Two Unknown and Underrated Series

I’m pretty sure that most of anime fans at one moment have discovered some anime series which was unknown and was very enjoyable so it can be shared with everyone else. This is my situation with two of the series I’m going to show you, Android Ana Maico 2010 and Strange Dawn.

Maico 2010 or in its complete name, Android Ana Maico 2010, it’s a very uncommon series telling us a story in which on the actual reality is introduced the first robot with enough inteligence to be the first autonomous radio announcer. With this as the main idea we follow the story, drama and some funny situations between the staff members on the radio station in which Maico is tested. Something different about this series is that the whole series runs only on the radio studio knowing the character’s stories and outer happenings by the staff conversations as Maico which is confined to that place. One of the main themes on the story is about the acceptance of the android Maico as a capable and self-sufficient staff member on the station questioning her capability to conduct a radio show by herself, and around this theme we know the conflicts and aspirations  of the staff members questioning many times their stay as a united group that is able to sustain the station and their own radio show. Despite these adverse situations we get to like each character for who they are enjoying in a funny way their complexes and singularities provoking situations sometimes ironic, ridiculous and sometimes tense. And to make it even more different, this series has 24 episodes that last 15 minutes that you’ll feel they are too short.

The Strange Dawn series as its title describes how the story starts  when happening a very strange happening to the two classmates of the same high school, Eri and Yuko, that on their way to school they’re sent to a strange workd where its inhabitants are very small that look like characters from a tale. In this world they are seen according to their legends as the holy defenders and saviors of the world that will end all the wars that are constantly waged between the different nations that look to conquer and extend their lands. But they question this role that they give them showing the inhabitants that they’re only common girls that besides their size they can’t make much for the people in war situations. This series, despite its innocent image and a somewhat generic story beginning it tells a very complex story where many character’s motivations, ambitions and fears and war consequences clash. In addition because their very different personalities, Eri and Yuko many times argue when deciding what to do, be it to go back to our world or to help the people in need, standing in one side Yuko in a realistic attitude not wanting to get involved in someone else’s war and on the other side Eri taking care of everyone else getting involved on a very personal level on the troubles of some inhabitants. A series that starts from the personal evolving to the epic without losing the personal drama the protagonists. very memorable, that will keep you interested and worried about each character being all of them important to the whole story.