Tokyo Magnitude's excellence lies in one and one sole aspect that it unprecedentedly managed to portray in utmost perfection: Realism. The story's a fictional work made after extensive research about the 70% probability of an apocalypse comprised of an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or more striking the Tokyo area in the next 30 years. Let's just leave that part to the researchers.
The anime primarily focuses on a dramatising a tragical state of affairs of a young girl and his brother, who went on a fare to pass the time, and got entangled into the fray of an earthquake which shook the land and rose fires from the deepest pits of the ground. The children meet their princess charming; a lady, which helps them reach their home without fail amidst the turmoil and the urgency of her own personal situations.
As already stated, the anime's main objective was to portray the common childish angst amongst the unpredictable atrocities of life and nature's gruelling trials, when presented to a 12 year old girl and her 9 year old brother.
The anime outshines most of the mainstream "feelsy" anime, noticeably Clannad, even though its just a flimsy total of 11 episodes.
The downright melancholic situation strikes right off the bat and brings home the pinching reality of the powerlessness of mortals against the laws of nature.
ANIMATION(8/10):
Good grief; this isn't 2001. We've had enough of crispy art styles in the current anime and the detailed portraits in the 90's classics.
Tokyo Magnitude, however, has an animation style unique of all; and it doesn't cease to impress throughout the entire anime. The ruination of the buildings and the environment, the fluid pace of the structures collapsing; hell, the entire wreckage AFTER being destroyed looks extremely realistic!
The characters' facial expressions were done in a way completely different than what you'd expect from an anime of 2009. This stands out as one of the most beautiful pieces of art ever.
STORY(9.5/10):
This is where Tokyo Magnitude baffles the audience and makes it to the excellence awards by the US.
As aforementioned, the only fascination in the anime is derived from one, and only one thing: Realism. It's one of the top-notch shows with a solid plot and doesn't cease to amaze even the self-proclaimed "most hardened veterans" of the drama and tragedy genre.
While this may not make rivers of tears flow down from your eyes due to its extremely solid story telling in the most realistic situation possible, it will certainly give you that teensy bit of surge through your heart and wake your dormant humanity.
Stating anything else will just be an indirect spoiler and would be blasphemous against this masterpiece.
OST(9/10):
With a fluid animation and a top-notch story to boot, one wouldn't really expect an extremely suitable OST.
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has even that.
The melancholic moments all follow with an equivalently melancholic background music that doesn't fail to add to the flare and/or the lament of the moment.
Were it not for its mesmerising OsT, TM 8.0 might not have stood out as much as it has.
Oh, it's nothing especially audiogasmic, neither is it full of jerky music that'd horrify the audience instead of leaving a long lasting impact; its quite the opposite. The BGM boasts of intensifying the quality of the moment, and that is it.
It fits SO perfectly, however, that you can't help but be amazed.
Verdict(8.5/10):
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is one of the best anime in existence. It's special, unique, realistic, and amazing.
This one totally deserves your money.
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