[2] The first series of the farcical sci-fi title mainly revolves around the small space pirate Mito and her fights with and flights from the galactic police force, as well as her relationship with her half-human Earthling son Aoi, initially largely ignorant of his mother's spacefaring life.

Ranban Voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (Japanese); Lisa Ortiz (English) The main antagonist of the first season and the ruler of the galactic empire.

A couple of "internal" jokes poke fun at the famous Japanese TV series Mito Kōmon.

In episode two Mito, introduces Sabu and Shin with their complete names, Sukesaburō and Kakunoshin.

These also happen to be the names of Mitsukuni's two devote followers (abbreviated as Suke-san – 助さん – and Kaku-san – 格さん – in the TV-series).