Uchuu Patrol Luluco

Ucchu Patrol Luluco has a very interesting conception: turn upside down the life of a normal girl who is a junior high school student 13 years old, called Luluco, in the midst of an universe full of megalomaniac and nonsense absurdities. Who likes nonsense and, mainly, very absurd comedies will hardly not like Ucchu Patrol Luluco. The director Hiroiyuki Imaishi and his team decided to make this anime a great mix of various ideas and even experimentations, as in one of the episodes in which the script was theoretically done intentionally through improvisation and i found the result genius. Hiroiyuki Imaishi really knows what he does. In this anime, he was extremely artistic to turn something pure and sincere into the pillar that supports all the megalomaniac and nonsense development of the work. Another very interesting thing about the anime is that it is also a great tribute to the previous TRIGGER's works as Inferno Cop, Little Witch Academia, Kill la Kill, Sex and Violence with Machspeed and even Gurren Lagann, which was made by the bankrupt studio GAINAX, from which came out part of the staff who founded the TRIGGER studio. This was an anime full of references to these series and even had episodes of crossover with almost all of them. And every reference and crossover was well embedded in the anime. These were some of the ideas of the conception of the work, but it's possible to speak of more conceptions contained in this anime. The plot was simply sensational. The succession of events of episode to episode and also within each episode was a gigantic nonsense spatial madness with many exciting and funny action scenes. The pace of this anime is extremely fast; it's very difficult to track the speed of events and development of the series ideas, because even being nonsense the anime carries a good dose of meanings. The story was also pretty cool. It was cool to see Luluco's growth; very comforting and inspiring. The script was very well written. It's possible to understand everything easily and to follow a good logical line. However, as the plot, the script is also very fast. I had to pause and or return several times to be able to read everything. The characters are all very good. Hiroiyuki Imaishi created its concepts very well. They are a great salad of weird and unforgettable characters. Each of them is very different, but the differences are exactly what complement each other to create a series of bizarre situations and interesting interrelationships. I especially found Midori-chan SO MUCH FUNNY!!! XDDD The soundtrack was very competent as usual by TRIGGER. The opening and the ending of the anime perfectly match the conception of the work. The opening is very agitated and funny as the anime and the ending is rather relaxing and touching. The voice acting was also very professional and is a remarkable aspect of the anime! The animation? Perfect. I was quite caricatured, beautiful, colorful and mainly quite experimental. Not at random, there are several completely surreal moments during the episodes. Fitted perfectly with the conception of the series. My Final Grade to this anime was Good = 7/10. Congratulations and thanks a lot to all the TRIGGER's staff that worked in this anime for providing this unforgettable work! And here I finish. See ya.

