Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 First episode.
Bones studios newest anime, This episode was so great that I had to give it its own post in my Anime Summer 2009 round up.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 starts out with Abingdon Boys School single, Kimi no Uta. Pictures of famous locations in Tokyo destroyed. We also see our two main characters walking around within the rubble.
Right after the fantastic OP we see a disclaimer. The disclaimer indicates that even thou this is a fictional story, there has been alot of research and simulations done to bring a sense of reality to the story.
The story starts out with our main character Mirai Onosawa standing among the crowd of people after the earthquake. the story then flashback to a couple days before the earthquake. Mirai seems like a very self absorbed girl who really only cares that she does not get to go on a trip this summer. Her parents working hard and she having to take care of her little brother Yuuki. While on an outing to Robot expo in Odaiba the big earthquake occurs. Its going to be great watching the progression of this anime as Mirai and Yuuki make their way home from Odaiba. I will assume that as Mirai continue on her journey she will become less and less spoiled and grows up. One thing that bothered me was how mean she was to poor Yuuki, Yuuki is a good little brother even offering to put his sisters name on his gift to their moms.
The animation is fantastic! details on the background, Mirai’s manga on her bed, the signs on the bus as it drives pass Mirai. everything is extremely detailed. Bones did a fantastic job on this series. I will continue watching this series, its going to be something big.