Details
Title: アキハバラ＠DEEP
Title (English): Akihabara@DEEP
Genre: Action and comedy
Episodes: 11 + Special (Secret)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2006-Jun-19 to ???
Air time: Tuesday 25:59
Synopsis
Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of mangas, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku. Page, Box, Akira, Taiko, Daruma, and Izumu are six otaku each with his/her own troubles and sought relief through a website called "Yui’s Lifeguard." When site owner Yui died of a mysterious death, the six who are each experts in their own fields gathered to form "Akihabara@DEEP", a "trouble shooter" group that vows to protect Akihabara and solve the problems of its inhabitants.
Cast
Kazama Shunsuke as Page
Ikuta Toma as Box
Himura Yuki as Daruma
Hoshino Gen as Taiko
Kosaka Yuka as Akira
Matsushima Hatsune as Izumu/Izm
Honjo Manami as Yui
Digital Capital
Kitamura Kazuki as Nakagomi Takeshi
Matsuda Satoshi as Tosaka
Izumi Masayuki as Shimoyanagi Konosuke
Maid Cafe
Isayama Hiroko as Watao Akane
Nobukawa Seijun as Rui / Tama-chan (Hipopo)
Fukunaga China (福永ちな) as China
Akimoto Miri as Miri
Fuji Rika (藤井梨花) as Rika
Mochizuki Misa (望月みさ) as Misa
Nanasawa Ayaka (七沢彩夏) as Ayaka
Others
Nomizu Iori as Tsuku (Hipopo)
Shitara Osamu
Kawamoto Bunta (川元文太)
Kuroda Toshiyuki (黒田俊幸)
Mickey Curtis (ミッキー・カーチス)
Guests
Yamane Kazuma as gang leader (ep1)
Kubota Kazunobu (久保田和靖) as the Cat Fight Announcer (ep2)
Tachibana Misato as Katsurai Mami (ep3)
Sano Natsume as Tachibana Satsuki (ep3)
Hibi Daisuke (日比大介) as Akada Shunichiro (ep4)
Kinami Haruka as Kaira (ep4)
Hiraiwa Kami as Shoko (ep5)
Konno Narumi as Mizuki (ep5)
Suho Reiko as Kuno Akiko (ep6)
MARI as Nagomi (ep8)
Takizawa Nonami as Mikiko (ep9)
Matsumura Yuki as the Fukusyuya (ep9)
Ishida Ira (石田衣良) as himself (ep11)
Production Credits
Original writing: Ishida Ira (石田衣良) Akihabara@Deep (novel)
Screenwriter: Masahiko Kawahara (河原雅彦), Yuuko Kawabe (川邊優子)
Producer: i-cf corporation (株式会社アイ・シー・エフ), Geneon Entertainment Inc., Yomiko (読売広告社)
Director: One Hitoshi (大根仁)
Music: Tucker
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Search 1: Our City Akihabara. Exterminate the Otaku Hunts!
Ep 02: Search 2: Fighting Maid Akira. Get Revenge in the Cat Fight!
Ep 03: Search 3: Getting Over Yui's Death. @DEEP Gets Started. Catch the Cosplay Peeper!
Ep 04: Search 4: Taiko in Love.!? Save the Brainwashed Akiba Children!
Ep 05: Search 5: Appearance of Imposter Yui! Exposing the Suicide Site Targeting Ota!
Ep 06: Search 6: Female Announcer vs Otaku. Prevent a Media Frenzy!
Ep 07: Search 7: Akiba of the Dead. Repel the Otaku Zombie!
Ep 08: Search 8: Great Maid War. Investigate the Ero Maid Cafe!
Ep 09: Search 9: Box's Past. Conquer that Fear of Women!
Ep 10: Search 10: Daruma Falls!? @DEEP splits up!?
Ep 11: Search 11: @DEEP Goes Forth! Rescue Yui from the Electric Brain Castle!
Trivia
Daruma is a cosplaying otaku. So far, hes dressed up as the following characters from the following anime: Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam), Alan Tracy (Thunderbirds), Maetel, Tetsuro (Galaxy Express 999), Cyborg 009 (Cyborg 009), Cobra (Space Adventure Cobra), Black Jack (Black Jack), Nobita (Doraemon), Shinguji Sakura (Sakura Taisen), Alexandria Meat (Kinnikuman). During the second story, he showcased many of his cosplay costumes, notably that of AYA (former guitarist Psycho le Cemu) from the PV "Prism", complete with choreography and signature pink wig.
Nakagomi Takeshi is an open Gundam fan, who has made numerous references to Gundam, apart from him cosplaying as Char Aznable and owning a 1/1 Char Custom Zaku model and several Gundam models. He also owns the famous Kaneda bike from Akira.
Coincidentally, the members of akihabara@DEEP also have the 1/1 Char Custom Zaku model, as well as a 1/1 model of Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3.
The Digital Capital building that appears in the show is a composite of the Akihabara Dai Building with a digitally added portion on the top.
