Post by Catman on Jul 6, 2022 22:00:39 GMT
A 12-episode educational anime. Full title: Time Travel Girl: Mari, Waka, and the Eight Scientists
One day while visiting her friend Waka Mizuki, Mari Hayase discovers a book she remembers having seen in her father's laboratory. When she opens the book, she is whisked into the past and meets William Gilbert. Thus begins an adventure in which she travels through time meeting scientists who had important roles in the development of human understanding of magnetism an electricity as she searches for her missing father. Helping her in her travels are Waka and Waka's brother Shun. Opposing her efforts is ruthless business man Jō Mikage.
Minor characters include Akira (Mari's mother) who runs a pastry shop, Rika (Mari's younger sister), Futa Ichikawa who is a soccer player and classmate of Mari and Waka but really does nothing of interest until the last episode, and Satsuki Kuroki who is Mikage's devoted assistant.
Scientists Mari meets include: William Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin, Alessandro Volta, Michael Faraday, Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, Heinrich Hertz, and Thomas Edison. The series does a fairly decent job presenting their contributions to science in the historical context.
Each episode ends with a brief explanation of a scientific principle.
All in all, a cute series worth watching if you like science.