charat ( Jap. デ·ジ·キャラット , De Ji Kyaratto ) is an advertising character of the company broccoli and Anime - television series in 1999. After the series were OVAs , manga and other products released with the figure.

Advertising character Di Gi Charat

The character Di Gi Charat , or Dejiko for short , and her companion Gema first appeared in 1998 in the magazine From Gamers of the Gamers chain of the Broccoli group . The illustrator Koge Donbo further developed the characters in a comic strip in the same year. The character then became the chain's mascot, and the first anime followed in 1999.

content

The aliens Di Gi Charat ( デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト ), Petit Charat ( プ チ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト , Puchi Kyaratto ) and Gema ( ゲ マ ) land on earth to become pop stars. Since they have no place to stay, they find accommodation in the Gamers store , where they work from then on. Di Gi Charat has to deal with the employee Rabi ~ en ~ Rose ( ラ ・ ビ ・ ア ン ・ ロ ー ズ , Ra bi an rōzu , from French La vie en rose ) also Hikaru Usada , who annoys her again and again and also the customers are not always satisfied with the three aliens. This is how someone complains about their speech impairment : You end all sentences with -nyo , -nyu or -gema .

Anime television series

Studio Madhouse produced the 16-part anime television series in 1999, directed by Hiroaki Sakurai. The character design was created by Koge Donbo and Yoshinobu Yamakawa and the artistic direction was taken over by Yuji Ikeda. The series aired in Japan from November 29, 1999 to December 23, 2000 by TBS .

The series was published in English by Synch-Point.

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A free audition for the lead role was held on May 2, 1999 and 525 people attended. There were 15 participants in the final round. The audition was won by Asami Sanada , and 13-year-old Miyuki Sawashiro was so convincing that she received the special prize of the jury and also a role. For both of them it was the debut of their voice acting careers. Furthermore, three other people received a prize for extraordinary performance but no role: the later Okashi-kei - Gravure Idol Miyoko Sakurai ( 桜 井 美 代 子 ) under the name Akane Kitakawa ( 北 川 あ か ね ), as well as Saki Nakajima ( 中 島 沙 樹 ) and Manabi Mizuno ( 水 野 愛 日 ), both of whom had previously had minor roles as voice actors. Among the remaining 15 of the final round were also the voice actors Minako Ozawa ( 小 沢 美奈子 ), Kaori Tagami ( た が み か お り ), Miwa Kōzuki ( 倖 月 美 和 ) and Masumi Asano ( 浅 野 真澄 ).

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Di Gi Charat Asami Sanada
Rabi ~ en ~ Rose Kyoko Hikami
Petit Charat Miyuki Sawashiro
Gema Yoshiko Kamei

music

The music for the series was composed by Yusuke Sakamoto . The opening credits Only One, No. 1 is by Masami Okui and the closing song Happy Day by Asami Sanada, Miyuki Sawashiro and Kyoko Hikami.

Adaptations

Special offers

Several specials were broadcast after the series.

The first was the Summer Special ( サ マ ー ス ペ シ ャ ル ) in August 2000. December that year was followed by a Christmas Special ( ク リ ス マ ス ス ペ シ ャ ル ). In the spring a four episode Ohanami Special ( お 花 見 す ぺ し ゃ る ) was broadcast. In August 2001 the Baiu Special ( 梅雨 ス ペ シ ャ ル , dt. "Rainy Season Special") and the Natsuyasumi Special ( 夏 休 み ス ペ シ ャ ル , dt. "Summer Vacation Special") with 2 episodes each.

Winter garden

The two-part Christmas special Winter Garden was broadcast on December 23 and 24, 2006 . In this slice of life anime , Dejiko is 20 years old and Puchiko is around 15 years old. The characters no longer wear striking things, no longer have their speech impairment and also have a different personality. The anime is a romance in which Dejiko falls in love with a boy.

Movie

The 20-minute anime film Di Gi Charat: Hoshi no Tabi ( デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト 星 の 旅 ) was released in Japanese cinemas in December 2001.

More TV series

In 2002, the series Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat ( ぱ に ょ ぱ に ょ デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト ) followed with 48 five-minute episodes.

From 2003 to 2004, the television series Di Gi Charat nyo ( デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト に ょ ) was broadcast in Japan , which comprises 104 twelve-minute episodes.

OVA

In 2003 the original video animation Di Gi Charat Gekijō was released in Japan : Piyoko ni Omakase pyo! ( デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト 劇場 ぴ よ こ に お ま か せ ぴ ょ! ), Which was also implemented as a manga and translated into English.

Mangas

The first manga with the character Di Gi Charat was published in Japan in 2000 by Media Works under the title Di Gi Charat . It comprises four volumes and has been translated into Korean, English and French, among others. A German translation was published by Egmont Manga and Anime , the translator was Christine Steinle.

The first manga was followed in 2003 by Di Gi Charat Theater , Di Gi Charat Theater: Dejiko's Adventure and Di Gi Charat: Dejiko à la Mode , as well as many more.

Audio publications

Several music albums with soundtracks and songs sung by the voice actors were released for the series. In addition, several radio play CDs were released.

Games

The adventure Di Gi Charat Fantasy ( デ ・ ジ ・ キ ャ ラ ッ ト フ ァ ン タ ジ ー ) was released for the Dreamcast and Windows consoles, later also for Playstation 2 with the name extension Excellent ( エ ク セ レ ン ト ). In 2002 the game series Dejiko-mmunication ( で じ こ ミ ュ ニ ケ ー シ ョ ン ) for the Gameboy Advance followed . In addition, a Mah-Jongg game was released for the Gameboy Color Di Gi Charat: Dejiko no Mājan Party .

Furthermore, the trading card game Di Gi Charat CCG was published.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ク ロ ス ワ ー ル ド 声優 オ ー デ ィ シ ョ ン 開 催 記念 あ な た と わ わ た し の オ ー デ ィ シ ョ ン . (No longer available online.) In: Belldigi FC Official Homepage. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007 ; Retrieved November 15, 2009 (Japanese).

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