The Ancient Dogoo Girl

The Ancient Dogoo Girl (古代少女ドグちゃん) is a Japanese comedy tokusatsu series directed by Noboru Iguchi, director of The Machine Girl and RoboGeisha. The show aired on MBS every Wednesday night at 25:25 JST. The ending theme is Denki Groove's "Dareda!" (誰だ!).

In October 2010, Dogoo Girl premiered its sequel The Ancient Dogoo Girls (古代少女隊ドグーンV). The show adds five more Dogoo Girls portrayed by Misaki Momose, Rina Takeda, Manami Nomoto (of Idoling!!!), Maria Yoshikawa, and Haruka Dan. The theme song for the sequel is "Bakuha Seyo! Dogoon V" (爆破せよ!ドグーンV).

Plot
By chance, a hikikomori named Makoto Sugihara finds a strange breastplate buried in the woods. When he places his palm on the breast plate, its design gets burned into his palm while the action awakens a girl named Dogu-chan, a hyperactive yōkai hunter from the Jōmon period with large breasts. Because he had touched her breastplate, Makoto is now bound to Dogu-chan as she adapts to modern day life, fighting yōkai in magic armor formed by her dogū assistant Dokigoro while slowly prying Makoto out of his shell as he is dragged into her misadventures, whether he likes it or not.

In the sequel, a college student named Shouta Tsuikimiya moves into the house where his archaeologist father, Yuzo, had last been living when he disappeared. Shouta inadvertently awakens Doji-chan, a novice yōkai hunter, when he finds her breastplate half-buried in the garden of the house. As if juggling his classes with dealing with the clingy and doting Doji-chan were not enough, Shouta soon finds that Doji-chan's fellow apprentices, as well as their mentor (Dogu-chan from the previous series), have taken up residence in his house as well.

Episodes
Each episode is named after the yōkai Dogu-chan fights. The literal translation of the yōkai's name is given in the episode titles below. The guest star who portrays the yōkai is also listed.
 * 1) Yōkai Koi Person Appears (妖怪 鯉びと 登場)
 * 2) Yōkai Big Breasts Appears (妖怪 ちちでか 登場)
 * 3) Yōkai Neglected Bicycle (妖怪 放置自転車 登場)
 * 4) Yōkai Rude Odor (妖怪 無礼香 登場)
 * 5) Yōkai Crab Laser (妖怪 カニ光線 登場)
 * 6) Yōkai Puppeteer (妖怪 人形つかい 登場)
 * 7) Yōkai Beep (妖怪 ピーオン 登場)
 * 8) Yōkai Some Kind of Koi (妖怪 鯉しくて 登場)
 * 9) Yōkai Meat-Eating Sisters (妖怪 肉食姉妹 登場)
 * 10) Yōkai Mock Parent (妖怪 親もどき 登場)
 * 11) Yōkai Mother of Eyelids (Part 1) (妖怪 まぶたの母 登場（前編）)
 * 12) Yōkai Mother of Eyelids (Part 2) (妖怪 まぶたの母 登場（後編）)
 * Dogoon V
 * 1) Yōkai Gorgon Appears (妖怪 ゴーコン 登場)
 * 2) Yōkai Muscle Girl Squad Appears (妖怪 筋肉少女隊 登場)
 * 3) Yōkai Skinship Appears (妖怪 スキンシップ 登場)
 * 4) Yōkai Free and Easy EX Appears (妖怪 無礼講EX 登場)
 * 5) Yōkai Forest Girl Appears (妖怪 森ガール 登場)
 * 6) Yōkai Future Memory Appears (妖怪 未来の想い出 登場)
 * 7) Yōkai Hello Ao-chan Appears (妖怪 こんにちは青ちゃん 登場)
 * 8) Yōkai Doka-san Appears (妖怪 ドカちん 登場)
 * 9) Space Girl Squad Shakos III Appears (宇宙少女隊シャコーズIII 登場)
 * 10) Yōkai Giant Apartment Wife Appears (妖怪 巨大団地妻 登場)
 * 11) Yōkai Closing Shell Appears (Part 1) (妖怪 最終貝 登場（前編）)
 * 12) Yōkai Closing Shell Appears (Part 2) (妖怪 最終貝 登場（後編）)

Cast

 * Dogu-chan (ドグちゃん): Erika Yazawa (谷澤 恵里香) of Idoling!!!
 * Makoto Sugihara (杉原 誠): Masataka Kubota
 * Dokigoro (ドキゴロー): Romi Park (朴 璐美)
 * Kimika Shishido (宍戸 紀美香): Rina Kirishima (桐島 里菜)
 * Shintarō Kadoma (門間 慎太郎): Tokio Emoto (柄本 時生)
 * Sayuri Sugihara (杉原 小百合): Yuki Saito (斉藤 由貴)
 * Kenzō Sugihara (杉原 謙三): Takaya Kamikawa (上川 隆也)
 * Dogoon V
 * Doji-chan (ドジちゃん): Misaki Momose (桃瀬 美咲)
 * Doro-chan (ドロちゃん): Rina Takeda (武田 梨奈)
 * Doka-chan (ドカちゃん): Manami Nomoto (野元 愛) of Idoling!!!
 * Dore-chan (ドレちゃん): Maria Yoshikawa (吉川 まりあ)
 * Dori-chan (ドリちゃん): Haruka Dan (團 遥香)
 * Shota Tsukimiya (月宮 翔太): Shogo Suzuki (鈴木 勝吾)
 * Yuzo Tsukimiya (月宮 雄三): Teruhiko Saigō (西郷 輝彦)

Guest stars

 * Sonim
 * Honoka (穂花)
 * Hiromasa Taguchi (田口 浩正)
 * Kinuo Yamada (山田 キヌヲ)
 * Noboru Iguchi (井口 昇)
 * Shigeru Saiki (斉木 しげる)
 * Yumi Adachi
 * Naoto Takenaka (竹中 直人)
 * Itsumi Ōsawa (大沢 逸美)
 * Mayumi Satō (佐藤 真弓)
 * Jun Miho (美保 純)
 * Dogoon V
 * Sei Ashina
 * Yuko Ito
 * Kenji Ohtsuki
 * Megumi Kagurazaka
 * Ayumu Saitō (斎藤 歩)
 * Momoko Tani (谷 桃子)

Movie adaptation
On February 9, 2010, Outcast Cinema announced the film adaptation of the series. Several episodes of the show (including its unaired pilot), helmed by various directors, were edited into a feature film which debuted theatrically in Japan on February 20, 2010.