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.[1] 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.[2]
| Time Travel Girl | |
| 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 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Yamasaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Osamu Yamasaki |
| Music by | Hitomi Kuroishi |
| Studio | Wao World |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVh, TVA, TVO, TVS, TVQ, AT-X |
| Original run | July 9, 2016 – September 24, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot edit
Mari Hayase is the daughter of a scientist, Eiji, who vanished three years ago. He left behind a pendant known as the armillary compass. One day, after coming across a mysterious book, the compass glows and sends Mari back in time. Supported by her best friend Waka Mizuki and Waka's brother Shun, Mari travels through time in search of her missing father and along the way meets famous scientists who changed the way people think about electricity.
Characters edit
Main characters edit
- Mari Hayase (早瀬 真理, Hayase Mari, usually written マリ)
- Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki
- A second-year 10th grade student. Daughter of a great pâtissier and a brilliant scientist. While relatively skilled at cooking and tasting, her academic performance is somewhat random (for instance, when a science test question concerning reflection asked how her reflection in a mirror would look, she responded "it looks cute"). Subtle hints she has feelings for Shun. She first slipped into the past by accidentally touching a book she stumbled upon in Shun's room who was passed to him by her father. She was captured by Mikage and forced to slip back to the past to find Eiji after finding out about the machine. She is saved by her father in the midst of a time paradox, but managed to return safely to the future after Shun saved them. She became a scientist in the future, discovering the time machine, following the footsteps of her father.
- Waka Mizuki (水城 和花, Mizuki Waka, usually written ワカ)
- Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki
- Mari's second-year classmate and best friend and Shun's younger sister. She has a crush on fellow classmate, Futa. She is the first person to witness Mari slipping back in time and informed Shun about it. Waka accidentally slipped back to the past along with Mari and was unable to return and panicked while she was alone in the past- different from how Mari reacted when she first slipped back to the past.
- Shun Mizuki (水城 旬, Mizuki Shun)
- Voiced by: Ryuichi Kijima
- A third-year 12th grade Waka's older brother who plans to become a doctor. Eiji passed a book to him and Mari stumbled upon it, allowing her first time slip to happen. He found out in the future, along with Mari, he would become a scientist who discovers the time machine.
- Eiji Hayase (早瀬 永司, Hayase Eiji)
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Akira's husband. Mari and Rika's father. A passionate scientific researcher, he tends to become excessively engrossed in his studies and expeditions; the day after his wedding he disappeared for half a year without any contact, and hasn't seen or contacted his wife or daughters in three years. Found him to be in most of the past traveled when Mari slipped back. He discovers in one journey to the past Mari was captured by Mikage, and tried to save his daughter only to have a time paradox occur in the midst of it.
- Futa Ichikawa (市川 風太, Ichikawa Fuuta)
- Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita
- A member of the soccer team and a classmate of Mari and Waka. Despite being oblivious, Waka has a crush on him.
- Jō Mikage (御影 丞, Mikage Jō)
- Voiced by: Tomohiro Tsuboi
- The main antagonist of the series. A cold-hearted businessman who is interested in the time machine, the "matter transporter", which was stored in the laboratory. He captured Mari, her mother, and the Mizuki siblings inside the lab after discovering the machine in the basement. He forced Mari to return to the past with him in order to locate Eiji, only resulting in himself being trapped in the past due to the occurrence of a time paradox in the final episode.
Scientists edit
- William Gilbert (ウィリアム・ギルバート)
- Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa
- Benjamin Franklin (ベンジャミン・フランクリン)
- Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki
- Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (アレッサンドロ・ジュゼッペ・アントニオ・アナスタージオ・ヴォルタ, usually written, アレキサンドロ・ボルタ)
- Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura
- Michael Faraday (マイケル・ファラデー)
- Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse (サミュエル・フィンリー・ブリース・モールス, usually written, サミュエル モールス)
- Voiced by: Kōji Yusa
- Alexander Graham Bell (アレクサンダー・グラハム・ベル, usually written, グラハム・ベル)
- Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (ハインリヒ・ルドルフ・ヘルツ, usually written, ハインリッヒ・ヘルツ)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida
- Thomas Alva Edison (トーマス・アルバ・エジソン, usually written, トマス・エジソン)
- Voiced by: Wataru Hatano
Other characters edit
- Akira Hayase (早瀬 晶, Hayase Akira)
- Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
- Eiji's wife and mother of Mari and Rika. She's a professional patissier.
- Rika Hayase (早瀬 理香, Hayase Rika, usually written リカ)
- Voiced by: Yui Fukuo
- Mari's younger sister.
- Rei Mizuki (水城 麗, Mizuki Rei)
- Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
- Shun and Waka's mother.
- Satsuki Kuroki (黒木 さつき, Kuroki Satsuki)
- Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki
- Mikage's assistant.
Media edit
Anime edit
A 12 episode[3] anime television series aired between July 9, 2016 and September 24, 2016 on TV Tokyo. Funimation have licensed the anime for streaming.[4] The series' opening theme is "Kibō Traveler" (希望TRAVELER, "Hope Traveler") by AŌP while the ending theme is "Miss Rabbit" (ミス・ラビット, Misu Rabitto) by Erabareshi.[5]
Episode List edit
| No. | Official English title[a] | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Gilbert the Sage" "Kenjanaru Girubāto" (賢者なるギルバート) | July 9, 2016 |
| 2 | "Sorrowful Gilbert" "Kanashimi no Girubāto" (悲しみのギルバート) | July 16, 2016 |
| 3 | "Franklin's Spirit of Defiance" "Hankotsu no Furankurin" (反骨のフランクリン) | July 23, 2016 |
| 4 | "Volta on the Battlefield" "Senjō no Boruta" (戦場のボルタ) | July 30, 2016 |
| 5 | "Disheartened Faraday" "Faradē no Yūutsu" (ファラデーの憂鬱) | August 6, 2016 |
| 6 | "Faraday's Resolve" "Faradē no Kakugo" (ファラデーの覚悟) | August 13, 2016 |
| 7 | "Morse's Inspiration" "Mōrusu no Hirameki" (モールスの閃き) | August 20, 2016 |
| 8 | "Bell's Decision" "Beru no Ketsudan" (ベルの決断) | August 27, 2016 |
| 9 | "Bell's Responses" "Koōsuru Beru" (呼応するベル) | September 3, 2016 |
| 10 | "Hertz's Pride" "Herutsu no Hokori" (ヘルツの誇り) | September 10, 2016 |
| 11 | "Edison's Resilience" "Fukutsu no Ejison" (不屈のエジソン) | September 17, 2016 |
| 12 | "Cherished Scientists" "Shin'ainaru Kagaku-sha-tachi" (親愛なる科学者たち) | September 24, 2016 |
Notes edit
- ^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.
References edit
- ^ "Aki Toyosaki, Minako Kotobuki Star in July TV Anime Time Travel Girl". Anime News Network. May 24, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Adds Time Travel Girl, Omamori Himari, 'Three Leaves, Three Colors' Anime to Catalog". Anime News Network. January 1, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Episode".
- ^ "Funimation to stream D. Gray Man, Servamp, Tales of Zestiria, Danganronpa 3, Love Live Sunshine, First Love Monster, Handa-kun, Tsukiuta, Time travel Girl, Xechs, Regalia". Anime News Network. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Time Travel Girl Anime Reveals Scientists' Cast, AŌP Opening Song, July 9 Debut". Anime News Network. June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
External links edit
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Time Travel Girl (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia