Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan (2002)

Creator: Ken Akamatsu

Three eight-year-old girls, Mao, Misora and Sylvia, try to defend the earth against invading aliens. The world's defense has fallen to unlikely straits because the aliens are excessively cute, of which combat engagements are televised: if the forces battling the aliens were not cute themselves, the general public would revolt, as it would be seen as "bullying". Consequently, three military leaders chose their granddaughters to be the defenders, fittingly, becoming a team even cuter than the aliens. They each have a clover-shaped badge that enables them to transform.

Cast

Akio Nojima

Rikushiro Onigawara (voice)

Yui Horie

Silvia Maruyama (voice)

Kiyonobu Suzuki

Sorajiro Tsukishima (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Kagome Mishima (voice)

Kimiko Koyama

Mao Onigawara (voice)

Yūya Yoshikawa

Misora Tsukishima (voice)

Ai Iura

Chinami Noki (voice)

Takashi Taniguchi

Adalbert Von Marayuma (voice)

Machiko Toyoshima

Emi Uehara (voice)

Machiko Toyoshima

Shoko Akasaka (voice)