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Toward the Terra | |
地球へ… (Tera e...) | |
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Genre | Space opera[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Keiko Takemiya |
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English publisher | |
Magazine | Gekkan Manga Shōnen |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 1977 – May 1980 |
Volumes | 5 (3 in English) |
Audio drama | |
Station | NHK-FM |
Original run | July 23, 1979 – July 28, 1979 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Hideo Onchi |
Written by |
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Music by | Masaru Sato |
Studio | Toei Animation |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 26, 1980 |
Runtime | 115 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Osamu Yamazaki |
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Written by | Satoru Nishizono |
Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
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Licensed by | |
Original network | JNN (MBS TV) |
English network | |
Original run | April 7, 2007 – September 22, 2007 |
Episodes | 24 |
Manga | |
Terra e... ~Keith of the Blue Light~ | |
Written by | Fumino Hayashi |
Published by | Square Enix |
Magazine | GFantasy |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | May 2007 – March 2008 |
Volumes | 2 |
Toward the Terra (Japanese: 地球へ…, Hepburn: Tera e...) is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shōnen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980. In 1978, it won the first Seiun Award for manga,[2] and in 1980 also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga (along with Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta).[3]
In 1980, it was adapted into an anime movie, produced by Toei Animation and directed by Hideo Onchi. In 2007, the manga was adapted into an anime television series, co-animated by Minamimachi Bugyōsho and Tokyo Kids, and produced by Aniplex, SKY Perfect Well Think, and Mainichi Broadcasting System. Directed by Osamu Yamazaki and featuring character designs by Nobuteru Yuki, it premiered in Japan on MBS-TBS's Saturday 6:00pm doroku time slot (previously occupied by other notable anime series such as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Fullmetal Alchemist and Blood+) on April 7, 2007, and ended on September 22, 2007, replacing the canceled Bones series Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi.