Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi ni Iku yo!) - Review

Cat Planet Cuties is originally based off of a manga comic entitled Asobi Ni Iku Yo! As usual, I haven’t read the source material, so I don’t know how the series would compare to the comic. The series comprises of twelve episodes with the twelfth being somewhat of an OVA.

The story involves earth scientist broadcasting messages into space and finally receiving an answer. Our main character, Eris, lands on earth as an emissary to not only form political relations with earth, but to study humans on a sociological, anthropological, and biological level. She specifically lands in Japan and meets “Kio.” The two become inseparable on Eris’s adventures, and eventually Eris becomes smitten with Kio desiring him to be her mate. Along the way you’ll meet Kio’s childhood friend Manami who’s too afraid to him and herself that she loves him, and you’ll also meet Mai, and ninja assassin who is also too afraid to confess her feelings to Kio. In the series, Kio is at an age where he likes girls but is totally oblivious to how they work.

Without ruining much more, here’s the good points about this series:

- Voluptuously designed & animated female characters.

- Catchy theme song that you’ll be tapping your toes to the beat whenever you hear it.

- Great story that not only is memorable, but meets satisfying conclusions by the end.

- Steady fanservice.

- You sympathize with the inner conflicts of the characters.

Someone was kind enough to create a Hentai game/video for Cat Planet Cuties called “Cat Attack!” where you can watch Eris suck & fuck.

The only bad thing I can say about the series is that it never went the route of Princess Lover and released hentai OVA’s, someone else did that. I would have enjoyed far more fanservice. Interestingly enough, the fanservice that is there never feels out of place or unjustified. Most of the time the fanservice is blatantly obvious in other shows, but Cat Planet Cuties pulls it off just right.

Cat Planet Cuties is without a doubt something you’ll want to own on Blu-Ray. It’s certainly worth your time & money. I hope the series somehow continues later on down the road - 4.5 Stars.