If there’s a common thread that connects all of Trigger’s vastly different shows, it’s the theme of triumphant individualism. The spirit driving this studio is a spirit that values what the individual can accomplish with their own unique talents, both in terms of the characters within the story and the people making the shows themselves. Trigger heroes will rise above adversity and stake their claim upon the world, refusing to be tied down by any system and charting their own blazing path through the universe. Meanwhile, the animators and directors bringing their story to life are allowed to go as hog-wild with creative ideas and unhinged animation cuts as they wish, willing to take big changes and goofy steps in whatever direction suits them. Yu could never accuse them of cowardice or cheapening out, and at its best, the Trigger/Imaishi aesthetic is able to accomplish such uniquely powerful achievements in storytelling that you can’t help but respect the balls on every single person working there. Space Patrol Luluco isn’t Trigger at its best, but it doesn’t really need to be. It’s an anniversary project of 7-minute episodes celebrating the spirit that’s driven this studio to such acclaim since its recent founding, a rapid-fire barrage of iconic shots and homages and direct references that triumph the individualist bravado behind the likes of Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, Gurren Lagann, and so on. And on that level, it achieves exactly what it sets out to do. The story all this homage is built around centers on the titular Luluco, a normal girl in an abnormal city where aliens and humans live side-by-side. She’s repulsed by the weirdness and abnormality in her life, obsessed with living the platonic ideal of an ordinary middle-schooler experience. Of course, this being Trigger, she’s in for a hands-on lesson on the importance of deciding your normal on no one’s terms but your own, and a chance accident gets her swept up as a member of the Space Patrol, the intergalactic police that keep the peace in this interstellar society. Throw in a bunch of Imaishi-branded weirdness complete with his typical sandpaper-jagged animation, a metric buttload of references both direct and subtle to works of Trigger past, and a plot that zips ahead at the speed of light to cover a entire two cours worth of content over less than two hours, and you have yourselves a hard-hitting, fast-moving joy ride of enjoyable little action and character bits that breeze by pleasantly enough and rarely cease to entertain. Weirdly enough, the overriding sensation I get from this show is Inferno Cop if it were played straight. Well, straight-er; the overall tone is still very irreverent. But it’s got that same sense of nonsensical, blisteringly fast fun, speeding through the cliffnotes version of a much longer anime plot and hitting all the big fun beats along the way for no other reason than this is the kind of shit they like over at Trigger Aech Cue. As you might imagine, this swiftness inevitably leads to a certain shallowness in the actual story that’s just here to serve as a fanservice vehicle. You won’t find much in the way of emotional depth of nuance in the broad characters, nor much in the way of surprises in the way their arcs play out. But that’s not why you’re here in the first place; you’re here for colorful fun times with colorful fun characters that reference all your favorite colorful fun shows from this colorful fun studio. And Space Patrol Luluco delivers on exactly that about as well as it needs to in order to stay light and entertaining throughout its run. It’s lively and bouncy and off-the-walls in the way Imaishi’s work always is, light on its feet and packing every scene with enough exaggerated, contorted animation and dynamic framing to put lesser studios to shame. There’s no shortage of goofy, fun ideas to be found in its world, like the idea of a city being sold in an Amazon package or the way the Space Patrol members all turn into guns like they’re Transformers. I especially enjoyed the antics of Chief Over Justice, Inferno Cop’s emo brother, who arrests and releases people at the drop of a hat with the exact same zeal. And if you’re a Trigger affictionado, this show will give you plenty of Easter eggs and references to drool over. There’s an extended jaunt in what I can only describe as a literal Trigger Cinematic Universe that’ll especially be catnip for anyone who’s enjoyed their previous work (and if the hints I got there are any indication, I suspect I’m really gonna love LWA). In the end, Space Patrol Luluco is a light, airy breeze of a thing, not long or deep enough to reach the heights of Trigger’s previous triumphs. But it does its job as a love letter to what this studio’s best can be, and I can’t ask for much more than that.

trigger got me again. i love the story how it turned from school girl to space and all that but. TRIGGER STOP MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOUR BLONDE CHARACTERS LIKE WTH. i will not say what that something is In all seriousness this is my new favorite anime. It's a trigger animation so I already had high hopes. The colors and animation are fluid as ever and the irony is strong as ever. The characters really grab me and the unexpected always comes. Short but it really made me cry a lot. And the outro and music is just.. Omg.. I tear up when ever I hear it's just so pretty!! Trigger did a good job with this even with that wtf ending as usual.

