Wid's Anime Podcast for 1-22-15. Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!

Binan Koko Chikyu Bouei-bu LOVE!
Or Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!
Comedy, Magical boy, Slice of life, Action genre. The most interesting part of the genre list is Magical Boy!

The synopsis is as follows: The story centers on the five students in the Boeibu/Defense Club (aka "a club to do nothing") at the Binan High School. Involving the battle between the two mysterious creatures came from the outer space, they have to fight against Seifukubu/Conquest Club (Student Council), as the successors to the throne "Battle Lovers." What we really have is two groups of beautiful boys being all magical!

The characters:
The heroes of the piece – The Earth Defense Club.
We start off with a talking pink Wombat with a red heart on his hip. It appears out of nowhere and requests that two of the boys to help save the Earth with the power of love. Now where it really looks like a Wombat is up to you. But it does have a mission or a duty if you will. It has come to list our heroes to protect the earth from some bad aliens and to fill the world with love. To have this happen, he causes a bracelet to appear on each of the boys wrists.
Yumoto Hakone – He is a first year student. His family owns a bathhouse where the first episode starts. He is a kind of carefree Boy Lolita who adores animals, cute things, and food. He transforms into the Sparkling Prince – Battle Lover Scarlet. His color is red and element is light.
En Yufuin – He is a third year student. He moves at his own pace while he majors in sloth. He usually hangs with Kinugawa. He transforms into the Flashing Prince – Battle Lover Cerulean. His color is blue and element is water.
Atsushi Kinugawa – He is also a third year student. He is the only one who wears glasses in the group. He is from a rich family, has good grades and appears very serious. He is a childhood friend of Kusatsu. He transforms into the Piercing Prince – Battle Lover Epinard. His color is green and element is air
Io Naruko – He is a second year student. While he is a high school student, he makes his money on the stock market. His motto is “Life is all about Money!” He is best friends with Ryu. He transforms into the Roaring Prince – Battle Lover Sulfur. His color is yellow and element is earth.
Ryu Zaou - He is second year student. He has a certain popular with the ladies with date requests pouring into his phone. He is best friends with Io. He transforms into the Thrilling Prince – Battle Lover Vesta. His color is pink and element is fire.

Now for the villains of the piece – The Conquest Club
Kinshiro Kusatsu – He is a third year student and the student council president. While he is a childhood friendw with Kinugawa. Rumor has it that their relationship is distant. He transforms into Chevalier Orite – the Gold Knight that glimmers brightly.
Ibushi Arima – He is a third year student. He is the student council vice-president. He transforms into Chevalier Argent – the Silver Knight that is fragrant of the wind.
Akoya Gero – He is a second year student. He has a somewhat angelic appearance. He does not take ribbing well. He also does not like Zaou. He transforms into Chevalier Perlite – the Pearl knight that is in full bloom.
And Thunder – It is a yellowish-green hedgehog looking creature that came from a distant planet who wants to conquer Earth. He ends his sentences with “dar”.

Now that I have kind of set the table. Let us delve into this anime series. It is listed as being a 12 episode series, but I won't be surprised to see it get a second season. It is an original work with a light novel, manga and video game either available or in the works (the video game due February, 2015). The studio is Diomedea, which has five series this season. Shinji Takamatsu is listed as the director. He has a nice resume with School Rumble: Third S...