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Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

2015, TV, 12 eps, 63%, diomedéa

Both have Cute Boys Doing Cute Things, Parody.

Teenage boys are notoriously lazy, and the members of Binan High School's Earth Defense Club are no exception. Their definition of “earth defense” is bumming around all day at the local bathhouse. But when a pink wombat appears out of thin air and begs the boys to help him save…

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About Love Rice

2017, TV short, 12 eps, 43%, Encourage Films

The "heartwarming 'kome'dy with laughs and passion" promises to let audiences rediscover the virtues of rice ("Japan's soul food"). It follows five handsome rice-inspired boys as they shine at the "Harvest Show" live event at the Kokuritsu Inahou Gakuen ("Rice Ear Academy," a wordplay on national schools).

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