A series from Studio Trigger and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, Space Patrol Luluco is kind of what you would expect: being over-the-top fun. 13-year old Luluco lives in a town where humans and aliens live together. Her father accidentally freezes himself, which brings her in contact with the Space Patrol, who recruits her with little explanation needed. Now she has to deal with all the unfolding crazy hijinks. Although the 13 episodes are only 7 to 8 minutes in length, there is an overarching story tying everything together, with the Space Patrol crew going on an adventure, running into all kinds of things. Usually, these things are quite unrealistic, but this is the kind of story where it doesn’t need to be very believable. Besides, the ridiculousness can result in some pretty funny moments, whether it’s some piece of dialogue or goofy visuals. It’s style over substance, and it’s fun, while substance that’s there contains both emotion and heart. I’ll try not to give away spoilers, but near the end the emotion in the story has grown big. If you know any of Trigger's previous work, you'll probably notice the heavy references, that result in crossovers and borderline parodies, existing in some episodes from the second half. This is handled pretty well, because while it's fan-service for those who enjoyed Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, and/or Inferno Cop, it also serves to progress the story. As for the characters, they are zany and entertaining. Main character Luluco is the most normal one, trying to deal with the absurdity of the world she lives in. She makes for a decent protagonist because of this. Personally I also found her kind of adorable. Then there is her love interest Alpha Omega Nova, a calm, handsome but apathetic boy, who is not responding to her feelings. Although her love for him came across as a bit weak sometimes, it develops into something stronger as the show progresses. However, I think the initial weakness was due to the over-the-top nature of the show, and that it was meant to be a little funny. Furthermore, there is the cynical Midori, who simply works well in the cast. More noticeably is Chief General Over Justice, obviously inspired by Inferno Cop, who has an extreme sense of Justice, hilariously spouting the word "JUSTICE" every few lines, and who always, I mean ALWAYS, has his fingers pointed up like a gun. On top of that, he has a design that’s comically flat like cardboard. He’s easily one of the funniest characters. Multiple villains appear, but I will talk about the most recurring one: Lalaco Godspeed, or Space Pirate Empress, who is a space pirate, and Luluco’s mom. She is mostly a foil for the characters and story, but her having a devilish personality and being the MC’s mother brings a little more to it than that. Also, I can’t forget to mention that I have a love-hate relationship with her design. It’s ridiculously sexual, basically showing her near-naked aside from her large coat. Seriously, she barely even wears underwear, while her breasts are like balloons with little cloths under them, and those tits are so big that when she is looking down on others, they cannot really see her face, and she cannot really see them. I wonder what made her think to wear this costume. However, the absurdity of her design actually seems to fit in the context of this show. As I said before, Space Patrol Luluco is over-the-top and absurd, which can especially be seen in its hyper-active, fun and stylish animation. If I had to compare it to something else, I would say Kill la Kill. The bright-colour art is simple but effective, the action looks cool and exciting and the wacky visual jokes are well-executed. The soundtrack is not particularly memorable, which can also be said about the yet decent OP, while the ED has a more memorable soft tone and interestingly cute aesthetic. Soundtracks from previous Trigger-works like Kill la Kill and Little Witch Academia are used effectively when making references. For the negatives of this show, it isn’t exactly the best or in any way a masterpiece. It mostly just comes down to your tastes. If you don’t like anime that are over-the-top and ridiculous, or studio Trigger in general, then you would better skip this one. Otherwise, not much to worry about, but don’t go in with really high expectations. In the end, I had a blast with this series. It delivers a lot of coloured fun, and in the end I have to admit I felt the strong emotion behind it. Unfortunately I can’t really expand on that because I don’t want to talk about spoilers. Furthermore, the shortness of the episodes makes it easy to binge-watch. I’ll recommend this one, and if you enjoyed any of Trigger’s or Imaishi’s shows, then I’ll strongly recommend it.

"One of mankind's greatest gifts... are internal jokes, cameos and references." ~ Jesus Christ Jesus Christ. You're right, man. Tengen Toppa meets Kill la Kill meets stupidity. If you didn't watch Tengen Toppa nor Kill la Kill, this will lose at least 85% of the fun. If you didn't watch Little Witch Academia, this will lose one episode of fun. Don't take it seriously. This is a joke. This is a very, very stupid, nonsensical joke. Luluco is basically Trigger Studio goofing around, making a bunch of references and homages to the couple of their (modern) most acclaimed shows & sporadic references to their lesser popular stuff, like for instance Inferno Cop. That's the entire objective of this anime. Story: there simply isn't. Sure, there is a "plot", but it's not serious, it's a joke. Not "Kill la Kill" level, even worst. However, the logic, plot devices, and several things are borrowed from TTGL. Which will either make you feel really pissed or put you on the edge of the seat, thinking, "oh my GOD, THAT'S JUST LIKE TTGL!!!!". Art: Reminds me of Panty & Stocking but is less goofy and more leaning to regular "animeness". Everything is very colorful (just like Paint & Stocking), everything's absurdly dynamic (just like KLK) and there are static shots of dynamism and energy (just like TTGL). Sound: really loud, my god Character: yes, the police chief is LITERALLY Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Those ARE Kamina's glasses. No, this is not a spoiler. Try to guess who each character is supposed to be. Enjoyment & Overall: started out as "duh goofy and stupid but lighthearted anime". Ended up as "PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH JUSTICE!". If you liked TTGL or KLK watch this. It's gonna be funny, I promise.

