Hi I'm Dranzerstorm
You may remember me as a regular contestant on the caption battle contest.
Welcome to Retro Retrospective, my world dedicated to the old guard of the Otaku world; expect some reviews of the old & obscure, and in-depth geeky knowledge with the occasional top ten and I now have a logo.

Little info about me
Well I'm British and I'm in to all things animated and nostalgia.
I've grown up with every cartoon going and have watched hundreds of anime.
Oh and to answer a question I was asked once, no I don't wear glasses in real life, I would wear Loke's sunglasses though.

Prefectural Earth Defense Force Review

They can't all be diamonds in the rough.

The anime starts with a dream sequence of an anime we'd rather watch as reality comes crashing down when an Indian student involved in an accident gets enhanced into a cyborg in order to copy the Six Billion Dollar Man, (no really that's the actual reason) but the Indian man Karmi escapes from the hospital to hide out at the local school, his creation was done by the Telephone Pole Gang who not wanting to go too big too soon decides they want to just take over the prefecture, to combat this villainy are the Prefectural Earth Defense Force who actually don't do anything as the focus shifts to the actual scene stealer, pink haired villain Baradagi.
After a few failed attempts the gang create another cyborg from the director's daughter but that ends up failing also, attempts to restore the cyborg's original bodies ends in them being gender swapped although they seem to accept their fate later. The anime closes with Baradagi dating the lead Earth Force member and a preview for a cancelled episode 4.
A weird setup for a gag comedy but one that contains setups in villains that wouldn't become popular until the 2000s.
Starting small like Dr Doofenshmirtz and having nameless minions be comic relief like Despicable Me.
It had a few good ideas but the show I wanted was what it opened up with, it seems like a waste considering how hard they went in creating the opening sequence and the actual Earth Defense Force seemed like a decent punch.
Bit too late for licensing by ADVFilms to really give it the gag dub it should've had, would've made the experience more bearable.
Final Verdict: Made the fatal mistake of showing what could've been before showcasing the actual anime, it's not terrible but hardly worth your time either.