Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (TV)
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Alternative title:
東京マグニチュード8.0 (Japanese)
東京地震8.0 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes:
disaster
Plot Summary:
The premise of the project is the 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime will depict what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place. The story will center on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yutaka at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yutaka strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.
There is an estimated 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. In 2012, Mirai, a middle school freshman girl, goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor registering 8.0 on the Richter scale emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in seconds. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.
User Ratings:
442 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
23 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage:
2009-07-09 to 2009-09-17
Opening Theme:
"Kimi no Uta (キミノウタ)" by abingdon boys school
Ending Theme:
"M/elody" by Shion Tsuji
Official website:
東京マグニチュード8.0 (Japanese)
In the news 5 times:
2009-07-15 Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 6-12
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