This review is spolier-free... Uchuu Patrol Luluco is a colorful, funny, crazy, and overall fun anime to watch. It only has 13 episodes, each being about 7-8 mins, so it is perfect to binge watch. If you liked other TRIGGER Animation animes like Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagann, and/or Little Witch Academia, then you will definitely like Uchuu Patrol Luluco. On the other hand, this anime may be not as enjoyable if you have not seen any TRIGGER Animation animes since you will not be able to understand the abundance of references made. Definitely watch this anime if you are a fan of TRIGGER Animation. If you don't like TRIGGER (for whatever reason) then you can skip this anime. Story - 7 - A decent story, but it is a little bit disorganized. Art- 10 - The art colorful, vibrant, and eye-catching (as expected from TRIGGER). Sound - 10 - The soundtrack is upbeat and fun (as expected from TRIGGER). Character- 9 - All the characters were compelling and lovable, but it is not 10/10 because some characters seem to not have developed much from beginning to end. Enjoyment- 10 - I like TRIGGER Animation, adventure, action, and the quirky personality of the main character. Can't ask for anything more. Overall- 9 - Great

In "Space Patrol Luluco", the emotions and love of a middle school girl is the strongest and most important thing in the entire universe, and the only people who would oppose this statement are cruel villains who live to see others in pain. Honestly, there's too many stories about characters having to put aside their emotions and see things as they are, get over themselves and do the right thing. This is treated as a good thing, as being mature and leaving behind childhood things, both in fiction and in real life. But "Luluco" makes a point to show that a strong enough conviction, passion, and love can change the way the world works, it can make it so that we can save the people we love and can conquer any evil. This is presented with no irony, no caveat or anything. Even if its not realistic, "Luluco" allows it to be in the biggest and loudest way possible. It gives hope to the viewer, hope that what seem like naive and insignificant feelings are not actually those things, and should instead be held in high regard, treated just as seriously as whatever it is people "should" worry about. The show accomplishes all this as a series of short episodes, being the natural evolution of Trigger's "Inferno Cop", that evolution being "make it a little longer, and make it sincerely". In a way, it's a celebration of what Trigger is, not only in its crossovers, but in its passion, its sense of humor, its entire attitude. If someone ever wanted to understand what Trigger is and what makes it special, I would point to "Luluco".

JUDGEMENT REVIEW MORPHING!!! So what do you get when a Middle School girl named Luluco just wants to live a normal life, but finds herself living in a city full of aliens and drafted into the Space Patrol? Well, you get Space Patrol Luluco. The first thing that needs to be said about the story and the show in general, is that it's INCREDIBLY short. Each episode runs about 7.5min long and that's INCLUDING the OP and ED...so you will burn through 13 episodes very very fast. The story is meant to be just like the speed of the anime, fast paced, exciting, and sort of confusing. The show reminds me of the Nickelodeon cartoons from way back in the day, like Ren and Stimpy, that had many random and wacky plot twists around a central purpose that is usually pretty flimsy on its own. It is what it is and it can lack consistency, but this is really meant to be comical and fast-paced, so taking this too seriously is a mistake. Despite its random nature, it still deserves the 8 that it gets for its originality. The artwork is standard-fare anime style, but that's only if you're paying attention to the foreground alone. The backgrounds and other artwork are pretty intense, and you can tell THAT'S where the lion's share of effort went into. A lot of the ships and cityscapes are really well done, so you have to pay attention in this fast-paced anime or you could miss it. A lot of the action shots will have great effects and artwork on them as well, but again you have to stay on it to catch a lot of this. Because of that fact, it falls short of being a 9. On sound, the theme song was pretty catchy and got you in the mood for the show. The voice acting seemed good and suited the characters. Not much else you can say about it, it was good but nothing I'd call groundbreaking. The characters were really hard to get a feel for because of the fast pace of the show. You felt like you were just getting to know Luluco and the show was over. The more outrageous the characters, the better you understood them. The Chief was AWESOME and Midori was pretty cool as well. Nova was rather bleh, but the ending makes sense and explains why he's that way. Luluco was cute as could be, you can't help but love her and her lame middle school lovey dovey obsession. This was a very enjoyable anime, but the lack of slower pacing made it seem like it was over too quick and didn't make much of an impact compared to other anime. Don't let that keep you from watching it though! It was a genuinely good anime and I wish there was just MORE of it. I get that it enables Studio Trigger to put more into the artwork when the show is not so long, but at the same time it felt like a series of cartoons they play between shows on other networks. You could sit down and blaze through this whole series in one sitting, EASILY. Redeeming factor is, you'll have fun doing it :) I'd check it out if you like fast-paced anime and something with cute humor to it. I think a few swigs of Mountain Dew or Redbull are in order beforehand though, you may blink and miss half the episode ;-)

Pure chaos and madness.The only words i can use to describe this show and tbh knowing the studio im not sure what else i expected.Space Patrol Luluco is basically a love letter to every done by Studio trigger and even some parts of Gainax.Kill la kill and gurren lagann references up the ***,crazy action,crazy plot, all that comes with the name studio trigger is here and multiplied by 1000.However beneath the craziness and action theres a sweet plot about how not to give up on love and accept the abnorm as norm. Each episode is only 7 minutes and its only 13 episodes takes about an hour and i say if your a fan of off the wall craziness and or love studio trigger as much as i do you'll find some enjoyment here.

