Washimo(2014)

series - first aired/released 2014-03-10

Animation

Directed by Toshifumi Kawase, Yasuhiro Imagawa

Hiyori's grandmother died. To stop her crying all day and every day, Hiyori's father built a humanoid robot called Washimo, that looks like her granny, complete with dentures. It walks faster than a snail but slower than a rhinoceros beetle; in fact, however, it can outrun a bullet train.