| Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! | |
 Key visual featuring the five main characters in uniform | |
| 美男高校地球防衛部LOVE! @ (Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love!) | |
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| Genre | Magical boy, parody[1] |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Natsuko Takahashi |
| Illustrated by | Yumiko Hara |
| Published by | Pony Canyon |
| Imprint | Ponikanyon |
| Original run | January 6, 2015 – present |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mizu Morino |
| Magazine | Pony Canyon |
| Original run | October 16, 2014 – June 25, 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Video game | |
| Developer | Anipani Co. Ltd |
| Publisher | Anipani Co. Ltd |
| Genre | Otome |
| Platform | iOS Android |
| Released | February 26, 2015 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 6, 2015 – March 24, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Original video animation | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Released | August 26, 2017 |
| Runtime | 56 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, AT-X |
| Original run | April 8, 2018 – July 1, 2018 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime film | |
| Cute High Earth Defense Club Eternal Love! | |
| Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | yamazo |
| Studio | Studio Comet |
| Released | Q1 2025 |
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (美男高校地球防衛部Love!, Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu LOVE!, lit. Beautiful Man Highschool Earth Defense Club Love!) is a 2015 magical boy anime television series created by Kurari Umatani and produced by Diomedéa.[3] The series is directed by Shinji Takamatsu and written by Michiko Yokote.[4] The series premiered on January 6, 2015.[5] The anime is licensed by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand[6] and by Ponycan USA in North America, with Funimation and Crunchyroll streaming it.[7] A second season premiered on July 7, 2016.[8][9] An anime film will open in Japan in Q1 2025.
The story follows the lives of five ordinary boys who gain nature-based powers given to them by a mysterious creature from outer space. Calling themselves the "Earth Defense Club", they fight against the "Earth Conquest Club", whose members seek to conquer Earth.
A spin-off manga titled Binan Kokou Chikyuu Seifuku-bu Love! started serialization in Pony Canyon's web comics magazine online, on October 16, 2014. A light novel was released on January 7, 2015, in Japan,[10] with two additional light novels released in 2016. A game based on the series for Android and iOS devices was released in Japan in February 2015.[11]
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- ^ 美男高校地球防衛部 LOVE!NOVEL! (ぽにきゃんBOOKSライトノベルシリーズ) (日本語)) [Cute High School Earth Defense Club LOVE!NOVEL! (Ponikyan BOOKS light novel series)(Paperback)] (in Japanese). ポニーキャニオン. 7 January 2015. ISBN 9784865291124.
- ^ "美男高校地球防衛部 LOVE!GAME!" [Cute High School Earth Defense Club LOVE!GAME!] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2015-01-01.