Michiko & Hatchin
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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 anime is licensed by Crunchyroll in North America and Australia.
Michiko & Hatchin | |
ミチコとハッチン (Michiko to Hatchin) | |
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Created by | Manglobe |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Sayo Yamamoto |
Produced by |
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Written by | Takashi Ujita |
Music by | Alexandre Kassin |
Studio | Manglobe |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[lower-alpha 1] |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noise) |
English network | |
Original run | 16 October 2008 – 19 March 2009 |
Episodes | 22 (List of episodes) |
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.