{"id":700,"date":"2003-06-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/2003\/06\/13\/ask-john-how-much-di-gi-charat-anime-exists\/"},"modified":"2003-06-13T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-06-13T14:00:00","slug":"ask-john-how-much-di-gi-charat-anime-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/ask-john-how-much-di-gi-charat-anime-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask John: How Much Di Gi Charat Anime Exists?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question:<\/strong>
\nHey, I need to know about DiGi Charat. How long is it? How many series\/movies are there, and how many episodes long are they?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/strong>
\nAlthough it’s relatively recent, it’s still difficult to track down a thorough chronology of the Di-Gi-Charat animation because Di-Gi-Charat has had such an unusual broadcast schedule. I’ll attempt to present an accurate filmography here, but please excuse me if I make any minor errors.<\/p>\n

The first ever Di-Gi-Charat animation was actually a pair of anime TV commercials for the Gamers chain of anime stores. These original TV commercials aired on Japanese television in early 1999. The first proper Di-Gi-Charat anime was the 16 episode TV series that began on November 29, 1999. Each of the 16 episodes was only 4 minutes long and was broadcast as part of the live action TV variety program “Wonderful.”<\/p>\n

The Di-Gi-Charat Summer Special consisted of four 10 minute long segments broadcast on August 22 & 23, 2000. The 2000 Summer Special introduced Dijiko’s arch nemesis, the Black Gema Gema Dan, lead by Pyokola Analogue III, “Piyoko.”<\/p>\n

The Di-Gi-Charat Christmas Special broadcast on December 16 & 17, 2000 was again four 10 minute episodes. This time around the crew went on a cruise and Dijiko received an unusual Christmas gift from her parents.<\/p>\n

The Di-Gi-Charat Ohanami Special broadcast on April 6, 2001 was the first special to last an hour on a single evening. The four chapters in this special dealt with the girls enjoying cherry blossom viewing, and Petit Charat’s memorable day in kindergarten.<\/p>\n

Around the summer of 2001, a new Di-Gi-Charat TV commercial for Gamers aired on Japanese television, and dubbed in English on American television in the Los Angeles, California area.<\/p>\n

The Di-Gi-Charat Natsuyasumi Special broadcast on August 2 & 3, 2001 again had four chapters aired two per night and introduced Rod Young, America’s biggest Dijiko fan.<\/p>\n

On December 22, 2001 Dijiko and friends hit the big screen with the Di-Gi-Charat: Hoshi no Tabi motion picture, a 30 minute long film that sent Dijiko and Puchiko home to the planet Di-Gi-Charat to visit their parents.<\/p>\n

The 48 episode long Panyo Panyo Di-Gi-Charat premiered on January 5, 2002 and continued through 48 six minute long episodes. Panyo Panyo Di-Gi-Charat was set a year before the events in the first TV series, and was clearly targeted at a younger, pre-teen audience.<\/p>\n

On March 21, 2003, Piyoko got her own OAV series with the first episode of Di-Gi-Charat Gekijo Piyoko ni Omakase pyo! (Di-Gi-Charat Theater: Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!) The second of apparently three OAV episodes was released on May 3rd.<\/p>\n

The Di-Gi-Charat Nyo TV series debuted on April 6, 2003 as an entirely new, self-contained continuity. For the first time ever, each episode was a full 25 minutes long, made up of two 12 minute long chapters.<\/p>\n

So far, Synch Point Productions has licensed the Di-Gi-Charat movie and Leave it to Piyoko OAV series for American release, and AD Vision has acquired the official English language distribution rights to the Panyo Panyo Di-Gi-Charat TV series.<\/p>\n

And finally, as an only partially related concluding point, the name “Di-Gi-Charat” itself is not some strange French word. It’s an abbreviation for “Digital Character” and in proper Japanese should be pronounced roughly like “Digi-Carrot.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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