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Toward the Terra (TV)

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©Keiko Takemiya/MBS•Sky Perfect Well Think•Aniplex


[ remake of Toward the Terra (movie) ]
Alternative title:
Terra e... (Japanese)
To Terra...
To Terra…
地球へ… (Japanese)
Genres: drama, psychological, science fiction
Themes: Bishounen, Esp Powers, Space, superpowers
Plot Summary: In the far future, humanity has left behind an environmentally destroyed Terra and began colonization in order to reproduce their home. Humanity, now ruled by a super computer that controls the birth of children, sees the emergence of a new race called the "Mu". The Mu, now hidden from the rest of humanity, have one dream, to return home, to Terra...
User Ratings: 381 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 92 votes (sub:83, dub:6, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Excellent: 104 votes (sub:96, raw:3, dub:2, Pol.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Very good: 88 votes (sub:82, Spa.sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
 Good: 45 votes (sub:41, raw:2, Por.sub:1, dub:1)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:19, Spa.sub:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 662 users, rank: #865
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.152 (Very good+.15), std. dev.: 1.9302, rank: #325
Weighted mean: 8.076 (Very good+.07), rank: #268 (seen all: 8.26 / seen some: 7.60 / won't finish: 4.77)
Bayesian estimate: 8.062 (Very good+.06), rank: #186
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2007-04-07
2008 (USA, ImaginAsian TV - The Block)
Opening Theme:
#1: "endscape" by UVERWorld (eps 1-13)
#2: "JET BOY JET GIRL" by Hitomi Takahashi (eps 14-)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Love is..." by Miliyah Kato (eps 1-13)
#2: "This Night" by CHEMISTRY (eps 14-)
Official website:
地球へ・・・ (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 22 times:
2009-09-10   Directors Dispute Reports of 'Poor' Animator Salaries
2009-07-22   Animator Yoshinori Kanada Reportedly Passes Away (Updated)
2009-04-30   Anime Network, Funimation Channel Add More Titles (Updated)
2008-08-12   UVERworld Provides Gundam 00 2nd Season Opening Song
2008-06-23   Update: IATV to Show Planetes, Scrapped Princess
2008-05-31   Bandai Entertainment Clarifies Statements on DVDs
2008-03-16   Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, March 5–11
2008-03-09   2nd Annual Seiyū Awards Announced
2008-02-14   Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, February 6–12
2008-02-05   Japan's TBS Confirms Anime's Move from Saturday, 6 p.m.
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    Toward the Terra - Part 03 (DVD) 2008-12-02 (from $22.79)
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    Toward the Terra (DVD 6) 2008-12-02 (from $10.92)
    Toward the Terra - Part 1 (DVD 1-2) 2008-07-15 (from $24.49)
    Toward the Terra - Complete Collection Anime Legends (Sub.DVD) 2009-10-20 (from $37.49)
    Toward the Terra (Sub.DVD 1) 2008-07-15 (from $4.99)
    Toward the Terra (Sub.DVD 2) 2008-07-15 (from $4.99)
    Toward the Terra (Sub.DVD 3) 2008-09-16 (from $4.99)
    Toward the Terra (Sub.DVD 4) 2008-09-16 (from $4.99)
    Toward the Terra - Part 2 (Sub.DVD 3-4) 2008-09-16 (from $22.79)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Osamu Yamazaki

Script:
Akemi Omode (eps 2-3, 5-6)
Dai Sato (eps 12, 16-17)
Hiroshi Ohnogi (0 episodes

eps 11, 13, 23-24
)
Miho Sakai (ep 4)
Osamu Yamazaki (eps 5-6, 24)
Saizo Nemoto (0 episodes
eps 7-9, 14, 18-19, 22
)
Satoru Nishizono (ep 1)
Shigeru Morita (eps 15, 20-21)
Yutaka Izubuchi (ep 10)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Yoshida (eps 4, 8)
Kouhei Hatano (ep 7)
Nobuyoshi Habara (ep 6)
Osamu Tsuruyama (0 episodes

eps 2-3, 5-6, 10
)
Osamu Yamazaki (ep 1)
Takeyuki Yanase (ep 9)

