Cat Planet Cuties Review

No I'm not scrapping the barrel, nor am I desperate, this is an anime I finished recently and between this one and the next, I will bring up an important issue with today's anime, so buckle up for Cat Planet Cuties.

The show doesn't give you much introduction as main character Kio comes across busty Cat Girl Alien Eris at his uncle's party in Okinawa. Meanwhile the sudden appearance of aliens prompts a secret agent of Japan, a CIA wannabe, an Alien fanatic, a dog alien race and later a cult of cat worshippers all want a piece of Eris. As time goes on more Cat Girl Aliens come by as Eris makes herself at home in Kio's house while Aoi Futaba (3rd Person in anime named that after the Transvestite in You're Under Arrest and Vivid Blue from Vividred Operation) and Manami Kinjou play out a complex love triangle to win Kio's love.
This series had potential, it really did, it had a plot with infinite scenarios, clever references, decent action, decent ecchiness, some touching moments and some of the cutest looking cat droids ever, but it throws away what it could've done in favor of the complex love triangle, I mean seriously you call the show Cat Planet Cuties and Eris gets less screentime than Aoi and Manami, that's really a shame as this plot was so easy to get right that it's frustrating that they didn't, it doesn't help that Manami spends all her time getting Aoi and Kio together and complains about Aoi's shyness and inability to confess, yet Manami is being a hypocrite by not telling Kio her own feelings and this plays out for half the series of 12 episodes and there are plenty of scenes where this plot is not important in the grand scheme of things, then again the show has a habit of not throwing bones for it's audience as quite often were made to question why certain characters and situations crop up like the movie director, the terrorist, the Russian military lady and that Catgirl who also seems to narrate the show.
After all that, you can't help but feel unsatisfied and no amount of ecchiness or cute robot cats is going to save this train wreck. Dub is a little bit mediocre, so I'd go for subbed version for general viewing.
Final Verdict: This anime fails to use it's strengths and suffers as a result as were stuck watching a love triangle that doesn't finish, which is a shame because it really had potential.

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