History Anime / MichikoToHatchin

The show, released in 2008, was produced by studio Creator/{{Manglobe}}; it marked Sayo Yamamoto's directing debut, which she followed with 2012's ''LupinTheThirdTheWomanCalledFujikoMine''. Coincidentally or not, legendary director ShinichiroWatanabe handled the music direction for both series.

** Subverted when you find out Brazil has the concentration of Japanese people in a single country. Besides Japan, of course.

* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Hatchin]] in Episode 7, combined shortly after with TookALevelInBadass

* XMeetsY: This series is a combination of three B's. [[CowboyBebop Bebop]], BlackLagoon, and {{Brazil}}

* XMeetsY: Michiko is [[CowboyBebop Faye]] meets [[SamuraiChamploo Mugen]]

* AdultChild: Michiko.

* {{Flashback}}: Lots of them.

->''I always hoped that someone would come and take me. On the morning of March 17th,
-> that someone arrived. But who on Earth is this person?''

->''I always hoped that someone would come and take me. On the morning of March 17th, that someone arrived. But who on Earth is this person?''

...And then [[SpicyLatina Michiko Malandro]] escapes from her high-security prison and literally crashes into Hana's life on a scooter. With nothing in common but a man named Hiroshi, who's Michiko's former lover and possibly Hana's father, the two embark on a wild trip through the countryside. Traveling through a [[SouthOfTheBorder South America/Brazil]] pastiche where everyone has Japanese given names, they encounter gangs, are pursued by the police, and [[OddCouple learn to appreciate each other]]--just a little bit.

* XMeetsY: MIchiko is [[CowboyBebop Faye]] meets [[SamuraiChamploo Mugen]]

The show, released in 2008, was produced by studio Creator/{{Manglobe}}; it marked Sayo Yamamoto's directing debut, which she followed with 2012's LupinTheThirdTheWomanCalledFujikoMine. Coincidentally or not, legendary director ShinichiroWatanabe handled the music direction for both series.

-->''I always hoped that someone would come and take me. On the morning of March 17th, that someone arrived. But who on Earth is this person?''

* FoeYay: Michiko and Atsuko.

...And then [[SpicyLatina Michiko Malandro]] escapes from her high-security prison and crashes into Hana's life on a scooter. With nothing in common but a man named Hiroshi, who's Michiko's former lover and possibly Hana's father, the two embark on a wild trip through the countryside. Traveling through a [[SouthOfTheBorder South America/Brazil]] pastiche where everyone has Japanese given names, they encounter gangs, are pursued by the police, and [[OddCouple learn to appreciate each other]]--just a little bit.

The show, released in 2008, was produced by studio Creator/{{Manglobe}}; it marked Sayo Yamamoto's directing debut, which she followed with 2012's LupinTheThirdTheWomanCalledFujikoMine. Coincidentally or not, legendary director ShinichirioWatanabe handled the music direction for both series.

The show, released in 2008, is produced by studio Creator/{{Manglobe}}; it's Sayo Yamamoto's directing debut.

* [=~Orphan's Plot Trinket~=]: The above-mentioned tattoos.

The show, released in 2008, is produced by studio {{Manglobe}}; it's Sayo Yamamoto's directing debut.

* HollywoodScribbling: Michiko, and how! She doesn't even realize she can't draw at all. Just like [[OnePiece Luffy]].

* InnocentPanties: Hatchin's foster brother [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] in the first episode by lifting her skirt. Her panties are also sometimes visible when her tattoo is revealed.

** [[spoiler: Hiroshi, who doesn't seem so important in the end, although he was the main plot and thus the reason why Michiko and Hatchin do all the stuff in the series in the first place. He doesn't seem to give a shit about Hatchin, just takes her with him and Hatchin tells us in narrator-way that he just went with another chick he liked...or something.]]

* {{Informed Attractiveness}}: Michiko's [[FanService in-your-face sexy]] character design [[YourMileageMayVary doesn't strike all viewers as particularly attractive]], especially in combinaton with her rough-edged personality.

* InspectorZenigata: Atsuko.

* DrunkOnMalts: Hatchin at one points drinks some juice, which makes her very drunk.