Dai-Guard: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Dai-Guard
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Anime
• Premiere date: 1999-10-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 19560
• IMDb ID: tt0466200
• TVDB ID: 131261

Cast and credited roles

• Kentaro Ito — Shunsuke Akagi
• Shinichiro Miki — Keiichiro Aoyama
• Akiko Hiramatsu — Ibuki Momoi
• Ono Kenichi — Shirou Shirota

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-10-05; final listed air date 2000-03-28; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dai-Guard on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.