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 Ultra Seven. 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. Summary 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 ). His staff includes , also known as , who has taken on the role of a student at Imazuru High School, and , a transfer student from India. Manga There are four volumes collecting this story. Original release Re-release Anime Cast Baradagi: Hiromi Tsuru Karmi Santin: Hirotaka Suzuoki Takei Sukekubo: Tesshō Genda Chilthonian: Shūichi Ikeda Hiroaki Narita: 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 Tsuruzuki: Takeshi Aono Yūko Inoue: Toshiko Fujita Staff 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 References External links JMDB entry for Prefectural Earth Defense Force 1983 manga 1986 anime OVAs Shōnen manga ADV Films Gallop (studio) Shogakukan manga