Dejiko
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{{Infobox character
| name =
| alias = Dejiko or Digiko'Dejiko' is the romanization used in Japan, 'Digiko' is the romanization used in the English version of the manga licensed by Viz Media.
| series = Di Gi Charat
| image = Image:Dejiko1.gif
| caption = Dejiko from the Di Gi Charat Nyo! anime
| first =
| creator = Koge-Donbo
| voice = Japanese:
Asami Sanada (1999-2008, 2013-present)
Satomi Akesaka (2008-2012)
English:
Jessica Gee (2005)
Luci Christian (2004)
Chris Simms (2006)
}}
{{nihongo|Di Gi Charat|デ・ジ・キャラット|De Ji Kyaratto|lead=yes}}, also known as Dejiko or Digiko, is the main protagonist of the manga and anime of the same name created by Koge-Donbo. Dejiko is a princess of a planet that is also called Di Gi Charat and she is also depicted as a catgirl which is highlighted by her ending each sentence with the cat sound 'nyo'. Dejiko can be violent at times and will resort to using her special ability, eye-beams, to inflict damage on others. She is close friends with her sidekick Puchiko who has a contrasting personality to that of Dejiko's.
Dejiko is the company mascot of Gamers, a retail chain of Broccoli, the production company for Di Gi Charat.
Concept
In an interview with Koge-Donbo, she says that of all her character creations Dejiko is most like her.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2005-04-10/koge-donbo|title=Koge Donbo|work=Anime News Network|author=Chris Macdonald|date=April 10, 2005|accessdate=July 1, 2015}}
Appearances
=Manga=
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=Anime=
Dejiko has appeared in each of the Di Gi Charat anime series. In Di Gi Charat, she comes to Earth with hopes of becoming an idol singer. She has green eyes and green hair and her maid-like uniform consists of a white and navy blue dress with big cat bells tied to her hair with navy blue ribbons. On the very top of her head are her cat ears, which are white with pink inside and have a set of large, non-functional lime-coloured cat eyes. She always wears white gloves and boots (with the exception of her sleeping outfit) and she has a white tail. She is consistently seen in this costume in her various series with the exception of Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat where she wears a different costume in her chibi character design in that series.
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=Video games=
She has appeared in two Game Boy Advance games, the Di Gi Charat: Di Gi Communication series, and three computer games: Glove on Fight, Moe Moe (as selectable character) and Kakuge Yaro (as cameo in one stage). She was the featured character in the Game Boy Color game, Dejiko no Mahjong Party.
=In other media=
Dejiko has appeared in anime outside of the Di Gi Charat series in cameo roles in such anime as Galaxy Angel, Cromartie High School, Power Stone, and Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge. In the Galaxy Angel anime, she is a newscaster working with Puchiko and in one episode, she holds her co-worker for ransom in an endless circle of staged kidnappings that began with the theft of Ranpha Franboise's ship. Dejiko face was as a mask in Koge Donbo's other work Kamichama Karin.
==Reception==
Carl Kimlinger from Anime News Network gave Di Gi Charat Nyo!'s first DVD a review in which he describes Dejiko having a "mercenary personality and butt-scratching manners" with a "frilly-cute exterior".{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/di-gi-charat-nyo/dvd-1|title=Di Gi Charat Nyo|work=Anime News Network|date=June 12, 2007|accessdate=March 11, 2015}} In the prequel Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat, Carlo Santos from Anime News Network describes Dejiko having a temper that "adds some spice to her goody-goody nature".{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/panyo-panyo-di-gi-charat/dvd-1|title=Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat|work=Anime News Network|date=June 23, 2005|accessdate=March 11, 2015}} In contrast, in the alternate story Winter Garden where she is now twenty, Chris Beveridge from the Fandom Post describes Dejiko as a "normal young woman".{{cite web|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2014/03/17/di-gi-charat-winter-garden-anime-dvd-review/|title=Di Gi Charat Winter Garden Anime DVD Review|work=www.fandompost.com|date=March 17, 2014|accessdate=March 11, 2015}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.broccoli.co.jp/dejiko/chara_01.html#digi Dejiko's Bio] at Broccoli (company).
- [http://www.broccoli.co.jp/dejiko/panyo/character/digi.html Dejiko's Bio] from the prequel Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat at Broccoli.
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