Di Gi Charat (anime)

**Di Gi Charat** (デ・ジ・キャラット, *De Ji Kyaratto*) is an anime that first aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System on November 30, 1999. It is the first anime in the Di Gi Charat series. It is also given the subtitle **Wonderful Edition** (ワンダフル版, *Wandafuru-ban*) to give it a unique distinction.

## Overview

Dejiko, a princess from the planet Di Gi Charat, accompanied by her younger sister Puchiko and guardian Gema land in Akihabara, where they are helped by a kind manager and decide to work for him at his store.

## History

At Tokyo Character Show in July 1999, Broccoli announced a 16-episode anime series centered around Gamers' mascot Di Gi Charat. This was part of an advertising campaign to promote opening the new main Gamers store in Akihabara.

The anime's success spawned multiple sequels in the form of special episodes and a movie.

The series would receive a dub by Synch-Point in 2005, who also dubbed Leave it to Piyoko!, which covered all 16 episodes of the series.

## Characters

### Main Characters

Di Gi Charat
Voiced by: Asami Sanada (Japanese), Jessica Gee-George (English)
The crown princess of Planet Di Gi Charat who has arrived on Earth alongside Puchiko and Gema to become a famous actress. She begins working at a Gamers store in Akihabara.
Petit Charat
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Karen Strassman [Credited as Mia Bradley] (English)
Dejiko's younger sister. She doesn't talk much but helps Dejiko out with the store.
Gema
Voiced by: Yoshiko Kamei (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh [Credited as Jennifer Sekiguchi] (English)
Dejiko's guardian. He constantly reprimands Dejiko for her misbehavior, but in return is constantly abused by her with her Laser Eye Beam.
Rabi~en~Rose
Voiced by: Kyōko Hikami (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)
Dejiko's rival. She works at Gamers and constantly bickers with Dejiko. Her real name is Hikaru Usada.
### Supporting Characters

Mr. Manager
Voiced by: Kazuya Ichijō (Japanese), Sam Riegel (English)
The manager of the Gamers store in Akihabara where Dejiko works at. Dejiko affectionally calls him Mishter Manager (店長しゃん, *Tencho-shan*). He's usually quite warm and friendly, but terrifying when he's angry.
Takuro Minagawa
Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn [Credited as Midge Mayes] (English)
Commonly known as Minataku. A junior high school student who has an unrequited crush on Usada. He loves melon bread.
Takuro Kimura
Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (Japanese), Erza Weisz [Credited as Ethan Murray] (English)
Commonly known as Murataku. A wealthy young man with long hair who falls in love with Puchiko because of her pure heart. He runs a kindergarten.
Takeshi & Yoshimi
Voiced by: Ryō Naitō (Takeshi) and Norihisa Mori (Yoshimi) (Japanese), Taliesin Jaffe [Credited as T. Axelrod] (Takeshi) and Liam O'Brien (Yoshimi) (English)
Two regular customers of Gamers who are fans of Dejiko. The shorter, fatter one is Takeshi and the taller, thinner one is Yoshimi. Dejiko calls them both "Bukimi", which means creepy.
Abarenbou
Voiced by: Yūji Ueda (Japanese), Geoffrey Fontaine (English)
A mysterious blue person who arrives at Gamers. Despite his name meaning "a man who goes on a rampage", no one has ever seen him in the act. He is a troublemaker who acts in unpredictable ways.
Rod Young
Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura
Also known as Rodoyan. A fan of Dejiko who lives in the United States. He collects a large amount of Dejiko merchandise and cosplays as her.
Henna Ikimono
A strange bear-like creature that Dejiko encounters on a picnic. It's impossible to tell if it's angry, crying, depressed, or laughing. It followed Dejiko to Gamers and decided to stay there.