I'm writing this after watching Luluco a second time, and realizing that there's no way I can accurately describe this show with words. I can break down various parts and give short descriptors, but there's no one episode that we can do without, no element that is gratuitous or that can be thrown out. Uchuu Patrol Luluco: 10/10 You should watch this. It takes less than 104 minutes start to finish; shorter than most movies. The pace is rapid, always moving forward, but Luluco never moves too fast or too short. The narration pieces feel more like the show talking it itself than to the audience- not dictating what the audience needs to know, but rather helping the very characters involved with the show keep pace with an increasing ridiculous and overwhelming world. The art is simple in design, but complex in execution, emphasizing the nature of each character. It pears together characters who are related, and places them into classes that simply work well together. Most art looks complicated but feels lazy in execution; Luluco, as with most things, turns that concept on its head. One of the best examples is the repeated use of multiple perspectives on the same scene, including, at many times, reverse lettering. The sound is perhaps the least stunning part of Luluco. Still good, and still better than any use of sound in a non-trigger anime I've found, the short episodes combined with short sound bites mean that the end result is almost repetitive- though, by the time it becomes so, the show has already moved onto its final stages. People praise character development often as introducing an interesting or unique character, but this show takes a different route, and instead has the characters grow throughout the show. Each episode changes the dynamic between the characters, and builds into the next. This show is courageous. It parodies itself, while simultaneously reinforcing its own importance. A show must say something to truly be rated a 10/10, and Uchuu Patrol Luluco says it with a happy frown, or a sad smile. Everything feeds into the paradoxical message "everything is priceless" in both meanings of priceless. Uchuu Patrol Luluco similarly falls into both meanings of the term 'priceless'. On one hand, it looks and feels a vapid, feel-good short about a middle-school girl. And on the other, it is a true gem of anime that can be watched anytime, anywhere, for a story and presentation that is nothing less than astonishing.

First things first - if you've seen Inferno Cop or Ninja Slayer, you basically know what you're getting yourself into here - this is Studio Trigger's "B-team" at work again, and I don't mean that as an insult. In between their meatier shows (Kill la Kill, for example, or this season's Kiznaiver), Trigger seems to enjoy blowing off steam by making extremely silly, extremely fast-paced ONAs. Uchuu Patrol Luluco does have an overarching plot, but it's barely visible through increasingly ludicrous visual gags and callbacks to other Trigger properties, all crammed into tiny seven-minute episodes. It's kind of like if you put Kill la Kill and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann into a blender and poured the resulting slurry through an FLCL sieve. In fact, Luluco's embarrassing transformation into a human gun ("Fight for Justice!") recalls nothing so much as FLCL's puberty-adjacent head robots. Both shows touch on themes of first love and growing up, and the struggle of just wanting to be "ordinary" in a world gone mad. But whereas FLCL digs into and subverts these themes, Luluco mostly just plays them for laughs - which is fine, given its ultra-short runtime. There is little substance in this show, but its irrepressible personality and endless conga line of self-referential material is an enjoyable treat for those who are familiar with Studio Trigger's corpus. Even if you aren't, there's a lot to like here. The visuals are impressive and the plot, when they bother cramming it in, is serviceable. If you've seen and enjoyed Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Kill la Kill, TTGL or any of Trigger's previous ONAs, you'll find familiar enjoyment here.

This anime is just a huge fanservice for trigger fanboys and girls. To sum it all up in short The plot is short and linear. Just fights right in the setting and time frame the show plays in. The pacing is incredibly fast and that is done JUSTICE to this anime. The art is simple, it does remind me of Mako from Kill la Kill and a bit of Gurren Lagan. The way it is animated is very smooth and high quality, which doe JUSTICE. The characters are simple to understand yet moving. You know what for characters they are and they fulfill their roll just perfect doing JUSTICE to their stereotypes. I like it how fast the character development is. You get just sucked into to story enough to totally like it. Voice acting was so funny. Especially the english cracks me up. The true justice of of this anime is its JUSTICE, er... I mean jokes. The way the morphing is announced or how a gag is shown is simply hilarious. If you've watched Kill la Kill, Gurren Lagan and Inferno Cop you surely appreciate the cross overs. The jokes at the end of the anime is just to troll the generic shounen/shonen anime in which teen can do everything if they "believe". Somehow Trigger wrapped this up really nice.

