is a Japanese

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television series created by

Hiroyuki Imaishi is a Japanese key animator and animation director and one of the co-founders of Studio Trigger. His style is marked by fast and frantic animation combined with elaborate storyboarding and punchy direction. Prior to founding Trigger, he was an an ...

and produced by

Studio Trigger , also known as Studio Trigger, is a Japanese animation studio founded by former Gainax employees Hiroyuki Imaishi and Masahiko Ōtsuka in 2011. It has produced anime works including '' Kill la Kill'' (2013), ''Little Witch Academia'' (short fi ...

. It aired from April to June 2016 as part of the

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programming block.

Plot

Luluco is a normal girl living in the solar system frontier space colonization zone Ogikubo. Her father works for the zone's Space Patrol division. Despite being a part of this wondrous district full of alien immigrants, Luluco often lives an ordinary life as a student. When her father is accidentally frozen by alien contraband, Luluco is forced to request help from her father's Space Patrol division. She is appointed a member of the Space Patrol by the division chief, named Over Justice, in order to pay the fees required to revive her father. From then on, Luluco's previously normal life faces drastic changes as she is sent on daily missions to protect Ogikubo from space criminals. On these missions she bands together with her assigned partner and alien exchange student ΑΩ (pronounced "Alpha Omega") Nova, as well as their fairly normal mutual classmate Midori.

Characters

; : :A thirteen-year-old student living with her father in Ogikubo. Her one true wish is to lead a normal life despite her odd living place. When her father accidentally freezes himself and falls into pieces, she brings him to his workplace where she is assigned the role of a space officer against her will. ; : :A Space Patrol officer and partner of Luluco. He is a recent transfer student at Luluco's school and her classmate. ; : :A fellow student at Luluco's school and classmate. After being caught as the publisher and distributor of a quasi-legal Blackhole App, she volunteers to join the Space Patrol in order to get out of any punishments for her crime, as well as to spend more time at the side of ΑΩ Nova. ; : :The head of the Space Patrol Ogikubo Branch and Luluco's boss. ; :A temporary staff worker at the Space Patrol. She serves as Over Justice's personal secretary. ; : :A Space Patrol officer and Luluco's father who becomes frozen after eating a strange pellet. ; : :Luluco's mother and a space pirate. She seeks to take over Ogikubo. Just like the members of the Space Patrol, she has a gun morphing ability, called "God Pirate's Gun Morphing".

Media

Anime

The series is written and directed by

with character design by Mago and Yusuke Yoshigaki. The opening theme is by Fujirokku, while the ending theme is "Pipo Password" by TeddyLoid feat. Bonjour Suzuki. The series features cameo appearances from other Trigger animations, including '' Kill la Kill'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Sex and Violence with Machspeed.''

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has licensed the series in North America and simulcasted the show in Japanese with english subtitles, while

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would later produce a dub on October 10, 2017. However, due to the split between both Crunchyroll and Funimation, the english dub was removed and put on Crunchyroll, as well as being taken off of digital purchasing sites. The average run time is 8 minutes for all episodes.

Manga

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adaptation illustrated by Nanboku began serialization in

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's ''

Ultra Jump is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of ''Weekly Young Jump'' which was first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue beca ...

'' magazine in April and June 2016 and was released in English by Crunchyroll.

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