UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 6/10

Does everyone in this show have nipple prints?

The 12 episodes of UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie aired back in 2002 under the name UFO Princess Valkyrie. I suspect ADV changed the name because they already have so many shows with the word "princess" in the title (Princess Nine, Princess Tutu, Petite Princess Yucie, Sister Princess). I liked a lot about this show, namely the extremely bouncy transformation sequences for the various princesses. This series does have nice overall character designs and while the animation is usually pretty good I was bothered at times by the poor backgrounds. The music is very good and the ED is OK but the OP disturbed me. While I like the song there's this odd panting at the beginning that makes it sound very perverted. I liked the VA's but old Valkyrie's voice was too quiet, of course she never say much so it's OK.

Somewhere in space there's a kingdom named Valhalla where 8 princesses reign. The blondest and jiggliest one, Valkyrie (Val-Q), crash lands on Earth onto a bathhouse and severely injures the proprietor, Kazuto. In order to save his life she gives him half of her soul which has the hilarious side-effect of turning Val-Q into a little girl in mind and body.

There's another princess, Hydra, that shows up and after wreaking some havoc is turned into a little girl by Kazuto's childhood friend, Akina, who has a crush on him. Hyrda still has the mind of an adult however. Val-Q also has a cat girl maid named Sanada who packs a cat-girl maid gun to shoot unsuspecting Earth girls, turning THEM into cat-girl maids as well to serve her precious Val-Q's every need.

The majority of the show revolves around little Val-Q and Kazuto. Kazuto fell in love with his saviour but doesn't quite know what to do with little Val-Q. She's all over him much to Akina's ire and it turns out she can turn back into jiggly Valkyrie when she kisses him. She battles various enemies that show up, nipple prints and all.

I like this show for the comedy but the plot is pretty stagnant until the last 2 episodes when Val-Q and Hydra are returned home for Val-Q's wedding. The series has a pretty good ending and since it continues I'm hoping for a better story in the future shows.