Tokyo Magnitude 8.0: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Mirai and Yuki are siblings. They are on a day trip together to have a good time in the Greater Tokyo area. While seeing the sights, an earthquake devastates the city. They join with a young woman named Mari, who is trying to get back to her home to see her family. Together the 3 struggle through the crowded and crumbling rubble of Tokyo hoping that their families are still alive.This anime reminded me a lot of Grave of the Fireflies. The Animation even looks a little like some of the Ghibli films that we all love so much. There are some great voice actors like Luci Christian and Greg Ayres that really bring the characters to life. I was amazed at how realistic this story was. At first I dismissed some of the feelings I had as boredom, but soon realized that they were frustration. The feeling that I was right there with the characters desperately trying to reach my family were what I was actually experiencing.The series started off very strong, with lots of action, stress, and confusion. Things started to settle down around episode 4 or so. I began to feel like the show started to drag a bit, but like I said earlier I think I was actually feeling what the characters felt. Things picked up again around episode 9. That's when the group reaches their destination and reality starts to set in. It's like everything that happened up to that point wasn't actually real. All the emotions and terrible truths crash down hard, and leaves your whole body in an uproar. Very few anime series have hurt me the way this one did. It's on the same emotional level as Clannad, 5 Centimeters Per Second, and Kanon. Which are all must a must see by the way. While I don't like Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 as good as the other titles I mentioned, it did touch me in a profound way and left me crying at the end. It's a good thing my buddies didn't see me that way. I highly recommend this series to any anime fan. It's very realistic and will make you think about what people may have went through when the Earthquake killed so many in 2011. Definitely give this series a chance.

Item was well packed and arrived in good condition.

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is an anime jam-packed with character interactions, character development, and moments that will pull at your heart (specifically/especially in the second half). The story follows Mirai, her younger brother Yuuki, and a young, single mother named Mari. After they survive an estimated 8.0 magnitude earthquake on the JMA scale, the three of them decide to travel together to try and get back to their homes and families. Although the anime doesn't have all that many action scenes, it is heavily driven by its characters, specifically the relationship between Mirai and Yuuki, as Mirai finds him annoying and hates her life circumstances at the time when the earthquake hits Tokyo Bay. The main themes of the anime are never giving up despite hard times, the importance of family, and overcoming/dealing with the loss (or the potential loss) of family members.

I'd just like to start off by saying I'd gladly give this 6 stars if I could, I'm not going into plot or anything as I'm sure its been described plenty of times already. The animation is consistently high quality, the English voice acting is really good (I was surprised to find out Yuuki, the boy on the cover, is voiced by Evangelion's Tiffany Grant, if I hadn't read then credits I'd never have known.), haven't listened to the Japanese dub. The characters are all likeable, even if some of them don't start that way. The music is pretty nice, this only has eight episodes, so if you quantity with your quality, you don't get too much bang for your buck, still, I don't think its too short. I had a good day with this.

I was looking for something a bit different to watch and picked this up since I've discovered how cool many Anime movies are. This one was really well done and was an interesting story. It ended up having some tragic parts and an unexpected ending (although there were many clues dropped along the way). Once you get to the ending you can feel the effect days later.

This anime was so good, and so sad. As in all great anime, you really end up attached to some of the characters. The illustration and story were perfect. The length of the series was spot on for the story, I sobbed at the end, so, I knew that it was good:) Don't worry, it wasn't sad in a grave of the fire flies kind of way!

This is a really good anime with a fairly unique feel. It’s a realistic anime and it’s really just a really well presented story. The setup at the beginning with the family dynamic really helped the rest of the story really come together so perfectly. It seems pretty straightforward throughout the entire first disk, but then on the second disk the real stuff starts coming to the surface and it gets you. I started to pick up on it early, I think earlier than most would and was thinking “no way, there is no way that’s what’s about to happen” but it kept hinting and then it was more obvious and then finally it came out. Pretty hard hitting ending, to really give some substance to the anime and give it a lasting impression. The animation is just alright and the voice acting can seem stale and static but this one is a keeper from a story standpoint and is one I will never forget.

I can say the product was what I expected and I know the genre which is anime so it can't be wrong. The story was also touching, I mean Tokyo getting hit by earthquake scenario who wouldn't want to love that and the characters are awesome.

The only way to see this anime is like this, the premise takes some getting use too, but it's worth it

Stupendo box contenente l'intera serie, molto curato e somigliante molto ai tipici box giapponesi con le loro box art molto curate. Edizione da parte di Yamato con audio purtroppo 2.0, ma per il resto doppiaggi e box stupendi.Amazon perfetta come sempre per imballaggio e consegna.

Un film d'animazione straordinario che illustra le conseguenze di un terremoto di magnitudo 8 puntando molto sul dramma umano e familiare... tocca sicuramente le corde giuste! Assolutamente da vedere e rivedere!

Un film d'animazione molto struggente; basti pensare al titolo che può indirizzarti solo verso una direzione: la commozione. Data la tematica e la drammaticità finale penso che non sia un film per tutte le fasce ma lo raccomando vivamente agli amanti dell'animazione giapponese.

il dvd rispetta la tradizione animenon è un capolavoro, ma si lascia guardare senza produrre danniagli appassionati del genere lo consiglio