Time Travel Girl


Time Travel Girl: Mari, Waka, and the Eight Scientists 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.

Plot

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 prominent scientists who changed the way people think about magnets & electricity.

Characters

Main characters

;Mari Hayase
;Waka Mizuki
;Shun Mizuki
;Eiji Hayase
;Futa Ichikawa
;Jō Mikage

Scientists

;William Gilbert
;Benjamin Franklin
;Alessandro Volta
;Michael Faraday
;Samuel Morse
;Alexander Graham Bell
;Heinrich Hertz
;Thomas Edison

Other characters

;Akira Hayase
;Rika Hayase
;Rei Mizuki
;Satsuki Kuroki

Media

Anime

A 12 episode anime television series aired between July 9, 2016 and September 24, 2016 on TV Tokyo. Funimation have licensed the anime for streaming. The series' opening theme is "Kibō Traveler" by AŌP while the ending theme is "Miss Rabbit" by Erabareshi.

Episode list