Episode Director:
Hirosuke Kobayashi (eps 3, 7)
Makoto Hoshino (ep 5)
Masaru Kawashima (ep 4)
Satoshi Shimizu (ep 1)
Takeyuki Yanase (eps 2, 9)

Music: Yasuharu Takanashi

Original creator: Keiko Takemiya

Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki

Art director: Shunichiro Yoshiwara

Animation director:
Kazuo Takigawa (ep 5)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (ep 3)
Ryouko Nakano (ep 4)
Shinichi Miyamae (ep 7)
Tateru Namikaze (ep 1)
Yoko Takanori (eps 2, 9)

Mecha design:
Hideyuki Matsumoto
Takayuki Yanase
Yasushi Ishizu

Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka

Producer:
Ai Abe
Hiroshi Morotomi
Norihiro Hayashida

Color design: Yuko Kanemaru

Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (ep 1)
Akihiko Mamashita (ep 1)
Chikara Matsuura (ep 1)
Kouta Michishita (ep 1)
Kumiko Harushita (ep 1)
Michiko Takahashi (ep 1)
Miyuki Goto (ep 1)
Risako Yoshida (ep 1)
Sachiyo Takada (ep 1)
Setsuko Umino (ep 1)
Takaaki Izumo (ep 1)
Usaku Myouchin (ep 1)

Original Mechanical Design: Yutaka Izubuchi

Planning:
Kouichirou Natsume
Noriyasu Kamiki
Seiji Takeda

Theme Song Performance:
Chemistry (ED2)
Hitomi Takahashi (OP2)
Miliyah Kato (ED1)
UVERworld (OP1)

 

Mitsuki Saiga as Jomy Mark Shin

Ai Orikasa as Mother Computer

Marina Inoue as Seki Leigh Shiroei

Motoki Takagi as Jonah Matsuka

Norio Wakamoto as Narration

Sanae Kobayashi as Physis

Takehito Koyasu as Keith Anyan

Tomokazu Sugita as Soldier Blue

Wataru Hatano as Sam Houston

Atsushi Imaruoka as Helman

Ayahi Takagaki as Altera

Daisuke Namikawa as Leo

Fumi Orita as Ella

Fumie Mizusawa as Toki

Hiroki Yasumoto as Commanding Officer

Juurouta Kosugi as Harley

Kazutoshi Hatano as Yuui

Ken Narita as Grave Murdock

Kunihiro Kawamoto as Harold

Mai Hashimoto as Female student (ep 6)

Manami Komori as Nakinezumi

Minako Ichiki as Burau

Mitsuaki Madono as Guidance (ep 6)

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Serge Starjon

Noriaki Sugiyama as Toni

Sanae Kobayashi as Letitia Shin

Sayaka Narita as
Announcer (ep 6)
Nina

Sayuri Kubo as Karina

Takuma Terashima as Alfred

Yasunori Matsumoto as Jomy's father

Yoshihisa Kawahara as Male student (ep 6)

Yousuke Akimoto as Zel

Yukana as Jomy's mother

Yuki Masuda as Swena Dalton

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
Minamimachi Bugyousho
Tokyo Kids

Broadcaster:
Animax (2007-05-012)
KIDS STATION (2007-05-14)
MBS (2007-04-07)
RCC Chugoku Broadcasting (2007-04-14)
SBS (2007-04-14)
TBS (2007-04-07)

Production:
Aniplex
Mainichi Broadcasting (MBS)
SKY Perfect Well Think Co., Ltd.

English cast 
English staff 

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna

Subtitle Script: Kim Wishart Goddard

Charmaine Cordoviz as Seki Leigh Shiroei (Animax dub)

Dada Carlos as Mother Eliza (Animax dub)

Michiko Azarcon as Physis (Animax dub) 

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Ella (Animax dub) 
Letitia Shin (Animax dub)
Swena Dalton (Animax dub) 
Toni (Animax dub) 
Yae (Animax dub) 

Dada Carlos as
Burau (Animax dub) 
Karina (Animax dub) 
Ruri (Animax dub) 

Michiko Azarcon as
Grandmother (Animax dub)
Michelle (Animax dub)
Nina (Animax dub)
Rain (Nakinezumi) (Animax dub) 

English companies 

Animax India > Broadcaster: Animax India

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
iaTV (The Block)

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

 
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