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Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)

Release date: 2020-07-09

User rating:

6.9 / 10

Directors: Masaaki Yuasa, Ho Pyeon-gang

Novel: Sakyo Komatsu

Episodes (10):

1. The Beginning of the End

As the members of the Mutoh family go about their daily lives, a series of powerful earthquakes begins wreaking mass destruction throughout Japan.

2. Farewell, Tokyo

With the waters rising, the Mutohs and their neighbors Nanami and Haruo decide to abandon the shrine where they’ve taken refuge and leave Tokyo.

3. A New Hope

Tragedy strikes, but the survivors continue making their way westward. Kite, a popular Estonian YouTuber, decides to join the group.

4. An Open Door

The group shelters at a grocery store, but earthquakes force them onward. They escape with the owner, picking up an English hitchhiker along the way.

5. Illusion

The Shan City community welcomes the travelers with open arms. The group's leader communes with the dead, causing a rift between Ayumu and her mom.

6. An Oracle

The commune imprisons Kunio after the escape attempt. Ayumu realizes that the old man is using Morse code to try to share a desperate warning.

7. The Dawn

The survivors reach a port where boat evacuation is in progress. Ayumu is allowed aboard due to her athletic potential, but no one else makes the cut.

8. Mom's Secret

The Japanese archipelago begins to sink. The group escapes aboard a fishing vessel, but they're forced into the lifeboats after it's damaged.

9. Japan Sinks

The raft survivors rendezvous with Kite and Onodera, then head for the coordinates of a research facility: it may hold data that can save Japan.

10. Resurrection

Onodera's data contains a map showing that parts of Japan may resurface. For the survivors, rescue hinges on reconnecting to Kite's internet balloon.

Cast

Taichi Takeda

as Saburō Ōtani (voice)

Reina Ueda

as Ayumu Mutō (voice)

as Kōichirō Mutō (voice)

Hiroyuki Yoshino

as Haruki Koga (voice)

Nanako Mori

as Nami Miura (voice)

Kensho Ono

as Kaito (voice)

George Cockle

as Daniel Zakovic (voice)

Umeji Sasaki

as Kunio Ashida (voice)

Tomoko Shiota

as Kanae Murota (voice)

Daiki Hamano

as Osamu Asada (voice)

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Naoya Wada - Character Designer, Toshikazu Hisano - Director of Photography, Yasu Konomi - Series Composition, Kiyoshi Hirose - Editor, Eriko Kimura - Sound Director, Kensuke Ushio - Original Music Composer, Satoshi Hashimoto - Color Designer, Sakyo Komatsu - Novel, Masaaki Yuasa - Series Director, Fumitaka Akai - Art Direction, Masaaki Yuasa - Executive Producer, Kohei Obara - Executive Producer, Hiromichi Ito - Art Direction, Kazuto Matsumura - Producer, Hideo Katsumata - Executive Producer, Ho Pyeon-gang - Series Director, Eunyoung Choi - Producer, Hiroshi Yoshikawa - Art Direction, Shuuhei Yamaguchi - Co-Producer