If Trigger ever put all of their biggest animations on a box, Space Patrol Luluco would be that box. Compared to most of Trigger's animation, this anime series are just a few and bite-sized, or in other words, it's only 13 episode and 8 minutes in duration for each episode. Three words that can describe Space Patrol Luluco: Chaotic, Unexpected, and Wonderful. I don't really go on the anime for the story though, but the story is understandable and interesting. Since this anime is bite-sized, it gets weird and weirder every minutes over the show. The characters are just funny and lovely - apart of the other Trigger animation that have crossover here. You can find most of Trigger animation references throughout the series, like Kill La Kill, Little Witch Academia, Inferno Cop, and pretty much other minor ones, but it's you who up to find it.

This isn't going to make sense... I know. (And keep in mind, I don't LOVE studio Trigger, I didn't really care for Kill La Kill). I rated Story/Art/Characters all 6s. But overall I loved it. Why? The Characters are your typical anime tropes. The ditsy girl that just wants to be normal. The handsome boy that shows up and changes everything. The cynical side character/friend. The place and time, future japan. Ok, just imagine every basic anime trope and shove it into a satirical short anime series. That's Luluco. It's dumb, it's silly, it's fast. It doesn't take itself or the genre seriously. The art is repetitive a lot, mocking the reuse of scenes. The magical transformation is awkward and looks painful, mocking the transformations of other shows. The shallow love is just that, shallow. They point out the flaws in anime with this adorable show. Do you want something deep, intriguing, life changing? This isn't it. Sick of seeing the same overused themes in nearly every anime? This show will make fun of them with you, arm around you, laughing over beers. I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Triggers more serious series Little Witch Academia, which shows me they can use these tropes to make something beautiful and wholesome. So maybe once you're done laughing at Luluco and her dumb teen antics in space, go watch Little Witch. If you want your brain to wonder "is this the same satire as luluco, or is this serious?" go watch Kill La Kill. Either way, this is a win for Trigger.

