Underplayed Gems

Michiko & Hatchin (2008)

Michiko & Hatchin poster
Original title
ミチコとハッチン
Directed by
Sayo Yamamoto
Genre
comedy drama anime and manga, Action, Adventure
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 22 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman escapes a high-security prison and teams up with a young girl running away from her abusive foster family. Together they travel through a fictional South American-style country searching for a man they both have a connection to.

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What happens

Michiko & Hatchin (Japanese: ミチコとハッチン, Hepburn: Michiko to Hatchin) is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Media Factory, Fuji TV, Shochiku, Yomiko Advertising and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners. It is directed by Sayo Yamamoto, with Takashi Ujita writing the scripts, Hiroshi Shimizu designing the characters and Seiki Tamura serving as art director. The music was composed by the Brazilian musician Alexandre Kassin and produced by Shinichirō Watanabe. The two eponymous starring roles are portrayed by film actresses Yōko Maki (The Grudge) and Suzuka Ohgo (Memoirs of a Geisha). It was broadcast for 22 episodes on Fuji TV's Noise programming block from October 2008 to March 2009. The story takes place in the fictional country of Diamandra, which has cultural traces from South American countries, mostly from Brazil. In the first episode, Michiko is introduced as a free-willed "sexy diva" who escapes from a supposedly inescapable prison fortress, while Hatchin is a girl fleeing her abusive foster family. The two join forces on an improbable escape to freedom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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