Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Key visual of the series
東京マグニチュード8.0
Tōkyō Magunichūdo Hachitenzero
GenreDisaster
Written by
Directed byMasaki Tachibana
Voices of
Music byKow Otani
Opening theme"Kimi no Uta" by abingdon boys school
Ending theme"M/elody" by Shion Tsuji
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Producer
    • Hiroko Yamada
    • Kazuhiko Yusa
    • Masahiko Minami
    • Muneki Ogasawara
    • Naoki Kitagawa
    • Yoshio Takada
CinematographyMika Nakajima
AnimatorsBones
Kinema Citrus
EditorKiyoshi Hirose
Running time23 minutes
Production company
Original release
NetworkFNS (Fuji TV (Noitamina))
ReleaseJuly 9 (2009-07-09) –
September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17)
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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (Japanese: 東京マグニチュード8.0, Hepburn: Tōkyō Magunichūdo Hachitenzero) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Fuji TV, Asmik Ace, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Dentsu, Bones, and Kinema Citrus. It first aired on Fuji TV's noitamina timeslot in July 2009, running for 11 episodes until September. The anime was directed by Masaki Tachibana, with Natsuko Takahashi handling series composition, Atsuko Nozaki designing the characters and Kow Otani composing the music. The series centers on two young siblings, Mirai and Yūki, and single mother Mari who the two meet in the aftermath of a major earthquake hitting the Japanese capital, placed in the near future.

In 2009, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 won the Excellence Award at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival.