Pikaia!

Pikaia!
ピカイア!
Genre	Drama, Slice of Life
Anime television series
Directed by	Daiki Tomiyasu
Produced by	NHK
Studio	OLM, Production I.G.
Original network	NHK
Original run	April 29, 2015 – July 30, 2015
Episodes	13
Anime television series
Pikaia!!
Produced by	NHK
Studio	OLM, Production I.G.
Original network	NHK
Original run	February 26, 2017 – May 27, 2017
Episodes	13

Pikaia! (ピカイア!) is a Japanese educational anime series produced by NHK Educational. The first season started airing on April 29, 2015 for 13 episodes before ending on July 30, 2015.^[1] It is renewed with a second season in February 2017.^[2]

Plot

The story begins in the future when Earth itself is no longer inhabitable by living creatures. Humans began their interstellar migration with space colonies. Vince and Hana work as researchers in the Cambrian Project. Together with the creature Pikaia, they seek the Lost Code, the key to restoring Earth, and aim to return to Cambrian-era Earth.

Characters

Hana (ハナ, Hana): Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa
Vince (ヴィンス, Vuinsu): Voiced by: Hayato Taka
Pikaia (ピカイア, Pikaia): Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi
Dr. Parker (パーカー博士, Dr. Parker): Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa

References

^ "Ghost in the Shell's I.G, Pokémon's OLM Make Educational Anime Pikaia!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
^ "ピカイア!!（第2期）". www.production-ig.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-11.

External links

Official website
Pikaia! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Ghost in the Shell's I.G, Pokémon's OLM Make Educational Anime Pikaia!". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-03-11.

[2] "ピカイア!!（第2期）". www.production-ig.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-11.

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