Tokyo magnitude 8.0

Anime television series
title	Tokyo magnitude 8.0
Original title	東京 マ グ ニ チ ュ ー ド 8.0
transcription	Tōkyō Magunichūdo 8.0
Country of production	Japan
original language	Japanese
year	2009
Studio	Bones , Kinema Citrus
length	24 minutes
Episodes	11
genre	Drama, science of life
Director	Masaki Tachibana
production	Noriko Ozaki, Yūichirō Matsuya
music	Kow Otani
First broadcast	July 9 - September 17, 2009 on Fuji TV
First publication in German	October 14, 2011 on DVD / Blu-ray
synchronization

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 ( Jap. 東京マグニチュード8.0 , Tōkyō Magunichūdo 8.0 ) is a Japanese anime - television series , the first time within the program Noitamina of Fuji TV was shown starting on 9 July 2009. The series was directed by Masaki Tachibana and was animated in a cooperation between the studios Bones and Kinema Citrus.

action

Starting with an outlook into the future of Tokyo , which was badly hit by an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale , the first episode looks at the time shortly before the catastrophe. The viewer first gets to know the thirteen-year-old student Mirai Onosawa, who is not very successful in school, who has just received her certificate and is going on summer vacation. Very frustrated by her current situation, she cannot feel any joy and looks at everything from a negative perspective. At home, she is only a little better, because the stifling heat, her busy parents, who don't get along well, and her little brother only seem to annoy her. On her first day off, she was asked, "unfortunately," to accompany her brother on a visit to a robot exhibition.

When there was no joy at the fair either, her brother decided to buy a small present for her mother for yesterday's birthday. As she leaves the store, her brother retires to the bathroom once more while she lists other negative points in life. As Mirai is walking ahead and is on a bridge outside the exhibition building, Tokyo is struck by a devastating earthquake that causes bridges and buildings to collapse around them. Her first reaction is both amazement and concern for her brother who is still in the building. So she immediately sets out to look for her brother in the mall, which is in danger of collapsing. In doing so, she runs into Mari Kusakabe, who joins the search for her brother. After an almost unsuccessful search, Mirai can remember another possible whereabouts of Yūki, where they finally find what they are looking for.

After all three were able to safely leave the building and have spent the night in the open with other victims of the earthquake, their arduous journey home begins, which they have to cope with on foot. On their journey, they are confronted with both the fears and hopes for the future, which are told in many smaller side stories in which the characters more or less intervene or are affected by it. In the process, they barely escape death several times as aftershocks continue to collapse other parts of the city. The anime also takes its time to describe everyday problems such as getting food or simply going to the toilet. During their journey, the three get closer and closer and Mirai is also able to resolve her conflicts with her brother and family, while Mari increasingly worries about the whereabouts of her own daughter, who was in a fire-ravaged district. This leaves a great deal of uncertainty as all communication has collapsed.

On the way to Mari's place of residence, Yūki, who has been hiding that he has been feeling bad for some time, collapses from exhaustion and illness. In the hospital, however, all help comes too late and he dies. From this point onwards, the events are shown from the point of view of Mirai, who cannot admit the death of her young brother and who is in a kind of shock. So she still thinks that Yūki is alive and on the road with her. Apparently all three of them reach the fire-ravaged residential area of ​​Mari, but cannot find their mother or daughter. When searching for possible whereabouts, they come across a facility to identify the victims. The two seem to be on the list and Mari is confronted with having to identify two victims who look very similar to their mother and child. In the situation, however, she does not manage to look under the shroud. Meanwhile Mirai tries to find her after all, in the apparent presence of her brother, and succeeds. She finds Mari's daughter in one of the survivors' children's homes. The kindergarten teacher then points out that Mari's mother is injured in the hospital. So this was just a mix-up and Mari can hug both her daughter and her mother.

Still believing that she is accompanied by her brother, Mirai sets off on an ambulance to her parents' house. But it is becoming more and more evident that Mirai is only imagining that she is on the road with her brother. For example, Yuki is still carrying his rucksack in the van, while Mari is shown with Yuki's rucksack in her hand in the scene. So she only ever sees her brother when she is alone. Other people seem unable to see or find him. Ultimately, Mirai has to realize that her brother is not accompanying her and that it is just a wishful dream. Driven by this, she nevertheless reaches her apartment, where she initially finds everything abandoned until her mother enters the apartment after her. You hug and the spirit of Yūki fades. Both of them visit Mirai's father in the hospital and are on the one hand happy that Mirai is alive, but at the same time seriously affected that Yūki did not survive the hardships. After a leap in time of a month, normal life gradually returns, but Mirai still mourns her brother. Mari’s visit provides a glimmer of hope, allowing her to slowly get used to her brother’s death and gain new strength.

Characters

Mirai Onosawa ( 小野 沢 未来 , Onosawa Mirai )

She is the obvious protagonist of the plot. As a thirteen-year-old girl, she is very dissatisfied with her current situation and absolutely can't stand being treated like a child. For communication and to pass the time, she mainly uses her cell phone to write text messages. In general, her attitude can be described as depressed, as she has no ideas about her future.

Yūki Onosawa ( 小野 沢 悠 貴 , Onosawa Yūki )

He is the eight-year-old, younger brother of Mirai and is still naive with regard to the family relationship. But he can also have noticed that his sister is almost exclusively occupied with her cell phone.

Mari Kusakabe ( 日下 部 真理 , Kusakabe Mari )

She is a motorcyclist whom Mirai and Yūki meet for the first time on the way to the robot exhibition. By chance, Mirai and Mari meet in the destroyed shopping center, from where she supports Mirai as if she were her mother. She herself is the mother of a five-year-old child, but due to her lack of money she cannot take care of it as much as she would like.

Conception

Based on the situation that the probability of a magnitude 7 earthquake that could struck Tokyo within the next 30 years is estimated to be over 70%, the anime looks at the possible consequences of an earthquake of magnitude 8. According to Bones, the consequences should such a catastrophe should be reconstructed as precisely as possible, for which the studio is said to have previously collected data from real earthquakes and conducted interviews with people who were once affected.

Origin and publications

The anime television series was directed by Masaki Tachibana in a cooperation between the animation studios Bones and Kinema Citrus . The script was written by Natsuko Takahashi .

The series has been shown on Fuji TV as part of the noitaminA program series since July 9, 2009 and was the successor to Higashi no Eden .

In Germany, the series was released on DVD on October 14, 2011 by Universum Film .

synchronization

role	Japanese speaker ( seiyū )	German speaker
Mirai Onosawa	Satomi Hanamura	Friedel Morgenstern
Yūki Onosawa	Yumiko Kobayashi	David Kunze
Mari Kusakabe	Yuko Qaeda	Antje von der Ahe
Seiji Onosawa	Hiroshi Naka	Peter Flechtner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Anime to Air in Japan in July (Updated). In: Anime News Network . March 17, 2009, accessed July 11, 2009 . 
2. ↑ Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Universe Film, accessed February 13, 2013 . 

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Anime News Network about the anime (English)