Kiddy Grade is set in the far space-faring future. Lumiere and Eclair are agents of the ‘Galactic Organization of Trade and Tarriffs’. Their boss tasks them to apprehend people who are disrupting the free flow of commerce throughout the galaxy. Don’t look here for economic lessons. Eclair is a 16-year-old with some super powers and Lumiere is several years younger and she communes with computers. At least those are the ages given in the bio in the Extras section. They certainly don’t act those ages and their boss is heard to make a cryptic remark that she doesn’t want to lose them again, leading one to believe there is a lot more to these young women than meets the eye. There is a subplot going on about an observer who usually accompanies the girls on their missions. He acts in a very shady and suspicious manner at times and we aren’t sure where his loyalties lie or what his agenda is.
I will give this a 6/10 for now. I like the production values and the intrigue going on. The characters are a bit stock but they seem to have some individuality. So, I will be keeping this one near the top of my rental queue for a while.