Line #10 Anime/DiGiCharat


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4	{{Moe}} parody franchise about an alien {{Catgirl}} named Dejiko who is an aspiring IdolSinger, and her [[HilarityEnsues cute hijinks]]. The ultimate example of the {{Otaku}}-oriented series.
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6	The franchise began with Dejiko being an [[{{Mascot}} Advertising Mascot]] for the [[{{Creator/Broccoli}} "Gamers" store chain]]. The character became popular, and the company decided to capitalize on her popularity by giving her a {{backstory}} and an actual personality.
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8	In a huge subversion, however, Dejiko's personality turned out to be the complete opposite of the cutesy-innocent moe girl she appears to be. She does her best to appear sweet, but when provoked (and it doesn't take much) she can be vain, petty, argumentative, selfish, and downright violent. She often takes out her frustrations by physically abusing her guardian, a floating sphere named Gema, or firing eyebeams at those who annoy her. She does have a good heart deep down, though, and the show's borderline-surreal sense of humor [[RuleOfFunny plays her anti-social tendencies for laughs]], so somehow Dejiko manages to be endearing despite it all.
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10	!!The franchise contains:
11	[[index]]
12	[[foldercontrol]]
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14	[[folder:Anime]]
15	* ''Anime/{{Di Gi Charat\|1999}}'' (1999)
16	* Anime/DiGiCharatSpecials:
17	** ''Di Gi Charat: Summer Special 2000'' (2000)
18	** ''Di Gi Charat: Christmas Special'' (2000)
19	** ''Di Gi Charat: Ohanami Special'' (2001)
20	** ''Di Gi Charat: Natsuyasumi Special'' (2001)
21	** ''Di Gi Charat: Tsuyu Special'' (2001)
22	* ''Anime/DiGiCharatATripToThePlanet'' (2001)
23	* ''Anime/PanyoPanyoDiGiCharat'' (2002)
24	* ''Anime/DiGiCharatTheaterLeaveItToPiyokoPyo'' (2003)
25	* ''Anime/DiGiCharatNyo'' (2003)
26	* ''Anime/DiGiCharatWinterGarden'' (2006)
27	* ''Anime/ReiwaNoDiGiCharat'' (2022)
28	[[/folder]]
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30	[[folder:Drama [=CDs=]]]
31	* ''AudioPlay/CDDramaDiGiCharat'' (1999-2003)
32	* ''AudioPlay/TroubleTriangle'' (2003)
33	* ''AudioPlay/DiGiCharatInWonderland'' (2004)
34	* ''AudioPlay/FinalPartyNightDramaSono'' (2004)
35	* ''AudioPlay/RuneAngelTaiVsDiGiCharat'' (2007)
36	* ''AudioPlay/DiGiCharat20thAnniversaryDramaCD'' (2019)
37	[[/folder]]
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39	[[folder:Manga]]
40	* ''Manga/GemaGema'' (1998)
41	* ''Manga/{{Di Gi Charat\|2000}}'' (2000)
42	* ''Manga/DiGiCharatTheater'' (2000)
43	* ''Manga/DejikosAdventure'' (2000)
44	* ''Manga/HyakumanDoruConnection'' (2000)
45	* ''Manga/DejikosChampionCupTheatre'' (2001)
46	* ''Manga/DiGiCharatNyo'' (2003)
47	* ''Manga/DejikoALaMode'' (2003)
48	* ''Manga/DejikoDaNyo'' (2004)
49	* ''Manga/DejikoNoSusume'' (2004)
50	* ''Manga/DiGiCharatRabiEnUsadaNoKoiNoMonogatari'' (2004)
51	* ''Manga/DiGiCharatGGBG'' (2004)
52	* ''Manga/PiyoPiyoPiyokoChan'' (2005)
53	* ''Manga/DiGiCharatGGBGOkawari'' (2006)
54	[[/folder]]
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56	[[folder:Games]]
57	[[AC:Visual Novels]]
58	* ''VisualNovel/DiGiCharatFantasy'' (2001)
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60	[[AC:Video Games]]
61	* ''Dejiko no Maibura'' (Dreamcast, 2000)[[note]]Actually just an internet application[[/note]]
62	* ''VideoGame/DejikoNoMahjongParty'' (GBC, 2000)
63	* ''VideoGame/DiGiCharatDigiCommunication'' (GBA, 2002)
64	* ''VideoGame/DiGiCharatDigiCommunication2DatouBlackGemagemada'' (GBA, 2003)
65	* ''[=DiGi=] Puzzle'' ([=iOS=], 2011)
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67	Games where the Di Gi Charat characters are playable guests:
