7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Drama • 2009 • 23 min • Teen (13+)
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009)
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009)
Overview
There is an estimated 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. In 2012, Mirai, a middle school freshman girl, goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor registering 8.0 on the JMA scale emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in seconds. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.
Starring Cast
Satomi Hanamura • Yumiko Kobayashi • Christel Takigawa
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
There is an estimated 70% or higher possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. In 2012, Mirai, a middle school freshman girl, goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor registering 8.0 on the JMA scale emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in seconds. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.
Starring Cast
Satomi Hanamura • Yumiko Kobayashi • Christel Takigawa
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The narrative explores the immediate human impact of a devastating natural disaster, highlighting themes of personal resilience, the enduring strength of family bonds, and spontaneous community cooperation. The film focuses on universal experiences of survival and loss without advocating for specific political ideologies or governmental solutions.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The film features a cast appropriate to its Japanese cultural origin, without explicit recasting of roles traditionally associated with Western media. Its narrative centers on a natural disaster and survival, and does not include critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
The film centers on the journey of two siblings striving to reunite with their parents after a disaster, emphasizing the profound importance of family bonds and the nuclear family unit as a source of safety and belonging.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 centers on the survival and reunion of a family following a devastating earthquake in Tokyo. The series primarily explores themes of disaster, human resilience, and familial bonds. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present within the narrative.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 centers on the survival and journey of two siblings and a delivery woman through a post-earthquake Tokyo. The narrative does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore related themes, maintaining a focus on disaster survival and family reunion.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is an original anime series. All characters featured in the production are new creations for this specific series, without prior established genders from source material, historical records, or previous adaptations. Therefore, no instances of gender swapping are present.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The animated series features original characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no instances of characters established as one race in prior canon being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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