Language - Japanese
Genre - Anime, harem, Sci- Fi
Cat Planet Cuties is part Sci-Fi, part harem, part parody
and all fan service.
Kio is at his Grandmother’s funeral when he spots an
uninvited guest, a girl with cat ears and a tail and who is not in cosplay, the
girl introduces herself as Eris, an alien from the planet Catian who has come
to visit Earth. Kio is not the only
person who is aware of Eris’ presents on earth and she is soon captured by the
CIA, who are aided by Janes, a member of the Dogisia race. Kio, aided by his two female friends, Aoi
& Manami race to rescue Eris but are
hindered by members of ‘Beautiful contact’ a terrorist group who want to get
rid of Eris because they believe that she is not fit to be the first contact Earth
should have with an alien race because she does not look alien enough. Kio and his friends rescue Eris but are soon
set upon by the ‘Underside of the kitten paw’ a cult who worship cat ears &
tails and who believe that Eris is the ‘divine embodiment’. The Underside of the kitten paw are attacked
by Janes who is determined to drive Eris and the rest of her crew from earth. After this the kitten paw team up with Eris
to help protect the Earth for Janes.
On the surface Cat Planet Cuties is a fun, mindless fan service. Eris, Aoi & Manami are all romantically
interested in Kio. All the aliens are
female and the Catian’s use weapons that use quasi anti-matter, a substance
that disintegrates any non organic matter it comes into contact with (normally
clothes) and there are many reasons to get the main cast into skimpy out fits
(including the almost mandatory ‘beach episode’). There is a good amount of action with Eris
and friends squaring off, first against the various agencies that are after her
and then against Janes and her army of robots but, because of the use of the
quasi anti-matter the violence is more fun than dangerous.
If you start to dig a bit deeper into the stories you find
that there is a cleverness to Cat planet cuties that could easily be missed. The series parodies and plays homage to a
number of other TV series with the opening scenes of almost all the episodes parodying
those of other shows but also covering subjects like how people would react to androids
and intergalactic politics.
Cat Planet cuties is a fun series that well worth a watch
but not for kids due the nudity and Boobs.
