After graduating from high school, Mai Kawai's top priority was to find a job with a stable income to avoid turning out like her father. However, despite having taken a variety of civil service exams, she was faced with a harsh reality: nearly every institute denied her entry. The only place that accepted her was a police academy, which she reluctantly joined.
Even now that she is an actual police officer, the world continues to be cruel to Mai. Due to her profession, she unexpectedly receives constant criticism from disgruntled citizens. Disheartened by the hostile treatment, she decides to submit a letter of resignation after just a few months of employment.
But on the same day Mai chooses to quit, she meets Seiko Fuji—the former ace of the Criminal Affairs Division who is assigned as her new instructor. Finding her new coworker to be enchanting, Mai delays leaving and gives her uninspiring job a second chance.
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KANLen09
Of all the series starting off the new year of a very dry Winter season, mangaka Miko Yasu's Hakozume a.k.a Police in a Pod definitely stood out for being one of the most interesting works ever made. A manga that clinched a win in the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the Best General Manga category, alongside Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction last year (which is now finally getting an anime adaptation), it's no secret that this work is truly something special, and it all had to do with the fact that Miko Yasu herself, was once an ex-cop working in Japan's kouban (a.k.apolice box) police force.
Before I go further, I would like to elaborate specificially that the police culture of the East and the West are vastly different, and that has lead to some unnecessary triggering of comparisons made that could extend itself into a hate rant (I'm looking at you ANN), so please do not snare up any hateful rants here as well.
Back to the main topic, Hakozume's main episodic stories and arcs are based off of Miko Yasu's personal real-life experiences working in the police force for approximately 10 years, but was saddened by Japan's culture of overwork, and this manga was her way to spread understanding about the profession to encourage public support. She joined the police force in her local kouban as a low-level officer doing crime prevention publicity campaigns, her inspiration for joining being that she felt empathy for families of crime victims, but ultimately left when the officer that filled her role when she took her childcare leave, died of overwork. Being the victim of someone's death can instill emotional guilt, and as best as Miko Yasu tried to cope with the trauma and rallied recruitment efforts, there is yet another turning point of disheartenment to see that the younger generation wasn't all that interested in being a police officer. One boy whom she asked, said that he expressed interest but had some skepticism of the profession, claiming that it was too high of an order for someone like him whom struggled to take care of himself. It was this reason that Miko Yasu decided to convey the message that police officers aren't necessarily upright and honourable people, just regular human beings doing their best on the job. And being a low-level officer herself, it was easy to pitch to publishing companies like Kodansha's Morning magazine to get her work serialized, but although she had experience drawing portraits during her time in the police force, it's because of her inexperience drawing manga that forced her to quit the profession and focus on refining her art to be suitable for serialization. So, to see all the effort finally getting an anime adaptation produced by Madhouse under Kaiji director Yuuzou Satou (aside from last year's Nippon TV live-action drama), everything has come around full circle.
This story is supported by the fact that the main female police officer Mai Kawai, serves as a fictional person of the mangaka herself, who's all but done from the police force. Kawai joined the force to earn a stable income, unlike her crude father that ended up on the opposite end of the spectrum. Being a fresh graduate from the Police Academy, she wasn't treated all that well when she was transferred to the local Machiyama Police Box, being hurled hurting remarks that are spokesbeing of the culture and the reception of the outside people. These issues are serious enough for Kawai to throw her letter of resignation, but that was stopped when a new instructor steps in: Seiko Fuji, a once detective chief that got demoted to a sergeant and transferred out for harassing her junior. And man, is Seiko-chan such a ruthless woman to stand her grounda amidst pressure, guiding the almost-resigned Kawai into comedic antics from the usual rank-and-file cases ranging from burglary to assault. And every single one of these chapters has a purpose, referencing back to how Miko Yasu had seen and heard the exact same issues in her police lifetime.
To edge the profession ever further, there's the Astro Brothers of Sergeant Seiji Minamoto and his detective sidekick helper Takeshi Yamada. Like Seiko-chan, Minamoto has an eerily similar personality to Fuji, so much so that they tend to clash a lot, putting both Kawai and Yamada as their juniors to shudder in fear. And since everyone knows each other from Police Academy, it's easy to say that both Fuji and Minamoto were in loggerheads with one another, brought to the real work life where the troubles never end. But as much as these two are tutors to their junior counterparts, they do act the role as superiors when life matters most in the fight against crime, solo or syndicate. The Machiyama Police Box has also Miwa Makitaka as a backup force, mainly dealing with stalkers and sex crimes, but with a drawback that her entire world was surrounded with girls and not being accustomed to men. Despite this, she's an iron-fist clad of a woman to stand her ground against the criminals oppressing her, and male-centric divisions like Criminal Affairs will step in if she needs help to handle the most difficult of men. Overall, to bring similar figures that Miko Yasu has known in her 10-year cycle in the police force be replicated to the manga, it really shows how much the audience can really mistake police control in the horrid ways of the real world, though depending on where you live, police brutality will always be the the central taboo.
It's glad to have Madhouse produce more shows outside of their comfort zone, now with the studio's recent revival and dabbing into other genres. Along with last season's vampire comedy show Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu a.k.a The Vampire Dies in No Time, Madhouse is chosen to adapt yet another comedy series, albeit one that's focusing more on the police force, and I think like the many recent works Madhouse still has that unmistakable quality that's instantly recognizable. The elephant in the room is with director Yuuzou Satou, of which I've mentioned that he is famous for the Kaiji series. He hasn't had a breakout work since Kaiji Season 2 a decade ago, and finally found his stride with this show. It'll be a long while before he comes back with another work, so for now, enjoy while you can Satou-san.
Music is pretty decent too with Riko Azuna and nonoc at the helm. I'd think that I gravitate more towards nonoc's ED "Change" because of famous Vocaloid composer DECO*27, and I know this because DECO*27 composes really good songs that I've heard before, so the standard is there.
Works like this are rare to find, even one that's worth the inspiration to be adapted into anime, and I thank mangaka Miko Yasu for being a source of inspiration to draw and illustrate what was once her life's job into manga form, that you can't really find anywhere else. And because this is the AniManga industry, I hope that you don't carry over the overwork culture from your police days to drawing manga. Nonetheless, regardless of where you live in the world, try and see this show from a different perspective, and you might find something to like about it.
MoeBlargus
Police in a Pod is a very unusual show, and one which I greatly enjoyed. Other reviews talk about its background and Manga more (which I have not read) so I'll just be focusing on a brief, spoiler-free breakdown here. The story is fairly simple, following the lives of two policewomen - the young Kawaii and her more mature partner, Sergeant Fuji - as they go about their lives as members of the police force. Though often comedic, the show still manages to carry a serious tone when dealing with the darker aspects of police work. The characters are what really sell the show though,and I found them to be very enjoyable, particularly once the wider cast of supporting actors is introduced and fleshed out enough to begin to have some real depth. The comedy was mostly on point for me, with there being a bit of repetition in some cases, but not enough to drag the show down. For most of its run, up until the final few episodes, the show is largely episodic, which fits its style well, given that the second main draw of this show, after its characters and comedy, is the fascinating look it takes at the daily lives of policemen.
In sum, if quirky, but largely believable characters and a humorous take on modern police work sounds like something you would be interested in, then you'll probably love this show, like I did. If those things aren't interesting to you though, then this show will probably fall flat for you.
Mareep-chan
It is really just a dumb show about policemen work with a low budget. Everything about this show is average. The jokes and funny situations aren't extra funny, but I find them funny sometimes. Especially if the characters grow on you a little you start to enjoy it more. But I wanted to highlight something else. The show doesn't forget to remind us of the harsh reality, that world is a cruel place and people die sometimes. And imo portrays it very well and in just right ratio to the funny situations. If this show was just a plain comedy I probably would've give it lower scoreand not even write this review, since it's not really that interesting, unless you have a personal interest in how police works in Japan/ police overall. But thanks to those not so funny stuff that ocassionally popped here and there, the show got somewhat deeper and more meaningful. I'm not saying this a good show, but it was a FINE show which you could probably give a shot, if it interests you just a little (like it did me).
ApocalypSnow
This is the Daily Lives of Police Officers. Like Judy Hopps from Zootopia, the main duo spends most of their time writing speeding tickets. And since this anime takes place in Japan, half their time is also spent catching underaged smokers and teenagers who skip school. Mai Kawai is a new police officer fresh from the academy. Why does she join the police? Her father lost his job due to a company scandal, so he wanted her to work in civil service. And this was the only civil service job she could get. Such noble intentions! And she hates the work! Or at least, she feelsuncomfortable when civilians insult her as a police officer, so she’s about to resign when she meets…
Sergeant Seiko Fuji, a former member of the Criminal Investigations Department. When her “aggressive pep talk” gets reported as bullying, she gets demoted to the police box and becomes Kawai’s mentor. She curses like the proverbial sailor, and she’s the most competent among the police and detectives.
