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Time Travel Girl (2016)

Time Travel Girl poster
Directed by
Osamu Yamasaki
Genre
science fiction anime and manga, time-travel anime and manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

Two schoolgirls named Mari and Waka travel through time to meet famous scientists from history. Each episode shows them learning about a different inventor or discoverer.

lightheartededucationalepisodicwhimsicalgently pacedcuriousschool-centeredtime-travel

What happens

Time Travel Girl: Mari, Waka, and the Eight Scientists (タイムトラベル少女~マリ・ワカと8人の科学者たち~, Taimu Toraberu Shōjo: Mari Waka to Hachi-nin no Kagakusha-tachi) is an educational anime television series directed by Osamu Yamasaki and produced by WAO World. Based on the 1983 book by Japanese educator Kiyonobu Itakura. The anime aired between July 9, 2016 and September 24, 2016 and was simulcast by Funimation. Later it was confirmed that Crunchyroll added the series alongside Three Leaves, Three Colors and Omamori Himari on their catalog since December 21, 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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