Pikaia!

Pikaia! (ピカイア!) is a Japanese educational anime series produced by NHK Educational. The first season started airing on April 29, 2015 for 13 episodes before ending on July 30, 2015.^[1] It is renewed with a second season in February 2017.^[2]

The story begins in the future when Earth itself is no longer inhabitable by living creatures. Humans began their interstellar migration with space colonies. Vince and Hana work as researchers in the Cambrian Project. Together with the creature Pikaia, they seek the Lost Code, the key to restoring Earth, and aim to return to Cambrian-era Earth.

Hannah Anning (ハンナ＝アニング, Hanna Aningu)

Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa

Vincent Light (ヴィンセント＝ライト, Vinsento Raito)

Voiced by: Hayato Taka

Pikaia (ピカイア, Pikaia)

Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi

Dr. Parker (パーカー博士, Pākā Hakase)

Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa

Morris (モーリス, Mōrisu)

Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima

Will (ウィル, Wiru)

Voiced by: Akira Nishitani

Harry (ハリー, Harī)

Voiced by: Wataru Urata

President Irma (イルマ大統領, Iruma Daitōryō)

Voiced by: Sayaka Kinoshita

Vice-President Frazer (フレイザー副大統領, Fureizā Fuku Daitōryō)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

Wendy Owen (ウェンディ・オーウェン, Wendi Ōwen)

Voiced by: Aimi Tanaka

Edward Edwards (エドワルド・エドワーズ, Edowarudo Edowāzu)

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

Evol (エヴォル, Evoru)

Voiced by: Takuma Nagatsuka

Shadow A, Shadow B (影A、影B, Kage A, Kage B)

Voiced by: Hiroaki Tajiri (A), Isamu Yūsen (B)

Characters who appear only in the pilot.

Dr. Parker (パーカー博士, Pākā Hakase)

Voiced by: Miyuu Tsuji (Miyuu), Rie Hanafusa (Rie), Shio Kisui (Mii)

The members of elfin', who sing the openings and endings and appear in an educational segment with Morris. Shio was known as Mii Takahashi when the series aired.

• Official website
• Pikaia! (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia