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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is a Japanese anime television series that premiered on Fuji TV's noitamina timeslot on July 9, 2009, where it ended its original run on September 17. Directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Natsuko Takahashi, it is an original series co-produced by Bones and Kinema Citrus. The 11-episode series centres 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 (2012).
It won the Excellence Prize in the Animation category at Japan's Media Arts Festival in 2009. It was announced that the series has been licensed for a release in North America by Maiden Japan released on April 2013.
Original Release
07/09/2009
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Satomi Hanamura | Mirai Onozawa |
| Yumiko Kobayashi | Yuuki Onozawa |
| Christel Takigawa | Caster / Newscaster |
| Monica Rial | Takigawa / Additional Voices / Convenience Store Clerk |
| Luci Christian | Mirai Onozawa |
| Tiffany Grant | Yuuki Onozawa |
| Yuko Kaida | Mari Kusakabe |
| Shelley Calene-Black | Mari Kusakabe |
| Shin'ya Hamazoe | (voice) / Hyper Rescue Tai / Keibiin / Kento Nonomiya / Rikyujo Jieikan / Volunteer |
| Greg Ayres | Additional Voices / Kento Nonomiya / Ryuta Kusakabe / Security Guard |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odaiba, shizumu | Thursday, 09 July 2009 |
| 2 | Kowareru, sekai | Thursday, 16 July 2009 |
| 3 | Moeru, hashi | Thursday, 23 July 2009 |
| 4 | Sannin no, yakusoku | Thursday, 30 July 2009 |
| 5 | Dôkoku no, manabiya | Thursday, 06 August 2009 |
| 6 | Misuteru, sentaku | Thursday, 13 August 2009 |
| 7 | Natsu no yûgure | Thursday, 20 August 2009 |
| 8 | Masshiro na asa | Thursday, 27 August 2009 |
| 9 | Kyô, sayonara | Thursday, 03 September 2009 |
| 10 | Onêchan, anone | Thursday, 10 September 2009 |
| 11 | Yûki e... | Thursday, 17 September 2009 |
Directors
Masaki Tachibana, Fumiya Kitajou, Hideki Ito, Kazuya Nomura, Nobukage Kimura, Yasuhiro Shimoji, Shinobu Sasaki, Hajime Yabana, Masahiko Watanabe
Writers
Natsuko Takahashi, Yoichi Kato, Hiroko Kazui
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Satomi Hanamura | Mirai Onozawa |
| Yumiko Kobayashi | Yuuki Onozawa |
| Christel Takigawa | Caster / Newscaster |
| Monica Rial | Takigawa / Additional Voices / Convenience Store Clerk |
| Luci Christian | Mirai Onozawa |
| Tiffany Grant | Yuuki Onozawa |
| Yuko Kaida | Mari Kusakabe |
| Shelley Calene-Black | Mari Kusakabe |
| Shin'ya Hamazoe | (voice) / Hyper Rescue Tai / Keibiin / Kento Nonomiya / Rikyujo Jieikan / Volunteer |
| Greg Ayres | Additional Voices / Kento Nonomiya / Ryuta Kusakabe / Security Guard |
| Brittney Karbowski | Additional Voices / Aya Kawasaki / Caregiver |
| David Matranga | Additional Voices / Seiji Onozawa / Fire Rescue Task Forces / Security Guard |
| John Swasey | Additional Voices / Fire Rescue Task Forces / Tadashi Furuichi |
| Chris Ayres | Additional Voices / Fire Rescue Task Forces |
| Susan O. Koozin | Additional Voices / Itsuki's Mom / Mirai's Teacher / Reiko Kusakabe |
| Carl Masterson | Additional Voices / Yuuki's Teacher / Fire Rescue Task Force |
| Rob Mungle | Additional Voices / Fire Rescue Task Forces |
| Shannon Emerick | Additional Voices / Itsuki |
| Nancy Novotny | Additional Voices / Hina Kusakabe / Mayu |
| David Wald | Additional Voices / Ogasawara |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Masahiko Minami | Executive Producer |
| Noriko Ozaki | Producer |
| Yuichiro Matsuka | Producer |
