Space Patrol Luluco

Plot

Luluco is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in the solar system frontier space colonization zone Ogikubo together with her father who works for the zone's Space Patrol division. Despite being a part of this wondrous district full of alien immigrants, Luluco would rather live the life of a normal schoolgirl. 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 AΩ (pronounced "Alpha Omega") Nova, as well as their fairly normal mutual classmate Midori.

Characters

Luluco (ルル子, Ruruko)

Voiced by: M·A·OThe main character of the story. She is a thirteen year old middle school student who lives together with her father in Ogikubo. Her one true wish has always been to lead a normal life despite her odd living place, but when her father accidentally freezes himself and falls into pieces, she has to bring him to his work place, where she is assigned the role of a space officer against her will.

Alpha Omega Nova (ΑΩ ·ノヴァ, Arufa Omega Nova)

Voiced by: Junya EnokiA Space Patrol officer and partner of Luluco. He recently transferred to Luluco's school and became her new classmate.

Midori (ミドリ)

Voiced by: Mayumi ShintaniA 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 AΩ Nova.

General Manager Over Justice (オーバージャスティス本部長, Ōbā Jasutisu Honbuchō)

Voiced by: Tetsu InadaThe head of the Space Patrol and Luluco's boss.

Keiji (ケイジ, Keiji)

Voiced by: Mitsuo IwataA Space Patrol officer and Luluco's father who becomes frozen after eating a strange pellet.

Secretary (秘書, Hisho)

A temporary staff worker at the Space Patrol. She serves as Over Justice's personal secretary.

Lalaco Godspeed (ララ子・ゴッドスピード, Rarako Goddosupīdo)

Voiced by: Yōko HonnaLuluco's mother. She is a space pirate who seeks to take over Ogikubo. Just like the members of the Space Patrol, she is able to use a gun morphing ability, called "God Pirate's Gun Morphing".

Blackholeian (ブラックホール星人, Burakkuhōru Seijin)

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Anime

Space Patrol Luluco aired in Japan between April 1, 2016 and June 24, 2016 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is written and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi with character design by Mago and Yusuke Yoshigaki. The opening theme is "CRYmax Dohejitsu" (CRYまっくすド平日, Kuraimakkusu Dohejitsu, lit. "CRYmax Ultra Ordinary Days") 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, Little Witch Academia, Inferno Cop, Kiznaiver, and Sex and Violence with Machspeed.

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Nanboku began serialization in Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine from April 2016 and is being released in English by Crunchyroll.