Michiko to Hatchin
| Michiko to Hatchin | |
|---|---|
| Original Manga | |
| Director/Artist | Sayo Yamamoto |
| Format | Anime (TV) |
| Made By | Manglobe |
| Episode Length | 22 min. |
| # of Eps/Volumes | 22 |
Contents
Genre
Sum it up in a Sentence:
Immature mother reunites with estranged daughter and travels across Brazil with her to find the dad.
Main Description
Hana (a.k.a. Hatchin) is an orphan stuck in an abusive family when her mother Michiko Malandro one day crashes through a glass window on a motorbike and takes her away. Having found her daughter by the end of the first episode after breaking out of women's prison, Michiko embarks on a journey across Brazil with Hatchin to find Hiroshi Morenos, a former gang member who also happens to be Hatchin's father.
During their journey, Michiko ends up doing a lot of stupid shit and Hatchin ends up being the more mature one to help bail her out. However, this is not to say that Hatchin doesn't end up encountering problems of her own.
Bonus tip: Watanabe Shinichiro is listed as the music director of this show.
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Personal Opinions
darkgray
Started off fairly impressive, with a fresh style and great animation. Sadly the animation quality eventually goes down a bit, and you start noticing the lack of an interesting plot or any sympathetic characters. It wants to be the new Cowboy Bebop, but doesn't carry the oomph required. 3/5
LeosBoots
Excellent artwork, excellent characters, excellent story. It was like Thelma and Louise only with an ex con Brazilian woman who has to act as a mother figure (and fails horribly most of the time) to a young foster kid who isn't even blood related to her. Towards the end we come to these slow realization along with the young Hatchin that their MacGuffin may not be what he seems. A surprisingly good story with a good dose of tolerable feminism. Defied many MANY cliches of it's kind. (5/5)
Kleptobot
I thought it was going to be Cowboy Bebop set in modern-day Brazil. After all, that's what it looked like from the trailer and the first two episodes. Unfortunately, this was not quite the case, as post-ep #2 it turns into more of a slice-of-life anime. Having said that, what it did show was actually quite an entertaining ride and a nice change of pace: an anime that didn't have some epic good-vs-evil battle wedged in, or shove tons of fanservice in your face to make up for lack of plot. Just a couple of ladies trekking around Brazil, encountering all sorts of crazy and shady people and dealing with each other's company as they try to find Hiroshi. It wasn't what I expected, but it was a very entertaining show nonetheless. If this show ever gets licensed in the US, I will be one of the first to pick up the DVD.