As police officers, Kawai and Fuji deal with more sensitive issues, including pedophilia and suspected elder abuse. The police and detectives have a lot of respect and compassion for people, and each story ends on a light-hearted note.
There's a lot of sexism from civilians toward the policewomen, but the police department responds well, and they have a great work dynamic. Kawai and Fuji's senpai-kohai relationship is so wholesome! Fuji is definitely the mentor we all need.
Wallanimx
I realize this won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I swear its worth a watch as all hidden gems are. This isn't a hard dramatic cop anime. Its kinda slice of life mixed with real Japanese police tactics, and it doesn't really try to be more than that. Yes, there are are very sad/even horrific scenes in this anime, but the tone tends to stay lighthearted. I enjoyed that it talks about how being a cop in Japan can obliterate your private life in certain aspects. As your on call in case of a harrowing event and will have to drop everything in a matter ofminutes. In case of a natural disaster, you probably won't be there to protect your own family...and yet that's the job they signed up for. Its really sad, but realistic. And they just learn to live with that...kinda. Sake helps when dates go bust.
I also enjoyed how they don't try to make it seem glamourous. Stake outs take forever and you could be up for several days smelling like trash by the end of it. You could be stuck doing paperwork all night after someone calls 9-1-1 simply for attention. Or you could be called to help recover an old man's dead body so the family can move on.
I liked how despite it being light hearted, it was real. And given how lame the Winter '22 anime season was...this was definitely a breath of fresh air for me.
If you like light hearted, educational anime series definitely give this one a go! <3
TopikBagus
+ One of those underappreciated anime with a work-life theme, because of its realistic mature theme and ordinary-looking characters. + Started out strong and kept that momentum going throughout the series. The plot is lighthearted enough and full of comedic moments, but there is always a that serious moment where the plot twist finally kicks in. + There is no romance narrative involved, only healthy workplace competition, but this keeps the series focused on police work-life rather than an unnecessary plot. + This anime also demonstrates that while government organizations are flawed as a whole, there are individuals within who do their jobs well regardless of their endtarget or agenda.
+ The series uses some real-life crimes or incidents, which can be highly unsettling at times, but this is the key to making it much more believable and real. Viewers' discretion is advised
cat_coffee
Sick of only hearing about police brutality, reactionary men's rights advocacy, and slick TV crime dramas? Police in a Pod spits in the face of all of that. Police in a Pod is what you'd call a "true slice of life". Police in a Pod does something amazing - the serious scenes are intentionally brain-dead predictable. By not introducing some crazy plot twist, it gives itself room to present each situation for what it is. It's like an adult sitting you down and explaining to you an uncomfortable concept. No hot takes, just what it is and what it feels like. And it always tops offby having Kawai redeem her stupidity in other ways.
The show goes in depth into how much it sucks for women working for the police in Japan and also how women really do have their strengths and weaknesses compared to men. I had a friend joke that he came out of the anime hating men. And this anime makes it easy to see why policewomen tend to that side too.
Jokes get a bit stale as it leads to the end, but pulls up fantastically for the ending. The ending is easily the best part of the show, and I wish they used more of that instead of the more general workplace comedy.
Art gets the job done. Story is good and actually picks up at the end. CG cars, strange for a police anime but not that crazy once you realize it isn't about the chases. I didn't notice the music.
The one thing this show fails to do, however, is convince anyone watching this to join the police. Japanese police work culture is nuts.
Spirit_Chaser
Since I have a biased hatred for the police, it will affect this, and there is no point in hiding it. This series did not deviate much from what I thought about it in the first episode. A cute and funny, mediocre, slideshow presentation tier, police propaganda series. It's an episodic series about two police women and the rest of their coworkers. They go on to battle crime in Japan with a story written by a former police officer. As a result, there a lot of interesting insight into what it's like working for the Japanese police. It amazes me that amount of hand holdingthat happens here seeing as though where I live the police will usually shoot first and ask questions later, and have a rotten history in general that leaves no room for respectability. I've had my own experiences with psychopathic police officers who nearly shot me in the head over a simple misunderstanding. I've been stopped and told "your kind don't belong around here," behind police sirens of officers that most likely have white sheets in their closets. As a result, this series can make me feel uncomfortable at times.
