Android Announcer Maico 2010

Aired: 1998

A television anime adaptation of a multimedia project centered on Nippon Broadcasting System radio drama. Set in a near-future radio station, the series follows MAICO, a female android hired as an announcer, as she is guided by a colorful staff and struggles, reflects, and grows while trying to fit into human society. The balance between inside-the-studio depictions of the radio business and introspective episodes about MAICO's identity as an AI gives the show its charm, and it aired in WOWOW's late-night anime block.