A IMP Review of: Space Patrol Luluco (Dubbed edition) (IMP stands for “In My Prospective”, meaning if someone attempts to correct the way i see the show i have no intention of reading any “corrections”) Story: Have you ever wanted something very similar to panty and stocking? When the animation, story type, and characters are highly similar to panty and stocking but just don't cut in to be as good as Panty and stocking, so where most understand Panty and Stockings wacky type storyline this show didn't get close enough to it, 6/10. Ultimately story was not this shows strong suit. Yes it has one, but you dart in so many directions with what makes sense, where you are and what’s happening that you kind just give up on trying to grasp it all, when it comes to panty and stocking, it’s clear what they are basically doing throughout the show even if it gets wacky, here the base story one can get from the show is Luluco is trying to help her had after he got accidentally frozen, or she's looking for love, or... Yeah it kinda skimps on which event is the most important to follow. Characters: Considering how the story goes throughout the show the characters aren’t terrible or anything but most are tropey so I’d say 7/10. Luluco is rather good, she acts like a typical anime school girl or a real anime school girl in some cases and her comedy works well throughout the show. The chief of space patrol is a complete dunce, the main male character does what he is meant to do and does it better than the usual anime protagonist (he places his part in the show well; it makes sense if you watch it). Lulucos parents are sort of unimportant really, her dad is gone for most of the show, her mom can’t decide if she’s good or the bad guy (sort of), and the space patrol secretary just keeps the space patrol chief in order. The other female character we see often is decent but she turns into an unimportant side character fast. Art: The art was extremely similar to Panty and Stocking, some bits seems not as good but others were more polished, I’d say a 9/10 is in order. The artist really had fun with the style from Panty and Stocking and it shows, too bad the show was composed of short episodes, it’s always a pleasure to see that art style used in an anime. Sound: The overall soundtrack wasn’t terrible or anything but also didn’t standout much, it had some Panty and Stocking-esk type background music and such, but the opening wasn’t great. The ending sound was alright so I suppose it gets a 6/10. Enjoyment: As I keep saying, this show is highly like Panty and stocking, not completely but to an extent. It suffers from how short each episode is, and how ultimately long the series is as well. But I enjoyed watching it and it was a good time wasters so 8/10. Overall: It was pleasant to watch but the idea it gets a sequel is limited and it felt like eating a small ball of cotton candy, I wanted more, but I know I won’t get more. Don’t get me wrong, it had issues and it’s a show I might watch again in the future but ultimately it was enjoyable to watch once, unlike Pany and Stocking which I can watch again and again, 6/10. Let me tell others 2 things, 1: I will not tell you or encourage you to give the same rating, this is just my personal opinion on this show and 2: honestly I’m doing this review and other reviews as a hobby and for my own “anime records” so to speak, so if you see this and don’t like it just ignore it honestly because its more for me then to help others in the long run.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW IS BIASED AND COULD CONTAIN SPOILERS. TAKE IT WITH THE GRAIN OF SALT. Space Patrol Luluco is one of the shows that somehow never fail to make me smile. It is incredibly energetic and goofy, but at the same time charming. While story is fairly simple considering how short it is, it is so off the rails that it becomes so enjoyable. There are some twists that might not be expected when watching it. However, it's nothing groundbreaking that will forever change the anime industry. It's just a simple show after all. It's shortness is both a weakness and a strong point. On one hand, it makes it easy to watch considering you are just gonna spend 7 minutes per episode. On other hand, shortness can hinder the pacing and character development, making everything feel rushed. The art style is incredibly appealing with vibrant colors adding up to the already great character designs. Animation is a bit of a mixed bag, since sometimes it feels like entire episodes are animated like Kill La Kill episode 4 but then once the things in the show get real, animation suddenly becomes fluid and fast, just like in previous Imaishi projects (something like battle scenes, which the studio excels at). However, since the limited animation is used for the exaggeration and comedic effect, it can get a pass if you want. Characters are also incredibly fun to watch, with Over Justice being the best girl. Luluco is also pretty cute too, with her "ordinary" nature conflicting with the insanity of the universe and her trying to win over Alpha Omega Nova. Some characters might appear as a surprise too. However, due the shortness (already brought that too much) and nature of the series, the characters couldn't get really developed that much. While the opening is eccentric and fun, it's the ending that is outstanding.It is calm and relaxing compared to the feel of the actual show. The contrast between real life backgrounds and paper cut outs of Luluco and Nova really make it look very aesthetically pleasing. Probably one of my favorite EDs in 2016 and maybe even to this day. However, the enjoyment of this show depends on how much you even like TRIGGER as a whole, since it is a love letter to the studio that gave it life. If you don't like TRIGGER, then yeah there's a chance you won't enjoy this show at all, which kinda works against it's favor. Fans of TRIGGER (such as myself) would probably get some enjoyment out of it. One interesting way to look at this show is to see it as an allegory for Studio Trigger themselves, with Luluco representing studio itself and Nova representing the desire for "normal" anime, considering that Imaishi always makes something insane. This can create some interesting discussions and adds a layer of depth to a rather easygoing but fun show. In conclusion, I really love this show. I know it's not a masterpiece at all but the sheer joy it provided me makes it one of my favorites. If you like goofy and crazy stuff that makes zero sense (from outside), then I recommend this show to you.

Space Patrol Luluco is essentially the essence of studio Trigger in 13 7-minute episodes, and it does a great job of that. The show contains a plethora of references to Trigger's other work, which won't hinder your enjoyment if you don't get the references, but will certainly add to your enjoyment if you do. Luluco isn't for everyone, but it's a show with very clear goals that accomplishes what it is trying to do very well. For example, the characters are pretty one-note, but they almost have to be in order to support the show's breakneck pace and short runtime. The show even makes reference to this itself, constantly using "middle-schooler" as a somewhat derogatory term to describe the protagonist, Luluco. Space Patrol Luluco is so self aware, you can almost hear it talking to you: "Luluco is a silly little girl with a crush, that's it. Onto the next gag!" Luluco is a fun little show with a pretty, bright color palette and Trigger's flashy, fast-paced style. It's not the best or funniest show ever, but it's so short that if you like Trigger at all you might as well give it a go.

Ever wondered if Studio Trigger's anime worlds were ever connected? Uchuu Patrol Luluco is an anime short about the titular Luluco voiced by M.A.O wanting to be a normal highschool girl where she lives Ogikubo is an alien-filled city making things very abnormal. For the first few seasons (what?) Uchuu Patrol Luluco establishes Luluco and the Space Patrol cast most especially ΑΩ Nova voiced by Junya Enoki, Luluco's love interest and Midori voiced by Maymi Shintani, a classmate of Luluco, all while paying some homages to Trigger's and by extension Gainax's works. But later on, it outright pays homages and makes cameos' of Trigger's other works (like Kill la Kill, Little Witch Academia, Inferno Cop and hell even Sex and Violence with Machspeed) through Luluco and the gang looking for Ogikubo in space (don't ask) and them finding these worlds in the process. The final season culminates into Luluco's character development and hidden lore about her to what she REALLY is in a meta-aspect while paying homage to Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann. So what does LA mean by "seasons", well Uchuu Patrol Luluco is formatted with 5 seasons spanning 13 episodes each with 7 minutes. The animation by Trigger is what is expected from Trigger, the only attention to detail is that the majority of animation has the same stylings of the anime's they are paying homages (to be expected from ex-Gainax to Trigger animators). Uchuu Patrol Luluco's animation is bombastic to say the very least and LA loves it if that isn't obvious. The voice acting is just as bombastic, even with a 7 minute timespan, the majority of the cast talks quickly but that only adds to the bombastity of this anime short's nature. M.A.O does great as Luluco and Mayumi Shintani who voices Midori does the extremely snarky character which is Mayumi's forte. LA's favourite voice actor would go easily to M.A.O without a doubt but nonetheless the voice cast is bombastically great. If there were any shortcomings to Uchuu Patrol Luluco it would be that due to how quickly things come and go every episode, with the exception to Luluco and ΑΩ Nova, the rest of the characters are glance over and are just tagged for the ride or are meant to be cameos and nothing more, but this is Uchuu Patrol LULUCO so LA can give this anime short some grace. Uchuu Patrol Luluco is undeniably a massive love letter to Trigger and Gainax fans as well as Trigger itself paying homage to it's previous works all packaged into a 13 episode anime short and can attract in any Trigger/Gainax fan and bring in that nostalgia of watching the shows made by Trigger and this one anime short tying in Trigger's shows into one nice medium. Uchuu Patrol Luluco may be an anime "short", but it brought something BIG as Trigger's bombastic nature and crazy storytelling Trigger's original works are known for.

This show is great. Even when you take away the hearty amount of references and homages to previous and upcoming works, the show is the shortest show that I've found to be as meaningful and impactful as another 26 episode trigger show. Uchuu Patrol Luluco is a memorable ride of action, comedy and romance. As per usual, Trigger goes 100% in whatever direction it takes. Be it insane or heartwarming scene, there is no feeling that is not met unfelt. If you are looking for a show grounded in reality, gritty and with dramatic tension, you have come to the wrong show. To believe that this show is supposed to make sense or relatable is totally missing the point. This show sounds great, catches the eye, has a beginning and an end, and is highly enjoyable whether you're looking for a fun thirteen seven minute episodes, but this anime truly shines with its characters and themes. Without spoiling anything, I believe I can say what this show says about what normal means, and the worthlessness of first loves is dealt with much care and is nuanced. You will find yourselves feeling what your characters are feeling, and rooting for Luluco to achieve her goals however juvenile they are. As for why a gave this show a 9 instead of a 10 is because if you have watched another Trigger show, you will notice that this show carries many artistic and narrative similarities to other Trigger properties, and for every reference they pull, it reminds me how much I want to watch that show. It is like if you have three diamonds. As a whole very valuable, but if you lose one, at least you still have two diamonds. It may be a personal thing, but I figure that if Trigger took out each reference and instead added original content, the show would have been that last point better and gone from great to amazing. Either way, it is more of a taste thing, your mileage may vary. I hope I haven't messed this review up too much because I can happily recommend this show. You don't need to be a trigger fan to understand the story told here, and if you have an hour or two to spare, this show is an highly enjoyable watch.

I really liked the confusing plotline and the whole chaos. The show is fast-paced and short, but you really see the characters shine in their cliche and one-sided personalities. The art style is extravagated, cutesy and very colourful. The premise if you ask me is about how a very normal middle-schooler deals with her totally normal first love and overcomes ordinary problems. The story has an open end, but it fits the narrative. The big revelation at the end surprised me in a good way and made me like the show lots more. On top of that, other Trigger-made characters make their appearances, and it does not at all seem weird. They all just co-exist in this big wide universe. If you like flashy action and just sitting back from time to time to be easy feed a story, you will love this. A plus if you like space-related stuff.