Kawaii is a coward who recently joined up and met Fuji, a psychopath that shows her the ropes with her cunning experience. The series takes an episodic approach. As a result, it's your usual hit and miss episodes back and forth since it's more difficult to write great standalone episodes back to back where the plot often goes nowhere. Fuji tends to figure things out quickly, though it feels ridiculous at times. Kawai is usually clueless as usual. The dynamic between Kawaii, the very weak person, and the sinister Fuji, is nowhere near the greatness of duos like Kei and Yuri from Dirty Pair that even make bad episodes better with their own dynamic. Kawaii is a quitter who lacks self-confidence, and became a police officer more by accident than because she really wanted to. Fuji got transferred because she was bullying another officer. They start to become close as the series goes, and Fuji becomes protective as well.
Towards the end, they went for a grand finale type of story that went on for more than 1 episode. Honestly, they should have wrapped it up sooner as it was easily among the weakest parts of the series. The author tries to at times show the reality of what being an officer is like. As a result, one moment you can be laughing, the next horrified after a suicide attempt or the sight of a mangled baby. Kawai's ant like growth and development is nearly nonexistent as she often lacks any kind of real courage throughout most of the show. It's still adorable to watch how innocent she is in her career.
The two eventually meet Minamoto and Yamada. Though they try to go out and have fun on their time off, they tend to get called a lot and can never really escape. There's a lot of focus on how much police officers get overworked here. I think the author had a coworker that passed away that way if I remember correctly.
Now over, this was mostly forgettable. It didn't help that the animation looked pretty but was very lazy. There's something scary about their eyes. The constant slideshows were annoying. None of the music was memorable, but the opening and closing sequences were nice. Right from the start, the viewers get police butt shoved in their face. The only thing it had going for me was the occasional really funny joke.
MakuG
Hakozume: Kouban Joshi no Gyakushuu (Police in a Pod) Police in a Pod follows Mai Kawai, a police officer that has grown increasingly disgruntled and disappinted with her job. Kawai decides to throw in the towel and is about to turn in her resignation only a few months into her work when Seiko Fuji, a star member of the Criminal Affairs Division, enters their precint and becomes her new mentor and partner. PLOT - 9/10 The premise and concept of Police in a Pod is extremely unique and I believe is the strongest point of the show. It provides a glimpse into the lives of police offersand the various struggles that they face while serving the people. With the author having served 10 years in the police force as a female officer, Police in a Pod serves as her way of shining a light on the field. Personally, I found this really interesting as you're able to see the inner workings of what goes in behind the work of police officers. What I loved most are the serious and often heart-wrenching and heart-warming themes and topics that are tackled throughout each episode. For that alone, I really appreciated this show despite maybe having some episodes that do not measure up to the better episodes throughout the season.
ART / SOUND - 7/10
Police in a Pod boasts an old school and seemingly hand-drawn art style. I find it unique and definitely eye catching especially with the characters. The characters are well designed with heavy focus on their eyes and I really liked their various expressions throughout the show. It also has decent action sequences as expected from Madhouse. However, the art style stands out a bit too much for me. It includes heavy outlines on the characters and there are some frames that the contrast between the characters models and the background is just too noticeable that it makes it look as if the characters were cut from a magazine and pasted onto a canvas; something that I was not very fond of and grew extremely noticeable. The music is alright, I guess. Nothing really stood out to me too much.
CHARACTERS - 7/10
The characters didn't feel too special to me. What I liked most was the dynamic between Kawai and Fuji as mentor and mentee but also as friends. Supporting characters bring a nice added layer of development and interaction among the characters which was appreciated. Overall, the characters are all very likeable and it is nice seeing how they have certain specialties which is necessary for a successful team. One thing I felt could have been improved on was the pacing of Kawai's growth as an officer. I felt that throughout the season there were limited moments where in she was able to exhibit her growth in competence as an officer. Often she would just learn a thing or two by the end of the episode from her seniors, but isn't really able to apply any of it until the final arc with the big special investigation. I would have liked to see her showcase her growth and development more gradually throughout the season to give us viewers something more to cheer for.
