Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture (2007)

This is a quirky anime about a microbiology student that can see bacteria, but not in a normal way. To him, they look like little plushies that talk and do stuff, and he can play with them by grabbing them out of the air or telling them things.

Moyashimon throws in a lot of microbial names that is making it extremely difficult to translate. It's a subber's nightmare about as tough as Ergo Proxy, maybe worse. The story is similar to Honey&Clover, expect that instead of an Art School and struggling design majors, we have a Microbiology Lab and a bunch of Grad Students at an College of Ag. But like H&C, we have the theme of a wussy undergrad, psychopathic seniors, and a destitute apartment complex.

Moyashimon translated into English means something like "Bean-sprout thingy" or "Doodad", which refers to the plushies that he sees everywhere. So far, all he does is feed them or flick them around with his index finger. They're great for diagnosing people's diseases though.

Educational Segment: "Bacteria can control temporal mechanics by fermenting your time"

07/15/2008 Update: This series was subbed way too slowly and died. RIP. It was meant to be a miniseries anyway.

It's about a guy with microbe plushie Synesthesia.
Rating: 70%