History Anime / LostUniverse

* LightNovels: It began as a light novel series, four volumes in total.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: The climax of the novels involves the death of everyone, leading to a DownerEnding.]]

* CutShort: The original novel version didn't finish, [[spoiler: hence the sudden DownerEnding.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The anime version ends with the death of Darkstar and the end of his EvilPlan. Millie is living peacefully while waiting for Kane and Canal to return. The final scene is her running to greet them but there is an implication that she's dreaming. Regardless, there's currently no one to stop the remaining evil Lost Ships, as is noted by Nina and Rail, who are on vacation together.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The anime version ends with the death of Darkstar and the end of his EvilPlan. Millie is living peacefully while waiting for Kane and Canal to return. The final scene is her running to greet them but there is an implication that she's dreaming. Regardless, there's currently no one to stop the remaining evil Lost Ships, as is noted by Nina and Rail, who are on vacation together. The novel version is [[DownerEnding much nastier]].]]

* OffModel: Episode 4, "Yashigani Hofuru", had so many animation errors that ''yashigani'' became a FanNickname for bad animation.

As the series progresses, the Nightmare Syndicate comes to light; this organization is out to conquer the universe, and Kane and Canal seem to have a personal problem with them...can Millie and Kane unravel the mystery of the Lost Ships and the Syndicate before it's too late?

There's a widely-held {{Fanon}} belief that this series is set in the same universe as ''Slayers''. To pull from [[http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_Universe the other Wiki]]:

''"In Slayers, it was mentioned that the main characters of that series live on a world that is one of the four created by the mother of all creation, called The Lord of Nightmares or simply [=LoN=]. This world was known as the Red World. Lost Universe, however, takes place in a different world, known as the Black World. Whereas the demi-gods of the various worlds such as Ruby-Eye Shabranigdo and Dark Star Dugradigdo had physical presence in that world, they appear in the Black World as "Lost Ships," or space ships that have mystical or somewhat magical powers.?''

{{Word of God}} (as you can read [[http://www.inverse.org/e/res/msgs/1933.shtml here]]) has explicitly stated that this is not true; the series are set in two totally different universes. He just liked the names, and reused them. Whether you feel this is an improvement or not [[BetterThanCanon varies]] among the community. Strangely, the "Translation Notes" included as a bonus in the official DVD set of the series [[FlipFlopOfGod does state that the two series are connected]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The anime version, if you take the depressing interpretation, means that Kane and Canal are dead and there's no one to stop the remaining evil Lost Ships. The novel version is [[DownerEnding much nastier]].]]

%%* GenkiGirl: Canal.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Rail is a spy inside the galatic police to find a lost ship and destroy or control it so it doesn't hurt anyone.]]

* PlotAllergy: In the manga Milly is, for some reason, allergic to men, but she's not allergic to Kane. [[spoiler:This is because they are second cousins.]]
* RecycledInSpace: Lost Universe is Anime/{{Slayers}}, IN SPACE.
* SchizoTech: Canal, a [[SpaceshipGirl Sentient Computer]], has to do some calculations in the second episode, so she forms a holographic human body which then pulls out a holographic ''slide rule'' to do the math. As if that wasn't enough, she gets the math ''wrong''. She calculates out a position to get ahead of another ship by five minutes and instead gets so close it appears before she can finish her sentence. She excuses herself by claiming that her math was off because Millie was too fat.
** She doesn't have any computer interface with her own systems. In order to fly around or fire her weapons she can't simply send a mental command, she has to form a holographic body that then manually controls the systems using joysticks. There's no explanation why the ship's computer has to type on the ship's keyboard to do basic tasks.

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: The anime version, if you take the depressing interpretation, means that Kane and Canal are dead and there's no one to stop the remaining evil Lost Ships. The novel version is [[DownerEnding much nastier]].]]

* CutShort: The original novel version was this, hence the rather sudden DownerEnding.
* DramaticWind: Darkstar, all the time.

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: The climax of the novels, leading to a DownerEnding.]]
* LaserBlade: Kane's primary weapon.