ENJOYMENT - 5/10
Okay, listen, I want to like this show, I really do. From its unique premise and art style to its characters, I really wanted to. BUT, it can be very hard to watch and extremely boring at times. Police in a Pod has some great episodes and moments that can be extremely touching, sometimes eye-opening, and great comdeic moments and those are the highest points when watching this show. However, there are more times that it is just a slog to watch and is barely entertaining at all. Maybe it's just me, but I found many parts quite boring. I actually stopped following it weekly after Episode 5 because it simply didn't excite me and I had nothing to look forward to anymore. When all the episodes finished airing, I decided to finish it just for the sake of it and it was still tough to get through at times.
OVERALL - 6/10
Police in a Pod has an excellent and unique premise with how it looks to shine a light on the lives of police officers and specifically the challenges of female officers in the field. It has a unique art style that I do appreciate but is personally not for me, but I definitely see the appeal it may have for others. The show tackles serious themes and has flashes of good comedic moments, but ultimately lacks excitement and enjoyability when watching it. Personally, I don't know if this would be a show to recommend as it does get extremely boring, but it does have a great and meaningful premise with good moments sprinkled throughout the season.
Zanryu1337
Hakozume (Police in a Pod) struggles with its identity a bit. It oozes the feel of a Saturday Morning Cartoon / Slice of Life show, but strangely enough it later reverts into a traditional anime story line. And within that, it doesn't really have the space to breath properly. To row back a bit: Hakozume is somewhat sectionalized into three parts: the introduction, the middle, and the anime. All parts share some distinction thou. The general episode length is halved to around 11 minutes and they mostly encapsulate the protagonist Police Box Women Kawai and Fuji in their work. And the introduction part in a good stepin into their world and their personalities. But the show uses all its positive traits here.
The middle section is a big let down in terms of characterization. This is highly likely due to the fact that the setting and premise changes drastically. Instead of just doing police box work, which mostly was minor work, they almost always end up in the Criminal Affairs station and with their characters in one way or the other. Sadly, it only shows to me that the original premise wasn't really enough to stay interesting. This is also partly due to the fact that aside the main pair, no other characters from their police box is introduced, ever. This middle part also is the one which feels the most random and episodes tend to vary wildly in their contents.
The anime part (which in this case I would argue are the last 4 episodes) is where the renaissance of the show happens. And the starting flag for this is obviously the car traffic accident episode. It is a hard shift in tone in contrast to all episode before. And I commend it for finding itself in the dark abyss which is the police life. Such episodes are also good vehicles to contrast veterans and rookies. The earlier episodes did this as well, and the middle suffered from a tag-along syndrome where the rookie was thrown into problems our of her capacity with all veterans around her which mostly solved everything for her.
The last 3 episodes form the core of the anime part. In this section the show tries to forgo its 11 minute episode runtime as these form a coherent story. But they feels extra weird when the (22-minute) episode starts a review of what happened in the last (11-minute) episode which literally happened 1 minute ago. Nonetheless, the arc structure is highly beneficial for this kind of show which emulates a comedy/slice of life/sitcom as their drama can have more time to breath and build longer terms of suspension.
There isn't really much to talk about Hakozume in general. The starting story structure works in the small setting, hampers its growth in the middle part and abandon it completely by the end. Thus it is hard to see how a potential second season would play out. I could read the manga for it but the setting and the characters aren't that strongly developed to be this engaging. On that note, the adaptation seems to be extremely faithful to its origin in its content. The designs are somewhat changed from what I have seen, but it fits the characters better in that sense.
For the most part the art and sound compliment the scenes but never take the attention.
In total, Hakozume suffers from its roots and wants to evolve into something different. But the early decisions and an ever expanding core cast limit the potential the roots had to begin with. If the author would redo this whole season it probably would be a complete different thing.
kchakrak
Slice-of-Life police drama? Not sure how to describe this, but SoL is definitely part of it, and true SoL too. Outside of an ending arc these are individual stories about how hard it is to be a police officer told by a frankly hopeless cast of cops. Well, are they hopeless or brilliant? That's honestly part of the charm. Also, I don't know how true to life this is so I recommend taking it with a pinch of salt and not a true representation. The characters are fun, not super fleshed out but they are enjoyable to spend time with and they do have unique personalities.The animation style is clean but on the budget end of things, beautiful isn't a word I'd use but distinctive is. The stories are fun for the most part, but it doesn't shy away from harder topics, though it also doesn't really dwell on them. Don't expect it to say much, just show you the situation and expect your empathy to do the rest.
