Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2009, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is an animation and drama series.

What it’s about. 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.

Who’s in it. Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 stars Satomi Hanamura as Mirai Onozawa (voice), Yumiko Kobayashi as Yuuki Onozawa (voice), Yuhko Kaida as Mari Kusakabe (voice) and Narumi Takahira as Meg (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.8/10, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Retrocrush, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and RetroCrush Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 page.

If you liked it. Fans of Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.