A remote village in Madagascar, located on top of a mountain with a crater in the middle, has been the subject of investigation by a team of researchers. The village is situated in a geographically isolated area of the country, and until 2008, nobody lived there at all.

The researchers, who were located in the US, began by using the internet to try to contact people living in the village, but all they could find were references to a popular Japanese anime series. They then reached out to experts who had worked in Madagascar, and hired a local production company to make the journey up the mountain to establish contact with the villagers.

However, they were forced to turn back due to a storm, and had to wait until the end of the rainy season to continue their investigation. The research team finally made contact with the villagers in May, finding a small group of houses in the middle of the crater, and discovered that the villagers had moved there due to a combination of factors, including climate change and the desire to preserve their traditional way of life.