Honestly on top of having a good time it reminded me just how hard and unforgiving being a cop anywhere is. Go in with empathy and I think you'll get a ton out of this one, more than you expect.
SuperAdventure
If Buddy Cop anime are your thing- and even if they're not- I couldn't recommend this more strongly: it far surpassed my expectations and probably will yours too. The story of Mai Kawai is a reminder that, not everyone can be top of the class. Not everyone gets accepted into the #1 High School, or can get into college. So what happens to all the ordinary people left? Japan has a fairly large underclass of people living on benefits, and not all of them are elderly... Mai confronts an adulthood unsure about her future; and wanting to avoid the fate of her father who isan alcoholic; she finds herself a rookie recruit to Japan's civil service. It's a job that doesn't require an entrance exam, has a low but stable salary, and at first glance appears easy enough; and she gets partnered up with Seiko Fuji and all she has to do is show up to work each day and ride around in a car and deal with fairly straightforward complaints from citizens and answer calls... should be easy right?
Hahahahahahaaa!!!
The show has a really good sense of humor. Mai's circumstances are relatable to anyone just starting out in their 20s and wondering what the rest of their life is supposed to look like. And all the rest of the people in her department started out the same way- but the people she first regards as kind of weird, maybe harsh, or baffling- are dedicated, hard working people all trying to do their part to keep their community safe. Her approach at first seems to be "la dee da, what ever"- and the show does a brilliant job of making you think everything just the same old boring thing over and over- until the moment it isn't.
There are episodes of this show that took my breath away. And once it gets going, you start to see how a job that lets anyone enter and anyone can do- comes with challenges that people in their cozy offices could never imagine.
Mai's experience in the police force is confusing, demanding, exciting, and exhausting; and each day is entirely unpredictable. Long, agonizing hours of boring monotony are punctuated by moments of utter shock and bewilderment. You go from laughter to jaw dropping shock and overwhelming sadness without warning- and this is the life of a police officer. I feel like you could look at people in the profession entirely differently after watching this; it's a superb anime and I strongly recommend it. Can't wait to rewatch
The_Namer
Equal parts workplace comedy and straight police procedural, this show has a ring of authenticity that some other police anime lack, thanks to the author having worked in law enforcement for a decade. The show's comedy and drama elements both work well, but it has an unfortunate habit of placing them too close together at times. Each episode typically adapts two or three standalone stories, bolted together with no particular theme, so it can be focused on lighthearted workplace drudgery one minute and the minutiae of examining a corpse the next. I don't normally comment on a show's OP and ED, but it's worth mentioning thatthey are misleading, throwing fan service shots into what is otherwise a generally reserved series that would feel more at home alongside live-action cop shows than other workplace anime. It's only the jarring tonal ping-pong that drops this show from an 8.
Goatshigami
Police in a Pod Review After graduating from high school, Mai Kawai's priority was to find a job with a stable income. But the only institute she was accepted in was the police academy, which she reluctantly joined. Now, she's a police officer who's unexpectedly treated and criticised harshly by the citizens. Disheartened, she decides to leave the job after only few moths of appointment until she meets Seiko Fuji, her new senior and decides to give this job a second chance. Story: The plotline is intriguing. The execution is decent. The pacing is perfect. However, the humours didn't hit the right spot at all. It has acomedy tag but in no way made me laugh. If not for the Slice of Life content and the last case, this aspect would have got an even lower rating from me.
Characters:
There's nothing much to say about the characters. All of there are quite one dimensional and character development is almost negligible. There was a potential in Kawai's character which was wasted. The character dynamics remained same throughout the series without showing any changes. Pretty boring in this aspect.
Music and Voice-Acting:
The opening track is good while the ending track is decent but neither of them has that x-factor to keep me hooked which is highly expected from a series of this genre. The bgm is decent. The voice actors did a very good job.
Animation and Artwork:
The Artwork was good and was well enhanced by the animation. It was fluid and visually attractive. Especially the chasing sequences were fun to watch. The best part of this series, one can say.
Police in a Pod is a one time watch at best. Its main lacking is the absence of good comedy even though it has a comedy tag. When I started watching it, I had a much higher expectation, so it disappointed me. However, it has its good parts, and one may give it a try if they are looking for a quick, light hearted watch.
