Western animated series tend to follow a rather simple recipe when it comes to their presentation, episodes loosely tied with each other to make it easier on the audience to jump in at any given time without feeling like they’ve lost anything. This method is suitable for simple stories, but the industry has yet to understand that with animation you can explore “bigger than life” ideas which would be too expensive in a Life Action series.

Then we have the Eastern trends, where series tend to focus on telling a story. Most of the times there’s continuity, and the stories are that explore “bigger than life” scenarios regularly. Time Travel, Space Battles, Super Heroes, they’ve done it. They’ve perfected the craft to tell compelling, complicated stories that are miles away regarding world building when compared to most of the western series.

Welcome to Last Space the ten episodes animated series which is the perfect blend of the Eastern and Western, in more ways than one.

Western reviewers might mislabel Last Space from the get-go, rendering their reviews pretty much. It needs to be understood from the get-go what this series is, and what it isn’t:

Last Space is not an “animated comedy,” coming into the series with that expectation in mind will give you nothing but disappointment. The story tries to remain light-hearted, but it’s mostly provided in the shape of comic relief, it’s not the driving factor of the series.

Lost Space is intended for “mature audiences,” just because this is animated and the style is friendly it doesn’t mean that the content is suitable for easily impressionable people.

So, what is “Last Space”?

It’s an epic story that uses animation as a delivery method to be able to deliver stunning visuals which would be too expensive to produce with any other visual way.

Last Space focuses on building the universe from the get-go. The pacing is solid and the comic relief from the over the top protagonist, which is a magnificent take on the typical Western SPACE HERO, eases you in, into the new world elements they keep adding every episode.

Their delivery is excellent, in ten episodes they introduce multiple characters with distinct personalities, priorities and thoughts on the problems at hands. Yes, even the background characters have some story going for them, and they don’t hesitate on dropping hints of it during the episodes.