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69	* ''VideoGame/GloveOnFight'' (PC, 2002)
70	* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroineChronicle'' ([=PS3=], 2013)
71	* ''VideoGame/D4DJGroovyMix'' (Mobile, 2020)[[note]]As special crossover cards[[/note]]
72	[[/folder]]
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74	[[folder:Light Novels]]
75	* ''Literature/DiGiCharat'' (2000)
76	* ''Literature/DiGiCharatFantasy'' (2001)
77	* ''Literature/SuiseiMatsuriHaDaiPanicNyo'' (2003)
78	* ''Literature/DejikoNoGokigenNikki'' (2007)
79	[[/folder]]
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81	[[folder:Radio Shows]]
82	[[AC:Terrestrial]]
83	* ''Radio/DejikosRoom'' (1999-2001)
84	** ''Dejiko's Room 2'' (2001-2002)
85	* ''Radio/DejikoSan'' (2002-2003)
86	* ''Radio/GADaNyo'' (2003)
87	* ''Radio/NyoNyoRadi'' (2003-2004)
88	* ''Radio/DejikosCarelessPanic'' (2004)
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90	[[AC:Internet]]
91	* ''Radio/PuchikosTellMeHokkeMirin'' (2000-2004)
92	* ''Radio/DUPsWelcomePartyNight'' (2004)
93	* ''Radio/AsamiSanadasComicDiGiCharat'' (2005)
94	* ''Radio/DejikoRadio'' (2008-2009)
95	* ''Radio/DejikosRoomForWinterGarden'' (2009)
96	* ''Radio/TerrestrialDiGiRadio'' (2009-2010)
97	[[/folder]]
98	[[/index]]
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101	!!These series provide examples of [[VerbalTic nyo]]!:
102	* AdvertisedExtra: Dejiko’s mother appears on the Blu-ray cover for ''Reiwa'' despite not showing up until the last episode.
103	* AlternateContinuity: There are several continuities that were established when the franchise started to branch out.
104	** ''Panyo Panyo'', prequel of sorts to the original anime (since it ditches the {{otaku}} in-jokes), but establishes its own rules when it focuses in characters' from the past of Dejiko and Puchiko. This is, instead, the basis of "prequel" for ''Nyo!''.
105	** ''Nyo!'' is a ContinuityReboot of the original anime, with a better set continuity, and without the obvious ''Gamers'' advertising set-up. It also features some obvious [[{{Expy}} side-character expies]] from the original anime's continuity.
106	** ''Winter Garden'', which focuses in Dejiko and Puchiko if they were human instead of hybrid-catgirls, in a slice-of-life future where they are 20 and 15 years old, respectively.
107	* AnimalMotifs: People from the Planet Di Gi Charat are usually portrayed as hybrid cat-humans (such as Dejiko, Puchiko, Rinna, and Meek).
108	* {{Bowdlerize}}: In addition to calling the Black Gema Gema Gang, the "Dark Gema Gema Gang", Nazo Gema's lips are edited out in Creator/VizMedia's release of ''Di Gi Charat Official Anthology''.
109	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The third episode of ''Reiwa'' has Broccodess take offense to being called a new character by the Black Gema Gema gang with Dejiko bringing up how she'd been around since the 15th anniversary of the series.
110	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In Episode 13 of ''Reiwa'', when Dejiko and Puchiko are transported to the world of ''Nyo!'', John and Paul are the only major characters from the series not to appear.
111	* ComicTrio: Dejiko is the schemer, Puchiko is the one who goes along with the schemes, although it's out of indifference rather than stupidity, and depending on who's with them, either Gema or Rabi~en~Rose is the ignored voice of reason.
112	* ContinuityCameo: Episode 13 of ''Reiwa'' has Dejiko and Puchiko get transported to the world of ''Nyo!'' where they bump into several characters from the series, including Rinna and Meek who originally debuted in ''Panyo Panyo''.
113	* ContinuityReboot: ''Nyo!'', which takes basic elements from the original series and mixes them up with the background already provided in ''Panyo Panyo'', while also abandoning its original {{otaku}}-related humor.
114	* CutShort: Two of the manga series, ''Dejiko's Adventure'' and ''Leave It To Piyoko!'' were also cut short in America after only one volume of each had been released. The remaining two volumes of the former and one of the latter were announced for 2005, but were on hold for three years until Broccoli USA ceased operations.
115	* {{Faceship}}: Dejiko’s UFO is designed after the beanie that she wears, with the original series giving it a white paint job to match.
116	* FirstGirlWins: Episode 4 of ''Reiwa'' has Minataku bump into three different girls while at school who all end up falling in love with him. [[GenreSavvy However, they end up backing off when they see him with Usada and see that he only has eyes for her]].
117	* GagSeries: Many series based on the franchise usually poke fun (in a positive way) at the Akiba otaku culture in the late 90s - mid 2000s, with Dejiko and her friends being parodies of the {{kawaiiko}} moe archetypes, while they were ''also'' living up to ridiculous situations around them.
118	* HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines: Inverted. Dejiko and Puchiko, the protagonists, are based on cats while Piyoko’s henchmen (Rik, Ky, and Coo) are based on dogs.
119	* ImageSong: The franchise released numerous image songs and character-related albums continuously, ever since its first single "Welcome!" was released in 1998. It eventually stopped somewhere in its 10th anniversary, in 2008.
120	%%* {{Kawaiiko}}: Deliberately subverted for laughs. Cute as these characters are, most of them are kind of jerks.
121	* LastNameBasis: Dejiko refers to Rabi~en~Rose as "Usada" (despite repeated times she denies to be called as that, she eventually gives up).
122	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: And worked in both ways. Characters from other shows appear under different names, and characters from this show appear in other media productions under different names.
123	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: While in the world of ''Nyo!'' in ''Reiwa'', several characters greet Dejiko by telling her long time no see, referencing how ''Nyo!'' ended nearly two decades before and they haven't appeared since.
124	* MythologyGag: In Episode 12 of ''Reiwa'', Puchiko gets transformed into her ''Winter Garden'' design.
125	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Takurou Minagawa and Takurou Kimura share the same first name. This is rarely an issue however as they are usually known by their nicknames of Murataku and Minataku. A third Takurou, Takurou Senba, is introduced in ''Winter Garden'' and also shares no relation with the other two.
126	%%* PunnyName: Quite a few.
127	* ReTool: ''Di Gi Charat Nyo!'' is a retelling of the first anime series, which retains basic elements, but also changes some backstories and some settings.
128	* RevisitingTheRoots: ''Reiwa'' returns to the GagSeries format of the original series and has each episode of the show being roughly three minutes in length.
129	* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Dejiko did not appear until the second ''Gema Gema'' comic.
130	* ShoutOut:
131	** ''Reiwa'' has Gema use an attack called "Yellow World" and in the background a WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine can be seen.
132	** In ''Digiko's Champion Cup'', Dejiko's representation of her fairy godmother is Majin Buu from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Fitting as Buu gets his name from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', his masters are named [[PunnyName Bibidi and Babidi]].
133	%%* TerribleTrio: Piyoko’s minions, The Black Gema Gang, consisting of Rik, Coo and Ky.
134	%%* ThemeNaming: Almost all the inhabitants of the planet Di Gi Charat.
135	%%* ThoseTwoGuys: There’s quite a few of these pair-ups.
136	%%* TotallyRadical: The Studio Ironcat translation of ''Dejiko's Champion Cup Theater''.
137	%%* ValleyGirl: Usada in the English translation of ''Dejiko's Champion Cup Theater''.
138	* VerbalTic:
139	** ''So many.'' Dejiko uses "Nyo", Puchiko uses "Nyu", Piyoko uses "Pyo", Gema uses, well, [[PokemonSpeak "Gema"]], Rinna uses "Myu", Meek uses "Mya", and Deji Devil uses "Devi". Whether or not they're kept in the English dubs depends on which series you're watching, Creator/SynchPoint and Creator/ADVFilms respective dubs kept the tics meanwhile Creator/BandaiEntertainment[=/=]Creator/BlueWater's dub of ''Nyo!'' excised the tics entirely.
140	** The episode introducing Mr. Longhair has him going to the store to get them to stop, as he thinks them doing it will cause language to degrade, and providing examples of words that will sound silly if each character says their verbal tic after them.
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