* LostTechnology: The Lost Ships.
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Kane, I'm Your Grandmother's Brother]]]]
* MagicFromTechnology: The Ships again, whose EnergyWeapons look a heck of a lot like magic. The commands used on Dark Star at the end that disrupts him is part of the [[Anime/{{Slayers}} Giga Slave]]...
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Rail is one in the galatic police but it's for his own agenda.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Despite his goofy antics and fixation on wearing a cape (something that everybody mocks him for), Kane Blueriver is arguably the most intelligent and mature out of the PowerTrio.
* PlotAllergy: In the manga Milly is, for some reason, allergic to men. But she's not allergic to Kane. [[spoiler:Because they are second cousins.]]

* [[spoiler:ShootTheShaggyDog: Only several villains are alive at the end of the novel series; all of the protagonists are dead without justification. Fortunately, the anime doesn't take this route.]]
* ShoutOut: Kane's LaserBlade.

Often considered the sister series to ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', '''''Lost Universe''''' is Hajime Kanzaka's take on the Sci-Fi genre. Following Kane Blueriver, Millie Feria Noturne and Canal Vorfeed, the anime (and novels) explore the trio's job--Trouble Contractors, who anyone can hire to solve their problems. These problems range from getting a witness to a trial on time (and alive) to tracking down stolen tea sets.

Often considered the sister series to ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', ''Lost Universe'' is Hajime Kanzaka's take on the Sci-Fi genre. Following Kane Blueriver, Millie Feria Noturne and Canal Vorfeed, the anime (and novels) explore the trio's job--Trouble Contractors, who anyone can hire to solve their problems. These problems range from getting a witness to a trial on time (and alive) to tracking down stolen tea sets.

** Millie looks like she could be [[TheSlayers Amelia's]] {{Elseworld}} counterpart, and Kane is more or less a male version of Lina. [[spoiler: Darkstar in human form is basically Gourry's evil twin. See his picture [[http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Spreader_of_Darkness#Lost_Universe here]]. They're even voiced by the same voice actor!]]

Often considered the sister series to {{The Slayers}}, Lost Universe is Hajime Kanzaka's take on the Sci-Fi genre. Following Kane Blueriver, Millie Feria Noturne and Canal Vorfeed, the anime (and novels) explore the trio's job--Trouble Contractors, who anyone can hire to solve their problems. These problems range from getting a witness to a trial on time (and alive) to tracking down stolen tea sets.

There's a widely-held {{Fanon}} belief that this series is set in the same universe as Slayers. To pull from [[http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_Universe the other Wiki]]:

* MegumiHayashibara

* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Luke, I'm Your Grandmother's Brother]]]]

* PlotAllergy: Milly is, for some reason, allergic to men. But she's not allergic to Kane. [[spoiler:Because they are second cousins.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: MegumiHayashibara as [[LivingShip Canal]]; Creator/SoichiroHoshi as Kane; Creator/AkiraIshida plays a recurring government agent. Yasunori Matsumoto [[PlayingAgainstType is surprisingly cast]] as TheDragon. Incidentally, all three actors also have major roles in TheSlayers series, being Lina, Xelloss, and Gourry respectively.

* NoBudget: Unintentional; it was being made during a financial recession, so it got a meager budget to begin with. To twist the knife even further, the masters for the first few episodes were damaged from a studio fire, so their quality also went down.

* NotSoDifferent:Millie and Canal, from each other. Both are capable of being extremely childish, selfish and immature. In episode 9, for example, Canal dismisses the fact there is only one bathroom on the ship as unimportant because she, personally, doesn't need to use it and she refuses to install another one because she "hates bathrooms".

* ShoutOut:Kane's LaserBlade.

* AwesomeMcCoolname -

* ClothingDamage - Kane shreds and/or loses his cape regularly; good thing he has a closet full of them...

* CoolOldLady: Kain's grandmother was definitely this because all of his Trouble Shooter wisdom comes in the form of things she used to say all the time.

* FollowTheChaos - It's how you know dinner's ready; explosion!
%%* GenkiGirl - Canal.
* HeyItsThatVoice - MegumiHayashibara as [[LivingShip Canal]]; Creator/SoichiroHoshi as Kane; Creator/AkiraIshida plays a recurring government agent. Yasunori Matsumoto [[PlayingAgainstType is surprisingly cast]] as TheDragon. Incidentally, all three actors also have major roles in TheSlayers series, being Lina, Xelloss, and Gourry respectively.

* ImprobableAimingSkills - Millie plans to be the [[RunningGag Best Shot In The Universe]] and she's well on her way there. She normally nails her target in space even if she has no targeting computer; if she is on the ground, she can take out targets with a pistol that are [[OffhandBackhand behind her]] while looking in a mirror while driving at high speed with her other hand. With a targeting computer online? ''She can wipe out entire fleets'' with nothing but a basic set of cannons and missiles.
* KarmaHoudini - Despite the demonstrated lack of competence and professional ethics in the medical students all that happens to them is that they voluntarily retake their last year of classes instead of the expulsion and/or criminal charges that should have resulted.
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll The climax of the novels, leading to a DownerEnding.]]
* LaserBlade - Kane's primary weapon.
* LethalChef - Played with. Millie is a very ''good'' chef but she [[StuffBlowingUp blows up the kitchen]] every time she uses it and one time by literal application of OvenLogic. This is one of the reasons why Canal doesn't like her.
* LightNovels - It began as a light novel series, four volumes in total.
* LimitedWardrobe - Kane's closet is nothing but the exact same cloak.
* LostTechnology - The Lost Ships.
* MagicFromTechnology - The Ships again, whose EnergyWeapons look a heck of a lot like magic. The commands used on Dark Star at the end that disrupts him is part of the [[Anime/{{Slayers}} Giga Slave]]...

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - Yami o Makumono (lit. He Who Spreads Darkness; "Dark Seeder" in the ADV Translation)

* NotSoDifferent - Millie and Canal, from each other. Both are capable of being extremely childish, selfish and immature. In episode 9, for example, Canal dismisses the fact there is only one bathroom on the ship as unimportant because she, personally, doesn't need to use it and she refuses to install another one because she "hates bathrooms".
* TheMole - [[spoiler:Rail is one in the galatic police but it's for his own agenda.]]
* OffModel - Episode 4, "Yashigani Hofuru", had so many animation errors that ''yashigani'' became a FanNickname for bad animation.
* OnlySaneMan - Despite his goofy antics and fixation on wearing a cape (something that everybody mocks him for), Kane Blueriver is arguably the most intelligent and mature out of the PowerTrio.
* PlotAllergy - Milly is, for some reason, allergic to men. But she's not allergic to Kaine. [[spoiler:Because they are second cousins.]]
* RecycledInSpace - Lost Universe is Anime/{{Slayers}}, IN SPACE.
* SchizoTech - Canal, a [[SpaceshipGirl Sentient Computer]], has to do some calculations in the second episode, so she forms a holographic human body which then pulls out a holographic ''slide rule'' to do the math. As if that wasn't enough, she gets the math ''wrong''. She calculates out a position to get ahead of another ship by five minutes and instead gets so close it appears before she can finish her sentence. She excuses herself by claiming that her math was off because Millie was too fat.

* ShoutOut - Kane's LaserBlade.
* SpaceshipGirl - Canal is the CoolShip's AI and a solid hologram.
* StunGuns - Millie often uses plastic rounds, which are played more like a less permanent InstantDeathBullet than a painful blow.
* ToBeAMaster - Millie wants to be the best in the universe - at ''everything''.
%%* {{Tsundere}} - Millie.
* WalkingTechBane - Nina destroys any computer she touches. Canal is rightly terrified of Nina coming on board.

* PlotAllergy- Milly is, for some reason, allergic to men. But she's not allergic to Kaine. [[spoiler:Because they are related.]]

* SchizoTech -Canal, a [[SpaceshipGirl Sentient Computer]], has to do some calculations in the second episode, so she forms a holographic human body which then pulls out a holographic ''slide rule'' to do the math. As if that wasn't enough, she gets the math ''wrong''. She calculates out a position to get ahead of another ship by five minutes and instead gets so close it appears before she can finish her sentence. She excuses herself by claiming that her math was off because Millie was too fat.

** Millie looks like she could be [[TheSlayers Amelia's]] {{Elseworld}} counterpart, and Kane is more or less a male version of Lina. [[spoiler: Darkstar in human form is basically Gourry's evil twin. See his picture [[http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Spreader_of_Darkness#Lost_Universe here]]. They're even voiced by the same seiyuu!]]