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| 宇宙パトロールルル子 (Uchū Patorōru Ruruko) | |
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| Directed by | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Produced by | Yoshiki Usa |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Imaishi |
| Music by | Kenichiro Suehiro |
| Studio | Studio Trigger |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11 |
| Original run | April 1, 2016 – June 24, 2016 |
| Episodes | 13 |
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| Illustrated by | Nanboku |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | Ultra Jump |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 19, 2016 – June 18, 2016 |
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Space Patrol Luluco (Japanese: 宇宙パトロールルル子, Hepburn: Uchū Patorōru Ruruko) is a Japanese anime television series created by Hiroyuki Imaishi and produced by Studio Trigger.[4] It aired from April to June 2016 as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time programming block.
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, 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.
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.[7] Crunchyroll has licensed the series in North America and simulcasted the show in Japanese with english subtitles, while Funimation would later produce a dub on October 10, 2017.[8] 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.[9] The average run time is 8 minutes for all episodes.
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| 1 | "I'm a Normal Middle School Student" Transliteration: "Watashi, Futsū no Chūgakusei" (Japanese: 私、普通の中学生) | Hiroyuki Ōshima | Hiroyuki Imaishi | April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01) | |
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Luluco and her father, Keiji live in Ogikubo; a solar system district where aliens and Earthlings coexist. When Keiji inadvertently eats a pill and gets trapped in ablock of ice, Luluco takes him to the police station, only to be forced to take his place as a member of the Space Patrol.
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| 2 | "A New Transfer Student Arrives!" Transliteration: "Tenkōsei ga Kita!" (Japanese: 転校生が来た！) | Hiroyuki Ōshima | Akira Amemiya | April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08) | |
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Things get stranger for Luluco, as the arrival of a new transfer student and partner named Alpha Omega Nova shakes things up even further.[10]
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| 3 | "Battlefield Classroom" Transliteration: "Senjō Kyōshitsu" (Japanese: 戦場教室) | Hiroaki Akagi | Akira Amemiya | April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15) | |
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Luluco and Nova discover their classmate, Midori, to be the creator of the illegal Blackhole App. After her plans are foiled, Midori ends up joining the Space Patrol, much to Luluco's dismay.
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| 4 | "Into the Sky All Alone" Transliteration: "Hitoribocchi no Sora e" (Japanese: ひとりぼっちの空へ) | Hiroyuki Ōshima | Hiromi Wakabayashi | April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22) | |
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A meteorite comes hurtling towards Ogikubo, and only the Space Patrol trio can prevent Armageddon.[11]
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| 5 | "What Should I Do?" Transliteration: "Dōshitara Ii no" (Japanese: どうしたらいいの) | Tomoyuki Munehiro | Hiromi Wakabayashi | April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29) | |
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Luluco's mother, the legendary space pirate Lalaco Godspeed, unveils her grand plan and it involves Ogikubo.[12]
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| 6 | "That One Part Awakens" Transliteration: "Mezameta sono Bubun" (Japanese: 目覚めたその部分) | Toshiyuki Sone | Hiromi Wakabayashi | May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06) | |
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Luluco and the others attempt to stop Lalaco from selling off Ogikubo to the highest bidder on an auction site.
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| 7 | "The Trap of Fate's Threads" Transliteration: "Unmei no Ito no Wana" (Japanese: 運命の糸の罠) | Hiroyuki Ōshima | Hiroshi Satō | May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13) | |
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While finding Ogikubo, Luluco and company find themselves on a planet covered in thread, coming against an adversary who resembles Nova.
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| 8 | "The Trap of the Mystical Power" Transliteration: "Fushigi na Chikara no Wana" (Japanese: 不思議な力の罠) | Junichi Kitamura | Kimiko Ueno | May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20) | |
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Luluco and Nova visit a witch academy planet, where a witch named Sucy gives Luluco some poisonous mushrooms that will allegedly kill her in six minutes.
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| 9 | "The True Trap" Transliteration: "Hontō no Wana" (Japanese: 本当の罠) | Atsushi Nigorikawa | Hiroyuki Imaishi | May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27) | |
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Luluco visits the detective team of Sex, Violence, and MachSpeed for dating advice on Badger Planet SVM-Z, but ends up landing in the crossfire between the Badger Game Detective Agency and the T-Bone Syndicate.
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| 10 | "It's All Over" Transliteration: "Zenbu Owari" (Japanese: 全部おわり) | Tomoyuki Munehiro | Kimiko Ueno | June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03) | |
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Nova is revealed to be a Nothingling working under an evil Blackholeian, who breaks Luluco's fragile heart and kills her.
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| 11 | "I Was Clueless" Transliteration: "Watashi, Wakattenakatta" (Japanese: 私、わかってなかった) | Akira Amemiya | Akira Amemiya | June 10, 2016 (2016-06-10) | |
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Finding herself in Hell, Luluco meets former Space Patrol officer Inferno Cop, who helps her realize her first love isn't over yet and come back to life.
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| 12 | "Confession" Transliteration: "Kokuhaku" (Japanese: 告白) | Hiroyuki Ōshima | Hiromi Wakabayashi | June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) | |
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With help from her family and friends, Luluco sets forth to confront Nova and confess her feelings for him.
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| 13 | "I'll Give Chase to the Ends of the Universe" Transliteration: "Watashi, Uchū no……" (Japanese: 私、宇宙の……) | Hiroyuki Imaishi | Hiroyuki Imaishi | June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) | |
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With their feelings mutual, Luluco and Nova fight together to defeat the Blackholeian.
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Amanga adaptation illustrated by Nanboku began serialization in Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine in April and June 2016 and was released in English by Crunchyroll.[13]
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