Cute High Earth Defense Club Love!
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (美男高校地球防衛部Love!, Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu LOVE!, lit. Beautiful Man Highschool Earth Defense Club Love!) is a 2015 magical boy anime television series created by Kurari Umatani and produced by Diomedéa. The series is directed by Shinji Takamatsu and written by Michiko Yokote. The series premiered on January 6, 2015. The anime is licensed by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand and by Ponycan USA in North America. Funimation and Crunchyroll are currently streaming the anime. A second season of the anime began airing on July 7, 2016.
| Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | |
Key visual featuring the five main characters in uniform | |
| 美男高校地球防衛部LOVE! @ (Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love!) | |
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| Genre | Magical boy, parody |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Natsuko Takahashi |
| Illustrated by | Yumiko Hara |
| Published by | Pony Canyon |
| Imprint | Ponikanyon |
| Original run | January 6, 2015 – present |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mizu Morino |
| Magazine | Pony Canyon |
| Original run | October 16, 2014 – June 25, 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Anipani Co. Ltd |
| Publisher | Anipani Co. Ltd |
| Genre | Otome |
| Platform | iOS Android |
| Released | February 26, 2015 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
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| Original run | January 6, 2015 – March 24, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
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| Original run | July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Released | August 26, 2017 |
| Runtime | 56 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, AT-X |
| Original run | April 8, 2018 – July 1, 2018 |
| Episodes | 12 |
The story focuses on the lives of five ordinary boys, each of them possessing an extraordinary nature-based power given to them by a mysterious creature from outer space. The group, calling themselves the "Earth Defense Club", must stop the enemies intent on conquering Earth known as the "Earth Conquest Club".
A spin-off manga titled Binan Kokou Chikyuu Seifuku-bu Love! started serialization in Pony Canyon's web comics magazine online, on October 16, 2014. A light novel was released on January 7, 2015, in Japan, with two additional light novels released in 2016. A game based on the series for Android and iOS devices has been released in Japan in February 2015.