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Once Upon a Time... Space differs from the rest of the Once Upon a Time titles in the sense that the series revolve on a dramatic content rather than an educational premise. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of Planet Saturn).

The series succeeds Once Upon a Time... Man. It reprises almost the entire totality of the characters of the previous series and adapts them into a science-fiction context.

The story tells about the confrontation of many big galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation, of which Earth is a member of; the military republic of Cassiopée led by the general Le Teigneux; and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. Once Upon a Time... Space features the adventures of Pierrot (son of colonel Pierre and president Pierrette) and his friend Psi.

Pierrot Main

Pierre Main

Inaba, Minoru Japanese

Maestro Supporting

Tomiyama, Kei Japanese

Pierrette Supporting

Takizawa, Roko Japanese

Jim Supporting

Hayami, Show Japanese

Jumbo Supporting

Tomita, Kousei Japanese

Tom Supporting

Ono, Kenichi Japanese

Gros, Petit Supporting

Hara, Eriko Japanese

Takayashiki, Hideo Director

Savelli, Jean-Pierre Theme Song Performance

Makaino, Kouji Music

Barillé, Albert Creator

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May 5, 2017

zeruon

Recommended

Please be aware that I allready watched this as a child. The review might not be objective.

Once upon a time... there were men. They explored the world, science, their own body. A very long time later, they were exploring space. The heros of our story witnessed other beings on different levels of technical and ideological progress to finally meet the witnesses of themselves.

This is a review about 「銀河パトロールＰＪ」, also known as "Once upon a time... space", "Il était une fois... l'Espace", "Ai confini dell'universo" or "Es war einmal... der Weltraum". I have watched the German version and I highly recommend NOT to watch the english ... one. (These series live of things told between the lines. The english version just leaves many information out.) As you might know, this series was co-produced by a japanese and several european companies, the producer is french. Thus the art is not comparable to that standart anime, but has a very own style, kept throughout the other six series by Albert Barillé.

The style of how the story is told varies a lot between episodes. At the beginning, the episodes seem not to have any relations, but in progress, most things piece together.
Aside the main charakters Psi, Pierrot and Métro, there are several side charakters of which some are very flat und undistinguishable.
Albert Barillé is mostly known for writing educational stories, so it seems odd, he chose the science-fiction setting. And although there are many episodes containing lessons about humanitiy, physics or history, it does never get to much.
The fantastic music creates the perfect atmosphere; With two Mecha battles and several space battles, extrasensory powers and many odd aliens, Barillé's journey into the future can be called a success.

All those speaking German really have to watch this, it's great!

All those only speaking english should ignore the show and watch "The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" (Live action TV series) or "The Animals of Farthing Wood" (ファージングウッドのなかまたち) or something else. I'm sorry for you.

Please be aware that I allready watched this as a child. The review might not be objective.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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