Mr. Driller (anime)

Mr. Driller (ミスタードリラー Misutā Dorirā) is a Japanese-American Emmy award-winning children's anime series created by Hiroshi Takajima for Drillimation Studios. The series ran from 1986 to 1997 and continued in 2003 with the animation produced by Kyoto Animation, one of Drillimation Studios' subsidiaries. The series formerly ran on NBC's Saturday Morning block in the United States and currently runs reruns and new episodes on Fuji TV in Japan and Cartoon Network, as well as UltraToons Network in the United States. The series can also be streamed on Crunchyroll for free. The series is usually rated TV-Y7 or TV-Y7-FV in the United States.

Every episode is around ten minutes long and has a sister episode as well, and each airing has two episodes.

Plot
The series mainly centers around Susumu Hori's adventures in Minecraftia, a fictional island located off the eastern coast of Hokkaido. Susumu attends Minecraftia Junior and Senior High School as a third-year student (9th grade) with other students.

Main characters

 * Susumu Hori - The main protagonist of the series and is a third-year student at Minecraftia Junior and Senior High School.
 * Wataru Hoshi - Wataru is Susumu's best friend and is in the same class as Susumu.
 * Anna Hottenmeyer - Anna is another one of Susumu's friends and is in a different class. She was the only one of the main characters who got separated in a different class. Apparently, she chose to take a Shinto class during her third year so she could be with her friends.
 * Chuta Bigbang - Chuta is a large student who is in the same class as Susumu. He eats McDonald's every day by stealing his parents' money.

Other characters

 * Madoka Fujima - Madoka is a first-year (7th grade) student. She has blue eyes and short red hair.
 * Makoto Chikamatsu - Makoto is a fifth-year (11th grade) student in the same class as Keel Sark. He was born as Makoto Fujima, but changed his name to Makoto Chikamatsu after reaching his first year (7th grade) at Minecraftia Junior and Senior High School. He is Madoka's older brother and is a tsundere, a person who is abusive on the outside, but is normal on the inside. He has gray hair and hazel eyes.