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Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (with completed index)

With all due respect Miranox, The Day After Tomorrow is one of the worst blockbuster disaster movies I know of. The characters literally outrun a wave of cold. Utterly no originality, besides how the film manages to make a mockery of science. At least an abomination such as The Core had a sense of humour.

Also, a disaster can be looked at two ways in terms of scope. There is the overview approach, what happens to everyone, and that is when we watch a huge cast of people who can't act battling the odds in true Hollywood style (with required romance sub-plot(s) of course), occasionally checking in on the generals and the Chiefs of Staff sitting around the table. And of course one of them is a scientist who knows everything there is to know about what is going on, and who is probably racing to save his/her son/daughter from the meteor/tsunami/death ray/insert disaster here.

Or there is the personal experience, which is how virtually everyone who isn't in the military or government experiences a disaster. They don't know what is going on, they are just trying to (in this order) survive, look for relatives/friends, find shelter, forage for food, and check their cellphones in a desperate but futile attempt to find out just what is going on. They don't know the big picture, so neither do we, and the cast is typically much smaller. So, considering this is just an earthquake (albeit a big one), and not an alien invasion or trumped-up popcorn flick of a disaster movie, it makes sense not to focus on ten different people. Just focus on a select few I say, and give them greater depth than would be possible in another, poorer series. It better allows us to place ourselves in their shoes, and it makes for better viewing.

Also, I have to question your assertion that because Hollywood has already done an earthquake, that means it is not original if an Anime series does one as well. I suppose then that Macross or Evangelion (or any number of other Anime titles) are unoriginal and should never have been made, because Hollywood had already done an alien invasion with War of the Worlds?

And although I will not hold it against the show too much if by the end of it Mirai and her family don't get along better, I think the show has already started to go the route that disasters can make you appreciate life and your loved ones better. And what is so wrong with that? People usually change at least a little after a disaster, either for the worse or better. That's life, and hopefully the Mirai and Yuuki and Mari that finish (or not) their journey are different people to the ones who we saw in episode one.

Mari reminds me of a really happy version of Balsa actually.

The realism maybe wasn't as good this episode (did we need to have two scenes where the children got lost in the crowd?)

Edit: Right before the massive push when they were at the docks, I thought I heard someone being trampled. Was that just me?

I share most of the same feelings towards this anime as expressed here. My one concern is that Mari should really be more worried about her child. She should be panicked over the thought that her daughter might be dead. But she just is not fussed, when ever she gets around to checking on her is fine... It makes little sense and I hope it is somehow explained later on.

I share most of the same feelings towards this anime as expressed here. My one concern is that Mari should really be more worried about her child. She should be panicked over the thought that her daughter might be dead. But she just is not fussed, when ever she gets around to checking on her is fine... It makes little sense and I hope it is somehow explained later on.