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'''''Mao-chan''''' is a 2002 [[Anime First|original anime]] by Studio Xebec, written by [[Ken Akamatsu]] (post-''[[Love Hina]]'', pre-''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'') and directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki. A follow-up manga was illustrated by RAN.
What do you do when [[The Tokyo Fireball|Japan is under attack]] by [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ridiculously Cute Aliens]]? Fight back with even cuter kids! ''Mao-chan'' was written by [[Ken Akamatsu]] (post-''[[Love Hina]]'', pre-''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'') and illustrated by RAN. It tells the story of Mao Onigawara, Misora Tsukishima, and Sylvia Maruyama, three second-graders tasked with protecting Japan's national landmarks from the aliens... and keeping their grandfathers, the heads of the Ground, Air, and Naval Defense Forces, respectively, from fighting with one another about which one is superior, a problem that often gets in the way of their jobs.▼
▲What do you do when [[The Tokyo Fireball|Japan is under attack]] by [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|Ridiculously Cute Aliens]]? Fight back with even cuter kids!
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: Yuriko, who [[Friendly Enemy|really doesn't want to have to fight Mao-chan and the others]].
* [[Beary Cute]]: In episode 18, the [[Monster of the Week|cute alien of the week]] is a black bear with a white muzzle... that promptly gets lost in a snowstorm.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Sylvia
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Misora
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** One last one: among the many [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute animal-shaped aliens]] is what appears to be an expy of Tama-chan.
* [[The Faceless]]: Mao's parents and grandmother.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Yuriko really ''likes'' Mao-chan and her friends. Unfortunately, as Chinami keeps reminding her, they're supposed to be the villains. Note the "supposed to be" - by the end of the story, it's obvious Yuriko was [[Good All Along]].
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: Chapter 21.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Mao
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* [[Lethal Chef]]: Mao's cookies, made with cement mix instead of flour.
* [[Lolicon]]: Hmm... actually, Yuriko's feelings for Mao seem to border on [[Foe Yay]] -- not that Mao realizes that Yuriko is her enemy. Mao/Yuriko actually seems like an even more viable ship than Mao/Misora (see below), actually, because it looks like Mao has feelings for Yuriko as well. Wait, are we sure that [[CLAMP]] wasn't somehow involved with this?
* [[Magical Girl]]: Complete with a transformation that [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|puts Mao in a majorette uniform]] and does ''nothing'' else... until {{spoiler|she finally gets a mobility boost}}.
* [[Mega Neko]]: The alien from Episode 1.
* [[Meganekko]]: Chinami.
* [[Monster Protection Racket]]: {{spoiler|The new Prime Minister, to promote his "Three Aces" team.}} Turns into a game of [[Zany Scheme Chicken]] when the Defense Force leaders launch their own fake alien at the same time to try to get the Defense Corps girls back in the public's good graces ''and'' independently, Yuriko launches a ''real'' alien for the girls to fight... and all three aliens look like [[
* [[Monumental Theft]]: The aliens work their way up from stealing various easily-portable items to stealing an entire [[w:Shinkansen|Shinkansen]] train, to stealing the [[w:Tokyo Big Sight|Tokyo Big Sight]].
* [[Omake]]: Two: One that takes place 10 years later, and then a "summer vacation special" after the higher-ups had been introduced.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Chapter 20, when the girls sneak off to Hokkaido.
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