''RobiHachi'' is a 12-episode Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series produced by

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. The series aired from April 8 to June 24, 2019. The storyline is futurist but alludes to the story of

Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige , abbreviated as ''Hizakurige'' and known in translation as ''Shank's Mare'', is a comic picaresque novel (kokkeibon) written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九, 1765–1831) about the misadventures of two travelers on the Tōkaidō, the main ro ...

. The comically silly and purposely lame ''Hizakuriger'' robot (named after the Tōkaidō story) makes its appearance, a reimagining of the ''long forgotten'' 1970s era robot anime '' Chōgattai Majutsu Robo Ginguiser''.

Characters

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Production

An original

was announced by

on November 19, 2018. The 12-episode series is directed by

Shinji Takamatsu is a Japanese storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director. Filmography Director * '' Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack'' (1989; director) * ''The Brave Express Might Gaine'' (1993; director as ) * ''Brave Police J-Decker'' (1994; director, ...

, with Hiroko Kanasugi handling series composition and Yuuko Yahiro designing the characters. It aired from April 8 to June 24, 2019, on

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and AT-X.

References

External links

* * 2019 anime television series debuts Anime with original screenplays Funimation {{anime-stub