The summer series has just premiered: 30-minute episodes, an obsessive mystery, and an adorable robot

American woman living in  Kyoto, Japan, receives news that completely changes her life. Her husband and son have disappeared in a mysterious plane accident. However, as a kind of consolation, Sunny, one of the new household robots manufactured by her husband's electronics company, is delivered to her. These lines mark the beginning of Sunny, the new mystery series that has just premiered on Apple TV+.

Although at first Suzie (Rashida Jones) feels offended by Sunny's attempts to fill the void in her life, they gradually form an unexpected friendship as they discover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie's family, becoming dangerously involved in a world that Suzie never knew existed.

The series debuts its first two episodes today on the platform and will follow a weekly broadcast every Wednesday until the final episode airs on September 4.

Sunny is a series created by Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon), who also serves as showrunner, and Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World), who works as director and executive producer.

It stars Emmy-nominated Rashida Jones (On the Rocks, Parks & Recreation), who also acts as executive producer, Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car), and Joanna Sotomura, among others.

Produced for Apple TV+ in collaboration with A24, the series is based on the book Dark Manual by award-winning Irish writer Colin O'Sullivan, based in Japan. This is the second collaboration between Apple, A24, and Rashida Jones following the acclaimed Sofia Coppola film On the Rocks.

Considering the original material it is based on, it seems that Sunny will be the obsession of the summer. It is dark and full of tension, a fabulous and futuristic story that could well remind us of a near future.

Other premieres on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ series 'Me' and 'The Lady of the Lake'.

In addition to the release of Sunny, this month will also see the premiere of other series. One of them is Me -scheduled for July 12-, a fiction created by Barry Levy about a 12-year-old boy with superpowers. Also coming on July 19 is The Lady of the Lake, a promising miniseries featuring Natalie Portman in its cast.

And at the end of July, the debuts of Time Heroes on the 24th, and The Blues on the 31st. The first one adapts Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, Time Bandits, created by Taika Waititi, Iain Morris (What We Do in the Shadows), and Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows), and starring Lisa Kudrow.

'Time Heroes' and 'The Blues'

It invites us to embark on a comical and risky journey through time and space with a colorful group of thieves and their new recruit: an eleven-year-old history geek. Together, they will undertake an exciting mission to save the boy's parents and the whole world. 

The second is a Mexican series set in the year 1971. In that context, four women challenge ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force, only to discover it is a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the number of bodies increases, they make a pact to bring the killer to justice.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence