Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (東京マグニチュード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 that is being co-produced by Bones and Kinema Citrus. The 11-episode series centres around two young siblings, Mirai and Yūki, and the 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 has won the Excellence Prize in the Animation category at Japan's Media Arts Festival in 2009.

Plot
After a massive earthquake in Tokyo 25 km under the sea at a magnitude of 8.0, siblings Mirai and Yūki, who were visiting a robot exhibition in Odaiba at the beginning of their summer vacation, struggle to reach their parents in their house in Setagaya assisted by a female motorcycle courier named Mari, who is striving to reach her own daughter and mother in Sangenjaya. While taking the journey home they encounter many problems caused by the earthquake, and meet others who have lost beloved ones due to the catastrophe.

Characters

 * Mirai Onozawa (小野沢 未来) is a first-year middle school student who attends Rika Girls Academy, a prestigious and selective middle school. At the beginning of the series, she is unsure of what she wants to become later in life, but starts to change this outlook after the earthquake.
 * Yūki Onozawa (小野沢 悠貴) is in his third year of elementary school and enthusiastic about robots, has a somewhat distant relationship with his sister, and does not like to let others know when he is tired or ill.
 * Mari Kusakabe (日下部 真理) is a motorcycle courier who assists Mirai and Yūki reach their parents' home after the earthquake happens. They make a promise to reach their home together.
 * Seiji Onozawa (小野沢 誠司), Mirai and Yūki's father, is injured while at work when the earthquake occurs.
 * Masami Onozawa (小野沢 雅美) is Mirai and Yūki's mother. The earthquake occurs on her birthday.

Development and production
The series was first announced at the 2009 Tokyo Anime Fair, denoting that it would replace Eden of the East in Fuji TV's noitaminA well-rated anime timeblock and would be co-produced by Bones and Kinema Citrus. The series' setting is based upon the prediction that there is 70% or higher chance of an earthquake measuring 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hitting Tokyo in the next 30 years, with the series illustrating the consequences of a 8.0 scale earthquake affecting the city. Bones stated that it would try to realistically depict the after-effects of such a situation and that it would collect and tabulate research on previous earthquakes and interview individuals who were affected by them.

The series features the efforts of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo Fire Department and Tokyo Disaster Medical Assistance Team in assisting recovery efforts after the initial earthquake and its recurring aftershocks. FNN newscaster Christel Takigawa also features as a guest, reporting on the earthquake and assuming the role of a "navigator" during the series.

Media
The series uses two pieces of theme music. "Your Song" (キミノウタ) by Abingdon Boys School is used for the opening theme, while "M/elody" by Shion Tsuji is used for the ending