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Toward the Terra

Toward the Terra
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Cover of laserdisc release of Toward the Terra depicting Soldier SHIN (The Chosen Soldier of Soldier BLUE)
地球へ…
(Terra e...)
Genre Science Fiction, Supernatural, Psychological
Manga
Written by Keiko Takemiya
Published by Asahi Sonorama (original)
Square Enix (reprint)
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Gekkan Manga Shōnen
Original run January 1977May 1980
Volumes 3
Audio drama
Station NHK-FM
Original run July 23, 1979July 28, 1979
Anime film
Directed by Hideo Onchi
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Released April 26, 1980
Runtime 115 minutes
Anime television series
Directed by Osamu Yamazaki
Written by Satoru Nishizono
Music by Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio Minamimachi Bugyōsho
Licensed by
Original network MBS (and other JNN stations)
English network
Original run April 7, 2007September 22, 2007
Episodes 24 (List of episodes)
Manga
Terra e... ~Keith of the Blue Light~
Written by Fumino Hayashi
Published by Square Enix
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine GFantasy
Original run May 2007March 2008
Volumes 2
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Toward the Terra (Japanese: 地球へ… Hepburn: Terra 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 very first Seiun Award for manga, and in 1980 also won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga (along with Takemiya's Kaze to Ki no Uta).

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 cancelled Bones series Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi.


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